{"id":150679,"date":"2016-01-04T10:43:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T08:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=150679"},"modified":"2016-01-04T10:44:25","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T08:44:25","slug":"samsung-unveils-smart-control-remote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/150679-samsung-unveils-smart-control-remote.html","title":{"rendered":"Samsung unveils Smart Control remote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.samsung.com\/global\/samsung-electronics-introduces-advanced-smart-tv-user-experience\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Samsung has\u00a0unveiled<\/strong><\/a> a new Samsung Smart TV user experience, featuring a refreshed Smart Hub user interface and new Samsung Smart Control remote.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung said they will provide consumers with easy access to their favorite content &#8211; all in one place and with a single remote control.<\/p>\n<p>The new Smart Hub interface &#8220;represents a shift away from multiple content sources and devices, to one integrated content and services platform&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Users\u00a0will be able to switch between linear content, OTT content, as well as other connected devices &#8211; including video game consoles and Blu-ray players.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Samsung Smart Control<\/h3>\n<p>The Samsung Smart Control remote serves as a single control unit for nearly all devices connected to a Samsung Smart TV.<\/p>\n<p>For a TV with more than three external devices connected, the Smart Control remote will consolidate multiple remote controls into one.<\/p>\n<p>Using the\u00a0Tizen platform, the new Smart Control remote provides quicker access to entertainment thanks to its automatic source recognition.<\/p>\n<p>The Control automatically\u00a0recognises set-top boxes, OTT boxes, Blu-ray players, game consoles, as well as other connected devices.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Samsung<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/139832-new-99-gear-vr-headset-from-samsung-and-oculus-here-soon.html\"><strong>New Gear VR headset from Samsung and Oculus here soon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/129434-oculus-rift-final-consumer-model-revealed-sa-launch-questions.html\"><strong>Oculus Rift final consumer model revealed, SA launch questions<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung has unveiled a new Smart TV user experience with a refreshed Smart Hub and new Samsung Smart Control remote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":150681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[36,34729,645,34745,6787,9081],"class_list":["post-150679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-active","tag-ces2016","tag-samsung","tag-samsung-smart-control","tag-samsung-smart-tv","tag-smart-hub"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150679"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150711,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150679\/revisions\/150711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}