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If you are on Android TV here is some apps to upgrade to a better experience, from launcher to stores, tools from alternatives clients you will have everything you need
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Music
Tidal is the world’s first music service with High Fidelity sound quality, High Definition music videos and Curated Editorial by music journalists, artists and experts, making for a simply superior experience.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Android Auto
- Apple TV
- Flathub
- Android TV
- Chromecast
Streaming and download platform delivering lossless and high-resolution audio, offering over 100 million tracks, human-curated playlists, and global availability.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Android Auto
- AirPlay
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Android TV
- Fire TV
Apple Music is all about the music, with the highest audio quality; exclusive, in-depth content and unparalleled access to the artists you love–all ad-free.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Apple Watch
- Apple Car Play
- Xbox
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Stream and discover over 90 million tracks on multiple devices with top-quality sound, offline access, and personalized recommendations.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple Watch
- Apple TV
- Kindle Fire
- HUAWEI AppGallery
- Samsung Galaxy Store
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Stream and purchase music with Amazon's platform. Enjoy ad-free music and podcasts for Prime members, or upgrade to 100 million ad-free songs with Unlimited.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple Watch
- Android Auto
- Apple TV
- Android Wear
- Kindle Fire
- Android TV
- Apple Car Play
Stream millions of tracks online with genre, playlist, artist, and album browsing. Get offline listening and ad-free experience with Premium.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple Watch
- Snapcraft
- Android Auto
- Apple TV
- Flathub
- Android Wear
- Samsung Galaxy Store
- Kindle Fire
- Playstation
- Fire TV
- Apple Car Play
- Xbox
- Android TV
- Tizen OS
- Roku
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A simple and light-weight app that streams music from a Subsonic or Navidrome server, or from the phone's storage.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
- Android TV
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A FOSS MaterialYou Subsonic/Navidrome client featuring native Android TV.
File manager
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Android
- Android TV
- F-Droid
The free and open source file manager with Android TV in mind
FX File Explorer features a Material Design UI and new ways to transfer your files between devices and computers
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
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Another Android Explorer (File Manager) is an All-in-One Open source file manager for all android devices including Phones, Phablets, Tablets, Chromecast, Wear OS, Android TV and Chromebooks.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- Android Wear
- Android TV
+5
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
- OpenAPK
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Gaming and local streaming
Moonlight allows you to stream your collection of games from your GameStream-compatible PC to any supported device and play them remotely. Moonlight is perfect for gameplay on the go without sacrificing the graphics quality of your gaming computer.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple TV
- Flathub
- Tizen OS
- F-Droid
- OpenAPK
- Xbox
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Wii / Wii U
- Playstation
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A portable, fast, and lightweight emulator frontend supporting classic and modern gaming systems with features like real-time rewinding and shader support.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- F-Droid
- Steam
- Raspberry Pi
- Playstation
- Xbox
- Haiku
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Extend your Steam gaming experience to your mobile device, TV, VR headset or PC, also works for non-gaming stuff like controlling the desktop.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple TV
- Flathub
- Steam
- Windows
- Mac
- Raspberry Pi
- Meta Quest
- Android TV
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Experience low latency, 60 FPS remote desktop access for gaming, work, and collaboration. Play local multiplayer games, share screens, and access securely with encryption.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
Cloud Gaming
Enjoy ad-free gaming in 1080p at 120fps on PC blockbusters, streaming via cloud supercomputers. Supports automatic updates and two-factor authentication.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- Android Tablet
- Tizen OS
Xbox Cloud Gaming is our technology that allows you to play over 100 console games on the devices you already have with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and a compatible controller. As part of your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership, you can enjoy the console games you love, the people...
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- Online
- Fire TV
- Xbox
- Meta Quest
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Remote apps for your Phone
This is a fork of 'Universal TV Remote' by Twinone from 2015 sources. In addition to customizable TV remote, it removes ads, tracking, accounts, uploading, and network access.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Android
This is the service that allows use of your Android phone or tablet as a remote for your Android TV. Easily switch between d-pad and touchpad modes to navigate content and play games on your Android TV device.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Android
Other
Send files to tv is a simple application to connect your Smart Tv android, your android mobile device and your personal computer. It allows you to fastly and easily share movies, tv show or ANY files between these devices through your local network.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- Android TV
- Aptoide
- Fire TV
- Roku
+5
Free open-source tool offers secure, end-to-end encrypted file and message sharing over local networks across major desktop and mobile operating systems.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
- Chocolatey
- Mac
- Homebrew
- iPhone
- iPad
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
- Obtainium
- OpenAPK
- Linux
- AppImage
- Flatpak
- Flathub
- Snapcraft
- Arch Linux
- Nix Package Manager
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A screensaver for Android TV devices including Nvidia Shield, Fire TV, and Chromecast with Google TV. Inspired by Apple TV's video screensaver.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Android
- Android TV
- Fire TV
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Button Mapper makes it easy to remap custom actions to your volume buttons and other hardware buttons. Remap buttons to launch any app, shortcut or custom action with a single, double press or long press.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
vusage is the parental control and digital wellbeing app for Android TV with options to configure screentime, usage hours, applock to put you in charge.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android TV
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On Google TV, there was a way to launch a specific app when the device booted. By default the device would display the TV stream, making the OS feel more like an overlay on top of your television than something completely isolated.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Android TV
- F-Droid
Show Browsers, History, Save Web Pages Links, Share Links Between Android Mobile app and TV by Chromecast SDK and Jetpack Compose.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Android
- Android TV
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
- Android TV
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If you download stuff from your TV
Downloader is an app created to download files from the internet onto Amazon Fire TV and Android TV devices. The app is especially helpful in sideloading apps, without needing any additional hardware, like a computer, smart phone, or external drive.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android TV
- Fire TV
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This downloader is more popular within the FireTV and AndroidTv modding community.
Source for BiglyBT, a feature filled, open source, ad-free, bittorrent client. BiglyBT is forked from the original project and is being maintained by two of the original developers as well as members of the community.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
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The torrent client for smart TV I personnaly don't use it as I have a dedicated machine for that.
Comments
Xbox cloud gaming is NOT on Google TV and Android TV (it's only on Fire TV), but you can use better xCloud