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> Chromecast and it's probably one of the best things Google has built in recent years.

Yes, I love mine … and yet, why doesn't it have a remote. No, my phone is not a suitable remote: it's locked, so I must unlock it before I can do TV stuff with it. Also, for some reason Chromecast & my phone tend to desync a fair amount of time.

I've never been happy with the Apple TVs I've used, either (the UI is pretty painful), but at least they have remotes.

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We've got a Chromecast and a Chromecast audio and whenever something is playing on either of them any Android phone in the house gets the ability to pause, skip or change the volume from the lock screen.

A remote doesn't make sense for it honestly.

It's still faster to pick up a remote & hit a physical button (possibly without even looking at it) than to pick up a phone, tap it to awaken it, wait for the screen to power on, look at it, find the button to pause & then hit it.

I would pay $20–$50 for a decent remote. I'd also love for the Chromecast to have the ability to use my accounts to play entertainment directly from that remote.

Sounds like you want an Android TV, or a Fire TV with Kodi+Plex+Kore+NewPipe+etc

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