TechBriefly
  • Tech
  • Business
  • Crypto
  • Science
  • Geek
  • How to
  • About
    • About TechBriefly
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us
    • Languages
      • 中文 (Chinese)
      • Dansk
      • Deutsch
      • Español
      • English
      • Français
      • Nederlands
      • Italiano
      • 日本语 (Japanese)
      • 한국인 (Korean)
      • Norsk
      • Polski
      • Português
      • Pусский (Russian)
      • Suomalainen
      • Svenska
  • FAQ
    • Articles
No Result
View All Result
 Hot Topics:
  • Nvidia
  • Snapchat planets order
  • Replika AI
  • Lookism AI filter
  • Binance WOTD answers (Portfolios)
TechBriefly
No Result
View All Result
Home Tech Social Media

TikTok comes to TVs with its new app for Android TV devices

by Barış Selman
4 February 2021
in Social Media, Tech
Reading Time: 2 mins read
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

It was a matter of time before TikTok would also conquer the TV screens, like other services focused on videos from the web, something that is beginning to happen right now with the arrival of its application for Android TV devices from Google Play.

Of course, it should be noted that the TikTok app for Android TV does not offer all the possibilities offered in the app for mobile devices, for obvious reasons, considering that TikTok is focused on multimedia creation through mobile devices, while its app for Android TV is an app focused on viewing videos available on TV screens.

TikTok comes to TVs with its new app for Android TV devices

It still supports most of the functions, except being able to create and upload videos and comment on videos already published. It should also be noted that the display on TV screens is different from that on cell phones, given the orientation of most of the videos published, in portrait format, although it respects the orientation of the original videos.

In this sense, in vertical videos, the app will fill the sides of the screen instead of leaving black strips (similar to how vertical mobile videos are displayed in many TV channels), and in any case, it will also take advantage of the sides of the TV screen to provide information about the video being played at any given moment, being on one side the title with hashtags and reactions (likes and comments), and on the other side to report the music that is being listened to.

Its management is done with the remote controls

TikTok for Android TV allows users to switch from one video to another through the side buttons of the remote control, although pressing the top button will allow access to the options of the user’s account, and the lower one gives way to the options to interact with the content, with the limitations described above.

For those who do not wish to switch from video to video manually, the app itself has an automatic mode to offer a succession of videos one after the other. If you are not logged in, TikTok will offer random samples, but if you are logged in to the app, TikTok will offer a personalized list of videos belonging to the user’s feed.

Finally, it should be noted that the availability of the TikTok app for Android TV is quite limited at the moment, although there is the possibility of manually installing the APK, which can be downloaded from repositories such as APKMirror.

Tags: Android TVsoftwaretechnologyTikToktvs

Related Posts

QBot Malware

QBot Malware exploits WordPad’s DLL loading mechanism

Never let your attorney use ChatGPT

Never let your attorney use ChatGPT

Google Photos AI

Google’s image recognition woes: Gorillas still pose a problem

Nvidia Computex 2023

Nvidia Computex 2023 brings the future of gaming

POPULAR

Binance Word of the Day answers: Bitcoin Fundamentals theme

Binance Word of the Day answers: Crypto Portfolios theme

Is there a way to remove Character AI NSFW filters?

RCM Loader for Nintendo Switch: What is it, how can you install?

How to fix Division 2 if it keeps crashing in 2023?

How to fix “no secure boot’ and “DLC assets are damaged” errors on FIFA 23?

What does setting interrogation succeeded mean?

What is Instagram direct message suggested list order (explained)?

Can Chai see your chats?

What is Snapchat planets order?

RSS News Republic

  • Elon Musk’s actual height revealed: How tall is he?
  • Hogwarts Legacy: Which ball in Quidditch is the largest?
  • Backbone One PlayStation Android: Specs, price, and release date
  • DarkBERT: A deep dive into the Dark Web’s secrets
  • What happened to Ryan Waller? $15 million lawsuit explained

RSS Digital Report

  • Using Voice of the Customer for marketing and its benefits
  • Creating estimations for cost and organic traffic for your future SEO endeavors
  • Biggest issues plaguing the blockchain in 2023
  • What is the “Framing Effect” in marketing and how to use it?
  • How does in-house SEO compare to utilizing agencies and how to get started with it?

RSS Latest from LeaderGamer

  • What is Twitter Trending?
  • Download Twitter – How to Download Twitter?
  • Twitter sign up – Sign up guide
  • What is Twitter Discover?
  • Twitter video download – How to download video from Twitter?
TechBriefly

© 2021 TechBriefly is a Linkmedya brand.

  • Tech
  • Business
  • Science
  • Geek
  • How to
  • About
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Contact
  • FAQ
  • | Network Sites |
  • Digital Report
  • LeaderGamer
  • News Republic

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Tech
  • Business
  • Crypto
  • Science
  • Geek
  • How to
  • About
    • About TechBriefly
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us
    • Languages
      • 中文 (Chinese)
      • Dansk
      • Deutsch
      • Español
      • English
      • Français
      • Nederlands
      • Italiano
      • 日本语 (Japanese)
      • 한국인 (Korean)
      • Norsk
      • Polski
      • Português
      • Pусский (Russian)
      • Suomalainen
      • Svenska
  • FAQ
    • Articles