Frequently asked
Straight answers about what the app controls, what it needs, what it costs and when it arrives. If something here is missing, the address at the bottom of the page is read by a person, so please ask.
MediaPond is a unified media hub app for iPhone, iPad, and Android. It brings your streaming services and local media libraries into a single interface while connecting directly to nearby TVs, speakers, and lights.
It functions as a universal remote, content catalog, and room control panel in one, allowing you to pick a show and start playback in a single motion.
Yes, operating over Wi-Fi rather than infrared. MediaPond speaks each device’s native network protocol, enabling it to report playback status, switch named inputs, and open specific titles inside streaming apps*.
Direct network control means line-of-sight positioning and extra IR hardware are never required.
MediaPond supports LG webOS TVs, Sony Bravia TVs, Roku, Apple TV, Android TV and Google TV (including Nvidia Shield and Chromecast), Zidoo players, Sonos speakers, and Govee lights over Matter. Media sources include Plex, YouTube, Home Assistant, and Google Home.
Supported streaming apps include Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Max, Disney+, Crunchyroll, and YouTube.
No extra hardware is required. Your phone or tablet acts as the hub, communicating directly with supported devices over your home Wi-Fi network.
iPhone, iPad, and Android phones and tablets, with identical room configurations and controls across all devices.
A tablet turns a dedicated screen into a permanent room control panel. The layout displays room devices, active playback, and the content catalog on one visible screen.
On a phone, the same controls stack into a single column.
Assign devices to the room they live in, and MediaPond manages the room as a single system: one tap turns on the room, volume buttons route to active speakers, and remotes adapt to what is playing.
Yes. You browse shows and movies inside MediaPond’s unified catalog, and tapping a title opens it directly inside the target app on your TV or streaming device.
Supported services include Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Max, Disney+, Crunchyroll, and YouTube. Where a direct content link is unavailable, MediaPond opens the app itself.
MediaPond sequences the launch process automatically: the TV wakes up, the input switches to the correct device, the player turns on, and the target app opens your selected show.
Automatic input switching and power sequencing are Premium features. Content browsing and basic controls are included in the free tier.
On supported LG and Sony sets that leave the network in deep standby, MediaPond wakes them with a wake-over-LAN packet sent down the right network path.
That is the difference between a remote app that only works once the television is awake and one you can reasonably start the evening with, provided the set still has standby power and its own wake setting turned on.
Yes. A persistent Now Playing dock shows playback state, artwork and transport controls for what is running in each room, including play, pause, seek and volume, from wherever you are in the app.
How much detail arrives depends on the device, since some report full metadata while others report very little, and for those MediaPond fills in from what it launched.
Yes. The free tier is supported by advertising, because free accounts still use server bandwidth for content discovery and metadata, and ads are what pay for that.
A Premium subscription removes ads from the app, alongside lifting the room and device limits. Ads keep the free tier free, and subscribing is how you turn them off.
Yes. Supported Govee lights connect over Matter with no Govee cloud account, and devices you already have in Google Home or Home Assistant can be brought in as well.
Lights live in the same room as the media, so dimming for a film sits next to the play button rather than in a separate app.
No account, and no cloud in the control path. Commands go from your phone or tablet to the device over your local network, so the remote keeps working when your internet connection does not.
There is no analytics SDK in the app, and this website sets no cookies and runs no trackers at all. What does leave your network is streaming catalog lookups, meaning the artwork and the "where can I watch this" data, which go through MediaPond’s own catalog service, and the advertising shown on the free tier, which comes with its own disclosures in the app.
Free for one room and three devices, with the full content browser, and Premium at $3.99 a month or $34.99 a year.
The free tier is ad-supported, and Premium removes ads from the app, lifts the room and device limits, and adds Sonos room volume routing and automatic input switching with power sequencing. Prices are set through the App Store and Google Play and could change before release.
Soon. MediaPond is coming to the App Store and Google Play, and it is not on either store yet.
Email hello@mediapond.io and we will send one note on the day it goes live.
Not every device or streaming app supports direct launching. MediaPond makes a good-faith, best-effort attempt to open content in the right app, and falls back to opening the app itself where a direct link is not available. Availability varies by device, app, region, and your subscriptions.
Not in the stores yet
One email on the day MediaPond reaches the App Store and Google Play, and then nothing at all until you ask for something.