Can I type on my TV with my phone?
Short answer: Yes — this is the best reason to use a phone remote. Remote Pro gives you the full iPhone keyboard for search fields, so you never hunt-and-peck letter by letter with a D-pad again.
Yes — and once you've typed one password this way, the D-pad keyboard is dead to you. TV platforms accept text input over their network protocols, so a phone remote app can put your entire iPhone keyboard behind the TV's text fields.
How it works in Remote Pro: focus any text field on the TV (search, sign-in, WiFi password), tap the keyboard button, and type normally — autocorrect, cursor movement, and crucially paste. Copy a streaming password out of your password manager and paste it straight into the TV. No more arrow-arrow-arrow-OK.
Platform notes, honestly:
- Fire TV — full keyboard support; this is the single best reason Fire Stick owners install a phone remote. Dedicated guide.
- Samsung — keyboard input works in the TV's search and text fields.
- Android TV / Google TV — native text input via Google's remote protocol.
- Roku — keyboard works in search and sign-in fields via Roku's local API.
One honest caveat: a handful of apps on some platforms draw their own custom keyboards that bypass the system text field — those can ignore remote text input. It's rare, and the D-pad still works there as a fallback.