How to Install Google Chrome on Android TV from USB

 How to sideload install google chrome browser apk from usb drive to your mibox s or android tv or nvidia shield? You can't do it by default but with necessary tools you can totally do it, check this new 2021-2022 method .

how to install chrome apk to mibox android tv

first download chrome apk, the correct one, from apkmirror.com

search chrome

choose chrome fast and secure

choose apk, armeabi-v7a

download it to usb drive

back to tv

open google play store

search mibox apk installer and install it

search sideload launcher and install it

insert usb drive to mibox s

navigate into it and find chrome apk and tap on it

once installed, you need sideload launcher to open it

open sideload launcher and you can open crhome

mouse and keyboard are recommended

How to transfer contacts from Outlook to Google Gmail

Google has a contact web app, if you store contacts there, you can make use of these contacts in your phone, or gmail web mail. That's why many people wants to organize their contacts in google contacts app.

So how to transfer your existing contacts from Outlook to Google gmail?

Is there a way so you can select the contacts in Outlook and directly upload to your google account? Yes, just watch this video and see how to do it.

How to transfer contacts from Outlook to Google gmail

Install ZOOM on Android TV

 How to sideload zoom apk on Android TV? Yes you can do it, just follow the tutorial in this post. Please note that although you can use and join zoom cloud meetings on TV, using camera and mic is not always possible, it depends on your camera model and android tv model. But it's always cool to watch the meeting video on big TV screen.

visit https://zoom-us-zoom.en.uptodown.com/android/download to download zoom

save the apk to USB disk

eject the disk and plug it into your Android TV or MiBox

return to android tv / mibox s

open google play store, search and install mibox apk installer

install mibox apk installer

search and install one more app, SIDELOAD LAUNCHER

open mibox apk installer from home screen's app drawer

browse into the usb disk and click on the zoom cloud meeting apk icon

allow install unknown apps and install it

open sideload launcher to start zoom cloud meeting

zoom cloud meeting

Install Aptoide TV on Chromecast with Google TV

 

Install Aptoide TV on Chromecast with Google TV

Google has released a new Chromecast with Google TV, which is not a standard Android TV system but a Android TV system with Android 10 and it's more like Amazon's Fire TV. It is still compatible with Android TV's APPs, but in the Google Play Store you can't find and install the Aptoide TV apk.

Why? it's pretty obvious, it is not allowed, however it is possible to sideload it with very easy methods.

Method: Download and install Aptoide TV directly with Smart TV APK downloader

It is very easy to install Aptoide to Chromecast with Google TV using Smart TV APK downloader, simply install it from Google Play Store (on your Google TV), and there is a built-in link for Aptoide TV, just tap it and install it, if there is no link, you can copy the link from its website https://apkins.aptoide.com/AptoideTV-5.1.2.apk
Note: this method does not work on Amazon FireTV devices.

you must enable developer mode before you can install it, tap build for 7 times in system-about

download smart tv apk downloader in google play store on tv

enter download url https://apkins.aptoide.com/AptoideTV-5.1.2.apk and download, install

done, you can launch it from home screen

Sideload Folder: A way for you to easily access sideloaded apps on Google TV

Once you sideload installed an app to Google TV, if it's not designed for TV, it will not appear in the home screen, in this case it's not convenient to open it when you want to use it, so we introduce you the Sideload Folder app to solve this problem, check it out.

Install Aptoide TV on MiBox/Android TV

Install Aptoide TV on Mi Box & Mi TV & Nvidia Shield

A standard Android TV system such as Mi Box S, Mi TV, Nvidia Shield and SONY TV come with an Android OS 8 or 9 and a Google Play Store, but in the Google Play Store you can't find and install the Aptoide TV apk.

Why? it's pretty obvious, it is not allowed, however it is possible to sideload it with very easy methods.

Method 1: Download and install Aptoide TV directly with Smart TV APK downloader

It is very easy to install Aptoide to Mi TV with Smart TV APK downloader, simply install it from Google Play Store (on your Android TV), and there is a built-in link for Aptoide TV, just tap it and install it, If there is no direct download link, you can copy the link  https://apkins.aptoide.com/AptoideTV-5.1.2.apk from Aptoide TV site.

download smart tv apk downloader from google play store on tv

open it, click download aptoide tv or enter the download url

click to install when download finishes

installing aptoide

open aptoide from home screen

Method 2: Download Aptoide TV by Puffin TV (obsolute, this method no longer works)

sideload aptoide tv with puffin tv

Note: It was possible to download and install Aptoide TV using Puffin TV, but recently the download and install apk feature had been pulled off from it, so this method no longer works.

Method 3: Sideload Aptoide TV apk with ES file explorer

With ES file explorer, you could access the USB storage and install APK files stored in it, and you can download the Aptoide TV apk to an USB drive and install it with ES file explorer, however, since 2019-April-27, the ES file explorer had also been removed from Google Play Store. so this method also no longer works.