Android TV is an excellent OS for TVs, and now almost everyone can try all the advantages of Android TV Box system. Here you can find Android TV tips. It is much cheaper to buy Android TV Box than a new tv. In addition, Android TV Box is easily customizable and very easy to use, and our Android TV Box tips and tricks will improve your user experience of this device.
So, if you want to know how to setup Android TV Box – first of all connect it to TV or monitor with HDMI cable, plug in power cable and power on it with remote control. To see what Android TV box shows – you need to select HDMI input on TV. When everything is done, you will see something similar to the picture.
Now we can talk how to setup Android TV Box, at this step you’ll need to login into your Google Account to use Google Play and Assistant:
- Go to Settings
- List down to “Personal”
- Select Google
- Now you need to login to your account
After login you’ll able to install apps, watch Google Play Movies and use Google Assistant.
Also there is a simple way to customize the recommendations and get rid of Android TV Box problems:
- Go to Settings – Main screen
- Recommendations
- Here you can show/hide the sources according to your preferences
You can use the application Lucid Daydream to display useful information Daydream in standby mode:
- Settings – Display
- Daydream
- Select the Lucid and configure it according to your liking
Hope that our Android TV setup tips were useful. If you steal have any question, ask it in the comments below!
Sign in Google Account
To sign in Google Account you’ll need already existed Google Account. If you already have Google Account – follow the instruction how to login Google Account:
- Open Play Market on your Android device
- Enter your login Google Account (same with your gmail address)
- Enter password
- To login Google Account you need to agree “Terms of Services” and “Privacy Policy”
Done, now you know how to sign in Google Account on Android device!
Usually, it works fine and login google account passes without errors. If this doesn’t happen, check the correctness of the time and date used on the device, also in addition, reboot your Android device to be able to sign in Google account.
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There are thousands of applications in the Google Play optimized for Android TV Box. So, installing apps on Android TV isn’t a problem, just open the Google Play, find an app on your Android TV and click on Install. But, unfortunately, some applications of media TV Box may not be available due to your location or your device may simply not be supported.
The solution to this problem of using Android TV Box Apps is very simple, because all Android TV Box are equipped with a pair of USB ports and identify USB drives, be it flash drives or portable hard drives. To install the application on Android TV from Flash:
- Download the APK file of the application
- Copy the downloaded application to the USB drive
- Plug the drive to Android TV
- Open the file explorer and install the app
That’s all, by this simple instruction you can install any Android TV Box Apps and games! Also you can install Android TV remote control app to your smartphone and forget about remote controller! Just follow instruction:
- Download and install Android TV Remote Control to your smartphone or tablet
- Connect your smartphone and TV Box to the same Wi-Fi network
- Confirm the connection to your box
- Enjoy!
A mobile phone has many advantages as a remote, compared to a standard one, so that you can use an Android phone on TV. But the coolest thing is typing on the virtual keyboard of the smartphone, which is more convenient than using the keyboard on the box screen, or a separate keyboard, so it is better TV Android interface.
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Using Android box TV is not difficult, almost all things you can do with only your voice, because Android TV have built in Google Assistant, it can help you in any situation. In case you have a microphone in your RC.
For example, if you want to watch something do the following:
- Take your box TV remote
- Find key with microphone, press on it
- Just say what you want to watch and Android box TV will do the rest
It’s very simple, you need just try it and you’ll never came back to the old remote controllers! But if you don’t like it – you can connect keyboard and mouse to your box TV via USB or Bluetooth and use it like PC! And the most pleasant thing – you can test Android TV on PC before buying!
You can install unofficial version of Android TV on any PC. It will allow you to test customer interface of Android TV Box on mini PC, desktop PC or even tablet. Also it gives you opportunity to to connect this computer to TV directly and use Android TV Box as PC without buying new equipment.
Installing Android TV on a PC is no different than installing Android x86, just download this Android TV on PC file and follow the instruction below! Just remember, that it is not official release, there can be a bugs or slow interface, real Android TV can be much better.
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