Friday, November 15, 2013

Use your Mobile Device as a Wireless Mouse to control Windows PC and Mac

Sometimes while watching movie or doing some work while sitting on your bed or couch and screen some distance away. You want to remotely control your Pc like a Tv remote. For that there is wireless mouse available in market. But why to waste money if you can control your PC from your mobile device only.
As such there are lots of app and tools available that can let you use your mobile device as a wireless mouse. Like TeamViewer awesome app to control your device remotely from anywhere. But for this you need an internet connection to be enabled on both your mobile and pc.
Here i am listing some of the tested free apps that can let you use your mobile device as a wireless mouse.
WiFi Mouse : Its a free app available for Android and Ios device and work for both Windows Pc and Mac



For this you need to connect both of your device with wi-fi. You can use some Wi-Fi router for this or can create Portable Hotspot on your Mobile device only. Read http://technofizi.com/how-to-create-wifi-hotspot-on-android/
It also supports Speech to text feature and multi-finger trackpad gestures.
There is option for both Left /Right click  and scroll. By its auto connect option, its really very easy to connect and set up connection.  This app even gives you a wireless keyboard feature also.
Gestures:
* Tap-to-click
* Two finger tap for right click
* Two finger scroll
* Pinch to zoom
* Three finger drag or highlight
* Four finger swipe up to maximise current window
* Four finger swipe down to show desktop
* Four finger swipe sideways to change current window focus
* Left handed mouse support (swap left and right mouse click

But most of the feature of this app are not available on free version. You have to buy the pro version for that. But if you want to use it as a wireless mouse without any extra feature then it works good.
Compatible with XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Mac OSX/Linux (Ubuntu)
Remote Mouse: Its anothe free app to use your Android Mobile device as a Wireless Mouse and Keyboard. It is similar like Wi-Fi Mouse but all its features are available for free.
It works in both landscape and portrait mode and Works under WiFi and 3G Network. It is Compatible with Windows 8, 7, XP, Vista and with Mac OSX Lion/Snow leopard/Leopard


You first have to download Remote Mouse for both your mobile and pc. Then you need to connect your devices with wi-fi. You can use wifi router or your portable Hotspot for that. Now launch the app on both mobile and pc. And now tap the Auto Connect Button on your mobile device. And now you can use your mobile device as a wireless mouse.
Windows 8 Controller Free:  This tool is specially design to control your Windows 8 Pc via your mobile device. This tool is available on both Pro and Freeversion. You need to download Windows 8 Server app for your PC. Soon its IOS version will also available.
Its very simple to use this app, after installing it on your mobile device and its server on your Pc. You can chose from the two options.

Auto Connect : To connect automatically, when tap it automatically connect your devices.
Manual Connect : If you have problem in Auto Connect, you can try this manual method to connect your devices. But keep in mind that both of your devices should be connected to same Wi-Fi network.


   While connecting you need to enter the IP shown in the server side. After adding that Ip to your mobile app. It will connect it automatically.
How to use Windows 8 Controller
When got connected, a blank screen will be appear on your Android Device. Now you can move your finger on this to control your mouse pointer. There are two Start and Calender look Button at the bottom left

For

Left Click, you need to tap One Finger. Like you do on your Laptop touch pad.

For 
Right Click tap two finger Simultaneously

For 
Double click, tap one finger twice. Like you do on Touch Pad.

for
You can also Scroll by moving fingers over Scroll areas.

For Zoom In and Zoom Out you can move your finger towards and away from each other.

To control the volume of your PC, you can either use onscreen volume control or your phone Volume button

To get Tile Screen , tap on the title icon.





There are many built in shortcuts in this app. But most of them are for Pro version. For accessing all those features, you need to buy the pro version. But if you just want to enjoy the wireless mouse feature, you can use this free version only.
These apps makes your life more luxurious. You must have heard of devices like Chromecast which convert your Tv into Smart Tv. These app also let you experience the same, you can sit on your couch far from your PC and can control that wirelessly from your Smart phone.

You can tell us , if you have tried more apps like these in comments. And if you have any problem in using these apps, you can ask it. We are always happy to help.



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