The client allows interacting with slideshow presentations from a mobile device, including slide previews, speaker notes, timer, stop watch, pointer, going directly to a given slide, blank screen and more (depending on the mobile version).

[1][2][3] The Android version was developed mainly by Andrzej Hunt during the 2012 Google Summer of Code term.

In February 2014, Impress Remote for /iPad was announced to be available in iTunes Store.

[4] The iOS version was developed mainly by Siqi Liu during the 2013 Google Summer of Code term.

In January 2015, an Impress Remote app for the Pebble smartwatch was unveiled.