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YouTube earlier this month launched its Leanback UI, which is sort of like Pandora for videos. In sort, Leanback serves up videos based on your settings, preferences, subscriptions, and friends on YouTube, all wrapped in a slick interface ideal for couch potatoes with a wireless keyboard.
As it turns out, the Leanback interface is also pretty well suited for remote control with Wii remotes. To prove it, Android Technologies on Monday released its WiiLeanback software, a free download that maps the buttons on the Wii controller to YouTube's Leanback buttons.
"The arrow buttons on the Wiimote take the place of the arrow buttons on the keyboard," the project's author describes in a YouTube video. "The 'A' button pauses and unpauses the video while the 'B' button or trigger button on the back of the Wiimote acts as the enter key."
You don't need to own a Wii console to take advantage of WiiLeanback, just a Wii remote and a Bluetooth dongle.
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