It lacks backlighting, and it has no dedicated activity buttons for grouping different devices together to perform tasks such as “watch TV” or “watch a movie.” You can still create activities and assign them to random buttons, but you have to figure out all the programming yourself-and we fear that the app’s learning curve may be difficult for someone who has never programmed a universal remote. While the U2 remote is better than everything else we tested, it still has some notable drawbacks. You can program the U2 using a setup app for iOS or Android, and the app provides a lot of customization options to reassign what the remote’s buttons can do. The remote’s button layout is intuitive, and the OLED screen at the top makes it easy to switch between the AV devices you want to control.
It can control up to 15 devices, including both infrared- and Bluetooth-based AV devices, so it’s more flexible than many lower-priced remotes, which typically work only with IR devices. The Sofabaton U2 Universal Remote Control offers more features and control options than similarly priced competitors.
