Hello,

I have the new chromecast with google tv and would like to remove movie recommendations that are on apps I’m not subscribed to or have installed. In other words just wanna see what’s available on my installed apps.

Is there any workaround to make the Kodi's library be shown on any recommendation tabs of google tv ?

That would be great if we could use the library integration tool installed of kodi applied on google TV( any movie/TV show available on the Addons would shown up on the recommendations .. ☺

If anyone has the knowledge how to do this, pleaseeeeee share with us 🤗

I reset the Shield to factory defaults and installed Launcher X, Google base, and the newest version of Google TV (Google Play Movies and TV). The default launcher is disabled via the adb. It is ok for the most part. But the launcher randomly crashes when returning to it from using a streaming service and taks about 10 to 20 seconds to load up.

Anyone else experincing this?

Anyone here who knows what is going on with my JBL link bar? I cannot use commands like "play music" it will search for "play music" on youtube.

After reading all of the internet hype for this new streamer, I was excited to order one and put it through it's paces. It functions exactly as advertised, but it's just not for me. While the software and UI is fine, I see no compelling advantages over other streaming devices that I already own.

My biggest compliant is with the remote. I have somewhat large hands and find the remote too small (and slippery) to comfortably use. I also think it’s an odd decision to provide volume functionality for receivers but not to provide the option to power the receiver on and off.

This is all subjective, of course. I know it meets the needs of many other folks. I just thought that I'd add another opinion.

On my shield, I can press the Home button twice real fast and it brings up a recently used apps list. Is this really not a thing on the new Chromecast? I even tried to use the button mapper app to active it, but no luck. Am I missing something?

Nvidia expanded geforce now to one other Android tv device officially back in June, while they have not stated compatibility with the new chromecast it has the ability to download and launch the app currently

Is it possible to change the input device from the remote's microphone to the built in microphone on my C270 webcam? It is plug and play with the video feed but I am not getting the correct microphone input.

Live channels while not installed by default can be installed via the play store,

There are 2 options to use it as of right now from what I can find

-You can use button mapper to open the app from a unused button such as netflix

Or

-use a third party launcher

You can do the same for the play store and it will allow browsing just as on older versions of Android tv such as seeing apps you own, seeing a full screen wall of apps to download (instead of the single row shown in the new launcher), and better searching capability

GFXBench - T-REX(gpu) 823 frames(for comparison a firestick 4k gets 803 and the shield tv gets 6571 )

PCmark - work 2.0(cpu) 4199( for comparison a firestick 4k gets 3880 and the shield tv gets 7939)

Percentage differences With a baseline of a firestick 4k

Gpu performance

• Fire stick/100%

-Chromecast with google tv/102.5 %

-Shield tv/818.3%

Cpu performance

-firestick/100%

-chromecast with google tv/108.2%

-shield tv/204%

From this it seems to have both complete feature and performance parity to the firestick 4k obviously a conscious decision from google, as expected it is still significantly behind the top dog the shield tv through ,thought I would share it since it might be useful for someone

I am not sure this is the right place to ask. I bought a Samsung TV a few months ago. I find the Tizen OS clunky, hard to navigate, apps hard to add. It seems logical I can replace it with android tv. What would be the simplest way? Google TV box? Brand? Is there a OS transfer like from a thumb drive? Or other options I haven't imagined. Been searching for days, with no satisfactory solutions. TIA! ( I love reddit!)

Is it possible to install the TiVo Stream 4K apk on the Shield in a similar way as people are doing with the new Google TV apk?

I was able to install the Google TV apk following instructions on other posts, but I think I like the TiVo Stream app better, so I would like to try this out.

Thanks for any input.

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I get 4K and Dolby Vision/Atmos when I plug straight into the TV, but I have everything else plugged into my switch and would like to have everything plugged into that instead of having one device hanging from the TV, and everything else in the switch. Any idea as to what's happening?

Does the Live TV section only display content from YTTV? I don't have YTTV, but have Sling and a host of other streamers.

Anyone else have the Continue Watching section completely missing on the new Google TV? I’ve tried starting something on Netflix, Hulu, and HBO Max, but the row simply never shows up. Updates ran, restarted the system, etc. Am I missing something?

Working pretty good on my shield 2019, with exception of no “live tab” I have YTV installed and even have some YTV channels show up in “top picks for you”.

Any fix for this?

Edit: on a side note here are is another issue, nothing shows up in continue watching (Netflix, Hulu or HBO with the exception of my purchased movies but they do not open :(

My current OLED doesn't handle DV too well for some reason, so I just use HDR for everything. Looking to see if someone knows how to disable it. Thanks

Can anyone verify whether or not the new Chrome Cast device plays nice with the Spectrum TV App? I have YouTube TV, Hulu (Basic), Netflix, Amazon Prime and get Spectrum Essentials (basically free with my Internet package) to make up for channels YTTV doesn't have. Right now I use Apple TV but if the Live TV on the Chrome Cast can integrate YTTV and Spectrum into a single guide, I may switch. FireTV can integrate Pluto, Amazon Prime and YTTV but there is no Spectrum app and Apple doesn't have a guide integration.