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For in-person presentations

The clicker you
already own.

Turn your phone into a Google Slides remote in 30 seconds. Swipe to advance, read speaker notes, walk the room — no dongle to forget, no batteries to swap.

Free forever iPhone & Android No app to install

The dongle problem

Picture this: thirty minutes before your talk, you unzip your bag and realise the dongle is on your desk at home.

A 2.4GHz USB clicker runs $20-$130 and is useless the moment it's not in your pocket. The venue laptop won't pair to your Bluetooth one. The loaner from the AV desk had its batteries die in 2019.

Your phone is already in your hand. It already has internet. It already knows the layout of your speaker notes because it's logged into your Google account. The only thing missing is a button labeled "next slide."

vs. hardware clickers

Phone wins on everything except the laser pointer.

Cost
Your phone Free
Logitech R400 $35
Logitech Spotlight $130
Generic 2.4GHz $15-25
Speaker notes on the remote
Your phone Yes
Logitech R400 No
Logitech Spotlight No
Generic 2.4GHz No
Slide thumbnails as you advance
Your phone Yes
Logitech R400 No
Logitech Spotlight No
Generic 2.4GHz No
Multiple presenters, one deck
Your phone Up to 10
Logitech R400 1
Logitech Spotlight 1
Generic 2.4GHz 1
Works without remembering hardware
Your phone Yes (it's in your pocket)
Logitech R400 No
Logitech Spotlight No
Generic 2.4GHz No
Range
Your phone Anywhere with wifi or cellular
Logitech R400 ~50 ft
Logitech Spotlight ~100 ft
Generic 2.4GHz ~50 ft
Setup time
Your phone 30 seconds
Logitech R400 Plug dongle
Logitech Spotlight Plug dongle
Generic 2.4GHz Plug dongle

three steps. thirty seconds.

01

Install once on the presenting laptop

Add Copresent to Chrome on whatever computer will run the slideshow. 20 seconds, no account.

02

Open your deck, tap the Copresent button

A button appears in Google Slides' top bar. Tap it and you get a magic link to the phone remote.

03

Open the link on your phone

Any browser, iPhone or Android. Swipe to advance, read speaker notes, walk the room.

built for the in-room presenter

Teachers in classrooms

Walk the room. Engage the back row. Your phone in your pocket means no lectern leash.

Conference speakers

Lose the venue's loaner dongle. Your remote travels with you and never needs new batteries.

In-person sales pitches

Glance at speaker notes mid-pitch without breaking eye contact. No fumbling with the keyboard.

$0
Free forever
0
Accounts needed
30s
To install
Any
Phone with a browser

Common Questions

Does my phone need to be on the same wifi as the laptop?

No. The remote connects over the internet — your phone can be on cellular, the laptop on the venue wifi, doesn't matter. As long as both have a connection, the pairing works.

Does it work on iPhone? On Android?

Both. The remote is a mobile web page that runs in Safari, Chrome, or any other browser. Nothing to install on the phone side.

What if the wifi cuts out mid-presentation?

The slide already on screen stays on screen — Copresent doesn't crash your deck. Once your connection is back, the remote resumes from the current slide. For total-offline situations, a $20 hardware clicker is still the safest choice.

How is this different from the official Google Slides mobile app?

The Google Slides app needs you signed into the same Google account on both devices, can't share control with co-presenters, and won't show speaker notes for a deck you didn't open yourself. Copresent works for any deck open in Chrome — even one your colleague is presenting from.

Do I lose any features versus a hardware clicker?

Only one: laser pointers. If you need to point at the screen physically, hardware still wins. For everything else — speaker notes, multi-presenter, no batteries, no dongle to lose — the phone is strictly better.

Is it actually free?

Yes. Free forever. No account, no trial, no upgrade prompts.

Leave the dongle at home.

Install Copresent in 30 seconds. Your phone is your remote from the next slide forward.

Add to Chrome — It's free