The nice thing about an Android-based streaming stick or player is that, unlike something like a Roku or Apple TV, Android is open source. This makes it much easier to install homebrew apps that may ...

Most Android devices default to the Google Play Store for downloading and installing apps, but it's far from the only place ...

Media platforms have existed for your TV for years, but Android TV is perhaps one of the most powerful. It has more potential you can unlock compared to a Roku or an Apple TV, but a lot of that ...

However, it’s not perfect. Here I’m not trying to say it does anything wrong as a portable screen. Actually, if just take it as a portable screen in the pocket, I almost have no complaint: it has ...

When you buy a TV streaming box, there are certain things you wouldn’t expect it to do. It shouldn’t secretly be laced with malware or start communicating with servers in China when it’s powered up.

Although Android technically runs on top of Linux, generally most Android devices abstract away the underlying Linux-ness of these machines. In theory this is a good thing; we wouldn’t necessarily ...

Announcing the integration of the OpenSync® open-source framework onto EVO FORCE 1™ set-top box (STB), powered by Android TV™ The first phase of the integration also makes Wi-Fi information, ...

A default app is the one you'd like your operating system to use to open certain files or links. Understandably, out of the box, Android defaults to Google applications. For instance, the default web ...