Take advantage of the Android tablet you have in your drawer: turn it into an Android TV

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The great versatility of Android allows us give a new life to our old devices. For example, we can turn them into an alarm clock for the bedside table, a digital photo frame, a surveillance camera or a home automation control panel, but today we will see what other use we can give to that Android device that we have gathering dust at home.

if you have one old tablet forgotten in the drawer you can turn it into a portable tv for car trips or in a multimedia player like Android TV for turn an old tv into a smart tv as we will see below.

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Change the launcher of your tablet

One of the biggest uses we make of our tablets is the consumption of multimedia content, making 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 for 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

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 in a horizontal scrolling grid the list of applications. The launcher allows us to customize the number of rows and remove apps from the main app drawer.

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TV Launcher - Smart - Easy to use

TV Launcher – Smart – Easy to use

  • Developer: Color Box Technology
  • Download it at: google play
  • Price: Free
  • Category: Personalization

ATV Launcher

ATV

ATV Launcher from the developer DStudio Canada is also a good alternative. It is the application launcher that most closely resembles the Android TV interface. Furthermore, it allows us add widgetschange the wallpaper, and arrange the order of apps.

ATV Launcher

ATV Launcher

  • Developer: DStudio Canada
  • Download it at: google play
  • Price: Free
  • Category: Personalization

Turn your mobile into a remote control

Bluetooth Keyboard Mouse

If you are going to connect the tablet to the TV via HDMI or mirror its screen, then 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 mouse and keyboard with “Serverless Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse” app. You will only have to link your mobile with 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 you will have to pay 2.99 euros, although it allows us to create a custom layout to add the navigation buttons.

Serverless Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse

Serverless Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse

  • Developer: AppGround IO
  • Download it at: google play
  • Price: Free
  • Category: Tools

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