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I want my smart Android TV to be dumb again (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Can you recommend a launcher for a smart tv?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days 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 6 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

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