Getting started
TVkip controls Samsung, LG, Roku, Google TV / Android TV, Sony BRAVIA, Vizio, Hisense VIDAA, Fire TV and Apple TV over your Wi-Fi. No account needed.
- Turn on your TV and make sure it's connected to your home Wi-Fi.
- Connect your iPhone to the same Wi-Fi network.
- Open TVkip and tap Allow when iOS asks for Local Network access. The app needs it to find your TV.
- Pick your TV from the list and follow the pairing step for your brand. Most TVs show a prompt or a code once; after that, the app connects by itself.
Everything on the remote is free for up to two TVs: buttons, volume, touchpad, keyboard, voice search, the app launcher and Easy Mode (big keys labeled in words: Power, Input, the arrows, Back, Home, volume, channels, Play/Pause, Mute, Keyboard and More; in Settings). Also free: Control Center and Action button controls, the Live Activity, the Volume widget, the Apple Watch remote for the TV you're using, basic Siri, the sleep timer presets, and 10 casts a day. See Pro, billing, cancelling and refunds for what Pro adds.
More than a remote
Open the More menu on the remote (on iPad and Mac, the sidebar) for Cast, Mirror, Kids and Scenes.
Want to look around first? Tap Try the Demo TV on the Find Your TV screen.
Trying the app with the demo TV
The demo TV behaves like a real TV inside the app, so you can try every button without one, or show the app to someone.
- On the Find Your TV screen, tap Try the Demo TV. You'll also find it in TVkip's Settings > Demo TV.
- "Living Room (Demo)" connects instantly. Buttons, touchpad, keyboard, apps, inputs and volume all work, and a simulated TV screen shows what happens.
Widgets, Control Center, Siri and the Apple Watch work with the demo TV too.
- The demo TV never counts against your two free TVs, and nothing you do with it is sent in diagnostics.
- To remove it, open Settings > Demo TV > Remove the Demo TV.