Customer Ratings & Reviews

Definitely not necessary to have if you play video games even a little and understand the controller

I got this remote because using a controller to navigate media is super annoying. However, this remote doesn't help much. The ergonomics are terrible, all the buttons are flat. The main directional buttons are all separated as well, which makes quick navigation harder. It also feels weird in your hand and there's no backlighting. If you do plan to use your ps5 primarily for media, I suppose this is your best option.

Bought this but don’t really use it. I think it might be beneficial for people who don’t have a smart tv and use their Ps5 instead.

Works great. Nice not having use my controller for my streaming services.

A little disappointed still having to use on screen menus for some functions when I purchased a remote.

Not particularly ergonomic. I feel like you have more control over the movie with the dual sense. There is no apparent hide menu option

absolute garbage remote in every way. i went into this knowing it was cheap/plastic feeling, and also that it had buttons that are essentially advertisements for services. my reason for purchasing was to 'skip chapters' while playing a bluray. you know how when you insert a bluray disc there's a never ending amount of ads, trailers blah blah. you have to skip past these each time. i was using the ps5 controller (R1) to do this. i thought hey, i'll get the official media remote... THE MEDIA REMOTE DOESNT HAVE SKIP BUTTONS, ONLY REWIND/FASTFORWARD who leaves off skip functionality!? sony, that's who.

Not very useful but it does function how it’s supposed to

Don’t even waste your money on this. It worked fine for a few days then it stopped working. I had to sinc it with the ps5/tv again but after a few days it did it again and then I was not able to make it work again. It’s a beautiful design and very convenient to have it but it’s worthless if doesn’t work.

You need to pair with ps5 first. Doesn’t work right out of the box and the remote is a bit slippery to grab.

Gets the job done but buttons shoudl be more pronounced and for the love of god have an led backlight!

Pretty disappointed in the remote. It does the bare minimum it needs to, and can turn the console as well as the TV on and off, but all the current media apps, including purchased content on the PS store, are not optimized for controller use. In many media apps, controls still require a button press from the PS5 controller rather than just the media remote. I'd skip this and just use a PS5 controller.

The design of the remote is kind of a cheaply feel and look. Could have used better materials.

Ordered the remote and for some reason it was canceled but I don't need it now since I returned the council but still no understanding why it was cancelled in the first place

Average media remote with lack of numerical buttons.

Nice remote to control the media on the PS5, only real issue is how far you can be to use it. The range could be better.

Buttons could be better and the back plate could be better as well

Buttons are flush and hard to see unless in bright light making it difficult to use. The Bluetooth shuts down so you need to hit the buttons twice to get it to work. I purchased to avoid using controller but I still need it and the original TV remote

Not there yet. Just a basic remote. Not worth it for a YouTube button. Dualsense is a joy to pick up and use instead

I like to use this remote when I am just watching streaming apps on my PS5. It’s great to conserve the battery life of your controllers. Just think about how many times you leave your controller on for Netflix (by accident).