# My best remote so far **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-Topic\ **Tags:** buttons-and-remotes\ **Created:** [August 8, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/my-best-remote-so-far/141298 "2025-08-08T16:30:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yann\_Liqueur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/yann_liqueur/32/114031_2.png) [@Yann\_Liqueur](https://community.homey.app/u/Yann_Liqueur)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/my-best-remote-so-far/141298/1 "2025-08-08T16:30:51Z")
for many months now, I’m very happy with my Homey config, from time to time I add a new device to my home and some new flows, and everything running smooth instantly, the only thing I really need now is a hand remote…, I’m fed up with managing my home using voice commands or multiple old iPads in different rooms. iPad are really nice for metrics and reporting (thanks dashboards) - but for a simple toggle command to turn on the lights, I want a remote I can use from my sofa I need a simple way to command my TV+Audio, my lights and my blinds, specially when I look at tv or I go to bed… I’m looking for a remote with simple tactile controls, so I can use it without needing to look at it — like my Samsung TV remote. I’m still waiting for the public release of [https://www.unfoldedcircle.com](https://www.unfoldedcircle.com) (I’m a little bit concerned with their blog not updated in over a year…) I recently tried the SwitchBot hub 3 ( [SwitchBot Hub 3 | All-in-One Smart Hub with Matter & Sensor Control – SwitchBot International](https://www.switch-bot.com/products/switchbot-hub-3) ) : Really disappointed (don’t believe you tube demo/commercial 👎 - I send it back and ask for a refund… but few weeks ago, reading something about tiny-of ( [tinyPod : ce gadget transforme votre iWatch en mini iPod minimaliste](https://creapills.com/tinypod-iwatch-iphone-20240722) ) give me an idea to find a use for my old Apple Watches… this watch is a tiny computer after all and compatible with Homey I had several Apple Watches in a box gathering dust, the first gen is not compatible, watch OS is too old, the 4th gen can handle OS10.6.1, I can trigger Homey’s flows my 6th gen is running OS 11.6, and give me an extra appletv remote complication.. (yes I know I keep all my geek stuff - I still have a 512 Macintosh, a newton message pad and my first iPhone among many, many other old things) first of all I can manage/connect the 3 watches (my actual ultra + my two old ‘as remotes’) from the same iPhone ![IMG_3078.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/0/50b134800e3c448b23fb0a1753400ee20ce38dc5.jpeg) only one at a time is in sync with my iPhone (my Ultra) but the others two are totally usable as remote… the setup : I delete most of the apps with Homey, I kept weather, music, shortcuts, remote (I have some more I cannot delete) I have installed a very useful watch face with : day+time, watch battery level, weather forecast, and 3 complications (2 on the 4th gen), music | remote | homey ![IMG_3077](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/6/f6c5dadb899f8221c84ec3ef92122820ac3b2535.jpeg) On the watch, Homey can only display the list of favorite flows. Since I didn’t want a list too long I specifically created simples ‘on/off’ flows for my main routines : turn on/off, lights (by main room) blinds, and Dyson fans I don’t want to run out of battery, so my watches (always on) are most of the times docked on nice elago stands ( [Best buy Apple Watch Case, Strap, Stand at elago](https://www.elago.com/collections/apple-watch) ) - one iMac g5 and one (OG) Macintosh one is in my office room, the other in the living room… **The Pros** in the palm of my hand I can control pretty much everything : my main devices with a touch to homey’s flows And because I have a full Apple config I can also control my music and my Apple TV… (1 Apple TV connected to my samsung, 4 homePods + Apple Music for sound and home theatre) it’s super light… when I enter my living room I put it in my pocket for the night, always available… ![incoming-872DFCEA-3C14-4C0D-BCB5-868985A7168B](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/a/baed0695fbc033afbd8676a71ac0b10d3077dcfa.png) ![incoming-872DFCEA-3C14-4C0D-BCB5-868985A7168B](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/a/baed0695fbc033afbd8676a71ac0b10d3077dcfa.png) **The Cons** its small - and not so easy to use with only one hand … It would be better with something like the tinypod… but I don’t want to by this, apparently it’s a piece of crap that works with belts and pulleys — nothing electronic at all… I’m still looking for a nice and long case… its a touch screen so I need to look at it when I want to use it All flows in the list have the exact same style - it could be better if we could customise icon and color of each flow individually… **the pros are way more important then the cons, so if you have an old Apple Watch you don’t use anymore, try it as a remote if you can handle a recent Os**