Hi guys - I was wondering what’s the best app with a clean simple UI for viewing photos (&videos) from a usb drive connected to my Sony android TV. I’ve tried the media player that comes with Sony TVs and although it’s great for watching videos, the photos however take ages to load up. VLC and Kodi work okay but don’t really have a friendly UI for my parents to use. I appreciate any advice that you guys can provide. Thanks .
You'd be surprised there is no proper Google Photos or any Photo app for Android TV. And no: Screensaver or casting from the phone are not good options.
Solid file explorer and mixplorer
"Xplore" app has good interface for viewing images.
PFolio is what I use, then I can connect to google photos and use the albums for a screen saver. It is nice to reminisce over past trips. Especially this year. 😂
+1 use google photos as screensaver..
Yeah, seems to be a complete miss by Google. I want a decent photo browsing solution. All the options are really clunky
I've been using PhotoGuru for over a year. I can connect to several sources including Google Photos, SmugMug, and my local photos using JRiver Media Center and DLNA. It also allows me to specify any gallery or playlist for my screensaver. I've yet to find a better option.
"Photo Gallery and Screensaver" from the Google Play Store will do what you need