She loves the HBO / Showtime / etc.. programming, but she's 92 - as savvy and amazing as she is, it's a lot to expect her to understand moving in and out of apps, use search, subscribe, etc...

Are there good methods / apps where from my house in another county, I can control her android tv. She doesn't have the hardware yet if that matters.

So i have a Xiaomi Mi Box S running on Android TV 9 and i pretty much still have the same launcher as the one from android tv 8.1 but other people has the new google tv like android tv launcher. But i didnt have it and i had no idea why, until i realized thats its prob just in the US, India and Europe. But i dont really know which countries support them. I used a VPN to connect to new york and i got the update but when i disconnect my vpn, it just reverts back to the old one. Im from the Philippines and prob havent got the update yet. Is there a release date table for other countries that i havent seen for the new launcher? or i just missed out on everything else, but i do get that its still pretty new. When i was using the launcher with a vpn. The UI is fluid and smooth. Is there like a problem with other streaming services cause of the new Discover tab for other countries. Cause i dont really know.

I bought a Toshiba TV which was supposed to be an android TV or something along those lines, it seemed to describe options for installing anything and it ends up being a linux based system, with no way of adding anything at all to it. Won't read APK's from USB, won't download apps other than the ones on the toshiba built in store.
From extra reading and asking lots of people, some people have said their LG tv lets them install 3rd party apps, downloaders, screen mirroring apps and things like that.
Others have said to get a fire TV, or a fire stick, or some sort of nvidia shield device, but I don't fully understand the difference between a fire tv, smart tv and android tv
A voice control without the need of alexa or google is something that peaked my interest about LG, but I felt I may aswell ask people here what I ought to do since the "TV boxes" and firesticks seem to have their own voice controls too.

I'm not too happy with the TV I ended up with so I'll be trying my best to refund it using the "Distance selling regulations" since the retailer (Ao.com) tries to say that if you plug something in then you can only get up to 50% of the cost refunded. Anyone got suggestions? Thanks in advance for the help. I saw before posting this that I can find a list of android TV devices on a site linked, so I'll check that out in the meantime.

It can connect just fine, but every 5 minutes it hops off and 10 seconds later it jump on again. I can't download any updates because it disconnects in the middle of it, so it has to start over and whatnot. I've tried a hard reset, we're approx 3 meters from the router, which I've tried changing to another. It's only the tv that disconnects nothing else. Anything I can try?

I was playing far cry 5 on my ps4 pro and then I noticed that some of the image was cut off I searched on google for a bit and found out it was because of overscan and i cant find the setting to turn it off.

my tv is a skyworth 65UB7500 and when i change the screen ratio it still wont fix it

Hey everyone, just received an OTT Android tv box t8 pro with Android 5.1, I was wondering if there's any rom out there that I can flash to upgrade the Android os. It was laying around at my uncle's house and instead of junking it I wanted to see if there's a way to give it new life since I'm not in the market of spending money on a new one. I've flashed roms on Samsung devices many times before but it's hard finding a rom for this tv box. The brand looks Chinese so is it possible to flash a rom from a different company possibly with a higher Android without bricking it. Thanks in advance.

Is there a way to add a pin to prevent opening apps? I see it mentioned for Android TV support articles but the interface looks different for the onn box.

I was running 4k in the Disney+ app with no issues and today I noticed it's limiting me to hd. Anyone else?

Previously, the background of the main Android TV Home screen had a gradient that matched the movie poster. Recently came the update, and now the background is permanently black. does everyone have?

I'm really annoyed with the streaming app situation for the Google TV device in the UK. We don't have access to an app for All 4, Sky's NOW, BT TV, Britbox, UK TV Play - I know most of these can be cast and that Britbox can be available as part of Prime Video but that seems besides the point when other platforms, including Fire TV which runs on a version of Android TV, has these apps available. Just really wish they'd sort it out!

On searching i see a lot of "just use cast" , neither my phone (huawei p30l) nor my ShieldTV have anything in the settings regarding "casting". I tried installing google home, as suggested, but i dont know or see what to do with that either.

Please advise.

Hi! I've got a cheap RCA Android tv, it works well but the remote is terrible and IR. Is it possible to use a third-party remote with it? Like bluetooth?

When I open my Google Home app my Mi TV Stick shows up. Is there any way to get rid of it? I don't want everyone on this network to be able to see what I watch.

I'm not talking about the notification you get when streaming using the Chromecast feature. I know how to disable that.

Im not updating my mibox to latest version, are they still not make it available to smart tv yet? It’s the one feature that i need the most

Last few weeks have had constant issues with the app. When playing content it will play for a min or two then go back to main screen and show me a error with video playback. Ill click back into content and the cycle will usually happen again after a few mins. I have reinstalled the app a few times and hasnt fixed my issues. Anyone else these issues? Thanks all.

I’d like to connect my Bravia to my Echo Dot that’s wired into my stereo receiver but for some reason the volume is very low and even after turning it way up on the television and Dot it still isn’t where it should be. Did this before with a Fire Stick to the Dot and the sound blasted. Now it’s not even close. This is the second television I’ve had the same thing happen with as it happened with an Insignia before. Is this how it is with Bluetooth on televisions or can I do something to make it louder without having to turn the volume up to 50+ on my Bravia?

I have a MiBox (Mibox 4, version 9) with a webcam and Google Duo installed.
When I make a call (video or voice) my MiBox pics up the mic from the remote and NOT from my usb web camera (Hikvision Digital Technology DS-U12) and my mic cuts out after about 10 seconds. (They cant hear me)

Side Note: If I press the Mibox Google speech button my mic is active but cuts again after a few seconds.

Now you might say the Web Cam or something else is giving me the issues but I ran a few basic tests:

1. My fater and brother has the exact same model MiBox and exact same cameras. They called each other and the video and mic was fine (Pics up voice on the webcam mic) and also did not cut after a few seconds.
2. Camera works on laptop (Video and Mic) using Google Duo
3. Reinstalled Google duo
4. Reset the entire MiBox and reinstalled Google Duo
5. Made sure I am on latest Android TV version

I've googled for answers and I have no luck and that is why I am turning to you. Anyone with ideas?

Samsung tv I'm using gives me the option for dolby digital when using apps from the built in interface.

I bought an onn box as I prefer android tv to tizen but when I watch things through this the dolby digital option is grey'd out. I only have the option for PCM or DTS Neo 2:5

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Everywhere I read says the onn box supports dolby digital. Any idea what the issue is here?

Been looking at TVs with it built in but since they all use their own branded processors the specs mean nothing to me. Like the Sony I'm looking at has a X1 Ultimate Processor and that's all the info there is, can't even figure out the Ram/memory. All TVs are like this.

People have done countless performance benchmarks on things like Shield, Fire stick/box, Xiaomi TV, chromecast, etc, but zero reviews mention anything meaningful in the performance bit other than if it stutters on the menus or not. If they do mention the processor at all it'll be "powered by a quad core processor" which means quite literally nothing. All I want them to do is install a benchmark app and give us the score.

I know It doesn't matter a massive amount but I wanted to install CCTV notification and similar apps which I didn't want to lag. Plus since it's built into the TV I don't want to buy an underpowered TV now since I'd have it for at least 5 years.

I would just buy a Shield or something but I'd want the doorbell/cctv notification overlays over anything I have on the TV not just on the streaming apps on the shield.