Why the app needs Local Network access
Your TV listens for commands on your home network. To find it and send it button presses, TVkip has to talk to devices on that network, which iOS only allows with your permission.
The app uses it only to:
- discover TVs (SSDP and Bonjour),
- send button presses, text, app launches and volume,
- wake TVs with Wake-on-LAN,
- serve the photos, videos, music and screen you cast or mirror, straight from your iPhone to the TV.
Nothing from your network is sent to us.
If you tapped Don't Allow, turn it on in iPhone Settings > Privacy & Security > Local Network > TVkip, then come back to the app.