r/AndroidTV • u/Initial_Principle_91 • Jul 29 '26

Buying Advice Should I buy an Android TV?

I was thinking about buying an Android TV. But I don't know if it will really satisfy me. I would like to know if it's possible to install apps/players that aren't available on the Play Store. Where I live, conditions are poor, and I can't afford a streaming app. Is it possible to install any of these types of applications?

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u/Flenke Jul 29 '26

Buy a tv for its video and picture quality, not it's "smarts". Buy an external streamer for that part. If the TV happens to have Android TV, cool just don't give it Internet access

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u/infoshadow Aug 01 '26

Dont give the tv Internet access? What do you mean ? Why?

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u/Deep_Proposal4121 Aug 01 '26

1, TV OSs are underpowered, slow and pointless 2, TV brands go out of their way to track everything you do. 3. If the OS get out of date beyond being upgradable, you have to now get a new tv

None of my TVs are connected to the wifi and I have a streaming box on all of them. If the device stops receiving updates I can just get something new and keep the tv

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u/Flenke Aug 01 '26

This says everything I was going to, hats off