Do you know if there is an alternative to GoogleTV or AndroidTV as the OS on the TV set? I’ve seen one or two projects but those are more oriented towards TV boxes rather than the television device itself.
I would like to replace the one that comes preinstalled, as as far as I have detected is turns on on low power every now and then to, and this is a guess, phone home for updates. I have connected it once to my wifi, and after that it updated itself and started to lag.
I would like it to connect to my network and play my local media streams, but I don’t like the idea of it going to the vendor’s cloud. I have it now disconnected from the network, but it would be nice not to depend on another device just to enjoy my arrchives
Edit: I am not looking for some solution to connect to the tv and stream, I have that covered. I am asking to replace the preinstalled OS on the tv and use it without needing external devices.
The $20 walmart ONN google tv box is the closest to a stock experience you can get. There’s a guide on reddit on how to use adb to remove stock apps, change the dns to an addblocker. Then you can switch launchers and permanently disable the stock one.
It’s a newer version of android, so the retroarch on the play store won’t work. You have to download the current version from their site and download it. You can use an app to remap the remote buttons. Get a micro usb otg adapter and plug in a usb stick for extra storage.
I had a firestick, but they started puting ads on the screensaver. Now we don’t have any ads and just a nice grid of the apps we want to use.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/12rya0t/change_launcher_debloat_the_new_onn_4k_streaming/
Edit: just realized what community I’m in