Turning your TV on from the app
A TV that's off isn't listening, so turning it on over Wi-Fi needs a setting on the TV:
- Samsung: Settings > General > Network > Expert Settings > Power On with Mobile → On. Turn on IP Remote there too if your TV has it. Wait about a minute after switching the TV off before turning it on again. A wired TV with a soundbar on HDMI ARC may ignore the wake signal; try the TV on Wi-Fi. Samsung TVs from before 2014 can't be turned on over the network.
- LG: Settings > General > Devices > External Devices > TV On With Mobile (or Mobile TV On) > Turn on via Wi-Fi → On, even if the TV uses a network cable. Also turn on Quick Start+ (General > Devices > TV Management, or Always Ready) if your model has it. If the TV is on Wi-Fi and was also once connected by cable (or the other way round), open the app once while the TV is on so it learns both network addresses.
- Roku TV: Settings > System > Power > Fast TV start → On. Without it the TV stops answering in standby and only Wake-on-LAN can reach it. Roku sticks and boxes never fully turn off. Turning a Roku on or off from the app also needs Control by mobile apps > Network access set to Enabled (Default on older Roku software).
- Google TV / Android TV: Chromecast with Google TV, Google TV Streamer and NVIDIA SHIELD are always ready (on SHIELD, turn off Settings > Remotes & accessories > Simplified wake buttons). Sony: Settings > Network & Internet > Remote start → On. TCL: Settings > System > Power and energy > Screenless service → On. Some Xiaomi and onn TVs switch their network off in standby; turn those on with their own remote.
- Sony BRAVIA: Remote start → On: Settings > BRAVIA Settings > Remote start (2025 models), Settings > Network & Internet > Remote start (2020–2024), Settings > Network > Remote start (older). The app also turns on the TV's Wake-on-LAN setting when the TV allows it.
- Vizio: Settings > System > Power Mode → Quick Start. In Eco Mode the TV's network is off while it sleeps, so the app can't wake it; turn it on with its own remote.
- Hisense VIDAA: Settings > Network > Wake on LAN (network cable) and Wake on Wireless Network (Wi-Fi) → On; on 2024 and later models they are in Settings > Connection > Network. Keep Fast Power On on (Settings > System > Advanced Settings) so the app can also switch the TV on over its own connection.
- Fire TV: sticks and Fire TV Cubes keep their Wi-Fi on while asleep, so the app wakes them without extra settings (turning one off puts it to sleep; your TV may stay on). Fire TV smart TVs (Insignia, Toshiba and others) can drop off the Wi-Fi when off: turn on their option to keep listening while the screen is off (for example Voice Commands When TV Screen is Off).
- Apple TV: it stays on your Wi-Fi while asleep, so the app wakes it without extra settings. Your TV turns on and off with it only if HDMI-CEC is on for both (on the Apple TV, under Settings > Remotes and Devices).
The TV must have been on your Wi-Fi before it was switched off. If it was unplugged, turn it on with its own remote once. Turning off works on every TV without extra settings.
Networks
- The app sends the wake signal (Wake-on-LAN) several times, both to the whole network and straight to the TV's last address, and also uses the TV's own wake command where it has one.
- Mesh Wi-Fi and extenders sometimes don't pass the wake signal on to a sleeping TV. Connecting the TV by cable often helps, as does the TV's "Quick Start" or network standby option.
- Another network: a TV can only be woken from its own network. A TV on a separate wired network (VLAN) or behind another router can't be woken from your iPhone unless your router forwards the wake signal.
- VPN or Personal Hotspot on: turn the VPN off, and join the TV's Wi-Fi rather than sharing your hotspot.