I live in student housing and every single apartment has the same smart TV. I'm trying to cast from my phone to my TV but it's not listed among the available devices. I gave it a specific name so I could differentiate it from the others, but that specific name is not on the list. Is it possible that there is too many devices available and my TV is getting bumped?

It's a Skyworth TV, but I don't know anything about it. Sorry if this is wrong place, but figured ya'll might be the smartest group to ask

Hi. I don't know if i've found something bizarre here of if this is by design.

I have a Chromecast v3.

All4 have not released a TV App yet unlike every other provider.

You can sideload the phone app but you need an Airmouse style remote.

My wife found this by accident:

Hold the voice search button down

say: "play married at first site season 6 episode 13" (apologies about the content, I just know this one works)

Voila, All4 ident plays followed by the noted episode. If you use your phone to review names of content and say them prefixed with "play" it will mostly find the All4 content.

If you don't use the "play" prefix, it will do a general search, mostly coming back with All4 on YouTube.

Any idea how I'm searching and playing All4 content natively yet there's no app that can do it neatly?

Cheers,Michael D

Any solution of this. I am fed up. Everytime I have to use the remote I have to enable this app. Kindly please help. Very much appreciated

Dont get me wrong still happy with mine, but i have another streaming box on the fritz so I gotta get a new box anyway. If the 2019 shield is still the best for atmos/dtsx and dolby vision I'll get another one, but if theres something even better then i want that :)

Hello everyone! Im here searching for a solution for my problem with MiStick, i've lost her controller about 1~2 months and until now i used apps on my smartphone to conect to him, but now NO ONE can connect in MiStick, no matter how i do, no matter the app i tried, no one can find the MiStick on APP to connect. Can someone help me?! Thanks!

Getting a bit specific here. But has anyone tried streaming 4K with Kodi on a Hisense 55U68G or 50U68G?

Just wondering if the play back is smooth, that way I can avoid buying a shield.

I have an old LG that, who’s motherboard was tossed in the oven to fix it. But she’s still kickin’. So I was contemplating getting a sheild to future proof my streaming.

But Seeing how cheep the Hisense is I think I’m better of just upgrading… if it can do what I ask.

Thanks for you help!

I have bought a VU 53 inch android TV and the sound after each click on the remote is irritating and I can't find any setting in the sound or other category.

Please help.

Well it should be obvious that actual Android TV would be better than a crappy rebadged normal android experience pretending to be android TV, but even from a hardware experience, the Chromecast seems better, runs smoother, its a better experience overall.

I've seen the older Chromecast and just didn't like the only casting option. Now that it has AndroidTV built in this is a great little piece of kit.

And yes I could still sideload that handful of dodgy apps I use, but even beyond that I would have to recommend ditching the dodgy boxes and going true Android TV.

Same price more or less, better experience overall.

My VboxMax (from VMEDIA), is stuck on the boot logo (after I factory reset and wiped cache). Support i not helping and I am not sure what to do. Should I flash a ROM to it? (I don't see any custom ones for the box), or is there another procedure? Thank you so much, I really need some answers!

My hisense tv won’t come on. This has been happening since earlier today like around 3. Every time I unplug it and plug it back in, the red light blinks as if it’s trying to come on but then it just won’t come on. I’ve had this problem in the past with this tv. I’ve had this tv for about a year. What should I do ? Unplugging it doesn’t seem to work☹️

I've had my Hisense A6G for 6mos now. So far the only content showing in the play next row is Disney+. In the settings, I've chosen all apps to show their content, but nothing has changed.

Has anyone had luck with anything other than Disney showing up?

My CCwGTV works better, but still needs work.

I've been using my "anonymous" brand account for a long time on all my devices. All content has always played. But on my Sony X900H TV, it just gives an error that it can't play age-restricted content. Is Google/YouTube ever going to fix this long-standing issue with Android TV?

I've been using Kodi on a Raspberry Pi for a few weeks and am not a fan. It's buggy, has a tacky interface, and is an absolute hassle to get normal streaming apps to work (can't even get Netflix). I'm thinking of opting for a fire stick or an Android tv box.

The main things I'm looking for include: good support for common apps like Netflix, Disney+, YouTube. A remote.The ability to load unofficial apps like stremio, or even Kodi; although I said it's not great, having Kodi as an option for shows not available on the streaming services I have would be nice (also I already bought realdebrid). Good casting support.

I'm very tech savy so I don't mind tinkering with the product a bit to get it to where I want. If I got a fire stick my first step would be removing all the bloatware anyways.

So does Android TV fit my use case? Or should I opt for fire stick or something else?

Edit: removed the link apparently that box isn't certified. I do want apps designed to work on tv

Edit2: why are all the certified boxes more expensive and only 2gb ram? Why wouldn't I opt for the more powerful device that also lets me add an sd to it for more storage?

Edit3: Thanks for the help everyone. I'll be going with the Walmart onn.

I have a Sony A9G and I’m told by r/Bravia moderators that Sony has no control over AndroidTV pushing ads (although I’m not totally convinced). It really pisses me off I can spend thousands on a TV and must be served ads I don’t want, to the point where I may not buy my favorite TV brand next time. I’ve gone to using my Apple TV 4K recently, after a year of being annoyed by those ads.

Is there a feedback page or other place where complaints have the most likelihood of convincing Android they need to let customers opt out? I’d rather be using just the TV without a streaming box.

Hey guys. I have the Hisense 50H8F that I bought about 1.5 years ago. And I have two main problems with the TV, the size and backlight performance. 50" is just small for me and local dimming on this TV sucks. It's juuustt tooooo sloooowww. I can literally SEE the white glow everywhere and I can watch it light up and dim down because it takes forever to do that (actually it takes about a second, but one second while watching movies is too noticeable).

I was wondering if there were any good options for me in about 500-600$ price range with 55" or 65" size and decent local dimming capabilities (or just more dimming zones).

And also, obviously, it has to be AndroidTV (or preferrable even the new GoogleTV), I cant use any other OS and that's why I am posting this here.

Please help me find something. Thanks.

Hi y'all, I bought a MiTV 4A a couple of days ago and one of the most annoying things of it is the keyboard layout. GBoard is installed with the Alphabetical layout instead of the usuale QWERTY we are all accustomed to.

I tried installing a newer version of GBoard trough AptoideTV but it seems it's not working (maybe it works using a mouse but it won't work with the remote )

So I wanted to know if you guys found a way to get a working QWERTY layout that works with your remote or just gave up and went with abc...

Thanks!

Is there any software that would let me remotely access and setup a tv - i want to set up my dads tv. Would also be great if i could share content i am watching with people