Does it apply to all android TVs or is it just me?

Switching between home and TV channels takes 10 seconds. TV Guide takes half a minute to load. Even stuff like pressing the volume button -- the volume bar appears after 3-4 seconds...

I currently don't have any regular TV channels -- I'm only using the apps. Occasionally when I turn it on, Google streaming ads hijacks my TV and I end up pressing Home button for a minute or two trying to escape it...

I know the cache and factory reset tricks, but seriously this does not belong in a TV, and is not something you want to be doing in the long term.

Just in general deeply unsatisfying experience

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has anyone tried fortnite or pubg on android tv?

Hi guys. Recently I've got a Mecool M8S Pro L TV box. Overall it works fine but the Chrome casting feature doesn't work properly. Google apps in my smartphone find the TV box but it connects and disconnects right after. Spotify works fine, as it was a Chrome cast, but for the rest of the apps (Netflix included) I had to sync them manually (I.e. With the pin code from Youtube), and enter the app before sync.

Anyone experiencing something like it?

P.s: I've already tried sync with the localization service on in my smartphone but nothing changes. I've also tried the Google remote keyboard via bluetooth but the TV doens't find it as well.

Hey all I'm looking at getting a streaming player to stream some live TV.

I can get an Xbox for 140 Mi box for 70 Firrstick for 40-70

What would be the more viable option?

So I was casting twitch from my note 8 to my mibox 4k for about an hour when all of a sudden It went to a pink screen then rebooted. I waited for it to come back on and started casting again. It crashed again but this time just froze the stream and started making a looping sound. I waited like 30 seconds for it to reboot but it never did. I got up to unplug it and it was scorching hot. I mean like blacktop on a sunny summer day hot. I don't have it on top of anything else and it's not tucked into any places it's litteraly just sitting on top of my dresssr. Has anyone else experienced this before? I haven't made any changes to the box and haven't flashed any beta ROMs. I'm honestly worried about plugging it back in. Not trying to burn my house down while I sleep.

I can control the volume on both my Mi Box and my TV seperately. So what's the best way to control the volume? Put the Mi Box at full volume and actually control the volume with the TV, or put both at mid levels of volume?

I recently purchased a Sony 49x900e to jump into the 4k world. In the past, I have saved all video files to my Synology NAS and streamed from there for viewing purposes. I tried to download 4k movies so I could take advantage of the new TV. However, I haven't been able to find a way to get the files to open. Have any of you had success with this? Or does anyone have any ideas? Any input is appreciated.

EDIT: I tried a new 4k video file stored on my NAS, directly wired through my network to my TV. It opened with VLC player. That seems to at least work for now. Thank you all for your ideas and assistance. I at least have multiple options to try if VLC doesn't work all the time.

Sometimes I want to watch TV on my PC monitor.

1. Is it possible on a TV with integrated AndroidTV (with an app or something)?

2. Is it possible on a regular dumb TV (without an AndroidTV box)?

Thanks for your help! :)

is there a way to get the full non TV version of the play store on here? i need a paid app and it is not on this crappy scaled down play store what do i do ? can i get a paid app to work if i side load it? if the app is not in the version of the play store that is installed on the device then will it still work if i side load it ,i mean will google play services still recognize my license and know i paid for it and let me use the full version?

Yesterday my m8s pro W came in the mail. It's an AmLogic box running real Android TV. I finally finished setting it up and have some thoughts.

The Shield TV was in our room before and got relegated to the main TV as the kids game on it often. We used three apps primarily:

1) Netflix 2) Xfinity Stream (modded from xda-developers) 3) MX Player

No issues with any of them. However, I found that there is no Bluetooth, so the wireless Trackpad I used for the mouse did not work. But I plugged in a mouse, so that was that.

It's pretty gutless and the remote has a bit of a delay for all functions. If you use the voice remote, it will cut off the first second or so of what you say. Also you have to press the voice button to make it active, so aside from Assistant, I haven't been able to use it for anything.

I found it for thirty bucks for the 2/16GB version with voice remote. It's totally worth it, but it is slow compared to the Shield TV.

Has anyone sideload the direct tv app to android Tv? I'm thinking of buying an android tv box for my living room since there is a lack of apps for my apple tv. I have a firestick but it's so slow it can't handle my emby app when browsing.

Is this new? Update is 424.5 MB

I'm about to get a new Sony Bravia which will be the first time with with android tv.

I'm curious how android tv deals with app from different countries/regions. Can you just use your regular Google Play account and download apps from out of market apps like, say, the BBC iPlayer? And use them alongside apps from the US like Hulu?

Are there dedicated android tv apps - or do apps you've already downloaded on your android phone also automatically show up in your library on the tv?

I got my TV set up but when I do a "Google play stranger things on Netflix" Google Home it says "Ok playing stranger things on Netflix", but then comes back and states that "Sorry Can't play Netflix on Android TV."

Other than using Alexa to turn the TV OFF/ON, is there any other way to use your voice for searching channels to play, its part of the reason why I bought the 930E in the first place.

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Doing some research before my unit arrives, but I haven’t been able to find a good list of native apps for Android TV that will support 4K or HDR.

I’d like to plan on how to cover the gaps with other devices for apps like Vudu that won’t play 4K via the Android TV app. Can anyone speak from experience or know if a list compiled somewhere?

Is it still the web wrapper after the April update? I've disabled updates.