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Alternative to GoogleTV - AndroidTV (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Do you know if there is an alternative to GoogleTV or AndroidTV as the OS on the TV set? I've seen one or two projects but those are more oriented towards TV boxes rather than the television device itself.

I would like to replace the one that comes preinstalled, as as far as I have detected is turns on on low power every now and then to, and this is a guess, phone home for updates. I have connected it once to my wifi, and after that it updated itself and started to lag.

I would like it to connect to my network and play my local media streams, but I don't like the idea of it going to the vendor's cloud. I have it now disconnected from the network, but it would be nice not to depend on another device just to enjoy my arrchives

Edit: I am not looking for some solution to connect to the tv and stream, I have that covered. I am asking to replace the preinstalled OS on the tv and use it without needing external devices.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Interesting, but isn't Android TV on the Pi still phoning home to Google?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Konstakang has made a ROM based on LineageOS. I've only eyed it myself, but it should be Google-free (unless you install G apps).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That's probably the one I'm running. My vision isn't good enough for 4k video, so I never tried.

Edit: I think my TV is too cheap anyway actually. Lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Meh, I'm just thrifty. 4K is for people with high bandwidth or too much storage space 😉

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

There are de-googled builds for Raspberry Pi TV Android without Google's stuff.