Besides smartphones, Xiaomi is building up its smart home ecosystem over the past few years, especially TVs. The tech giant offers a wide range of smart televisions worldwide thus, it is important to include more features and functionalities for the TVs.
Our folks over at XDA Developers found that Xiaomi is working on a new ‘Magic Control Bridge’ accessory. It will allow anyone around a Mi TV to control it from a compatible phone or tablet, in case picking up the physical remote isn’t fancy enough for you.
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Reportedly, the information has been gained through Mi Home app codes. The new Mi Home app update which carries the built version v6.9.601 contains strings of text referencing a Magic Control Bridge.
XDA said that the device will connect to any 2.4GHz Wi-Fi network (but not 5GHz), or directly into a TV using a USB connection. Once set up, it will allow anyone in range to control Mi TV products using Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) connections. You’ll also be able to limit it to family members in your home if you want.
Anyways, it seems like it will offer similar functionality as Google’s remote app for Android TV, but probably without requiring the remote device to be on the same Wi-Fi network or connected to the same Xiaomi account.
