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The impossible dream of the universal remote

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A photo of a silver remote, on its charging cradle.

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 only one that mattered. And still, even the Harmony couldn’t make it work.

On this episode of Version History, we tell the story of the Harmony. The Verge‘s David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and John Higgins are joined by Matt Rogers, the CEO of Mill and former co-founder of Nest, …

Read the full story at The Verge.

  

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