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Can we install alternatives to Google Home on our Google TVs and use those to control our homes? Or does it have magic special permissions like everything else?
by fidotron 2y ago
Can we install alternatives to Google Home on our Google TVs and use those to control our homes? Or does it have magic special permissions like everything else?
Smart TVs (including Google TV) are the single biggest security and privacy train wreck in most households. This is only going to make that a lot worse, which is the whole idea.
- tracker1 2y agoI've got a few ShieldTV boxes, only because they satisfy the "apps" method to view content as well as good support for Kodi with SMB/CIFS shares and most modern media encoding. DIY options mostly suck and don't support high resolution streaming services well. The game is pretty rigged and it all sucks. I have one home device (the little puck) setup to work with a chromecast audio in the same room for playing music. But they discontinued chromecast audio devices, which I think were pretty great.