• hansolo@lemmy.today
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    3 months ago

    We’re all the way back around to IR diodes now? Is this just early 2000s retro stuff, and we’re going too get physical keyboards on our phones again soon?

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      3 months ago

      My newish Xiaomi has an IR diode which is very useful to switch the AC on or off when I can’t be bothered to find the remote, and to mute TVs in restaurants.

      It has a 3.5mm audio jack too.

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        3 months ago

        I used to love turning town loud TVs in bars back when IR blasters were common.