Chromecast

1.1 Install Send files to TV App

First of all, you’ve to install the Send files to TV app on both your Android phone and your Chromecast from Play Store.

Once you successfully install the app on both your phone and Chromecast. Follow the below steps.

  1. Download the tvDune APK file here which will be installed on the Chromecast with Google TV and place it anywhere in the internal storage of your Android phone.
  2. Make sure both the Phone and Chromecast with Google TV is on the same WiFi Network.
  3. Now, open Send files to the TV app on Chromecast with Google TV and select Receive option.
  4. Meanwhile, open the Send files to the TV app on your smartphone where you have got the tvDune APK stored.
  5. Select Send option on your Android.
    • Find the APK you need to install from the File Manager. Selecting the APK opens a list of available devices, which should include Chromecast (Select it!). Before that, make sure both your phone and Chromecast are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
  6. Once the transfer is complete, open the APK from Chromecast with Google TV.
  7. Chromecast with Google TV should now have the app installed.

1.2 Install APK on Chromecast

In the newer Android TV version, the users need to enable installation from “unknown sources”, and prior to that, the user should also enable Developer Options. To do so, follow the steps below:

1.2.1 Enable Developer Options:

On Chromecast with Google TV, it is quite easy to enable Developer Options. Steps below:

  1. Head over to Settings > System > About.
  2. Now, tap repeatedly on Android TV OS build until a toast message appears and then fades. 
  3. That’s it!

1.2.2 Enable Installation from “Unknown Sources”:

After enabling the Developer Options on Chromecast with Google TV, now enable Installation from “Unknown Sources”

  1. Head to Settings > Apps > Security & Restrictions > Unknown Sources.
  2. Tap the Unknown Sources option, and the specific File manager will appear. Give it the installation permissions. (Note: You can use APK Mirror, Filemanager, or any other File Manager)

1.2.3 Open specific Filemanager

Now go to the installed File Manager, and Select APK from the location where the Send to TV app saved it. Tap on the tvDune APK and Install it by following the instructions on the prompt.

That’s ow you can sideload an app on Chromecast with Google TV.

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