OPPO has made its foray into the smart TV market with the launch of the OPPO TV R1 and OPPO TV S1 TVs in China. The latter is a premium TV with a 4K QLED display and a price tag that converts to over $1000.

A review of the OPPO TV S1 has been uploaded on YouTube and it reveals that the TV ships with a similar remote to the one OnePlus shipped with its Q series. We are talking about the rechargeable remote (RC-001A) that eventually got replaced with the Netflix Remote (RC-002A).

The OPPO TV S1′ remote pictured above looks almost like the OnePlus RC-001A remote but differs with respect to the function of the buttons. The OnePlus button is the Home button while the Google Assistant button is the microphone button on OPPO’s remote. OPPO has also replaced the Prime Video button with the Input Source button, the overflow button with the power button, while the Home button on the OnePlus Remote is the overflow button on the OPPO remote. OPPO’s remote also has the manufacturer’s logo at the bottom.

We are not too surprised at the occurrence since both OPPO and OnePlus are sister companies. However, this remote wasn’t well-received, so it is disappointing that OPPO decided to launch its own smart TV with the same remote more than a year after OnePlus launched its TV.

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The new OnePlus TV U Series launched yesterday comes with a brand new TV remote that can be termed as an improved version of the one that launched with the Q series last year. The Y-series also comes with a new remote too.

When OnePlus announced the Q series TVs last year, it came with a remote with design inspiration from the Apple TV’s Siri Remote. While the OnePlus TV remote (RC-001A) is pretty cool in its appearance, there were complaints about its design, such as it being uncomfortably thin. Also, not everyone liked the side-mounted volume control buttons.

A few months after the launch of the OnePlus TV Q series, a new remote was announced called the Netflix Remote (RC-002A) which has a dedicated Netflix button. The design is also entirely different and unlike the original, it doesn’t have a rechargeable battery.

OnePlus is known for listening to feedback and the launch of these two new remotes reaffirms it.

OnePlus TV U Series Remote (RC-003A)

The new OnePlus TV Remote (RC-003A) for the U-series announced today has a silver finish and appears to be made of metal but it is actually plastic. It is significantly thicker but just the right thickness like most TV remotes.

Coming to the buttons, the squircle D-Pad has been kept at the top and seems to have a glossy finish. The remote also keeps the OnePlus button (for launching OxygenPlay and powering off/on the TV), the back button, the home button, and the Google Assistant button. Alongside the aforementioned buttons, it comes with new ones too.

There are dedicated buttons for Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Video, a mute button, and buttons for volume control. There is also an apps button on the remote. There is no dedicated button for YouTube nor is there an input source button as seen on the Netflix Remote. The new remote is powered by AAA batteries and they should come bundled with the TV.

OnePlus TV Y series Remote (RC-002B)

The Y-series also gets a new remote while it is different from that of the U-series, it is more like the Netflix remote that launched last December.

The new remote keeps the design of the Netflix Remote. The differences are in the buttons. First, there is a power button now at the top left corner. It replaces the OnePlus button whose function is for calling up OxygenPlay and turning the TV on or off.

OnePlus has also swapped the Input Source button on the Netflix Remote for a Menu button on the new remote. The last change is the addition of a OnePlus logo to the bottom of the remote.

Other than the aforementioned changes, the rest of the features are the same. There are dedicated buttons for Netflix, Prime Video, and YouTube. The remote also uses AAA batteries.

OnePlus has definitely listened to feedback and has come up with better remotes for its TVs. We presume the new U-series remote will be the one that will ship with new models of its more expensive TVs (U and Q series) going forward while the Y-series remote will be the one that ships with its more affordable models.

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The OnePlus TV is all set to get launched later this month in India. Ahead of the launch of this new product, the company has been revealed details about the Smart TV at regular intervals. Now, the company’s CEO Pete Lau has shared an image of the remote controller that will come with the OnePlus TV.

The OnePlus TV remote comes with USB Type-C port for charging and has regular Android navigation buttons. Interestingly, there’s also a dedicated Google Assistant button, a OnePlus button and another button which is completely blank. On the top part, it seems that there’s a touch pad of some sort.

On the right side of the remote, there’s a volume rocker key. At a first glance, the remote for the OnePlus TV looks quite similar to the Apple TV Siri remote. Design wise, the remote seems like a premium product, complimenting what the company has been teasing about its upcoming Smart TV since past few weeks.

From the listing of the TV on Amazon India, it has already been confirmed that the OnePlus TV will come with a 55-inch 4K QLED display with support for Dolby Vision, bringing extraordinary color, contrast, and brightness to the screen. It has also been revealed that the TV will have 8 speakers with 50W output which is powered by Dolby Atmos sound for cinematic experience.

Earlier, it was leaked that the device comes packed with 2GB of RAM and is powered by MediaTek MT5670 quad-core processor which is clocked at 1.5GHz, coupled with ARM Mali G51 graphics processor.

Pete Lau has already revealed that the OnePlus TV will come powered by Android TV and said that the company worked alongside Google to optimize the Android TV user experience. He has also promised to offer Android TV updates for at least 3 years.

The OnePlus TV will be first launched in the Indian market later this month because the company has already partnered with content providers. Nevertheless, it should be announced in Europe, USA and China in October.

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