I just got a Fire TV stick for the purpose of watching Apple TV+ and couldn’t help but notice that the included Prime Video app is so much nicer than the Play Store Android TV one. Any possibility to get it to work on my Sony TV? I couldn’t even find the appropriate APK download...

I am thinking of upgrading my 2nd gen Fire TV box which has 4k support, but no HDR.

For Cyber Monday (and hopefully for Boxing day as well), the Fire TV Cube has been reduced to £80. So, I can trade my old FireTV for it. I want to upgrade because I can't get Apple TV on the Fire TV box, neither does my 2017 Samsung 4K TV is getting it. I also want to play my local collection of 4K HDR mkv files.

Does anyone here own the Fire TV Cube and has used it to stream or play local files - 4k, HDR content - from a USB drive, either from a SMB, using Plex, Kodi, VLC - and does it buffer or have issues with codecs?

My overall choice for sticking with the Amazon devices is because of the integration with Alexa, and Amazon Prime, and that I can still sideload apks if I wanted to.

Hope someone here can help me. Thanks.

I've seen a lot of posts here about Bravia tvs not being updated in years. I was just wondering if there are certain update guidelines that should be followed before Google certifies a brand with Android tv? Like the manufacturer has to provide at least one major os upgrade and consistent security updates?

Wasn’t there an Apple TV+ app on Sony TVs that was then pulled? Has there been any news on the app?

I haven't seen or found anything around Android TV for Black Friday not Cyber Monday. Anyone got anything?

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Hello my original remote for my tcl tv p6046 with android tv is broken, therefore I use a meliconi senior 2.1 universql remote but I dont find a way to open the quick settings pop up menu to adjust brightness! Any workaround ?

Thanks

I have a JBL Linkbar and my home screen channels disappear all the time. It says the channel is empty and the just disappears. This has happened with Hulu, Netflix and Spotify. I'm not exactly sure what to do. Is it just my Linkbar sucking or is it a bug in Android TV?

I plan to use an Android TV device plugged in into a dumb monitor so I can view all my PoE Reolink cameras 24/7. I managed to run the Reolink app in Android tv even when it's only meant for mobile. It works fine. But I'm not sure it supports more than 4 cameras at the same time on the screen. Does anyone know if it does?

Also, I'm using the app because so far I haven't found an Android client that stream with the same quality of the official app. TinyCam Pro supports the configuration I want for 6 cameras but the streaming of my Reolink cameras suck on it (and with official app they run super fine).

I've had the iPlayer app installed on my Shield for the last year until some time in the last few weeks when it just disappeared from my app shortcuts. I went into the full apps list and it was not there, so I looked on the Play Store and found that it was installed, but seemingly disabled as indicated by the "Enable" button. Clicking that and the app appears in the full apps list again, and I can add to shortcuts again. However this only seems to last for that usage session and next time Shield wakes up from sleep I have to do it all again. Any ideas what's going on please?

So, after 2 days of scouring the internet and trying everything I can think of, I can't find a way to record live tv? Apparently Android 7.0 introduced the feature, but I can't figure out whether Android 8.0 removed it or Philips has intentionally disabled it? I've tried multiple apps and configurations and can't seem to have any luck. The tv does pause live shows and allows rewind/fast forward but there is no option to record... I've even looked at down grading to 7.0. I just feel like it should be an option? Am i missing something? Anyone about to help me out?

CBC Gem now works with Google's live channels app giving you 14 channels to view, also CTV is now on Android TV. Let's hope now Bell, Corus and Rogers add all their apps to Android TV and also get them to work with live channels

Anyone got any instructions? I'm also trying to get the launcher to boot on open and the home button to use the launcher

Thanks

On both my Shield and Nexus Player, HBO Now always populates my Play Next list with episodes I've already watched. Is anybody else having the same issue?

Also, even when it works "correctly" it has 2 entries for the same thing. For example I've been watching The Wire and there are 2 shortcuts for it, one with specifically the next episode, then right next to it a shortcut to "continue watching" The Wire. Hoping the app devs can fix this soon cause it kind of makes the Play Next list useless.

Hi guys!

I have my PC and TV in two different rooms. I'd like to be able to play videogames from my PC on my TV. I'd also like to be able to stream the phone screen to my PC. These are literally the only two things I want or need.

Now, Nvidia Shield TV seems fun but it offers A TON of useless features and seems extremely bloated + it's rumored to have constant issues with controllers, even common ones.

Steam link is not for sale anymore and I'm quite sure I don'r want to buy a used one - their lifetime was pretty meh.

What else is there on the market?

Hi,

I have a Mi box s and going to take a Netflix account soon. As I am located in Germany, I have concerns over accessing American content (I prefer to watch original movies and series without any translation). What are my options?