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AC Remote For O General: a phone remote for O General ACs
By Mei-Lin Chua
Contributing editor, apps and storefronts
- Phone as a remote for O General air conditioners
- Sends commands through the phone's infrared transmitter
- Climate control from the phone, per the listing's no-setup claim
- Independent app, not affiliated with O General
What AC Remote For O General is
AC Remote For O General is a remote control app for O General air conditioners. It runs on an Android phone and is meant to replace the handset that came with the unit. The developer is listed as myapps.
The app is aimed at people who already own an O General unit and want to adjust its cooling from their phone. The listing is short and does not describe a wide range of settings, so the app is best understood as a basic climate remote.
How the phone talks to the unit
The app works by using the phone's built-in infrared transmitter, the same kind of emitter a television remote uses. Commands are sent as infrared signals that the air conditioner receives, so the unit does not need a network connection or a separate hub.
Because the signal is infrared, the phone has to be pointed toward the unit and within its line of sight, as with any IR remote.
Controlling cooling from the phone
The listing describes precise climate control and personalised cooling from the phone. It does not name individual buttons, modes or temperature ranges, so those details are not confirmed here.
The listing's summary describes the app as simple and as needing no setup. Those are the developer's words, not something tested here.
Matching the app to an O General unit
The app is built for O General air conditioners specifically, and the listing says it is not formally affiliated with O General Air Conditioners. Anyone with a different brand of unit is outside what the listing describes.
The developer published the app under the name myapps., and the listing rates it for ages 3 and up.
What's new
About this APK
The build we hold is AC Remote For O General 1.14 (APKS split bundle) for Android 6.0 and up.
- Version
- 1.14
- 20
- Requires Android
- 6.0+
- Size
- 12 MB
- Target Android
- 16
- Package ID
- com.matanyamin.ogeneralacremotecontrol
- Format
- APKS split bundle
- Malware scan
- Google Play Protect
- Permissions
- 13 declared
- Signed by
- CN=Android, O=Google Inc.
- Certificate SHA-256
- 554b5c4d69f2870f25244989a2d5a6630ebd6ad753bca4074ee81ccad4ee74c2
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