Controlling Raspberry Pi via smartphone: the best options
The Raspberry Pi is currently the best-known single-board computer on the market. It can be controlled particularly conveniently with a smartphone. You can find out what options there are in this practical tip.
Blynk: Control the Pi's GPIO pins
The "Blynk" app is particularly suitable for controlling the GPIO pins of your Raspberry Pi. We will show you all the steps again in the picture gallery at the end of the article.
- In order to use the app, you first have to run various commands on your Raspberry Pi to install the necessary files.
- You can then download the Blynk app and create various "widgets".
- All steps to this app can be found in our article on GPIO pins.
VNC: Remote control for the Raspberry Pi
For the Pi there is a service called "VNC". You can use this to remotely control the desktop surface of a device.
- To do this, first open the "Raspberry Pi Configuration", switch to the "Interfaces" tab and activate "VNC".
- Then click on the VNC logo of the VNC server in the task bar at the bottom right.
- Now log in with a RealVNC account or create a new account.
- Finally, you can download the VNC app for your Android or iOS smartphone and log in here. Now you can control the desktop of the Raspberry Pi with your smartphone.
Control Raspberry Pi via SSH
With SSH, you can remotely execute terminal commands on your Pi.
- Here, too, you must first activate SSH in the settings.
- Then download a suitable SSH app. Now you can easily connect to the Pi.
- Tip: With the "Raspberry SSH Buttons" app you can create your own buttons which execute commands on the Pi when they are pressed.
In the next practical tip, you will learn how to control radio-controlled sockets with the Raspberry Pi.
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The "Blynk" app is very practical, where you can add small widgets, such as a "button".
You can adapt this "button" to your needs.
You have to start the Blynk tool every time you restart the Pi.
The app can be used to control GPIO pins.
If you want, you can also control your Pi via VNC. To do this, you must first activate "VNC" in the settings.
Then log in to the service with a RealVNC account or create a new account.
Similar to TeamViewer, you can control the desktop of the Pi with your smartphone.
Finally, you can still control your Raspberry Pi via SSH.
With the "JuiceSSH" app, you can enter terminal commands on your cell phone and have them executed on the Pi.
With the app "Raspberry SSH Buttons" you can create your own buttons with commands.
