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I want my smart Android TV to be dumb again (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 2 months ago by GreenEngineering3475 to c/google

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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 3 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Install a better launcher, done.

As has always been the Android way.

[–] valkyre09 1 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Can you recommend a launcher for a smart tv?

[–] Macallan 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] ArtVandelay 3 points 2 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 2 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 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.

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