Today I'll show you a number of ways you can use the iPhone to remote control everything from iTunes playback to your Windows or Mac desktops.

Want to control your computer using your mobile phone? Check out Remote Mouse, a remote control app that transforms your mobile phone into a wireless controller to control your computer.

Unified Remote for PC is a free app that helps users control the computer via WiFi, using a Windows Phone, Android smartphone or iOS iPhone.

Kodi allows you to set up a Kodi remote with smartphone to ease navigation. Learn how to set up a Kode remote control in Windows 11/10 using Android & iOS.

VNC on the iPhone is a thing of beauty, allowing you to view the screen of and control your Mac or PC. Unfortunately, solutions up to this point have been clunky: Web-based monstrosities that ...

According to Razer’s website, PC Remote Play lets you stream games from your PC to a mobile device like an iPhone or an iPad, to handheld gaming devices, or to a Windows-based computer. It’s ...

You can remotely control another person's iPhone, iPad, and Mac using FaceTime. This requires you to use Facetime's screen sharing feature and request control of the other person's device.

To date, Apple doesn't offer a native remote access feature for iPhone users to gain control of a Mac. However, you can still do so using a free app.

The beauty of LogMeIn is that you can use all of your usual desktop programs and access your data from anywhere, right on your iPhone or iPad. I was even able to stream music and video remotely ...

What you need to use FaceTime remote control At time of writing, FaceTime's remote control feature only works on iOS 18 or macOS 15 Sequoia. Update your iPhone/iPad (under Settings > General ...