Anyone migrate off Google Voice?
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An ad-free Android TV
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Goal: create an ad-free Android TV by replacing Google TV’s home screen and the official YouTube app. The setup uses Projectivy Launcher to show only apps, SmartTube as an ad-free YouTube client with built-in SponsorBlock, Wholphin as a Jellyfin client, and Button Mapper to remap the remote. Tested on Chromecasts with Google TV and a Hisense TV, this configuration removes the promotional top banner and YouTube ads while providing a cleaner interface; the write-up notes continuing to pay YouTube Premium to support creators while preferring SmartTube’s UI.
Practical steps cover installing the apps (Projectivy, Wholphin, Button Mapper from Play Store; SmartTube sideloaded), enabling Developer options and Wireless or USB debugging, pairing and connecting via adb, disabling the stock launcher packages and setting Projectivy as the home activity, and uninstalling or removing the built-in YouTube package. It explains enabling accessibility services and granting Button Mapper WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS and battery-whitelisting so remaps persist, mapping the YouTube button to SmartTube, trimming animation scales, and disabling unused Google packages. All changes are reversible with adb (pm enable or cmd package install-existing), and Wireless debugging should be turned off afterward.
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