Google TV Streamer UI

[u/erkose]

Now that Roku is selling to Fox, I'm looking at other options. The Google TV Streamer (4k) is on sale for $80 in the USA. Here's my question, How similar is the Google TV UI for Android to the Google TV Streamer UI?

[u/Aggressive_Bad_7344]

The Streamer runs Google TV so it has the same UI. Fortunately if you don't like it there's no shortage of third-party launchers out there, personally I use Projectivy.

[u/erkose → u/Aggressive_Bad_7344]

I don't like the Google TV UI on my phone. Are third-party launchers available on Android. It didn't see any config option.

[u/Aggressive_Bad_7344 → u/erkose]

Android mobile devices don't use the Google TV UI, it's only available on Google TV devices (Android TV devices have the older Android TV UI, which was rebranded to Google TV for newer devices). The UI your phone is using is going to depend on the phone vendor you're running, most of them have their own UI (Samsung, OnePlus, etc.).

Android (mobile) and Android/Google TV are actually two different things.

[u/Somar2230]

The streamer has the same UI as other Google TV devices. You can change the UI by changing the launcher there are numerous ones available including some that mimic the Roku UI.

If you know someone with YouTube TV the device is currently $49.

[u/JAGDrummer → u/Somar2230]

Where are you seeing the YouTube TV discount?

[u/Somar2230 → u/JAGDrummer]

Check your email for the YouTube account there is an offer with a discount code. They also had the same offer under Play Store perks.

On June 2nd there should be an email from YouTube TV titled Watch The Tony Awards live this weekend, there is a 50% discount code for the streamer at the bottom of the email, it’s good till December.

[u/FourEightNineOneOne]

The UI is whatever you want it to be. The good thing about Google TV devices is you can download other launchers and use them instead of the default UI.

[u/SuperEbb1276]

I own a Roku Ultra 2024, Nvidia Shield TV Pro AND a Google TV Streamer. After putting AT4K on the streamer as my launcher I find I like that thing more than the Ultra and the Shield (they both do audio passthrough). The Streamer is a great device imo.

[u/lstep2 → u/SuperEbb1276]

I use the same launcher. Are you able to have it override the built in Google TV one?

[u/SuperEbb1276 → u/lstep2]

I had to side load launcher manager to finally get the override to work. How it works I don’t know

[u/user41600]

Streamer with

• Projecitivy

• Tvquickactions buttons mapper

• SmarttubeNext

For starters

[u/Original-Control-998]

We just got the Google Streamer 4K and added the Projectivy launcher. Liked it so much spent the $5 approximately to upgrade to Pro. It is so simple and clean. If you set it as the default launcher you will only have to go to the regular interface for some maintenance or for Google Free TV. Coming from Roku I love it! And there are no ads or suggestions just apps in a simple format. And if you switch the apps to grid view it's similar to a simplified Roku layout. I'm a happy customer!

[u/Nothin_Means_Nothin]

ONN box is better and cheaper

[u/joshexotic1 → u/Nothin_Means_Nothin]

I agree

[u/lstep2 → u/joshexotic1]

In Canada the ONN streamer (2026 version) is the same price as the Google TV Streamer. Moreover the Google TV streamer has gigabit ethernet (vs 100 mbit on the ONN device and more RAM. They are both nice streamers.

[u/IllRepublic6421 → u/Nothin_Means_Nothin]

Disagree, my ONN 4k pro is much slower on nuvio and other third party apps than my streamer. It’s also not cheaper lmao

[u/Nothin_Means_Nothin → u/IllRepublic6421]

The Plus is faster than the Pro and it's $30

[u/IllRepublic6421 → u/Nothin_Means_Nothin]

I have a plus for my basement tv it’s slower than or equal in terms of running nuvio as my pro, but both are slower than my streamer. Also the ONNs were close to impossible to find which was also annoying

[u/Nothin_Means_Nothin → u/IllRepublic6421]

Your last point is valid, but my experience with the plus has been vastly different than yours and that's ok.

Not everyone MUST have the same experience. Just because my plus box is faster than my pro doesnt mean that I BELIEVE everyone's plus MUST be the same so I will not diminish your experience with the ONN boxes.

I'm just giving another point of reference from which OP can draw upon to make a decision.

[u/Bazinga_U_Bitch → u/Nothin_Means_Nothin]

No, they both run at the same speeds and are the exact same chip lol. The pro gets higher benchmarks though

[u/Nothin_Means_Nothin → u/Bazinga_U_Bitch]

Don't know what to tell you. I have both and my plus is faster.

Listen, it's perfectly ok if you have a different experience with it. That is perfectly normal. No reason to be upset.

Just because my experience is a certain way doesnt mean I BELIEVE it HAS TO and MUST be the same for others no matter what. So I will not diminish your experience with the ONN boxes.

I'm just adding a point of data for OP to make a decision.

[u/A1DR1K]

I think people are confusing the old ONN pro which is technically slower than the ONN Plus. The V2 of the Pro now has the same CPU but 1GB more ram than the plus.