Systems, methods, and media for providing an enhanced remote control

A remote control device that provides enhanced remote controls, the remote control device comprising:

• a fingerprint sensor positioned in a region on a rear surface of the remote control that corresponds with a placement of a finger of a user when holding the remote control;
• a display area;
• and
• a hardware processor connected to the fingerprint sensor and the display area, wherein the hardware processor:
• detects a fingerprint of the user using the fingerprint sensor on the remote control device;
• identifies the user from a plurality of users based on the fingerprint;
• authenticates, without user input, a user account corresponding to the identified user, wherein the user account is associated with a media content service that hosts and provides media content items to a media device paired with the remote control device;
• causes a plurality of indications of available media content items to be presented on the media device based on the authenticated user account;
• receives a selection of an indication of an available media content item via the remote control device;
• causes the selected media content item to begin being presented on the media device paired with the remote control device;
• and
• causes content related to the media content item to be presented on the display area of the remote control concurrently with presentation of the media content item on the media device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause a hardware processor to provide enhanced remote controls, the method comprising:

• detecting, at a remote control having a front surface and a rear surface, a fingerprint of a user using a fingerprint sensor on the remote control positioned in a region on the rear surface that corresponds with a placement of a finger of the user when holding the remote control;
• identifying the user from a plurality of users based on the fingerprint;
• authenticating, without user input, a user account corresponding to the identified user, wherein the user account is associated with a media content service that hosts and provides media content items to a media device paired with the remote control;
• causing a plurality of indications of available media content items to be presented on the media device based on the authenticated user account;
• receiving a selection of an indication of an available media content item via the remote control;
• causing the selected media content item to begin being presented on the media device paired with the remote control;
• and
• causing content related to the media content item to be presented on a display area of the remote control concurrently with presentation of the media content item on the media device.