The news, which will be released later this year, comes straight from the Google I/O 2021 keynote and was announced by Sameer Samat, Google's VP of Android product management.
Can't find your remote? No problem. With an Android phone at hand, you'll be able to manage the shows you want to watch from the best Android phone interface. You'll be able to easily flick through your favorite shows you've been binge-watching late at night.
According to published information (which is still scarce), the remote control built into the Android phone will work seamlessly with Android TV OS devices, including Google TV compatible devices like the Chromecast with Google TV.
If you're feeling an eerily familiar tinge of deja vu, it's probably for good reason; Google has long offered an Android TV remote control app through the Google Play Store. With this app, you can connect your Android phone to your TV and perform the same functions as an actual remote control.
However, the Android TV remote control app has become quite outdated; it has not received any updates since 2017 and is beginning to feel like part of a bygone era, before Android TV began to migrate to Google TV.
Google's plan to build remote control functionality directly into Android phones should make things smoother when sitting in front of the TV.
We also believe the company has embarked on one of the more frustrating problems with TV remotes and smart apps: the laborious process of plugging in passwords. Hopefully this news will help that process.
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