Android TV sucks

by miniCotulla

Why is Android TV so bad? I tried to use Steam link to stream my PC games to my projector. Within the App I can Map the buttons of my bluetooth controller but Select is mapped to power off and Start is mapped to Home by default so everytime I want to setup the controller it turns off or exits the app. Playing a game without the option to pause sucks. In the Android settings I can't change anything just connect and good luck! I can't turn off the wrong mapping, I can't change to another mapping. Do I really have to buy another controller and hope the default button mappings work out?

btw this controller works fine with normal smartphone Android it's just Android TV acting up.

Casting a video from my phone to it also just sometimes works, but most of the time it just goes back to the homescreen when trying to connect without an error message!

And why is there no browser available that actually works for streaming content?

Am I the only one having those issues?

Hedemands

I'll agree puffin is a joke, that's why you should try TV bro:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phlox.tvwebbrowser

Kazuto547

Use jiopages for browsing. It's good might even be the best free browser on TV.

pawdog

Sounds like a Steamlink problem not an OS problem. Which other OS allows this kind of thing at all? Maybe you will have better luck with Moonlight.

izhar12

Buy a good Android tv box? Chromecast with Google tv works best for casting and Puffin browser can stream any video