Perch Remote & Widgets

A remote for a streaming television, built so the keys you press most never require opening the app. It works across the home Wi-Fi rather than by infrared, so the iPhone and the television need to sit on one network, and the television has to be a model named below. Most remote apps are a single screen you have to find, open and navigate before anything happens. Perch is built the other way round. Power, mute and volume sit on the Home Screen, on the Lock Screen and in a spoken phrase; power and mute also sit in Control Center and on the Action button. Every widget and every Control Center button remembers which television it talks to. Which Televisions, and What It Needs Roku® streaming players and Roku TV™ models. No other brand is supported. Put the iPhone and the television on one Wi-Fi network, open the app, approve the one-time system prompt for access to the local network, and…