W1 Air Mouse

I bought this WeChip W1 air mouse remote mainly to control my Android TV box, but I quickly found out it does so much more! My elderly father always struggles with typing on smart TVs or navigating small on-screen buttons. One weekend, I set this up for him — literally just plugged in the USB dongle, and it worked instantly. No drivers, no Bluetooth pairing nightmares. He was shocked when he started typing “YouTube” using the full keyboard on the back! The air mouse feature is intuitive — just a flick of the wrist moves the cursor. It’s great for controlling the TV from the sofa without pointing it directly at the screen. And when I want to search or enter passwords, I flip it over and type like a mini wireless keyboard. Super convenient. 💡 A few notes: • The keyboard is not backlit, but the layout is very readable. • It’s rechargeable, which saves me money on batteries. • Not compatible with Samsung or LG TVs directly, but works perfectly through Android TV boxes or PCs. This little device replaced three remotes on our coffee table. A great purchase! ✅ Easy setup ✅ Full keyboard ✅ Accurate air mouse ✅ Rechargeable

Out of all the options I've looked into for a compact HTPC remote, this one strikes the best balance of usability, familiarity, compact form factor, and price. There are a few things that leave me feeling this could be improved a bit more though: - The Home button is the only way to bring up the start menu as well as the taskbar when an app is fullscreen (e.g. Steam Big Picture). This button is programmed to bring up your default browser, meaning every time you want to navigate to another window in this situation you're launching browser windows you may not want. This could be fixed by just making the Home button function like a Windows key instead. Another nice to have would just be adding a button that simulates alt-tab to allow switching windows without the taskbar. - Speaking of the Windows key, there's no Windows key on the keypad side of the remote either. This is such a core key on Windows and Linux and should have been included somewhere. - No backlight on the buttons if you want to use it in the dark - The air mouse is precise in the middle of the screen but starts to be more difficult to aim into the corners. I find myself having to go in and out of mouse mode to recenter the pointer in relation to your hand. - I don't like that the Fn button on the keypad stays on. It should turn off after pressing the first key so you return to normal typing.

Just bought this a few days ago after racking my brains reading review after review about smart tv replacement remotes. This remote was replacing an ELEMENT FIRE TV EDITION remote. My questions I had while looking for remotes: -Will this work with the built in Fire TV in the television? And yes it does, because the remote used A USB transmitter. Bottom line, if your TV has a USB plug, this is going to work -How do the buttons feel? Really tactile, satisfying, and at a really comfortable "pressing height". My original Fire TV remote had buttons that were sometimes slick at certain angles; not the case with this remote -Will the air mouse work with a smart TV browser? Yup, works with my Mozilla app -Does the "FN" button have to be pressed every time you want a secondary letter of a key? NOPE! They even included an indicator light to tell you when you're in "FN" mode -Is this going to feel cheap? No, it's surprisingly well-made and I think it feels more solid than my Amazon Fire remote. Most likely due to having no removable pieces (like battery compartment). Overall: -Great design -Awesome buttons and application of functionality -Love not having to replace batteries anymore Will update after I've had this for a month.

I have gone through several remotes trying to find one that would actually have learning functions beyond just the power button. Good thing is that this did learn IR functions from my previous remote. I could program power, volume, and could program the mute function to the settings button. It functions well with the mouse pointer and clicking up and down with the arrows and OK key, but the ergonomics are where this is lacking. For one, I felt it was a little wider than it needed to be. The OK button is a bit small but not a big issue. The volume buttons are really small and not the easiest to click without looking. The other buttons are all in good spots, but not necessary to be as big as they are when volume buttons are so small. The other thing is there is no mute button, so you can program the settings button with IR for mute or in the Nvidia Shield (what I used this for) you can set that as mute and other settings like double click or hold to do other functions. It just doesn't register as fast on the TV as IR does. I do wish it was backlit when picked up, but I'll take the functionality over the backlit feature any day. There is an upgraded model of this that takes care of a lot of the ergonomic issues, but it combines the home button and back button which can cause less functionality with the Nvidia Shield. Overall this is a solid choice even with it being an older model because it does function as it should and a good value for the price.

Purchased for my Nvidia box. There are 3 problems with this remote that I found out after 1 day of using it. 1. The air mouse it has a very slow long movement. So going from one side screen to another it takes a big movement of the hand. 2. There is no Play/ Pause button so it takes extra step to do that process. 3. The function characters on this remote are so dark that you need a lot of light to see the character that you want to press. Other then that I don't have to say too much at this time. The other remote that I have is good but it kills my AAA 2 batteries in less then two weeks, that's why I need it to replace the remote. Will do update.

Nice item. Very functional and easy to use. Good battery life.

After receiving the remote I quickly discovered it didn't have the ability to wake a suspended PC. So a quick google search later I found the FLIRC USB IR receiver and it works perfect with Wechip to Wake/Suspend the PC. Just install the FLIRC GUI app, select Media Keys controller, bind 'Wake/Suspend' button to power button on the Wechip remote and done. Also, make sure the USB port you are using allows 'USB Wake Support'. Only 2/10 of my USB ports were supported. I can't comment on battery life or other quirky bugs/features yet, but it is functioning exactly how I wanted it to for the sake of being able to wake/suspend the PC and point and click Play. 4/14/2020 - Since buying this I ordered two more, another for home and one for work. I service line PCs with no keyboard or mouse, so this thing saves me time for quick fixes as long as I don't need to do much typing. The air-mouse and wake-up (+FLIRC) function is mostly I what I needed it for so I don't use the keyboard much. It is okay but can be tedious to use beyond some simple input. Besides that, I haven't had any issues. I feel like it holds a charge for a month or more depending on usage. Also, don't overlook the Learn IR function! You can train your Wechip's power button with your TV remote's power button and then turn the PC & TV on/off simultaneously! 6/17/21 - It has been two years of using this mouse daily and still have not had any issues. Battery is holding up great as I don't even remember the last time I charged it and all buttons still work. Would still recommend! 5/6/22 - Another year of literal daily use in our living room and it's still holding up exceptionally well. Battery life is great and we really don't charge it all that often. It's also been chewed on, drooled on, and thrown around by my now 2 year old and still working fine. The volume down button lost a little travel but still works. Will continue to recommend. 11/17/22 - I have finally gave in and had to replace this remote - with another of the same model! It was still technically working but the volume up/down buttons were so worn that there was no more click or button travel making it tricky to turn down the volume. All other buttons still work as normal. Battery life was slightly worse but it still held charge for weeks at a time. Other than that, this thing lasted 3+ years of daily use and I will continue to recommend it.

The newest version of this device now either doesn't work or require some cryptic combo of buttons to program. the Infrared Pairing.. The instructions (holding the OK and power button at the same time ) on the amazon listing and the video are wrong (they are for the old version ?) .. The "manual" that comes with it if you can call it that is also either wrong or the translation is so bad that it's /im missing something... I have tried it dozens of times and google translated all language versions to see if they are just losing something in translation. But I cant get it to IR pair with anything. So basically the device works great with LibreELEC (Lunx HTPC Distro) via the dongle but I cant turn on and off the TV .

Works well as a media remote with a player that has remappable keybinds such as mpv You could use Microsoft's Powertoys to remap one of the buttons to a modifier like the Control key or the Shift key, but you can't use shortcuts as the remote side can only register one key at a time The keyboard side can only register two keys at once, so you can't use some of the more complex shortcuts such as Ctrl+Shift+T The mouse is not accurate and sometimes goes in the wrong direction, turning the mouse control off and on again on the remote fixes it for a bit then it goes back after some moving The keyboard is decent but it could take a while to get used to, especially since you need to trigger the Fn key to type numbers

Very convenient and ergonomic to use. Before this I was using Logitech K400 Plus to control my android TV which is a big, clunky and hard to carry-around Keyboard with trackpad. This is on the other hand is very pocketable. I can easily multi-task with this this in my pocket while the TV is on. It has a programmable IR function so no need to press power on the TV's remote, you can program it on this one. In terms of battery life, the rechargeable internal battery can give a good month or two of usage. Since its rechargeable no hassle of putting in those AA or AAAs. Overall, I am very happy with this remote and would definitely recommend it. While the remote works fine, in general, sometimes the D-Pad "OK" key conflicts with other keys. This happens rarely but for the sake of full disclosure mentioning it here.

Working well with my toshiba android tv and it's easy to use.

Lo utilizo con la MiBox 3 y funciona de maravilla. Solo tuve que conectar el receptor USB que se incluye y funcionó sin más al 100%. La opción de puntero es muy práctica y escribir con el teclado facilita muchísimo utilizar el navegador.

Bought this because my PC is also my entertainment centre and it's not so convenient to have a mouse and keyboard within reach all the time during movies etc. While the space button on the keyboard portion is a serviceable play/pause button for most video players, it's rather cumbersomely placed at the bottom of the device and is difficult to press without accidentally also pressing either the "back" or "home" button–either of which can cause infuriating interruptions. Other than its suboptimal multimedia functionality, it works beautifully. The air mouse is a lot like a Wii remote and makes browsing from the couch a lot less unwieldy compared to a mouse and keyboard. Pretty happy with it.