Use smartphone as keyboard and mouse for PC
If you want to use your smartphone as a keyboard and mouse for your PC, there are a few remote apps available that you can use to control your PC. We show you how it works.
Control your PC with your smartphone: RemoteLink
The free Android app RemoteLink turns your smartphone into a mouse and keyboard. This gives you the opportunity to control your PC with WiFi. Macs as well as Linux and Windows PCs are supported.
- Install the RemoteLink app on your smartphone. You can download this app for free from the Play Store.
- To be able to connect the application, you need a client on your Windows PC. Download the RemoteLink server. After downloading, you only have to unzip the zip file and carry out the setup.
- Then start the application. A connection can be made either via Bluetooth or WLAN. Your PC must either have Bluetooth or be connected to the same network as your computer.
- You can find your PC by pressing "Search Device" in the mobile app. You can use the Connect button to establish the connection and start it directly.
- You can then use the app to control the mouse using the touchpad or enter text. Also included are practical modes for presentations, music playback and PC control (see screenshot).
Mouse & keyboard remote for the smartphone
Whether voice input or scroll function, the Mouse & Keyboard Remote application offers many additional functions with which you can control your PC remotely. Media player or presentation controls are not available in the free version. You can still buy these supplements.
- Install the Mouse & Keyboard Remote App by downloading the application from the Play Store for free.
- Install and start the Remote Control Server. Make sure that your smartphone and the PC you want to control are in the same network. The Remote Control Server shows you the IP address of the PC you want to control.
- If the Windows firewall blocks the program here too, click on "Allow access". Start the Mouse & Keyboard Remote App application on your smartphone. With the "Server" function, you can search for servers automatically or add them manually. Enter the IP address.
- Select "Connect" to choose the type of control. Your smartphone turns into a remote control for the PC, with which you can type letters, scroll or zoom, switch music and control presentations.
