On Version History: Bring back the Harmony remote!
On Version History: What the Harmony remote got right, why it never got everything right, and whether we still need one today. On Version History: What the Harmony remote got right, why it never got everything right, and whether we still need one today.is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech.
Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. You don’t really ever have to explain why a universal remote is a good idea. You have a bunch of stuff that needs controlling; this thing controls them all. Many companies have set out to build a product worthy of this idea, and one product came much closer than most.
It was called the Harmony, and for many years it was the best universal remote on the market. Maybe, the CEO of Mill and former co-founder of Nest, to reckon with two decades of buttons and touchscreens. The product begins as the Easy Zapper, takes off, sells to Logitech, expands like crazy for a number of years… and then. Sure, you could argue smart TVs and integrated entertainment systems just made the whole idea irrelevant.
But there’s something about the universal remote that feels as enticing as ever. So we try to figure out why.back. ) For the next several weeks, we’re telling a bunch of stories about the smart home, from Hue lights to Keurig coffee to the viral sensation that was The Clapper.
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