As climate change continues to negatively impact our planet’s environment, technology companies are doing their best to reduce their carbon footprint on the environment. Citing the problems and in an effort to reduce the amount of e-waste in the world, Samsung had a solar-powered Eco Remote for its 2021 TV Series at last year’s CES. Now the Korean has added a nifty feature to his next-gen Eco Remote that was recently shown at CES 2022.
Samsung Eco Remote unveiled at CES 2022
Samsung introduced a new version of its Eco Solar Remote during its presentation at this year’s CES. While the new Eco Remote comes with the same solar charging capabilities, it has a neat trick up its sleeve.
In addition to getting solar power from the environment, Samsung’s new SolarCell Eco Remote can: converts radio frequencies from devices such as a Wi-Fi router into electricity recharge itself. The company has added RF (radio frequency) technology to its Eco Remote to maintain its charge by: “collect radio waves from routers and convert them into energy.”
Apart from the new charging technology, Samsung’s Eco Remote can use indoor or outdoor lamp to charge itself, or the users can charge it via USB-C connection. So no physical AAA or AA batteries are needed to power the TV remote. This would, according to Samsung, eliminate “more than 200 million batteries from landfills.”
In addition, Samsung also introduced a white model of the Eco Remote this year. The company said it would better match the aesthetics of its lifestyle TVs, such as wrote, Frame, and the Sero series.
