Hi Reddit, I've got something that might be useful for you, but first a little backstory.

Last Christmas I bought my parents an Nvidia Shield TV to let them watch Netflix instead of terrible TV shows. By the way, I uploaded my wedding photos so they could view them and show to others whenever they want. What a surprise when it turned out that the built-in photo viewer has absolutely no functionality. Not only I couldn't start the slideshow, the pictures were shown from the newest first and it couldn't be changed.

I tested several applications available in the Play store, but they are all weird or have a non-intuitive interface. Not good for my parents. Seeing that there is a potentially unresolved use case here, I decided to make my own app, which would be as simple to use as possible, only with the necessary options that will just let the user view his photos and play a slideshow. I called it Photos TV.

The app automatically scans the device, so you don't have to go through the cumbersome process of manual folder selection and building the library. The slideshow has an interface known from the old version of YouTube and is easy to use. Additionally it has some useful options such as repeat, shuffle, screen fit and slide duration.

The app is free, so use it at your will. If it gets some momentum, I'll consider bringing premium features such as Google Photos integration or NAS support.

Please let me know what you think about this app and whether it makes sense to develop it at all. Personally, I would like to have something for displaying my Google Photos in much better quality than Chromecast does. I don't carry a 1.5kg DSLR on my trips to later see my pictures in shitty Chromecast compression. But that's just me, maybe the problem is not as common as I think. Your feedback will be highly appreciated. Thanks!

Link to the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neatbytes.tvgallery