By Ben Schoon
Publication Date: 2025-11-19 12:30:00
Google TV devices have a new remote option that uses indoor light to ensure it “never runs out of power.”
In case you weren’t already aware, Google TV has a handful of reference designs for remote controls. We went hands-on with the original duo – G10 and G20 – a few years ago, and those have since been used on many Google TV devices, most notably Walmart’s Onn series.
Now, there’s a new design coming.
Google partner Ohsung Electronics is producing new reference remotes for Google TV that utilize a special indoor solar cell from Epishine. This replaces the batteries on the new G32 remote. Epishine explains:
For the launch of a new Google TV remote control, Epishine’s light-power technology has been selected through Ohsung Electronics, an official Google reference remote control supplier. By powering the remote with ambient indoor light instead of disposable batteries, it never runs out of…
