[lotophage]

I'm curious if people actually use the IR in place of their TV remote as in the promo. For me personally, I think the friction of having to fire up an app first would preclude me from ever using it in earnest.

[noAnswer]

I used that feature once. Long day on a construction site. Last job was to hook up a PC to a Smart-TV. No remote to be seen. Costumer no longer on site. Jelly 2 to the rescue :-) Felt Swiss Army knifey.

[MBCook]

It’s pretty easy to launch the remote function on my iPhone to control my Apple TV. I still almost never do it.

The loss of the tactile ability to find the buttons, especially without looking, kills it unless you’re in a real bind.

[ChrisMarshallNY]

The only time I ever use mine, is when the dreaded linear type entry comes up.

[alphager]

On their own TV at home: probably not.

In airports, bars, waiting rooms: absolutely.

[jcul]

I have the jelly star and I do use this feature. It's useful if the remote is missing and you need to adjust the volume or something.

I aslo used it when I was working away from home and was trying to plug my laptop into a TV HDMI port. I had no remote and couldn't switch the input manually but was able to do it with the phone.

[beart]

It's a great option when the kids lose the remote somewhere

[magneticnorth]

One of my dogs thinks tv remotes are the most delicious chew toy.

I've switched to using my phone as a TV remote, exclusively, but I realize I'm a bit of an edge case.