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How Does The Android TV Box Work

June 5, 2017 By KodiTV

Android! It is something with which we are connected enormously. It has made our lives easy and comfortable by imparting us with altogether a new world of potential and pleasure. No matter whatever the purpose it may be, from learning something to connect with people all over the globe, Android has brought that comfort in our palms. And now it is stemming up into a much wider interface. Android TV box, this is a next gen step to make the humankind more powerful regarding technology along with entertainment and leisure.

Android TV box is nothing but the Android interface to your TV. Transmuting your standard TV into a smart TV which will allow you to put your hands on each application that you use with your smartphone. Everything will be accessible with your TV once you connect it with the android box.An android box is a device that allows you to use an Android bridged TV. To have an Android TV, you would require an Android box connected to it.

How Does The Android TV Box Work

An Android Box is a TV box that has an inbuilt interface, Android. After I had heard about this all new TV box, I wondered what it must be but had a great expectation as it was allied with an Android interface. The curiosity to know what it doesn’t let me sleep that night and the next morning the first thing that I did was to buy an Android box. It felt to me like a kid opening his birthday present. My eyes were lighting bright as I was opening the box and taking the device it. All kind of thoughts were running in my mind and the things that I am going to do with it.

At last, I had the device in my hand, and it didn’t even take me a minute to start plugging it to my TV. I never cared to read the manual that was accompanied with the gadget and the enthusiasm in me did the rest of the things.

Now let me tell you what an android tv box is. It is a device, which when connected to your TV, turns your TV into a whole new tool. A tool with which you can access thousands of applications and even connect your smartphone with your brand new smart TV.

Apparently, an android box works as an electronic device which apprehends your tv and turns it into an Android interface just like your smartphone is, the only difference in the smartphone and a smart TV is that you cannot pick up or call from your TV. The android box requires a power supply, and you need to connect it to the HDMI port on your TV, and it will work as a television box which can be operated with the help of a remote.

The android box has a high-end technology inbuilt in its remote controller. It has a speech text technology with the help of which you can search through various applications especially in Google. I had a great tech in my hand which offered me a wide range of options to shuffle through on my TV. Some very prominent and popular sites and applications such as NETFLIX and YouTube are comfortably accessible by me. I just had the remote and a bowl of popcorn to enjoy one after the other hit and classic movies that I always wanted to watch on my big personal screen.

Facts on the Working of an Android TV Box

I am completely addicted and stuck to my android box from the first day itself. It has an amazing cool interface which we all are friendly and familiar with. But still, there are some misconceptions or queries among some people in the society. So, let us see how this tech works.

#1. Android TV box is not just a Google product

An android box is not just the Google product but is a device that many manufacturers have made in the form of an interface for your TV. Google has made the Android TV, and that is where the Android interface started its journey into a television set. Later many brands made their Android supported TV box and hence can be used as a set-top box for television.

#2. Android Box is a medium to operate your TV differently.

The android box has a very simple working and a concept of origin. It works similarly like your smartphone. Hence you can play games, surf through the videos and youtube, applications like NETFLIX will make you crazy for its 4k display and quality, the latest news that you wanted to see and surf the internet with the help of chrome and much more.

#3. Android Box requires a setup to your TV

An Android box is not just a regular set-top box, which would work as soon as you connect it to your TV. After you connect the android box to the TV, you require running the setup manually according to the manual guide that is provided with the device and then you can enjoy all the various provisions that you are gifted with.

#4. Putting it differently an Android Box works as a huge smartphone

An Android TV is a smart TV which has the same interface as your smartphone and has the same working as well. The difference is that you just cannot make calls, other than that you can use all the Android based applications on your TV.

This was our post update on the Working of the Android TV Box, and we hope you all enjoyed reading it. If you are getting some difficulty with any of the steps explained above, then let us know by writing them down in the comment space below. Till then, keep visiting us on KodiTVGuide.

How To Update Kodi On Android TV Box

June 3, 2017 By KodiTV

This article here will provide you the complete guidance and knowledge regarding the procedure of update of Kodi application on your Android TV box with the help of Google Play Store. Google Play Store application comes already installed in your Android TV Box when you purchase it from the manufacturers.

How To Update Kodi On Android TV Box

Many Android TV box manufacturers and providers provide an Android Tv box with some pre-loaded applications such as Google Play Store and Kodi. But you may find them out of date as there is always an updated version banging the market every couple of months.

And to enjoy the latest and updated version of Kodi or any other software you require to update it. However, by updating many of the bugging issues are solved, and new features that the developers have added can be experienced by updating any application.

Hence to enjoy the latest version of Kodi you require to update it now and then as the Kodi developers bring a better version of it on a frequent basis. So an update is probably the foremost activity that you may require to perform as soon as you boot up the new Android TV box that you have brought home.

Kodi being such a competent application, we all know how wonderful this application is. It provides us ultimate entertainment and is highly loved by all. But the only issue of Kodi is that it is quite a task to update this application. And maybe the Kodi that you are having is about versions old when talked about the latest update. However, it does not matter which Android TV box you possess, Kodi update is not an ease task. Thus there are various questions regarding the procedure to update Kodi on your Android TV box. So let us see how to update Kodi and install it.

Step 1: Kodi Add-ons Backup

Kodi media center has various add-ons that enhance the functioning of Kodi. And you may even have pre-installed add-ons or may have custom installed them. Perhaps, you won’t want them to lose. So let’s first take the backup of those application add-ons so that we have them even after we update the parent application, Kodi.

Even add-ons that you have installed in Kodi may require update so check for that too. But for now, let us assume you do not have to update the add-ons that are there with you and we only need to take their backup. So first and foremost thing that you do is take the backup.

Now to do so go into the <Program> section that is available in Kodi. Here you will see the <Program add-ons> option, click that and later select the <USB-SD Card Wizard>. As you click on this option, there will be a confirmation on the right-hand side on the screen written- Enabled. Again select the option of USB-SD Card Wizard and a menu will pop-up on the screen. Choose the <Configure> option.

Now before going further, insert the SD card in the SD card slot, or you can even attach the USB to the Android TV box. Later, choose the <USB/SD Card> option once you have inserted the storage device. Now select the folder in which you would like to take the backup and press <Ok>.

Now carefully read and follow the procedure. Go back to the previous menu of USB-SD Card Wizard and below configure option you will see another option <Open> click that. In this select the <Backup> option and in it select <Just the add-ons>. By doing so, you have taken the backup of your add-ons into the storage device.

Note: If you see any error message showing ‘USB-SD Card Wizard Error’ then change the location of storage for the backup.

Step 2: Delete Kodi

To delete the application means to uninstall the application and that is what you have to do with Kodi. Go to the <Google Play Store> and check <My Apps> and uninstall the Kodi application. The other way to uninstall this app is through settings. Enter the <Settings> and then into the <Application Manager> or <Apps> and uninstall the Kodi application.

Step 3: Download and Install Kodi

Now, you need to have the latest version of Kodi, and for that, you require to download it. And to do so, you need to go to the Google Play Store. Search for Kodi and open it. There you will find an option <Install>. Click on that option and the download will start. Here you will get the latest version of Kodi.

To proceed further, you will need to download this installation file into your Android TV box device. Now switch to the <Unkown sources> installation option from the settings menu. Go to the download folder where the installation file of Kodi is being downloaded. Double click the file and start the installation of the application. Before this, you will be asked for the location of installation of this application. Select the internal storage or say Local Disk option when asked.

Step 4: Reinstall the USB – SD CARD WIZARD

Open the recently installed and updated Kodi application from the main menu of the interface. There you will find the drop down menu with the title of <System>. Under this, there are various options, and from this, you have to choose the <File Manager> option.

By doing so, you will enter into the next menu where you will see the screen divided into two different parts, that is A Root and B Root. Look at the A Root side of the screen, and there you have to select the <Add source> button under the <A Root> part. A new window will pop-up

A new window will pop-up asks you the file which you want to browse and select for the further process. Here you need to type exactly this http://xunitytalk.me/xfinity written text.Now type the name of the media source which is asked at the bottom of the pop-up. Name it whatever you want it to be, but please remember it as you will need it further (let it be ABC for instance). Later go to the home screen of the Kodi and select the <System> menu. A new window will pop-up and in it choose the option of add-ons. This will take you to a selection window where you have to select the <Instal from zip file> option so that the back-up that you toke earlier before updating the Kodi can be reinstalled in the Kodi.

Here you have to select the file which you named earlier in this step as the media source file (ABC file). Now select the <XunityTalk_Repository> option from the list. It is a zip file that you will be selecting so take care of that. As soon as you select the XunityTalk_Repository option, wait for the enable notification of the software program. As it will get installed, you will be asked again by the pop-up window of Add-ons and this time you have to select the <Instal from Repository> option.

Select the <.XunityTalk Repository> option and you will be facing a new list from which you have to select the <Program add-ons> option, and in that, you have to select the <USB – SDCARD WIZARD> option. Now click on the <Instal> option when the new pop-up of Add-on Information window comes on the screen. Wait for the process enable notification.

Step 6: Get the add-ons back

To do so, you will have to open the <USB-SDCARD WIZARD> option, and there you will have to select the <Restore> option through which you will be able to get the earlier add-ons back to the updated Kodi.

So basically, it was bit complicated stuff to get the backup but however to update the Kodi wasn’t that difficult. But let us hope this article will and might have helped you in a great way. Kodi being a great platform for entertainment for all the media sources it is quite essential for us to keep the Kodi application updated. And this in return will offer us the new and updated features of this beautiful application so that we can enjoy and have the greatest of fun using it.

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