One of the great things about Android TV (or Google TV) as an operating system is its flexibility and customization. It’s the number of things you can modify and install on your Smart TV It goes beyond what you can find on the Google Play Store.
But downloading files outside the official store has its problems because, where do the files go? How do I open them? If you don’t know where to start and how do downloads work on android tvkeep reading as we explain it to you step by step.
How downloads work on Android TV
If you have an Android mobile, the operation of Android TV will not surprise you because the procedure is identical. But we go through it in parts to make it easier to understand. There are several elements that you can download on your Smart TV:
- Apps available on Google Play Store. Small explanation here: when you download them from the store, they are installed and you already have them available in the menu.
- Files from the Internet. The most interesting thing, provided they contain an application, would be an APK file. However, it could also be a video or photo that comes to you from another application and that you then want to open.
- Audiovisual content of a streaming service that you later want to watch offline, for example an episode of a series or a movie.
The first case is a resuelto and we add that the third part has an explanation of the most recent ones and we have seen it with an example: that you can save the episodes of ‘La casa del dragon’ by Max for offline on your tablet when you are on it a plane.
Here we have bad news: the app itself downloads them within the service, leaving them available for viewing without Internet from within the app, but they are not accessible so that you can edit, copy or p aste them elsewhere for prevent the distribution of protected content
So we will focus on the second case: files from the Internet or other programs, such as Telegram. We have already mentioned that it works in the same way as Android, so if you use a browser for Android TV and find a downloadable file, you will surely see the button to start the download and once finished You will see it in the Downloads folder.
Where is the downloads folder? Well, to get there, you need to use a good file explorer for Android TV/Google TV, since there is no default file manager on Android TV. Above is a screenshot of the file manager I use, CX File Explorer, which I like for its clean and intuitive interface and for its completeness.
Another aspect of downloading files on Android TV is actually transfer them from other devicesfor example from your mobile phone, tablet or computer, and then send them to the TV. Here is one of the best recommendations you can use: Send files to the TV. As before, what you send will go to the Downloads folder.
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