Hi guys, I can’t get my head around this particular use case. Any inputs will be appreciated:)

So I have a google assistant smart speaker (Jbl Link view) which works well on its own. I can also use it as a Bluetooth speaker and connect it with my phone or laptop.

I also have a Android Tv box (Mi box) and yes it’s official android tv and not any modified android version.

My use case is to use the speaker as Audio Out for Android tv box.

I tried scanning the Bluetooth on Tv box to detect speaker(in pairing mode) but it just won’t show up. (I thought it was possible since my phone can detect the speaker every single time).

I also tried Media controls on Google home app to set speaker as Audio but that doesn’t work either.

I’m starting to believe this use case is not handled by Google. Is it so or is there a workaround that someone else has figured out ?

Hi ,

I purchased a mi box s, 1 year ago. From the first days the remote control didnt work properly. I tried many ways of pairing it but the only function that provides is to only wake up the box. I found way via hdmi cec to control my box from my tv remote.

2 Weeks ago i tried one more time to pair again my mi remote control by unpairing the remote from the device list and to re-pair it. But no luck my mi remote control cannot be paired in any way. So i have to unplug and plug again the power of the box in order to operate (i dont want the box to stay activated all the time because it becomes very warm).

The weird thing in this story is that if i boot my mi box into recovery mode using the mi remote (yes in this way only it works), i can navigate in the recovery menu normally with the remote. If i restart my box via recovery menu, the remote stays inactive as before.

Does anyone can provide me some help to solve this problem?

Thanks.

Currently I have a tv box connected with a Smartplug. When I ask Alexa to turn the Box on she does.
Iam trying to figure out a way to make my TV box turn on using the Internet cable (wake on lan) without the smartplug.
I have many things that wake on lan using the internet cable (android tv, LG tv, Computer) however I didn't find a way to make it work yet.

What u guys think?

Does anyone else experience the Disney+ app crashing as soon as you try to load some content?

I can browse through the app and all that, but as soon as i click "watch", it crashes to the home screen.

My old HDTV (not running Android TV) is able to blank out the screen with just the audio on when playing app such as Spotify. Useful when want to use the TV for just audio listening. My new Android TV does not have this feature. Wondering if it is just my made of Android TV, or it is the limitation of the Android TV operating system in general not allowing such feature.

So I want a stream in an app on android tv to open directly, but it is really buried under different sections and my mom is struggling to really get there and she sometimes forgets.

Is there a way to open a particular section/activity/stream of an app directly without navigating through the whole UI?

Hi, does anyone know how clear cache of one specific app (VPN app) at start up of TV or VPN app without user interaction? I also have Raspberry Pi running my NAS, so it can be used to send command to my AndroidTV 11.

I root most of my android devices so obviously I rooted my Onn Android TV box. I used tasker to remapping the TV button to Sling. I haven't found much of anything else to use root for.

Hello everybody. I have a really weird issue on my Smart TV (ATV and Launcher Manager) for a couple days now. While some are dealing with an « over running » screensaver, mine doesn’t run at all. After using aerial dreams for years (and views now), I noticed that even after an hour of inactivity it didn’t turn on.

So I tried with a stock screensaver, and got the same results. I also tried to set many différents inactivity times, but anything changed. I went to the accessibility settings and nothing unusual, same for the dev settings. If anyone could help me, I clearly don’t know where to search. Thanks for reading

Hi All, I am helping out a friend with setting up a streaming box. He has seen my Shield TV Pro (2019), and absolutely loves that, but is not in a position to spend that much money on a box at the moment.

Is there anything out there in terms of a half decent box running Android TV OS that performs well and is non-laggy? It will mainly be used for Syncler and an IPTV (tivimate) setup.

Things we are looking/hoping for are:

• Must run on Android TV OS, so not stock Android. Version 10 or 11 both fine.
• Ideally 3 or 4 GB of RAM and at least 16 GB ROM.
• Must be able to cope with a VPN server. Have tried several cheap rockchip boxes before and they couldn't handle my vpn encryption (no problems with that on the Shield).
• Have a snappy and non-laggy performance.
• Does NOT have to be Netflix, Amazon, etc. certified.
• Not too worried about future OS or firmware updates as long as the box performs well from the first setup.
• Won't be playing any games on it etc.

We are based in Australia so limited with regards to which boxes are available. We were looking at Mecool and then possibly the MK7 but I am seeing a lot of mixed reviews on that 😬. Other option would be the Mecool KM2 Plus but that only has 2GB of RAM? Not sure of anything else out there for the Australian market that performs well 🤷🏼?

TIA for the advice!

Hi all!

As the title states, I‘m looking for the best option to screen mirror (+ display photos) wirelessly to a HDMI Display. Tablet is a Galaxy S7 FE.

I‘d rather spend a few bucks on proper built hardware than for some (mediocre)apps on an Amazon TV devicf (example). Stabilty and simplicity over feature set.(Android) System near connections are preferred over 3rd party stuff. Good WiFi is present.

Background: Grandparents would like to check emails on TV and watch photos there - nothing more for now ;)

I have a Sony Bravia ZH8, and due to not having the AV1 codec I’m unable to display 8K videos, is there a way to side load the AV1 codec? The TV is stuck on Android 9, hasn’t had an update available since 2021.

I'm using android TV on a Phillips Ambilight with just 2 USB slots. So using one port for a 32gb USB stick and while I just have one slot left it's difficult to play with two controllers.

So I want to buy a USB hub, if possible with 5 working slots for 5 controllers.

Playing a lot pummelparty with my family and coop games with my wife/friends

Is there something you can recommend to me ?

I have a friend that uses the BuzzTV app and he says he pays a monthly subscription, but it seems odd because I checked their site and it seems as if everything is already preloaded with live tv, VOD, etc... Is he getting scammed?

Hi all,

Whenever I start my Nokia HNA32GV210 it plays a very annoying startup sound. Does anybody now how to disable it ?

It’s running on Android TV 9.

My plan is to download VLC player, and play them through that. I also don't want to format my drive to fat32 because of large files. I'd be grateful for any advice?

Want lots of room for apps and don’t want to juggle with app storage management and deleting like chromecast. Which tv would would more storage than chromecast?

Want built in and not external smart plugin box if possible

It's hotel wifi with a sign-in page. Works fine on my iPhone, on Google TV it tells me it """has security issues""" after initially connecting.

Hitting "continue anyway via browser" sort of boots me from that page then it says "you don't have an app that can do this"

Surely has to be some way around this.

The issue is plaguing every AndroidTV/GoogleTV box or stick with Android 11, please confirm if it's present in yours:

When using "Auto" on AV receivers with Dolby Atmos support: Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus without Dolby Atmos and Dolby TrueHD without Dolby Atmos codecs are getting decoded as multichannel PCM when they should be passed through untouched to the AV receiver, the only one passing through correctly is Dolby Digital Plus with Dolby Atmos.

When using "Auto" on AV receivers without Dolby Atmos support: A constant Dolby Digital Plus signal is sent regardless if something is playing or not, when playback is on, the AV receiver always shows DD+ regardless of what's actually playing.

When using "Passthrough": This option sends every raw audio codec to a TV or AV receiver without checking if they actually support them, in this case, all the Dolby and DTS codecs are passed through untouched, BUT, it's not sending the Dolby Atmos metadata from Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD, which means, they are played as regular Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD codecs. I tested "Passthrough" with an old TV that doesn't support Dolby and DTS codecs and no audio was output, which means the option is working as intended.

Dolby TrueHD is not supported by every device, but it's worth mention it for those who do.

I REPEAT AGAIN: This is a problem present in the Android 11 source firmware that Google sends to every OEM, which means, the issue is present in every single Android TV box or stick unless the OEM already fixed it.