Saved to the home screen, the browser versions come a close second. So, up to now I’ve installed Kodi (which, armed with the right free plug-ins, works great – but more detail is beyond the scope of this article), Netflix, Amazon Prime and (via Chrome) Curiosity Stream, BBC i-Player and Euronews – the latter have Android Apps but this will, it seems, not function correctly in any of my Android 11-based TV boxes. We have X-Plore and the built-in Android screenshot facility (long-press the power button) to thank for the screenshots of the TOX3.
#PRE INSTALLED KODI BOX FULL#
Right – paid!!! Looks GREAT on my Samsung phone – full network access, FTP, DNLA etc. OK so THIS was unexpected – X-Plore IS in the Playstore and the APP WAS free without ads (still ad-free on the Tox box) but now they want a mere 3.90 euros for ad-free use with all features enabled – I’m having that.
On my phone I can see X-Plore from “Lonely Cat Games” which is identical but has ads. I like it – I’ve been using the ad-laden RS File Explorer and now I’m wondering why. This, then (below), is X-Plore showing the internal storage of the box, my SD-in-a-USB stick, my LAN and more. Anyway, that aside, X-plore having let me into my LAN (and hence this PC) made it DEAD EASY to take screenshots – which means that my previously carefully-prepared but ultimately poor camera shots of the Tox3 screen all ended up in the bin 🙂 It could not see any of my devices such as my phone. ACTUALLY – X-Plore looks OK – I didn’t notice at first – but it is ad-free and comes with lots of decent features.īluetooth 4 – the first thing I tried was SCREENSHOT (for this review) – that is – holding the POWER button and selecting screenshot – did that – selected Bluetooth – search. The FileBrowser I could see little use for, but FILES allows access to any USB stick or SD (the box has a USB socket, a USB2 socket and an SD socket). Apps which came pre-installed include: AirScreen, AM Player, Android TV Remote services, Chrome, Clock, FileBrowser, Files, Gallery, Media Center, Miracast, MoviePlayer, PlayStore, X-Plore and YouTube.
#PRE INSTALLED KODI BOX PATCH#
The Android 11 on the Tox3 has security patch October 2021 so not exactly bang-up to date but usable.
#PRE INSTALLED KODI BOX INSTALL#
I like having the choice – personally I would rather start with the basic Android launcher or maybe install Microsoft Launcher as I did with my Ugoos UT8-Pro (which remains my go-to TV box for now). As you’ll see there are two standard launchers available – a fairly standard-looking Android interface (referred to as QuickStep) and the TV-box-like TOX3 launcher. VERY few APPS came with the box – so it came with the Google Playstore (this is NOT Android TV, thankfully – more like standard Android 11). My initial experience with the power supply didn’t put me in a good frame of mind but after replacing it (thankfully the unit uses a pretty standard 5v3A supply and the box takes no-where near that amperage) things started to improve.
I do however keep the original controls handy because, for example, long-press power button doesn’t seem to work on the MX3 as it does on the original control. Some have backlight, some not… I use them on all my TV boxes and they are so cheap from eBay and China. You may be familiar with the air-mouse design – typically looking something like this (photo, left) and containing the name MX3.
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