--- title: 7 Smart Ways to Browse the Web on Android TV Without... description: BrowsePad is an Android TV browser app that replaces the frustrating D-pad remote experience by turning your smartphone into a wireless touchpad controller.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/7-smart-ways-to-browse-the-web-on-android-tv-without-fighting-your-remote-xvwcouofy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 7 Smart Ways to Browse the Web on Android TV Without Fighting Your Remote | daily.dev og:description: BrowsePad is an Android TV browser app that replaces the frustrating D-pad remote experience by turning your smartphone into a wireless touchpad controller.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/7-smart-ways-to-browse-the-web-on-android-tv-without-fighting-your-remote-xvwcouofy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/XVWCOUOfY.png og:image:alt: 7 Smart Ways to Browse the Web on Android TV Without Fighting Your Remote og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 7 Smart Ways to Browse the Web on Android TV Without Fighting Your Remote **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary BrowsePad is an Android TV browser app that replaces the frustrating D-pad remote experience by turning your smartphone into a wireless touchpad controller. Key features include phone-based cursor control via QR code pairing over Wi-Fi, desktop website mode, multi-tab browsing with session restore, natural two-finger scrolling, phone keyboard input for text fields, bookmarks and history, and direct file downloads. The app is positioned as purpose-built for TV screens rather than a mobile browser adaptation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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