How to personalize your TV’s Android TV experience with FLauncher

Android TV 12 will arrive loaded with enough news to promote this TV-optimized version. This wait can be alleviated with FLauncher, an application launcher with which we can even put a custom wallpaper.

We miss this customization on Android TV which we have always had in the version for Android phones and tablets. A more closed system that leaves no room for further customizations, even if everything changes with FLauncher.

FLauncher, an alternative open source launcher for Android TV

Designed in Flutter, the new cross-platform framework, FLauncher is an alternative launcher for Android TV that allows open and manage with non-designed apps exclusively for a TV, and replace the same launcher for Android TV or Google TV.

It’s like having a more personalized version of what PatchWall can be just for Xiaomi TVs. A full-fledged launcher like the ones we have installed and can continue to do on our Android phones.

And although previously other launchers may have launched apps designed for phones on Android TV, the fact that FLauncher is designed in Flutter makes it more appealing.

Put a wallpaper on Android TV or use this app on your smartphone

Among some of the virtues of FLauncher are, in addition to those mentioned above, the categories for placing shortcuts to applications, wallpapers, options to expand the grid and the ability to uninstall Applications.

In the wallpapers, in addition to being able to send the ones we have on our phone (you can do that with this tutorial), you can use the open source photo service Unsplash so that a pretty girl does not lack.

And is that even from the same app we will be able to go to Android settings not having to go back to the basic Android TV interface or launcher, which makes it an app to consider.

Apart from count on the clock, and by collecting this information through XDA, the developer says that we will never see advertising on FLauncher, which encourages us to install it for a personalized Android TV experience.

Of course, it must be said that we are facing an unstable version according to the developer (although we have tested it and it works quite well), there is a lot of room for surprises and better performance with the future. updates ; We stress once again that everything is going well.

How to install FLauncher on your TV with Android TV

Everything is as simple as going to this link on the desktop version of the Google Play Store (from a PC) to install FLauncher. Now we have to choose between the options of the devices the one in which we have Chromecast. Well, Chromecast has to appear to install it.

In our case, we have installed FLauncher on a Chromecast with Google TV and everything was very quick to squeeze it in a jiffy. Then in the apps section it seemed to start it up and place a wallpaper to personalize that Android TV experience.

So you can have it Android TV is a little cleaner with this app which will surely be updated with improvements.

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