Pretty sure this is a bug. Gboard can freak out after an update and stop working. Sometimes you need to reinstall Gboard, sometimes switching your language to English makes it work again, sometimes it's the TV freaking out over some USB device that needs to be unplugged and replugged.
I can’t believe im a the privacy community, and someone is talking about Gboard like a normal product rather than trying to convince us it’s the actual devil.
Sure it works better, and yet if I have my TV control in my hand I’d prefer to just use that, over my phone. Voice dictation is spotty in general, and the assistant button never behaves how I expect. Why break a perfectly working solution? 🤦
This happens to me when I have a Bluetooth keyboard connected to the Chromecast. Others have already suggested but switching virtual keyboards should fix it.
This is why I’m glad I disabled all the updaters and left the base version of android running on mine. It doesn’t access anything outside the network, so I’m not very worried about potential vulnerabilities.
Never got that ads-on-the-homescreen update, either.
They’ve been this way for over a decade, it’s not Elon. I do believe that early Google actually cared about “don’t be evil” but that ended before 2010.
I’m yet to figure out what I am supposed to do. I have Google Chromecast TV and have seen this popup. Nowhere does it tell me where I’m supposed to start typing on my mobile device.
This is an issue because there was nothing wrong with using the remote's d-pad to operate the OSK. With this removal, a lot of setups are now unusable.
It forces you to sign into your Google account on your TV and link it to your phone. Previously, you could technically get away with not doing that, even though it was a PITA.
Because I don’t want them storing recordings of my voice and I don’t want/have Google shit on my phone, and I don’t want to use my phone to type shit in when I have a remote in my and already.
You can get an minimal distro which boots straight into Kodi, such as OSMC or LibreELEC, and these distros can run even fine even on a Raspberry Pi. Definitely the better option IMO instead of getting Android TV.
The short answer is yes followed by ‘not from netflix/amazon/disney/whoever’ (except maybe sometimes but not really) because they use DRM to protect their content. Very effective DRM that doesn’t really do anything… Their loss I guess…
But that would mean you first have to pair your phone with your TV. I didn't even know this was possible, lol. What of you unpair it? Does the on screen keyboard come back?
Honestly don’t know and don’t care. I’m not pairing my phone to shit. They keyboard worked fine and the only rational explanation I can come up with is that they’re intentionally fucking shit up just get more of that sweet sweet data.
Think it works via the Google Home app and being on the same WiFi. I know Chromecast devices always need a phone at some point to get set up. Not sure about androidtv. Oddly this doesn't seem to have gone out to all devices. I have Chromecast with Google TV and it still has an onscreen keyboard. But then again, I guess they don't need to force me to use a phone with it.
I have been looking at it since I am fed up with Fire TV. Can you install it on any Linux distro? I thought it was for raspberry pi. I have an Intel Nuc running Opensuse
I like the look of this. Is there any way to control it through your phone (eg through a locally hosted server and a QR code to connect to the page) or an easy way to hook in and send the control signals so I could make crappy version of a page myself?
yep thats what i do problem is if you only get upto 720p on widewine l3 included with browsers. 1080p/4k on drm’ed streaming apps is not possible without these stupid boxes.
Yeah, I love small builds but the mini ITX components can get pricey. Counterintuitively, the big RGB gaming mega tower form factor can end up saving you money.
You could certainly do both, but there are advantages to having a separate lower spec, low-power machine do your media. It keeps your electric bill lower, and it keeps your very expensive gaming hardware running longer.
Especially with how expensive and power-hungry GPUs are today.
The only reason I haven’t just flat out installed LineageOS on my NVIDIA Shield TV is that it’d cause me to lose Dolby Vision & AI Upscaling. I know if I built a PC box unfortunately it won’t have these features either.
I’m currently just using the Shield with all Google apps and other garbage removed through ADB. Isn’t ideal but seems to work well enough without losing Dolby Vision or AI Upscaling or anything like that. That’s what I’d recommend if you stick with this Android TV.
This is why I’m stuck with Google TV as well. The only PCs that support HDR/Dolby Vision + AI upscaling have high-end graphics cards, and I just don’t have $800+ to blow on another GPU just for the living room. Not to mention the increase in heat output from the GPU, and then my power bill goes up.
Nope, I rather put up with Google’s bullshit with their laggyass interface and whatnot, than lose HDR.
Been using a HTPC + Fedora + Firefox + ublock origin for at least 7 years now. This computer is the only video source of my TV, and I haven’t regretted this move once.
But what about HDR? Neither Firefox nor even Linux itself support it. I didn’t spend $1800 on an OLED to not be able to take advantage of every feature it has.
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