The great versatility of Android allows us give new life to our old devices. For example, you can convert them into a despertador para la mesilla de noche, into a digital photo recorder, into a security camera or into a home control panel, pero hoy veremos que otro uso podemos darle a ese Android device que tenemos cogiendo polvo at home.
if you have one old tablet forgotten in the drawer you can turn it into portable tv for car journeys or in a media player like Android TV for turn an old tv into a smart tv as we will see below.
Change the launcher of your tablet
One of the greatest uses that we make of our tablets is the consumption of multimedia content, which makes it the ideal device to turn it into a kind of portable Android TV, and for this we only have to change the interface of its application launcher to recreate on our tablet the interface of a Smart TVand among the few applications available in the Play Store, we have highlighted the following two:
tv launcher
tv launcher by Color Box Technology is one of the best launchers to turn our tablet or mobile into a “Smart TV”. Its interface is very simple and adapted mainly for children and the elderly to display the list of applications in a horizontal scrolling grid. The launcher allows us to customize the number of rows and remove apps from the main app drawer.
TV Launcher – Smart – Easy to use
ATV Launcher
ATV Launcher from developer DStudio Canada is also a good alternative. It’s the app launcher that most closely resembles the Android TV interface. Moreover, it allows us add widgetschange the wallpaper and arrange the order of apps.
ATV Launcher
Turn your mobile into a remote control
If you are going to connect the tablet to the TV via HDMI or mirror its screen, you will need a Bluetooth remote to control the interface remotely. If you don’t have a compatible controller, you can Turn your phone into a Bluetooth controller or a mouse and keyboard with “Serverless Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse” app. You will only have to connect your mobile to the tablet via Bluetooth to be able to use the application to control the tablet from the virtual control of your mobile. The application is free but to unlock the multimedia control it will be necessary to pay 2.99 dollars, although it allows us to create a custom layout to add the navigation buttons.
Serverless Bluetooth keyboard and mouse
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