Am I the only one that finds the changes to the settings UI for Nougat really jarring? It now crams everything into a narrow sidebar, replacing large icons and a combination of horizontal and vertical scrolling with small icons & text and only vertical scrolling.

Everything is more difficult to read, and seems to run against the leanback design elsewhere in the UI. It's especially obvious in the now much smaller and more difficult to navigate apps list. There are odd inconsistencies too - e.g. contrast the design and layout of a connected vs not connected network page. Seems unfinished.

I don't really understand what Google's aiming for with these changes. I might feel differently if the settings could be reached from anywhere rather than just from the Home screen, then it might make sense.

So here's the thing, I bought a Philips Android TV, on which the interface is extremely laggy and buggy due to Philips firmware it seems.

Would it work, and if so would it be better if I attached an Android TV box to it? I have no experience in this matter, thanks.

Playstation Now recently launched for PC, but I would be much more inclined to subscribe if I could use it on my Shield. Has anyone managed to get the APK for Sony TVs working on the Shield?

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I know Google Music has some podcast funcunality but I was wondering if there are any fully dedicated podcast apps yet for AndroidTV.

I'm thinking hard about replacing/complementing my shield TV in my home theater with a roku due to the lack of 5.1 audio on most android TV apps. I know you kodi/plex users can stream 5.1 audio, but it seems like every other app (Cinema Now, Netflix, Hulu, hbo...) can't stream in 5.1 while my Roku's seem to have the ability to stream DD+. I know the app creators aren't supporting 5.1 sound, but it makes the Shield a substandard streamer. Am I missing something? No, Dolby Pro Logic isn't good enough btw, not when other streaming devices are able to receive a 5.1 stream.

I hope the good folks at Google read this Reddit, because there seems to be no reliable way to provide feedback.

The Google Play Music app needs the following tweaks to be a competent music player on ATV:

• The "screen saver" mode for playing songs should not force me to look at bizarre photos of the artist. It should be the album art, and it should have the song metadata overlayed.

• Google Play Music absolutely should be a part of the AndroidTV global search results! WTH?

• The ThumbsUp playlist should be availble to select.

Just looking for something simple, sort of like the Fire TV remote. I'm just really not sure what is compatible with the Razer Forge.

I have the YouTube app on my M8S box but it doesn't play anything in HD resolutions. I've tried the settings within the app and the option isn't even there to change it.

I've been interested in one for a while and was thinking about buying one sometime next month. On Amazon right now it looks like a lot of the combos are currently unavailable, and then I saw that a new remote and controller have passed the FCC, etc. Is there a new one coming out? Would it be dumb to get the current one right now?

Additionally, would you say the remote is worth it? 500gb size worth it?

Don't tell me I was stupid for getting one. At the time I got it, everything was sunshine and roses still. All this time later, I have no clue why I'm not throwing it on Craigslist. The official forums completely freaking baffle me with their lack of Razer presence and actual support. And I don't mean user support, I mean product support.

And the worst part is, there doesn't appear to be any sort of dev community around it. Has anyone done anything really useful with the ForgeTV yet? Custom ROMs? Fixed the app/storage issues? Or should I get what I can out of it while I can and run as far away as possible? I hate to let a vendor spoil the experience, but man, it's really turned me off to the whole Android TV ecosystem. It seems like it's worse, and more fragmented than the cell phone community. I've suffered early adopter syndrome before, but this feels like I'm actively being punished for thinking it'd be a good investment in the long run.

Plex has released an update for Plex Server PMS for ShieldTV. You can grab the update through the Google Play Store.

I am having an issue with the guide data not showing up in Live Channels from the HDHomerun source. It was working fine for awhile and now I only get "unavailable" in the guide. Only seeing the channel names that are coming from the Cable Company (no logos like before) and unavailable for the data.

I have tried forcing Live Channels to stop. Deleted HDHomerun app and reinstall. Rerun the source multiple times. All give the same result. Does anyone have any thoughts on what the issue could be?

(using NVIDIA Shield if that matters. Can still watch TV with no issues other than no guide data)

Thanks!

If I hook my laptop up through HDMI connected to my TV and watch shows from it, Is this any different than an android Box/TV hooked up to do the same thing?