Remote

The remote entity view is a purpose-built grid remote for media devices — TVs, streaming boxes, receivers, and anything else exposed as a remote.* entity in Home Assistant.

Layout

The remote opens as a full-screen D-pad overlay with a 3-column × 4-row button grid (12 slots). The default layout is: Back / Home / Power on the top row, Prev / Play-Pause / Next for transport, Menu / Seek / Source for navigation, and Volume arc / Select / Mute along the bottom.

Tap anywhere on the grid to send the select command — the most common remote action. Buttons like back, home, and power use a different gesture to prevent accidental presses.

Custom Button Layout

Every slot can be reassigned in the iPhone editor. Choose from a 21-button palette (Back, Home, Menu, Select, Power, Play, Stop, Prev, Next, −10s, +10s, Shuffle, Repeat, Seek, Source, Sound, Vol arc, Vol+, Vol−, Mute, Clear). Duplicates and empty slots are allowed.

Quick Actions (Scripts) Tab

A separate Quick Actions tab lets you fire Home Assistant scripts as one-tap buttons. Each quick action gets its own label, icon, and color, and can be set to tap-to-arm / tap-again-to-fire for safety. The watch arranges them dynamically — 1 fills the screen, 2 stack wide, 3–4 become 2×2, 5–6 become 3×2, 7+ use 3 columns with the last row centered. Configure in the editor.

Crown

• Select with Crown — Forward rotation sends Select (flash overlay on the grid confirms). Reverse rotation sends Back by default; flip Reverse = Back off in the editor to use “any direction = Select” instead.

Button Activation

Configure how hardware buttons (back, home, play, etc.) activate in the remote’s settings tab (gear icon):

• Long press (default) — Hold a button to activate.
• Double tap — Tap a button twice quickly.
• Both — Either gesture works.
• Off — Buttons disabled; the grid is select-only.

Each mode has adjustable speed — fast, normal, or slow — so you can tune the timing to your preference.

Volume

• Arc overlay — Tap the volume button to bring up a gesture-driven arc slider. Drag to adjust, slide to the X to cancel.
• Edge slide — Slide along the side edge of the screen for quick volume changes. Toggle this on or off in settings, and pick left or right.
• Mute — Tap mute to silence. It remembers the previous volume and restores it when you unmute.

Power

Double-tap the power button to confirm — this prevents accidental power toggles.