Yes, it does, but there's a lag between the commands. E.g., when holding the volume on the app, the LED on the TV goes blip__blip__blip. When using the native remote, it goes blipblipblip (about twice as fast). The TV doesn't budge the power unless someone holds a button. I need to hold the red button for the power to go off and hold 0-9, power, TV, AV or so to get it to power up.