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The apps

QRemote for iPhone and Apple Watch, and QRemote Relay for Mac.

Coming soon to the App Store.

App Runs on Does
QRemote iPhone (iOS 18 or later) Remote with your notes; sets up the watch
QRemote for Apple Watch Apple Watch (watchOS 11 or later) Remote on your wrist; buzzes when time is up
QRemote Relay Mac (macOS 15 or later) Links the presentation in your browser to the remotes

You also need a presentation that uses the qremote extension.

iPhone

iPhone: countdown, slide title, speaker notes, next slide's title, Back and Next buttons

Countdown, notes, next slide

iPhone: countdown, slide title, speaker notes, next slide's title, Back and Next buttons

Countdown, notes, next slide

iPhone: the ring and the number turn red when the slide's time is up

Time’s up

iPhone: the ring and the number turn red when the slide's time is up

Time’s up

iPhone: Pair with your Mac, with the Mac found on the network

Finds your Mac

iPhone: Pair with your Mac, with the Mac found on the network

Finds your Mac
  • Next (large) and Back at the bottom, within reach of your thumb; pause and reset at the top.
  • The slide’s countdown (or, on untimed slides, the time spent on it), the slide’s title and its steps.
  • The total time against the plan: +0:12 means you are 12 seconds behind, −0:30 ahead.
  • Your speaker notes, and the title of the next slide.
  • The screen stays on while you present.

Apple Watch

Apple Watch: the slide's title, its countdown, and the slide number

Countdown

Apple Watch: a dot above the time for each step of the slide

Steps of a slide

Apple Watch: the ring and the number turn red

Time’s up

Apple Watch: grey number counting up the time spent on an untimed slide

Untimed slide
On the watch Effect
Double tap or Next Next step or slide (double tap: Apple Watch Series 9, Ultra 2 and later)
Back (small round button) Previous
↺ (tiny, top left) Reset the clocks (asks for confirmation)
Long press on the ring Pause / resume
Turn the Digital Crown Second page: link status, total time, ahead / behind, pause, settings
Light buzz A few seconds before the end of the slide (setting: never, 3, 5 or 10 s)
Two strong buzzes Time’s up

The watch keeps counting and buzzing with your wrist down, for talks of up to an hour. To keep QRemote on screen when you raise your wrist: iPhone › Watch app › General › Return to Clock › QRemote › After 1 hour.

QRemote Relay (Mac)

A presentation in a browser window, and the QRemote Relay menu: the open presentation, the connected remotes, the pairing code

A presentation in a browser window, and the QRemote Relay menu: the open presentation, the connected remotes, the pairing code

QRemote Relay lives in the menu bar. It links the presentation open in your browser to your remotes:

  • the presentation connects on its own as soon as you open it on this Mac;
  • your iPhone finds the Mac on the local network, or scans the pairing code from the menu with the Camera app;
  • the menu shows the open presentation, the current slide and the connected remotes;
  • Require a PIN, so nobody else on the network can drive your slides;
  • Open at login, so it is always there before a talk;
  • Install Quarto extension… copies the extension into a presentation folder.

Before a talk

  1. Network. Your iPhone and your Mac on the same network. Safest in a classroom or a conference room: the Mac on your iPhone’s Personal Hotspot, since many institutional Wi-Fi networks keep devices from seeing each other.
  2. Mac. QRemote Relay is running (remote icon in the menu bar; it fills in when a presentation is connected). Open the rendered presentation in your browser.
  3. iPhone. Open QRemote. The first time, tap your Mac in the list and allow Local Network access.
  4. Watch. Open QRemote. It uses the Mac chosen on the iPhone.
  5. Test. Tap Next: the presentation moves and the countdown starts.

Settings

Setting Where
Mac, address, PIN iPhone › ⚙︎ The watch receives them from the iPhone. Without the iPhone: watch › second page › Settings.
Buzz before the end iPhone › ⚙︎ (or the watch) Never, 3, 5 or 10 seconds
PIN Mac › menu › Require a PIN Shown in the menu and included in the pairing code
Open at login Mac › menu

Problems? See Support.