Is it possible to send text and photos to someone with no phone but an Android TV

by uploadtemp

An elderly relative won't have a smartphone but is gradually getting used to her Android TV. Is there any we can send her photos she can view on her Android TV? Plus text messages, ideally?

nomnomdiamond

My android tv is annoying me with Google Duo, have a look if supports messaging or just calls

og1502

It's probably possible to sideload Google Voice.

ReenigneArcher

If you sideload a messaging app on their tv. Probably won't be easy to navigate with a TV remote though. There are some decent keyboard/touchpad combos for TVs. Logitech makes some.

Princeolivier

Might not work but just a suggestion that you can try ,I used to have WhatsApp on my kids tablets and used a different device to receive the code to fully install it and worked fine back then so not sure about it now and there are other few messaging apps that use Internet that you can try and sideload yourself then use a screen rotation app to have them in landscape , il save this post if I come across something il post back

Few_Astronaut_122

Google hangouts might work