When Logitech signaled the end of the universal remote era by announcing the death of its Harmony product line in April 2021, I was sad to see it go. Though it had dominated the universal remote market for most of the preceding 20 years, Logitech’s Harmony had become a relic. As streaming eclipsed physical media, as affordable smart TVs with built-in apps proliferated, and as HDMI-CEC became a ubiquitous way for devices to talk to each other, the need for a programmable, universal infrared remote…
