![]() ![]() The curiosity of this is that everywhere it's said that you "can't see comments on YouTube for Android TV", but with this behavior of the app, you can! (but rotated ). This is solved by pressing "right click" mouse input equivalent in your keyboard (the "back" function). If "full screen" is pressed accidentally, the app rotates the screen. "Youtube shorts" can be seen, but the app stretches to widescreen the videos and rotates the controls. ![]() I recommend to activate accessibility controls to easily skip parts. Sometimes the inputs are not detected correctly, but with a "mouse input" available, it works almost perfectly. This is solvable completely with the correct configuration in the app. Depending on the configuration it could be keeping the videos running in the background when you try to watch other things. I just want to see videos and nothing more with YouTube in a TV). You need to configure it extensively and to your liking (In my case I disable all publicity and configure the general quality of the videos. ![]() It's necessary to allow "unknown sources" and give permission to Vanced Manager for installing the app. ![]() Using a keyboard with "mouse input" you can pass the main screen and correctly download and install Vanced Manager. So, here is when the keyboard with a trackpad starts to be essential. As is not meant to be used in a TV but in touchscreen devices, once installed, you can't even pass the main screen with a "regular" remote. The main problem using Vanced Manager in an Android TV: Note that if you have activated "developer options" and configured to force-close any app on the device other than the main active one, Vanced Manager will fail when attempting to install the app. It may ask for permission to install the Vanced Manager depending the way you do it, or give the 3rd. Then, the TV could have a way to install apps directly (mine does, a TCL) or you can use, for example, FX File Explorer that can be obtained from the Android TV Google Play store. It can be directly downloaded from your TV if you have the possibility or can be downloaded elsewhere and copied with a pen drive. You can side-load the Vanced Manager apk and install it in your TV. Recommended: "Sideload Launcher" app by the great Chainfire (on the Android TV Google Play store), to be able to easily launch Youtube Vanced in your TV. Side-load the official app installer (Vanced Manager) in your TV (depending the manufacturer this is easy or not to do). There are many, expensive and generic (something like the Logitech k600 is great in the expensive side, and the little Chinese ones with RGB and Nokia old batteries should work too). You WILL need a keyboard with mouse (trackpad) input for using correctly the app. I really don't know if there is a special version of Vanced for Android TV, this guide is for the regular app for smartphones. I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THIS WOULD WORK IN "ALL" ANDROID TV SMART DEVICE. This is not meant to be a comprehensive guide for installing and using YouTube Vanced, but to help with usage experience and what to expect if you try to use this AWESOME YouTube alternative app on an Android TV Smart TV device. I keep the original post for archival reference. There are alternatives that work similarly as: NewPipe, SmartTubeNext and others (choose and use them with wisely, checking previously reputation and if your selected app is harmful or not). EDIT 2023: As you know, YT Vanced is discontinued. ![]()
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