Hey guys, just wondering if someone is in the loops of stuff in terms of development!
Backstory: I love my Nvidia Shield, it does streaming so good and that's mainly why I bought it, I had a Nexus player before which I loved equally much but then I got a moving out gift (4k samsung tv!) so I got the Nvidia Shield and gifted the Nexus player to my parents as a thank you...
So here's the thing, I'd like to buy a keyboard+touchpad thing to use for apps like spotify and I'd like to use it with a browser (chrome please...).
Does anybody know why there isn't an official chrome app made for android tv?
Do you guys know if support is coming for chrome, or spotify or why we can't use regular play store apps on our devices? Isn't it just making them "launchback" enabled or something in the code, then bam, they resize to either landscape or not?
Sorry if these questions seem dumb but I think these devices are really cool and have endless possibilities.
For example, I have a viaplay account (it's a swedish mainly sport streaming service) and they have cast functionality luckily and an app for phones and tablets, but it'd be nice if it worked on it's own etc.. I've side loaded Spotify but it's mainly just so that I can "cast" to it using my phone..
Time to sleep now though, I hope I'll find some answers here tomorrow! goodnite!
You can install chrome on you nvidia shield from the desktop play store website. Also when you sideload apps you can use the right stick on the nvidia shield controller to control a pointer. I personally don't use Spotify but I have watch espn and sports live extra sideloaded that I use with the controller. I am not a Spotify user but I think Spotify supports Google Cast so you can cast to Nvidia Shield. I'm not sure how it works if you sideload it.