How to install Android app on LG smart TV?

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joe picture joe · Jul 18, 2017 · Viewed 149.3k times · Source

I have android app apk on my USB, I inserted it in my LG smart tv, it shows me USB device, but apk is not visible... Any ideas what's the issue with it?

Answer

Big T picture Big T · Aug 30, 2017

LG, VIZIO, SAMSUNG and PANASONIC TVs are not android based, and you cannot run APKs off of them... You should just buy a fire stick and call it a day. The only TVs that are android-based, and you can install APKs are: SONY, PHILIPS and SHARP.
#FACTS.

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