# Couch Potato

> Turns your Android device into a mouse and keyboard for a media PC.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/codes.soloware.couchpotato](https://chrome-stats.com/d/codes.soloware.couchpotato)

## Overview

- **ID:** `codes.soloware.couchpotato`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ryan Archer
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 155
- **Version:** 2.2.2
- **Last updated:** 2022-06-06
- **First published:** 2017-04-03
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=codes.soloware.couchpotato)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://rarcher.github.io/couch-potato-privacy-policy/](https://rarcher.github.io/couch-potato-privacy-policy/)

## Description

Couch Potato lets you use your phone as a remote control for your computer. Perfect for streaming TV! And all without extra peripherals cluttering your living room.<br><br>The app connects to a server application on your computer, via your home Wi-Fi. You can download the server from https://rarcher.github.io/couch-potato-server/downloads.html<br><br>Full Features List:<br>- Three-button mouse.<br>- Keyboard.<br>- Escape key (not normally included on Android keyboards).<br>- Tap to click.<br>- Double-tap to double-click.<br>- Screen edge acts a scroll bar.<br>- Adjustable sensitivity for mouse and scroll bar movements.<br>- Voice to text input.<br>- Paste to server option.<br>- Automatic detection of running servers.<br>- High performance network protocol based on KryoNet, a library originally intended for gaming.<br>- Register a server, then boot it remotely by sending a Wake-on-LAN packet.<br>- Server starts automatically when your computer does.<br>- Server is open source.

## Rankings

- #1,810,032 — Overall

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/codes.soloware.couchpotato)