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Best Phones with IR Blaster

Last Updated on November 29, 2020 By Admin Leave a Comment

Best Phones with IR Blaster

Table of Contents

  • Phones with IR Blaster
  • What is an IR Blaster?
  • What is an IR Blaster in Mobile Phone?
  • How an IR Blaster works?
  • How do I know if my phone has an IR blaster?
  • Is IR blaster harmful?
  • Why there are very less number of phones with IR blaster?

It happens many a time that the TV remote goes missing mysteriously only to be found when we don’t want it. If you are in such a situation, check if your mobile has IR Blaster. For those who already know about what IR blaster is, let me list the phones with IR blaster first, before we discuss all about this feature.

Phones with IR Blaster

Below are the phones with IR Blaster available on Amazon.

What is an IR Blaster?

An IR Blaster or Infrared Blaster is a device that can emit infrared rays pointing to another device in order to control it. We usually operate our TV and other media equipment with remote control, which works similarly.

What is an IR Blaster in Mobile Phone?

An IR Blaster in mobile phone simulate an infrared remote, which literally makes your phone an universal remote. Once you enabled this feature in your mobile, you can switch on a television, increase or decrease volume of your sound system, VCR, a projector or a home theatre., You just need to figure out what all devices can process infrared signal coming from your mobile phone.

How an IR Blaster works?

IR signals are invisible for humans. Its wavelength is outside the spectrum of visible light. These digital signals are produced by the pulses of electricity. It has a better transfer rate for short distances.

How do I know if my phone has an IR blaster?

Open the camera app on a smartphone. Then point your IR Blaster to your camera lens and push any button on the remote. If your IR blaster works properly, whenever you press a button, you will see a flickering light coming from the IR blaster.

Is IR blaster harmful?

While modern studies show that low-risk IR products are harmless, there is very limited research on this to prove the effects of daily exposure. Phones provide an option to turn this feature on or off. You may consider using this feature only on a need basis and keep it off on other times.

Why there are very less number of phones with IR blaster?

Streaming services like Netflix or Amazon Prime are getting popular these days and they deliver the content over internet. To control these streaming services all you need is an app in your mobile that can send signals to the service over Wi-Fi. Because of this, many phone manufacturing companies do not include IR blaster these days to save some space to some other critical feature.

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