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Home Remote Control on Windows Pc

Developed By: Simon Schubert

License: Free

Rating: 3,8/5 - 1.413 votes

Last Updated: December 24, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.7.6
Size 15.1 MB
Release Date May 15, 16
Category Tools Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (10)]

What's New:
• fixed bugs• updated libraries and android api• live permission request dialogs [see more]

Description from Developer:
The one Remote Control for your Windows/OSX/Linux/Kodi system.

Key Features
• Control mouse/keyboard
• Control the sound volume
• List/manage/download/upload files to the system... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Home Remote Control and install on Windows PC. Home Remote Control is free Tools app, developed by Simon Schubert. Latest version of Home Remote Control is 1.7.6, was released on 2016-05-15 (updated on 2023-12-24). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100,000. Overall rating of Home Remote Control is 3,8. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 1,413 users, 249 users had rated it 5*, 793 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Home Remote Control on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Home Remote Control on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Home Remote Control on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Home Remote Control using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Home Remote Control" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Home Remote Control on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Home Remote Control" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.7.6.

Download Home Remote Control 1.7.6 on Windows PC – 15.1 MB

The one Remote Control for your Windows/OSX/Linux/Kodi system.

Key Features
• Control mouse/keyboard
• Control the sound volume
• List/manage/download/upload files to the system filesystem
• Write custom commands
• Use a terminal
• Execute tasks in the future
• Control media
• Monitoring the system.

You can export any remote control profile as a json file, share it with friends/colleagues or import it to another app instance. For the Linux remote control no third party software is required except an SSH server which is most likely available via your package manager. Login via user and password or via SSH key.

Live Monitoring
The live monitoring shows information about the current CPU usage, used and max ram, network interface information, Bluetooth Mac address and connection name, left battery life in percentage, used and max swap, disk partitions and general information about the system architecture. You can also customize the monitoring request commands and display any kind of information you want.

Wake on Lan
Wake up a system via network with a so called "Magic Packet". You will find instructions on how to enable the wol feature inside the app.

Widgets
The app has 3 types of widgets for your home screen: one to send commands, another one to show live monitor information and one to wake up systems.

Windows/OSX
Login via scanning the QR code of the Server App(http://schubert-simon.de/remotecontrolserver/RemoteControlServer.zip).
• fixed bugs
• updated libraries and android api
• live permission request dialogs
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows using the device's IR transmitter, if available.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to read from external storage.