Sydney Australia – December 22, 2011 – Western Digital, the world’s leader in external storage solutions and maker of the acclaimed WD TV® media player family, today introduced WD® TV Remote™ app, a new remote control app to improve the navigation experience for WD TV Live™ and WD TV Live Hub™ users by turning their iPhone®, iPod touch®, iPad®, or Android™ compatible mobile device into an advanced feature remote control for their WD TV. The WD TV Remote advanced features allow users to more easily navigate the wide variety of digital media WD TV users enjoy on their television, from leading entertainment services like Vimeo®, Dailymotion, TuneIn Radio®, Deezer, Facebook® and YouTube™, to personal video, photos or music.
The new WD TV Remote app provides all the features of the standard WD TV remote control along with several advanced features, including a gesture pad to help navigate menu screens and services with intuitive touch gestures, as well as QWERTY keyboard support for text entry and search functionality. A favorites screen provides quick access to entertainment services on the WD TV. WD TV Remote connects over the home wireless network and can work with multiple WD TV media players in the home. WD TV Remote is available in multiple languages, including English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Korean, Japanese, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Russian, and Portuguese.
Furthermore, WD has added several new sports and entertainment services to the WD TV Live and WD TV Live Hub media players, including SnagFilms, XOS College Sports, SEC Digital Network, Comedy Time and Watch Mojo. All these services are now available on WD TV Live and WD TV Live Hub media players, which are available locally at selected retailers.
“WD TV personalizes the entertainment experience for consumers better than any other digital media player,” said Chris Bull, director of marketing for WD’s Connected Home Solutions group. “Whether it is photos or movies on your PC, Mac®, tablet, smartphone, personal cloud drive such as the My Book® Live, or one of our exciting entertainment services, WD TV media players enable anyone in the family to easily enjoy a custom entertainment experience.”
WD Remote Compatibility
Available immediately for free download at the Apple iTunes® Store, and we anticipate will be available on the Android Market soon, WD TV Remote app is compatible with iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Android compatible mobile device. Android devices must have OS 2.1 or higher and iPhones, iPad or iPod touch must have OS 4.0 or later. Users must own a WD TV Live with firmware release version 1.05.18 or WD TV Live Hub updated with firmware release version 3.01.19.
About WD
WD, one of the storage industry’s pioneers and long-time leaders, provides products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information. The company designs and produces reliable, high-performance hard drives and solid state drives that keep users’ data accessible and secure from loss. Its advanced technologies are configured into applications for client and enterprise computing, embedded systems and consumer electronics, as well as its own consumer storage and home entertainment products.
WD was founded in 1970. The company’s storage products are marketed to leading OEMs, systems manufacturers, selected resellers and retailers under the Western Digital® and WD brand names. Visit the Investor section of the company’s website (www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and investor information.