r/GoogleTV • • 7d ago

Apps Self-promotion Megathread

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Given how difficult has been dealing with all this hoard of posts with self-promotion projects, we decided to create a "Self-promotion Megathread" where anyone can promote in the comments section of this post their projects without disturbing the sub.

RULES:

  1. One post per user is allowed, repeated posts about new features or updates will be DELETED.
  2. No rude, offensive or hateful posts or comments. Negative opinions are welcome and encouraged but they should be constructive (e.g., no pointless rants).
  3. Piracy of any kind is not allowed but posts about IPTV apps are welcomed.
  4. Comments unrelated to Android TV and Google TV will be deleted.
  5. You still have to follow the Reddiquette of course.
  6. The megathread will only live in the Google TV subreddit, posts made at the wrong place will be deleted and redirected to here.
  7. The auto-moderator usually deletes comments, please be patient while we re-approve them.
  8. The post is pinned so it will be visible to anyone.

If you have any questions, please contact any of the mods.


r/GoogleTV • • 15d ago

Firmware Updates Chromecast with Google TV gets first update of 2026

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r/GoogleTV • • 11h ago

Bug Report Google TV Ambient Mode repetitive pictures issue with Google Photos

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Recent updates appear to have broken image selection in Ambient Mode when using Google Photos.

It appears that approximately 40 or so image/slides are cached and displayed, after which the exact same sequence of 40 or so image/slides repeats continuously. At no point are any other images selected and the order/sequence of the cached images never changes. The only way to force new images is to reselect the same (or another) album in settings which then loads another cache of images which will then likewise repeat continuously.

No other timeout, restart, or force close of the Ambient Mode app will reset or alter the cached sequence of images. The issue predates and is not fixed with the current Oct. 14, 2026 app update.

The issue is occurring with my Google Photos account on my Google TV Streamer. The issue is also occurring with my son's Google Photos account on his Sony Google TV. So, the issue doesn't appear to be tied to a specific account or hardware platform.

I've tried selecting various individual or multiple albums of various sizes (as few as 60 or more than 1000 pictures). In all cases approximately 40 or so random images are selected, cached, and used exclusively and continuously until reset with another album selection from settings.

I am also using Dynamic Slideshow Mode with Curate Photos set to OFF, but altering these or other settings doesn't appear to make any difference.

I first noticed this repetitive image sequence issue while trying to troubleshoot another recent issue where occasionally Ambient Mode will freeze/hang on a Google Photos picture. That issue also requires a Google Photos album reselect in settings. Neither issue appears to be fixed with the Oct. 14 app update.

Is anyone else experiencing these issues? Any work-arounds or solutions? Thanks.


r/GoogleTV • • 8h ago

Troubleshooting Extreme dropped frames on YouTube app

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This is recent, there's no new updates available for any app and the jutter is so bad YouTube is almost unwatchable on my GoogleTV Streamer. Is anyone else suffering from this or any idea what might be the issue? There's also audio sync delays that are new due to the fact that the first second or 2 of the video plays with no audio and it never fully catches back up.


r/GoogleTV • • 19h ago

Discussion Qual o melhor controle/gamepad de celular?

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Olá,

Tenho uma Google TV Semp S62 e quero jogar nela com o RetroArch. Sei que o ideal é usar um controle bluetooth ou USB, mas enquanto não compro um, gostaria de testar usando o celular como controle. Qual o melhor aplicativo de gamepad mobile para a Google TV? Tentei um que dizia que minha TV desconectava automaticamente...


r/GoogleTV • • 2d ago

Discussion New Google TV animation on boot, that came with new update on the Onn 4K 2023 box (sorry for bad quality)

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

39 Upvotes

It's the Gemini icon at the start btw


r/GoogleTV • • 1d ago

Troubleshooting Network Error, It looks like you are not connected to the internet. Check your network settings and try again

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2 Upvotes

I have four Onn 4K Pro Google TV streamers, all of them are working fine with full internet connectivity, there is one of them that I am getting the following error, even though it has full internet/network connectivity:

"Network Error, It looks like you are not connected to the internet. Check your network settings and try again"

When in reality it is connected to the network, and I am able to stream without any issues from any of the streaming apps, is there any previous experience or workaround to address this and get rid of the message, thanks


r/GoogleTV • • 2d ago

Sale / Discount Google TV Streamer for $75

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20 Upvotes

Thank you to the person who shared this deal at Target (US store). I was able to score the last one at my location. Hopefully I can find one more at another location later today.


r/GoogleTV • • 2d ago

Firmware Updates Need help to get firmware.

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​Hi everyone,

I am trying to recover a soft-bricked **Acerpure 55" 4K QLED Google TV** that is **stuck in a continuous bootloop on the spinning Google TV logo** after a recent **Android 14** update (UKRA.251202.038).

Standard physical button combinations (holding Power while plugging into AC) are not triggering the Android Recovery menu.

Does anyone (or any service technician here) have a Google Drive link to the forced USB restoration firmware (install.img / upgrade_loader.pkg) for this specific Dixon/Realtek board and panel pairing?

​**Hardware & Build Specifications:**

​**Retail TV Model:** AP55UG51QEVTD (DAC51U / Factory Chassis: D55UT680)

# ​Mainboard Model: MS-R51AP836

(Part No: 2GT0MITV / AP83655U)

​**Panel Sticker Code:** AP 55 BOE 4K MQ (V11809029)

​**OS / Platform:** Android 14 (waiawa / DIX_4KR_ACP_GTV)

​**Build ID:** UKRA.251202.038

Alternatively, if anyone knows the exact Realtek U-Boot keystroke or UART pinout on the MS-R51AP836 board (HDMI3 DEBUG / SCL-SDA header) to force recovery --wipe_data via USB-to-TTL, please let me know!

Any help is appreciated.


r/GoogleTV • • 2d ago

Discussion Does anyone make videos call from google tv?

0 Upvotes

i really need this if someone can will be sure gone million views


r/GoogleTV • • 2d ago

Troubleshooting Black Background Behind Video Titles...How to remove??

1 Upvotes

I'm using the official YouTube app on my TCL Google TV.
Whenever I browse videos or open a video, the white title and description text has a solid black rectangular background behind it.

I'm specifically talking about the black highlighting directly behind the regular YouTube interface text. High contrast text is already disabled in my TV settings. Hell I've tried everything to get it off. Picture settings, accessibility, switch to guest account. Nothing seems to work.

How my brain set up I won't be able to even enjoy watching a video because of that black background behind the text. Have anybody else had this issue and what did you do ?


r/GoogleTV • • 3d ago

Sale / Discount Google TV Streamer 4K $74.99 at Target

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90 Upvotes

I've been looking at getting a Google TV Streamer for at least a month now but didn't want to pull the trigger at $150 and haven't seen them on sale at all, but was looking at target and they had one left and it was on sale for $74.99. Assuming this is due to the discontinuation but I decided to pick it up. Good deal?


r/GoogleTV • • 2d ago

Tips & Tutorials Philips Android TV FAST privacy consent loop fixed without “Allow All” — 70PUS7304/12, TPM191E, Android 12

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TL;DR: My Philips TV kept cycling between the privacy screen and “updating streaming channels”. Choosing Reject all was sent successfully, but the FAST service kept reading an old “consent shown” date and immediately asking again. Clearing only the local data of org.droidtv.fastip, rebooting, then choosing Reject all stopped the loop and the channels played. I did not need to accept all advertising consents or clear the registration app.

This is a report from one TV, tested on 24 October 2026. I worked through it with ChatGPT/Codex using logs and an inspection of the installed FAST app.

The privacy loop was already happening before I used CleanYourTV or changed the launcher. It was a pre-existing problem on my TV, not something introduced by those changes. The CleanYourTV link below is only a reference for the FAST/Sources dependency; you do not need CleanYourTV or a replacement launcher to follow this fix.

Tested device

  • Retail model: Philips 70PUS7304/12
  • Android model: TPM191E
  • Device/platform: PH9M_EA_5599
  • Android: 12 / API 31
  • Build: STT2.230526.001

The TV runs Android TV. The FAST streaming-channel service uses Titan endpoints; that does not mean the TV itself runs Titan OS.

Symptoms

Opening Streaming/FAST channels produced this cycle:

Privacy choices → Reject all / save choices → updating streaming channels → privacy choices again.

It looked as though every channel wanted its own consent. In my logs, it was the same expired-consent check running again, not evidence of a separate choice for each channel.

The privacy window belonged to:

org.droidtv.nettvregistration/.onetrust.IABActivity

The streaming service involved was:

org.droidtv.fastip

Check whether this matches your problem

You need ADB working over your local network. Download Google’s SDK Platform-Tools, enable Developer options on the TV by pressing Build seven times, and enable USB debugging plus Network/ADB debugging if your TV offers it.

Find the TV’s address in its network settings. The computer and TV must be on the same LAN; my TV used its built-in Ethernet port.

Replace TV_IP below with your own TV address. These commands assume adb is available in your terminal. In Windows PowerShell opened inside the platform-tools folder, use .\adb.exe in place of adb.

adb connect TV_IP:5555
adb devices

Accept the debugging-authorisation prompt on the TV. Continue only when it appears as device, not unauthorized. The -s TV_IP:5555 in the following commands explicitly selects the TV.

Check that the package exists and record the current timestamp:

adb -s TV_IP:5555 shell pm path org.droidtv.fastip
adb -s TV_IP:5555 shell content query --uri content://org.droidtv.fastip/FastIpCMPTimeInfo

My timestamp was old. Immediately after rejecting and reproducing the loop, I captured:

adb -s TV_IP:5555 logcat -d -t 3000 > philips-fast-before.txt

The useful lines were:

ConsentUploader: sendConsentData POST Response Code :: 202
ConsentUploader: sendConsentData to Titan Server Success
CMPInfoFetcher: daysDifference 276 DAYS_INTERVAL 180
CMPInfoFetcher: More than 6 months, need to show again
CMPInfoFetcher: isCMPDataExpired retVal true

So the TV reported a successful upload, then still treated the old timestamp as expired. The rejection payload also contained consent: 0 for every listed consent field.

Opening the privacy centre directly and using Save my choices did not refresh that timestamp on my TV.

If your package, provider or logs differ, do not assume this is the same fault.

What fixed it on my TV

This clears the FAST app’s local data, including its configuration and private preferences. It can require the streaming channels to be downloaded/configured again and can lose FAST preferences. It is not fully reversible. It is not a factory reset and does not target Netflix, NOW, Prime Video or other separate apps.

Before clearing anything, I exported the six tables exposed by its content provider: FastIpCMPTimeInfo, FastIpRemindMeLaterInfo, FastIpServerInfo, ContentGuideSource, servicelistregistryentity and serviceTable. Those exports were useful diagnostics, not a complete backup of the app’s private data or a guaranteed restore method.

If you accept losing that local FAST data, run the reset:

adb -s TV_IP:5555 shell pm clear --user 0 org.droidtv.fastip

It must return:

Success

Then reboot:

adb -s TV_IP:5555 reboot

Wait for the TV to restart, then open Sources → Streaming. If the privacy screen appears, choose:

More choices → Reject all

On the Italian interface this was Più scelte → Rifiutare tutto.

That was enough on my TV: the channels started playing and the loop stopped. “Allow All” was not required. I did not clear org.droidtv.nettvregistration.

Verify the result

Reconnect after the reboot if necessary:

adb connect TV_IP:5555
adb -s TV_IP:5555 shell content query --uri content://org.droidtv.fastip/FastIpCMPTimeInfo
adb -s TV_IP:5555 logcat -d -t 1500 > philips-fast-after.txt

After the reset, before saving a new choice, the timestamp query returned No result found. After I chose Reject all, it contained a new timestamp for that day.

The subsequent log showed:

CMPInfoFetcher: daysDifference 0 DAYS_INTERVAL 180
CMPInfoFetcher: isCMPDataExpired retVal false

I also confirmed that the streaming channels played and the privacy loop had stopped. This is an immediate result, not a long-term endurance test.

Why I did not disable FAST

Some posts recommend:

pm disable-user --user 0 org.droidtv.fastip

That is a different operation from clearing its data.

The Clean Your TV notes for a Philips TV on the same platform and firmware document a dependency between FAST and the Sources drawer: disabling FAST caused the Sources menu to disappear instead of opening normally.

I therefore left the package enabled. I also left the clock and DNS unchanged.

Limits and privacy details

  • This resets local state; it does not patch Philips firmware. The app still has its 180-day check, so the issue could return at a future renewal.
  • Other Philips models or firmware may behave differently. Reports that needed both FAST and registration data cleared are not the procedure I tested here.
  • Reject all is not proof that every kind of data processing is disabled. Before the reset, some separately labelled legitimate-interest fields remained active despite all consent fields being zero. I did not complete a separate audit of every vendor/legitimate-interest option.
  • If sharing logs, redact MAC addresses, device IDs, account information and identifying parameters in stream URLs.

Close debugging afterwards

On the TV, revoke USB-debugging authorisations, switch off USB debugging and any Network/ADB debugging toggle, then restart the TV.

With the TV still on and connected, verify that TCP port 5555 is no longer reachable. For example, in Windows PowerShell:

Test-NetConnection TV_IP -Port 5555

TcpTestSucceeded : False is useful only if the TV is still online at that address; an offline TV or changed IP can give the same result.

Google’s ADB documentation explains the connection and device-selection commands.


r/GoogleTV • • 2d ago

Buying Advice Compra de Google Streamer

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A nivel de errores y experiencia de uso a día de hoy , que tal está el Google Streamer ? Tengo un Apple TV 4K de 3ª generación pero quiero complementar con un Android por el tema de la instalación de apps de terceros . A ser posible , opiniones de España aunque acepto de todas partes .


r/GoogleTV • • 3d ago

Firmware Updates Onn 4K Plus Update

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r/GoogleTV • • 3d ago

Apps Apple TV y Google TV

1 Upvotes

Hola. Tengo Apple TV y un TV Google TV alguna app de iptv para sincronizar las dos ..

Gracias


r/GoogleTV • • 3d ago

Troubleshooting Where is apps only mode? No options at all when I go to my account.

0 Upvotes

I’m trying to turn on apps only mode for kids tv.

But when I go to my account, there are no options to do anything other than sync calendar.

Can someone help?


r/GoogleTV • • 4d ago

Discussion Debloated my Haier Google TV and made it much cleaner

10 Upvotes

My Haier Google TV came with the usual clutter and sponsored stuff, so I started messing around with ADB.

Ended up disabling 39 system packages and replacing the stock launcher with my own. Now it's just a clean home screen with a wallpaper, search bar, and app shortcuts.

The launcher starts in 278 ms, and the whole experience feels much snappier.

Sharing my setup here in case anyone else is tired of the default Google TV interface.

Before: Stock Google TV launcher with all the extra clutter.
After: Clean home screen

r/GoogleTV • • 4d ago

Discussion Podcast app with opml import

1 Upvotes

Tried antennapod side loaded but it crashes when trying to import an opml file. Is there any client that works with Google TV that supports importing opml files because I can't seem to find one on the play store??


r/GoogleTV • • 5d ago

Hardware Review Google TV powers the RayNeo Pocket TV Pro glasses, and that’s exactly the problem

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r/GoogleTV • • 5d ago

Discussion I got Shizuku running. Now what?

1 Upvotes

I need some recommendations for apps to get because it seems like a lot of them are not beneficial or tailored for GoogleTV. Any yall are using?


r/GoogleTV • • 7d ago

Tips & Tutorials Claude made my sony tv 90% faster

264 Upvotes

It went through the installed packages, figured out which ones were ads, analytics, or tracking, and disabled or removed them. It left the system stuff the TV needs to run alone.
Result:
No more ads or sponsored content on the home screen
Background stats and tracking calls are gone
The UI feels noticeably snappier
The whole thing took around 20mins, and I didn't have to look up a single package name myself.
If you want to try it:
Turn on Developer Options, then enable wireless/network debugging on the TV
Check the cleanmytv repo for the list of safe-to-remove packages
Removing packages with --user 0 is reversible, so you can reinstall anything that breaks
Happy to share the prompt if anyone's interested.


r/GoogleTV • • 6d ago

Buying Advice Any Opinions on Rocktek G2 Next

3 Upvotes

Hi all,

Was curious to know what the community thinks about the new Rocktek device.

If everything looks good would probably get this over Homatics Box R 4k Plus

Hopefully the CoreELEC comes to this soon since the hardware looks to be promising 🤞


r/GoogleTV • • 7d ago

Troubleshooting Anyway To Create A Wifi Shortcut On Home Screen or Map It To A Button

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We have Google TV and it's fine except my wife almost daily has WiFi issues and can't figure out how to access the settings. I know, it's ridiculous that she struggles with something so simple, but she does. It's to where she can't get it to work unless I'm there to do it for her.

Is there a way to put a shortcut to the WiFi settings as an icon on the home page, or map it to a hot button? Not settings mind you, but Wi-Fi settings only. I've tried to show her how to navigate to it, but she acts like it's NASA level of complicated to do, which of course is ridiculous, but what can I tell you.

Yes, I'm this close to telling her to just go back to DVDs on occasions when I'm not home.


r/GoogleTV • • 7d ago

Troubleshooting Low audio volume when using Bluetooth headphones/earphones on TCL 65Q6CS (Volume is at 80-90%)

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Hi everyone,

I am using a TCL 65Q6CS Google TV, and I'm facing a frustrating issue with Bluetooth audio. Whenever I connect my Bluetooth headphones or earphones, the output sound is extremely low. I have to push the volume level all the way up to 80-90% just to get a reasonably audible and decent sound level.

Has anyone else experienced this issue on this model? What is typically causing this volume mismatch between the TV and Bluetooth audio devices, and is there any way to fix or increase the volume output?

Any advice, hidden menu settings, or workarounds would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!