The Space Command is an elegant Star Trek-esque gadget that pioneered a battery-less way of controlling the television.

But some folks who also got in early on the $50 Google TV device had a different remote control — one whose buttons do light up, and with a big blue “Free TV” button in the middle.

There's also one other thing that a physical TV remote has that TV back buttons or remote apps don't: tiny dots on/near some of the buttons. Most of the time, you can see this bump on the number 5 ...

Shortcut buttons on Samsung, LG, Sony, Hisense and TCL remotes. Author provided Who’s on your remote? Our research examined remotes for 2022-model smart TVs from the five major television brands ...

The Haptique RS90 and RS90X look like the all-in-one universal smart home remote of our dreams, and you can reserve one on Kickstarter today. The Haptique RS90 and RS90X look like the all-in-one ...