End the restrictions: install any application on a television with Android TV

Little by little, the Android TV operating system is gaining a foothold among the Smart TVs on the market. One of the options it offers is that a large number of applications are available to be installed, but not all of them exist in the Play Store. We indicate how to install any of those that exist for Google development. This is possible because, as happens on phones and tablets, APK files can be installed, which are the executables to have any development in the quepo that has any of the versions of the operating system of the Mountain View company, such as for example AndroidTV. Of course, certain essential steps have to be taken to achieve this since by default the development that arrives on a Smart TV is protected. The best Android TV Box that you can find for less than 50 euros Install APK files on televisions with Android TV An example of Smart TVs that currently use Google's operating system are those that are put on the market by both Sony and Phillips (also there are some players that integrate this work). In all of them it is possible to carry out the steps that we see indicated and that are not complicated -yes, you have to be sure of the reliability of the APK file that you are going to use-. These are the steps that have to be taken to install an APK on a Smart TV that uses Google development (before doing this, it is more than advisable to access the Play Store from the television to verify that there is no version in this place): Once the APK file is downloaded, the ideal is to copy it to a cloud storage service such as Google Drive (with the same account as the Android TV user) Access from the Smart TV to the cloud service, for example with an additional development such as ES File Explorer -you can download it at this link- or another similar one. Another possibility is to use a USB key for this Access the operating system settings and, among the existing sections, select Security and restrictions Now activate the Unknown sources option The next thing is to search for the APK files and run it, accepting the options that appear in the screen Once the process is finished, you can use it regularly on the Smart TV Where to get trusted APK files In order not to have problems with the executables we are talking about, we leave several pages where it is possible to get them completely safely now that there are no problems of malfunction -or inclusion of malware-. In addition, the vast majority of the works are signed by the developers, such as Google itself: APK Mirror APK Pure Malavida Some tips that are importantTwo are the most important that we believe should be taken into account. The first is that many developments are not optimized to use the application on Android TV, since they do not offer horizontal execution by default. This can be inconvenient, but it is possible to limit what happens with the Rotation – Orientation Manager app: Download QR-Code Rotation – Orientation Manager Developer: Pranav Pandey Price: Free TV with Android TV. To solve it, the best thing is to install a wireless mouse to be able to execute all the actions offered by the APK files. The best Smart TVs we have tested in Topes de Gama