Install Showvee on Google TV
For Chromecast with Google TV, Google TV Streamer, onn 4K, and Google TV sets from Sony, TCL, Hisense, Philips and others. You only need your remote.
- About 5 minutes
- 1-minute video
- Just your remote
Step by step
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Install the Downloader app
Go to Search (or Apps › Search for apps), type Downloader and choose Downloader by AFTVnews, then Install. It’s free.
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Open Settings › System › About
Select the gear ⚙ (or your profile picture) at the top right of the home screen, or press ⚙ on the remote. If a short list opens first, choose Settings or All settings.
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Press Select 7 times on Android TV OS build
Scroll to the bottom of About, highlight Android TV OS build and press the round middle button 7 times, until you see “You are now a developer!”
Why? Google TV only lets apps like Downloader install other apps once this is on. It doesn’t change anything else.
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Type showvee.com/get in Downloader
Open Downloader. Select the address bar at the top, type showvee.com/get and choose Go. The download takes a few seconds.
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Allow Downloader to install apps
The TV says it isn’t allowed to install apps from this source. Choose Settings, switch Downloader on, then press Back.
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Choose Install
If Google Play Protect warns about the app, choose Details (or More details), then Install anyway. Showvee is new, so Play Protect doesn’t know it yet.
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Choose Open
Showvee starts and asks for your playlist. Later you’ll find it under Apps › Your apps.
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Optional: delete the download
To free up space, open Downloader, choose ☰ › Files, then Delete All Files. Showvee stays installed.
Showvee is a player only. It contains no channels or other content. Use it only with content you have the right to watch.
That’s it — Showvee is installed
Next, add your playlist: Showvee asks for it the first time it opens. Getting started
Tip: to keep Showvee on the home screen, go to Apps › Your apps, press and hold Select on Showvee and choose Add to favourites.
If something goes wrong
Downloader says “Unknown Sources is disabled”
Developer mode isn’t on yet. Go back to Settings › System › About and press Select on Android TV OS build 7 times, quickly, then try the download again.
“Blocked by Play Protect”
Choose Details, then Install anyway. If it offers to scan the app, choose Scan app — it takes a few seconds — and then install.
No install screen appeared
Open Downloader, choose ☰ › Files and select the Showvee file to start the installer again.
“App not installed” or “package conflicts”
Another copy of Showvee is installed that was signed differently — for example one from Google Play. Uninstall it (Settings › Apps › Showvee › Uninstall) and install again. Note your playlist details first: they’re removed with the app.
“There was a problem parsing the package”
The download didn’t finish. Delete it in Downloader (☰ › Files) and type the address again.
Will Showvee update itself?
Yes. The first time it offers an update, the TV asks whether Showvee may install apps. Switch it on once and later updates install with one press.
Other devices
iPhone, iPad and Apple TV aren’t supported, and neither are Roku, Samsung and LG TVs: Showvee is an Android app. Reading this on an iPhone? That’s fine — just follow the steps on your TV. Which devices work?