But the communications protocols are open source, so [Leon Nicholls] wrote a Google TV remote control library in Java. The video after the break shows him pairing a Raspberry Pi with his television.

or iPad can now power your futuristic format thanks to the new Google TV Remote app. It’s chock full of glorious soft buttons that could take the Logitech Harmony to task, and includes Voice Search so ...

Once you’re set up, TV Remote provides a default set of controls tailored to your TV with on-screen buttons to navigate your TV’s UI, switch channels and sources, control volume, and everything else ...