We already know OnePlus will roll out its first smart TV in India on September 26 alongside the OnePus 7T smartphone. We also know that the OnePlus TV will come with a remote with a touchpad. What you may not know is that the TV will also be controlled with a smartphone. This was revealed by OnePlus CEO Pete Lau via a teaser on his Twitter handle earlier today.
The feature includes not just the smartphone control but also the ability to input text on the TV from a smartphone. The teaser promises the TV will get “fast, smooth, seamless control through your smartphone”. For the text input, it will be a lot easier to use a smartphone than the remote control and that is what the second teaser is promoting. The teaser did not reveal how the smartphone will connect to the TV but we believe it will be either through Bluetooth or WiFi. The TV may get a dedicated app which would facilitate the pairing and use of the smartphone as a remote controller or keypad.
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Faster typing, easier searching, more seamless syncing #OnePlusTV pic.twitter.com/ykfik7k0a6
— Pete Lau (@PeteLau) September 17, 2019
OnePlus has been teasing several features of the TV aside from the remote control with a touchpad. The smart TV is already revealed to come with a 55-inch QLED screen and run on the Android TV platform with the usual customizations. The TV will also have a monitor-like swivel stand and carbon fibre finish.
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