The Best Handheld Keyboard and Smart Remote You've Never Heard Of
| Reuben Howe
Smart technology is al over the place, and keeping control of it all shouldn't be stressful! But with added functionality and expanded features, controlling our entertainment systems like Smart TV's starts becoming more and more involved.
Some of us solve this by connecting larger, more thorough peripherals to control our devices such as a foldable keyboard for your phone or an RF remote control for TV's.
The best solution to controlling smart TV's and boxes like Nvidia Shield or an Android TV box is to consolidate all those functions into one handheld controller which adapts to your needs!
Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo
Let's start with the basics: input and navigation.
With apps upon apps upon apps, being able to simply type in what you're after (with a tangible keyboard, not one of those one-screen abominations) is the fastest way to access your Smart TV content in 2024.
A modern remote for a smart TV might have gesture or IR controls to point-and-click, which accounts for the "mouse" part of the combo, but they very rarely allow for actual typing.
Instead, you're left using a digital keyboard on the screen which can be slow, clunky, and generally annoying to navigate.
By using a rechargeable wireless keyboard, users aimed to solve that problem and type freely. This is a step in the right direction, but a wireless keyboard itself can often be relatively large.
This is where the "combo" comes in. A combination of a remote control, with all the buttons you'd expect, and a fully-fledged mini wireless keyboard!
The secret to this nifty gadget is that the keyboard is tucked on the underside of the remote, allowing you to simply turn it over, hold it sideways (Like you're holding an old Wii remote to play Mario Kart with the grandkids) and viola, you have a keyboard.
Wireless Mouse vs Air Mouse
Now for the other part of navigation. While the remote control side will easily let you flip between channels and pages and menus with the arrow keys, sometimes you just want to scroll and click around the screen freely.
As before, many people opt to connect a separate peripheral mouse (either wired or wireless). However, with the rise of gesture controls and "magic wand" style inputs, Air Mouse tech is also an option.
An air mouse allows you toggle or hold a button to enable mouse controls directly from your TV remote. You simply toggle on Air Mouse mode, and use your wrist to point the remote in a direction. Tilt up to make the mouse move up, tilt the remote down to make the mouse move down, and so on.
This allows you to skip connecting yet another peripheral, enabling you to have access to a keyboard, mouse and traditional TV remote all in one device. That's what makes this combo the best handheld keyboard for Smart TV and internet TV boxes.
RF Remote Control Connections
Finally, with a remote chock-full of features and functions, you need to get it connected.
RF remote controls are popular compared to their IR equivalents as they can connect at longer ranges, work without line-of-sight, and don't need remote codes or programming.
RF stands for Radio Frequency and this connection allows your keyboard and mouse remote control to connect directly with a radio frequency dongle. This dongle plugs right in to your TV or TV box (or even your PC!) and now you have full remote control with access to a mini keyboard, air mouse and standard remote control buttons.
All-in-One Never Meant So Much
Using a PCR500 is a sure-fire way to save you some time, stress and navigational headache. Avoiding on-screen keyboards alone is a huge benefit, but the access to unique functions like gaming or web-browsing seamlessly, all from your TV remote, is really the cherry on top.
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