Other HDMI-CEC implementations may also work for internal TV volume.
#Setting up chromecast remote android
If your TV has Android or Google TV built-in, Google tells me that this won't be an issue, and volume controls will work correctly without any finagling.
#Setting up chromecast remote software
(Thanks, Samsung.) That means that although my Chromecast with Google TV can adjust my TV's volume using IR on the included hardware remote, it can't be configured to allow the software remote to adjust my TV's volume itself. Every manufacturer handles HDMI-CEC a little differently, and the version in my TV can apparently pass volume commands back through to an external device, but it won't work for my TV's built-in speakers. Though my TV has Anynet+ branded HDMI-CEC functionality and should ostensibly be able to accept the required volume commands from my Chromecast with Google TV via HDMI, my TV won't actually allow external devices to control the internal volume. But that's not Google's fault, it's mine and Samsung's.
But, that's not really a problem with the remote, just developers (including some of Google's own) inflicting their obstinacy on unsuspecting customers.Īs you can easily see in many of my screenshots above, volume controls didn't work for me at all. Searching for something on YouTube via the Android app remains an awful time without a standard text input box. YouTube, of course, loves to do everything it possibly can in its own very dumb way, and the Android TV app is no exception. Of course, this still doesn't fix the problem that many Android TV apps use non-standard text input fields. When you select or enter a text field, Gboard opens so you can type, as the old app did. That power button can also indicate the current state: Red for powered down, white/gray for on. Up top, you have a button to exit the remote view, a drop-down menu to select other Android or Google TV devices (should you have more than one), a button to trigger text input, a power button to turn things on or off, and a three-dot menu that lets you switch directional input types.
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