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I want my smart Android TV to be dumb again (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 10 months ago by GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to c/google@lemmy.world
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Smart TVs are all well and good, but when ad-focused update lobotomized my new-ish Android TV, we hit a problem.

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[–] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Install a better launcher, done.

As has always been the Android way.

[–] valkyre09@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Can you recommend a launcher for a smart tv?

[–] Macallan@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I used Flauncher and button mapper to program my home button to open Flauncher. Worked well for me.

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Same for me, now if I could only find a way to have it boot directly to f launcher, but so far I still have to see the home screen occasionally with all of its ad infested malware BS

[–] Macallan@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, booting directly into the Google TV launcher instead of Flauncher is annoying, but I'm so used to it now, I instinctively press the home button on boot up these days so I barely ever see it.

[–] J4g2F@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

You can try launcher manager and then the android tv version.

Or you can use the adb commands your self. You don't need root just developer mode.

[–] Duallight@lemmy.today 3 points 10 months ago

Assuming your smart TV is android, project ivy is my favorite.