Android TV never feels smooth, and this is because most Android TVs have bad specs. You may notice most of the Android TV were powered by low-end quad-core CPUs, which are efficient cores paired with low storage and low RAM. Today in this article, we will show some of the settings you can try to change on your Android TV for an immersive experience.
Speed up your Android TV.
These are the four recommended settings that you can make to boost performance.
Enable Developer Mode
- Open TV settings and head over to Device Preferences.
- Go to About, and from there, scroll down to find Build.
- Click on the Build number multiple times until you see the Developer Option is enabled.
- That’s it!
Once you have enabled the developer option, here are the settings you need to enable.
Lower animation scale
- Go to the Developer option in Device Preferences.
- In the developer option, find the Windows animation scale; from there, choose Animation Scale. 5x.
This is one of the things that most Android users have done in the past to speed up their performance. This feature is also available on Android TV.
Limit the Background Process
- From the Developer Option, under App, you will find the Background Process Limit.
- Choose, at most, two processes.
Not to mention, Android TV doesn’t have multitasking, and due to low RAM, instead of filling, limits the background process to two, which makes sense. This will make sure your RAM is appropriately utilised.
Enable GPU rendering.
- You will find Force GPU Rendering under Hardware Accelerated Rendering.
- Enable this to see more impact.
Disable Usage and Diagnostics
- Open Device Preferences, and there you will find the Usage & Diagnostics option.
- Select it, and turn off this option.
This will eliminate the continuous running in the background and improve significant performance. Combining all these things will make you feel more responsive.
Optional: Use Flauncher.
This is a launcher, just like we use on Android phones. This works best if you are not a fan of the Android TV launcher. You can download and install it on your TV from Google Play. After installing, you can use it as a default, which is faster and focuses on essential things to make things quicker and more customisable.
Remove the Bloatware
Updates and sometimes bloatware comes preinstalled on the device. So uninstalling this is the best way to make things cleaner. If some apps are not restricted and are not allowed to be uninstalled, then you can use ADBAppControl to uninstall them.
- It works wirelessly, and for this, you first need to install it on your laptop or computer.
- Get the IP address to connect ADBAppControl to your TV.
- This doesn’t require root permission; from there, you can choose the apps you want to uninstall.
- Check the apps and uninstall them.
- That’s it!
In the end, Android TV manufacturers have to work because Android 13 is out, and the newly launched TV comes with Android 10. In contrast, most Android TVs run on Android 9.