I have been looking for a while now for a way to get doorbell/camera notifications on my TV. I had a setup that would change the TV source to show the nvr feed when a person was detected, but this would interrupt viewing.
I came across pipup and was planning on going this route but then at the last minute found TvOverlay. This is the GitHub:
I found this really easy to get setup, whereas I was kind of putting off pipup because of having to use adb commands etc that I am not really familiar with.
I’m really surprised there is no mention of tvoverlay in this community. All I could find were a few posts on reddit. I should say that I am not linked to this app in any way. I just found it really useful, easy to set up and it has great features. I hope it useful to someone else.
I wrote an AndroidTV app that can display multiple cameras stream on your AndroidTV, and can pop up a live video stream that can be triggered by HA automation, although I have only tested it on a Google TV with Chromecast so your milage may very, but maybe give it a try:
Tried to find this app on my chromecast and it wasn’t there. Not sure how i can get it on my tv to try but it looks pretty. When i try to download this on the play store directly, it says my devices aren’t compatible. I have all Chromecasts with Google TV
Update: It’s stuck in Google’s review process - which has a Thanks Giving backlog, hopefully they’ll get around to it soon.
================== Thanks for the feedback, this is valuable. but it is also quite peculiar, I created a new account and tested and have the same result as you, however, looking at the Play Console Device catalog.
It’s a Hisense with Android OS 11, so yeah, that must be the issue.
I’d like to try the APK if you can. The TV is actually only a year old, so it’s a bit disappointing to learn it’s on an old version of Android OS.
However, I do not think you’ll be able to circumvent the minSdk = 31 (Android 12) requirement as it is coded into the manifest.
I am sorry about the TV and the fact that it is running an older version of the OS, but it doesn’t surprise me that the vendor hasn’t updated it
It may not be what you want to hear, but maybe consider buying a stand alone Google Streamer - it will be updated regularly for a few years and it is what I would recommend. If you’re using the Google Home eco system then there are some benefits to running it.
Just a quick update, I have made some fixes to the app and am able to start now looking at adding Android 11 (API 30) (R) support.
If you’re interested in being a tester for it, DM me, it would be quite helpful as I can only test using an Emulator as my device is on a newer OS version.
I have just uploaded build 115 (1.1.5) that has Android 11 API 30 “R” Support
It will be available for you to download and test shortly if you’re in the testing group - DM me to join.
