# Keyboard Support for Searching

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/keyboard-support-for-searching/842514>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [May 27, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/keyboard-support-for-searching/842514 "2023-05-27T12:29:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/keyboard-support-for-searching/842514/2 "2023-05-27T12:45:50Z")

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There’s already an existing suggestion discussing an option to use an external keyboard on Android TV / FireTV clients. I suggest you comment/vote in that thread in order to avoid distracting or cannibalizing votes.  
Unless I’m missing some unique aspect of your suggestion I’ll close this thread as a duplicate.

> [@Search using keyboard on android tv](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-using-keyboard-on-android-tv/818707):
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> Can we get keyboard support on the android tv app? Specifically I’m talking about the search function. Google supports using your phone or tablet as a remote control for android tv. The google remote/tv/home app has an integrated keyboard so you don’t even need a physical keyboard attached to your TV. The remote has one built in. The plex android tv app on the other hand makes us hunt around individual letters using the arrow keys. It’s really slow, error prone, outdated, and just plain irrita…

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