I have a hisence 4k android tv and the tv itself is great. The 4k is pretty good and I have it hooked up to an av receiver for surround. But my only problem is that the android tv itself is really really slow and laggy and sometimes completely unresponsive. Now my main question is can I get one of those new Chromecast with Google tv sticks and just plug that into the HDMI port. Obviously I know that I can do that but im worried about it conflicting with the android tv. Has anyone done this before and fallen into problems?

I have a kid who will turn the volume up all the way if I leave the room for even a minute when she is around. Looking for an app that I can install that will prevent going to the maximum volume and startling myself, my pets and the neighbours 6 houses down. I've tried 'Volume Limiter' but it has slide bars in it's UI and my tv won't allow me to adjust the slide bars (it's a Kogan [Australia] cheap android tv).

I'd like the app as a back up because my first choice is going to be 'earning the trust to possess the remote' but I really want a back up to that because I don't want to be asked every 3 minutes to put on a different show.

EDIT: SOLUTION FOUND!

Step 1: download "Volume Limiter" apk file on your computer

Step 2: save to a USB drive

Step 3: plug said USB in to TV

Step 4: navigate to Media storage on TV and click in to USB

Step 5: install apk file

Step 6: remove USB drive and plug in a mouse (thank you u/wbradmoore!)

Step 7: navigate to Apps (Mine was settings > apps > system apps

Step 8: open Volume Limiter

Step 9: use mouse to change Volume limits on each of the audio types

Step 10: exit and open your favourite TV show to test the Volume limit you put in place.

I got this TV box new in an eBay auction for only USD25, and although I had read about its limitations to install apps outside Play Store I bought it. Unfortunately those limitations are real, limiting greatly the potential this box has (16GB internal, USB full size port, Ethernet port, S905X2 processor). Is there possibly a way to activate unknown sources installations via ADB? The box does not even have a usb debugging switch in the developer options, and I have not been able to detect it either via wifi or via USB attached to a computer. The other glaring issue is the lack of Netflix-Widevine certification, so it can run pretty much anything, but the big N can't be downloaded from the play store. Should I just wait until a software update changes these limitations or I should just sell it?

I have 3 Chromecast w/ GoogleTVs, all purchased since September. All 3 exhibit the same behavior, when in Hulu the remote will "freeze" and become unresponsive. The only fix seems to be to hit the Home button, which eventually responds, to exit out of Hulu. Another odd behavior if the remote commands aren't completely unresponsive, each click up or down in the guide results in 2, so it will skip 2 channels. Very frustrating. Same as above though, hit Home to exit. In either case once I exit out I can go back in and everything is fine for a while.

This ONLY happens in Hulu.

Anyone else? I've reset one completely, same issue.

Ended up with a ton of stuff on my watchlist. Is there a way to delete everything at once?

I have a Master G 65" 4k android tv, it works great in most apps, but it lags a lot in some like amazon prime and hbo. So I wanted to see if there was an alternative light weight versión of android tv I could install that could be faster. I have achieved this on android phones in the past but I don't know much of the android tv side. I have already disabled animations and limited background apps to 1 in the developer menu, but it is still very slow. Youtube and Netflix work great. Even emulators like snes and n64 work. I also uninstalled and disabled all bloatware that came pre installed, and rid the main menu of all channel apps. Any ideas?

Specs: I couldn't find much info of the tv I only know that it has 2 gb of ram, and 16gb of storage. Android version: 9

Model: Atv r2

Name of the device: TV master G 65"-2745720489

So I read a bunch of articles saying that with a new purchase of an Android TV or Google TV device you can get free 6 months of peacock premium and not one of them explained how to do it hopefully this is the right place to go would love some help thanks!

Hey everyone! Glad this community exists. I recently purchased a Sony bravia with google tv. When I tried to install Disney plus it says “it’s not compatible with this TV”. I made sure to update software and tried again but still same results. Any advice?

I'm using a Xiaomi MiBox and I'm trying to connect my bluetooth headphones to it but it Only pairs but doesn't connect, any solution?

Im looking at android tv boxes on amazon but its overwhelming and seems like theres a ton of knockoffs on the market. Whats my best option to cast content from my laptop and also play movies from a thumb drive/hard drive and get around fire tv's media limitations.

Kinda new to Android TV. I'm looking to buy a Nokia Streaming box. Going to install a different launcher etc. Probably going to use it as a radio streaming often, but also Zoom.

Is there a way to control the unit, without turning on the TV. Can I use my Android phone as a remote control to open app's, or mirror the screen to my phone?

Or should I be looking for a different device?

Hello everyone! I have a very simple but specific need for a certain function within an app I use a lot. What I need is just the ability to open any installed web browser, find a certain image (which will work as a thumbnail), then long press it to save/download it to the device. I can't seem to find ANY android tv browser capable of doing such a simple task and it is driving me nuts.

The app works like a retro gaming frontend and loads lots of thumbnails automatically, but some rare ones must be downloaded manually to complete the album view. For those cases, it gives a convenient button to prompt an image search with the right parameters, that can be opened in any browser installed in the device. After the picture is downloaded, the app immediately retrieves it and loads to the album, it's very efficient.

I can do it without any problem on every android device I own, phone or tablet, EXCEPT in my Android TV, which is a bummer because it provides the best retrogaming experience because of the large screen coupled with a gamepad.

I have tried Firefox, Puffin browser, TV Bro, and most of the popular browser search results to no luck, not a single one seems to be able to just "long press" an image within a web page and just give me an option to download it, like one can do it on a phone. Does anyone knows of any Android Tv browser that can do just that? It can be the ugliest and clunkiest browser ever, I'll use it just for this function.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Hi.

If you were to purchase a new Android TV box that has good 4K HDR and Dolby Audio support, what would you go for?

I’ve done some investigation via Google and Amazon and there are so many boxes out there I’m a bit confused on what to go for. When I purchased my current box (T95 Max, ARM v8, Mali-T720) I didn’t have a 4K TV or an AV receiver so I just bought the first box I found on Amazon.

I plan to use it for Kodi and if possible, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video.

Thanks.

So i recently bought a Sony Google tv. Now when I'm done using the tv. I turn it off using the remote (which puts the tv in Standby mode) and then unplug the Power cord (so that it's protected from power surges).

Is it save to unplug Power cord when tv is in Standby mode?

MY AIRTEL ANDRIOD box does not play 4K HDR smoothly only on the Hotstar app while the 4K HDR and normal HD content from other apps like Netflix and amazon prime video play flawlessly but the Hotstar doesn't I tried switching different brand high speed 18 Gbps HDMI 2.0 cables as my Samsung au800 tv Which has HDMI 2.0 but all the work perfectly on Netflix and other apps but the same problem appears again and again with Hotstar but the internal Samsung Hotstar tv app works fine but the issue is only with the airtel android box app and even on the Hotstar app on my fire tv 4k max has the same problem

Is anyone facing this issue with the Hotstar app ...

When trying to play movies/shows on either of these apps it plays but all I hear is the audio and see a black screen. Anyone else having these issues? Other apps I’ve tested so far do not have these issues.

Hi guys, I'm here to learn something about Android Security System. I have this Etislat TV BOX model: DWI259S / UIW4020ETI / UIW4020ETI2 SoC: Broadcom BCM7271 The goal of this post is to understand how I can gain root access on this device

I love the search function that compiles results from my search. Problem is, if you click on an option and watch the trailer (on YouTube), you can't go back to your search results. Hitting back from the YouTube app sends you back to Home. I would love to just search, say, comedies. Then browse through, watching trailers, until I find one. As it is, I find myself NOT watching the trailer because I don't want to restart the search function.

Anyone know how to do what I'm talking about. I can't be the only one that finds this troubling. Either I'm doing something wrong, or the dev team needs to step it up. Lol

Does anyone know a VPN app that would let me connect to my own (not commercial) VPN?

It would usually work just fine through the VPN built into Android, however it seems that this feature is not surfaced in the AndroidTV settings (or I'm unable to find it, in which case my apologies). Any app that would give me access to this feature would do the trick - it really doesn't have to be more than that.

I have 512MB fiber internet line. When i connect my Google TV with the wifi i get internet speed of 480MBPS but i bought gigabit adapter which is compatible with google tv when i connect internet via Ethernet i get speed only 178mbps😳. Can someone help me to tell me what to do to get full speed via Ethernet cable please ?