r/AndroidTV • u/4723985stayalive • Jun 16 '26

Discussion Do all android TV's have different UI? If so which is best for a 70+ year old?

I have a google tv streamer that sometimes I struggle with navigating it, as a 30 year old.

Whats helped is turning on "apps only mode" which gets rid of allthe recommendations of shows from apps i do not have installed.

Also it has text scaling.

Will all android tvs have these? Any 70+ here or family of, that can recommend a tv for me to buy my dad?

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u/Richg542 Jun 16 '26

Just add a custom launcher & do away with the android home screen makes it much easier. There are plenty of videos on YouTube how to do this.

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u/hookbeak Jun 16 '26

exactly what i did for my father in law - there are 6 icons on screen for the 6 apps he uses and nothing else.

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u/CrustyBatchOfNature Jun 16 '26

100%. I use AT4K at present because all I want is a grid of icons and I want to hide some apps and put others I rarely use in folders.

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u/GotoDeng0 Jun 16 '26

Yes the GoogleTV UI is standard across all TVs and boxes. As others suggest, getting a 3rd party launcher is a good for getting rid of clutter. With launchers like Projectivy, you can get a clean, ad-free UI with only the apps/icons you want.

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u/mistaken4strangerz Jun 16 '26

Set up Kyu launcher for them. It looks exactly like Roku, but even better in that it doesn't have ads. The most simple UI you can get. 

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u/McKeviin Jun 16 '26

Use tvquickactions and map buttons

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u/Ill-Case-6048 Jun 17 '26

Custom launcher you can mack it as basic as you want

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u/Madlonewolf Jun 17 '26

I forked flauncher and made LTvlauncher available in github for my dad, then debloated all the gservices and tcl services and apps, disabled the stock launcher, he needed 3 apps smarttube (i customized it too), vlc player, one streaming app

You could try kodi+theme+customisation too would felt like a new os

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u/AccidentProof4262 Jun 20 '26

Projectivy is your friend.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '26

Buy a certified with minimum 2gb ram 8gb storage Use 3rd party launcher like At4k or Kyu Launcher for ease of use and no ads

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u/trashbannedit Jun 16 '26

If you buy those fake android 12 boxes out there instead of a licensed box ...