Released today by Google, YouTube Remote app lets you to control the videos from your phone and play them on any other compatible device wirelessly.
YouTube Remote works just like a basic remote control and allows you to search, play, pause, rewind, and access next and previous YouTube videos with your android phone on devices such as Google TV, PC, or any other device that can access YouTube via browser and can be connected with android phone.
YouTube Remote creates a virtual connection between your phone and YouTube Leanback. To ‘pair’ your phone with your Leanback screen, simply sign into YouTube Remote on your Android phone, and to YouTube Leanback on your Google TV or computer with the same YouTube account. Just like that, you’ve connected your powerful multi-touch Android screen with the biggest screen in your home. Once connected, you can use the rich browse and discovery interface on YouTube Remote to find and queue up videos to watch, and send them all to Leanback with a single tap. With YouTube Remote you can play, pause, skip forward and back and even control the sound volume.
Download:
- To download YouTube Remote app from android market, open the android market on your phone and search for YouTube Remote.
- Alternatively you can also scan the QR code below to get the direct download link.
Note: YouTube Remote app is currently available in the US only but more countries will be added soon.