# Bravia Sidebar Remote

> Firefox sidebar remote control for Sony Bravia TVs.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/bravia-sidebar-remote](https://chrome-stats.com/d/bravia-sidebar-remote)

## Overview

- **ID:** `bravia-sidebar-remote`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Martin Reisner
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-18
- **First published:** 2026-02-15
- **Size:** 47 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/bravia-sidebar-remote/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/m-reisner/firefox-bravia-remote](https://github.com/m-reisner/firefox-bravia-remote)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/bravia-sidebar-remote/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/bravia-sidebar-remote/privacy/)

## Description

Bravia Sidebar Remote allows you to control your Sony Bravia TV directly from Firefox’s sidebar.

Features:
• Multiple TV profiles
• Power control with live status indicator
• Volume slider and mute control
• Channel switching
• Navigation controls (IRCC)
• App launcher
• Input switching
• Sidebar toggle via toolbar button
• Keyboard shortcut support

The extension communicates directly with your TV inside your local network using Sony’s official Bravia API.

No cloud services are used.
No analytics or telemetry are included.
The TV URL and Pre-Shared Key (PSK) are stored locally in browser storage and are never transmitted to external servers.

This extension is open source.

## Rankings

- #115,132 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/bravia-sidebar-remote)