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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Install Android x86 guide
If you want to run Android apps on your PC – it is necessary to know how to install Android x86 on PC. Instruction is the same for PC or Notebook. Step-by-step instruction how to install Android on PC:
- Select the desired build of Android OS from the list or download it in the articles below:
- Install to your PC a program for make bootable flash drive, Rufus for example
- Select an downloaded Android x86 ISO file and click “Start”
After you prepare bootable Android x86 ISO drive go to the next steps:
- Go into BIOS and select the download priority in the Boot section (F8) – Boot Device Priority – your USB flash drive or disk
- After you load your PC with CD\DVD-ROM or USB-flash drive, you will see the following dialog window on the screen, where you need to choose the “Installation — Install Android on Hard Disc”
- After selecting the install Android x86 operating system on the hard disk, the following dialog box will prompt you to choose the section to install the distribution. The available sections will appear as sda1, sda2, sda3, etc. Choose the desired and click “OK”
- The following dialog box prompts the user to change the type of file system or leave it unchanged. Recommended file systems to install Android x86 on a PC — EXT2, EXT3. The NTFS file system is not supported, and FAT32 is not recommended
- Then the system will ask you install special loader from Linux – GRUB or not. Without this loader, the Android system simply will not load on your personal computer. That is why we choose “Yes” and click “Enter”
- Then the system must identify the previously installed operating systems such as Windows and prompt the user to integrate universal loader of both operating systems. This operation allows you to choose the OPERATING SYSTEM at your own discretion when you start the computer. Choose “Yes”
- And here begins the long-awaited process of installation of Android x86 ISO on PC
- After the installation of the new OS, the system prompts you to run Android
I hope that everyone who is interested will manage to install the system. Let me know in the comments how it went with Android emulator for PC.
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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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