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This Windows tool makes it super easy to debloat and cut down ads on your Android TV
(www.androidauthority.com)
this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2024
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Don't own an android TV or box but can you really not change the default launcher natively?
Android TV is very limited compared to regular Android. It's hot garbage. Connecting a Bluetooth headset requires navigating through 4 levels of menus, it is missing several accessibility features such as audio balance settings, and has ads on the launcher. On top of that, it runs like shit even on a 4 core CPU.
Not that regular Android is much better.
The entire android tv UI is garbage. Lose internet while Disney plus or Netflix are loading? There's a good chance you need to force close them to make them work again. That's like 5 menus deep and doesn't make a lot of sense how to get there. Long press to bring up app info? Yeah right!
And the hardware is often total junk. There's a reason people still recommend the Shield, a device which is 5 years old and runs Android 9.
People here don't want to hear it, but using an Apple TV will ruin the experience for everything else from a hardware perspective. Software aside, of course. There's no reason for Android devices to exist on such sub par hardware. And yet....
The Shield Software Experience is version 9. The Android version is 11.