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this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2025
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No, I'm not looking for a launcher. For example this is FLauncher but it doesn't change the default TV app, it just changes the UI.
This is a built-in TV app along with the other apps where Google pushes things I don't want to see.
What "TV app" is this exactly? I've never seen or heard of that before, and none of my google/android TVs or dongles have anything like that.
Also what make and model TV is this?
They basically hid the satellite tuner behind this with an app and it's plagued with Google stuff. Now I have checked the app details and it says
com.tcl.tv. It didn't occur to me before since I don't know any other Android TV, so thanks for this. That's nice to know. So what is the default TV app on standard Android TVs?The TV is TCL P635 by the way.
By satellite do you mean like a dish physically plugged in with a cable? I wasn't aware of any "app" used for that on any TV... I just switch the input with the remote to like HDMI/component/RF/etc. and the normal android tv interface goes away completely.
Exactly. The DVB-S tuner is included in the TV. There is indeed input switch that includes HDMI 1,2,3 and AV and yet they made the TV input only accessible through an app.
Not sure about that launcher as I use Projectivy launcher, but I have the ability to hide certain apps. On it, my home screen only has the apps I use, nothing else no ads no "suggestions"
Launcher is not the problem here. The built-in TV app is the problem, as you cannot watch satellite without it and I couldn't find alternatives for it. So it's not possible to remove those "suggestions" from the whole TV list.