I had bought Philips LCD TV in 2012 which had 3 HDMI ports. Later on I bought Google Chromecast in May 2015 soon after it was launched in India and my TV became Smart even before "Smart TV" became available.
I was streaming youtube, ZEE, Hotstart, voot, Sonyliv using Chrome Browser on Laptop or Mobile through Chromecast.
HDMI ports on Philips LCD TV were not very good and use to give flicker for a couple of minutes after switching on the TV. The flickering problem increased with time and ultimately the HDMI ports were unusable.
I got the Motherboard of the TV replaced through local Delhi Technician and HDMI Ports were working.
Later on the volume was going up and down without any command.
I bought Cloudwalker TV on amazon exchanging the Philips TV and it was delivered on 4th Nov 2020.
This TV is AOSP based on Android 8.0 Oreo and has Aptoide App Store pre-installed.
I enjoyed Zee5, youtube, Sonyliv, Amazon Prime Video directly using the apps on TV.
Since I have Tikona Broadband which has max speed of 40 mbps (generally I get 20 mbps) the voot app on TV did not work properly.
I connected the good old Chromecast in the second HDMI port and used the voot on the mobile and it works perfectly as before.
The Hotstar app on the TV had no free option and I can still use the mobile or Laptop Browser version through the Chromecast as before.
Today I was talking to my friend who was looking for an app to show the Google Photos on the TV and I found an app called Fotoo which can connect to your Google Photos account.
Because it is not Google certified Android TV (it is AOSP) I don't have access to Google Play Store but Aptoide App Store has thousands of apps and there is no need for google play store.
I can login in youtube with Google Account and can use Google Photos and yes Aptoide has Google Drive app too. This is sufficient.
