smarttv-twitch VS ExplorerPatcher

SmartTwitchTV. https://github.com/fgl27/smarttv-twitch This one is the most challenging to download, but works the best. Admittedly never done the Android TV version, but have done the Samsung version twice. Follow the instructions on the github very carefully.

It's always been possible, just you've had to jump through some hoops to install it https://github.com/fgl27/smarttv-twitch

If you have a Samsung tv check out smarttv-twitch: https://github.com/fgl27/smarttv-twitch

You can side load this app here but it’s not as easy as on roku. https://github.com/fgl27/smarttv-twitch

The process to install it is a bit involved, but I use the app smarttv-twitch and it works incredibly well, better than any official Twitch app on Android TV, Xbox, PS4, etc. Once you install it once, it can update itself and you don't need to mess with anything to keep it running.

https://github.com/fgl27/smarttv-twitch i successfully installed this on several 2019 tvs

You can use https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher to change the hotkey

> Windows 11 brings absolutely nothing on the table

It also removes a leg from the table, the one labelled 'usability'.

Attaching a 3rd-party leg to fill the gap helps (https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher), but it's not an ideal solution

ExplorerPatcher

I had more problems with it being wide, merging all app windows in a single icon, showing only icon rather then app title, and not being able to move to top of screen

That may be fixed with https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher which restores win10 bar, there's no builtin solution to any of the above afaik

Thanks for letting me know. I looked into it, and apparently it's still even possible to activate on later versions of Windows with registry edits and helper software: https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/discussions/167

Not going to install something that seems so vague, but I do use ExplorerPatcher [1] on my Windows 11 machines to basically re-create Windows 10 UI and fix all of the annoyances I have with Windows 11. I've got the old right click menu, the old task bar, the old alt-tab interface, pretty much the whole thing. Only reason I use Windows 11 over Windows 10 is because Windows 11 seems to handle my triple monitor setup better, especially when waking up from sleep.

[1] - https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher