Product rating for Nvidia Shield TV Pro

FrigoCamelo

5 years ago • purchased this product

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Android TV too neutered

Am pretty disappointed with how much Google has neutered their Android for TV!!! And I wonder what the point is behind it.
Many apps that would in principle be compatible and run on the hardware can only be installed via sideload, as they can't be found in the official Playstore. This even applies to Google Chrome (which is also not preinstalled)!?. Unfortunately, streaming via the browser is the only option for various services, as these services do not provide an Android TV app, or these apps refuse their service on Android TV (e.g. F1TV, Soundlcoud). And via the browser, they just don't stream with any browser. Chrome works.
Look and feel out-of-the-box is also rather disappointing. The thing outputs images in 4k, but the user interface looks like it was made for a 17' VGA panel (I'm exaggerating a bit here, of course.) There's not much you can do about it via the settings. Do you have to solve the problem so mandatory again by sideload , eg a launcher.
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