You want to say Bye bye, YouTube ads on your android tv? Here you go!

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[SIZE=7]How to Block YouTube Ads on Android TV Forever[/SIZE]
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Kenn Abuya

July 16, 2020
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YouTube ads have always been here, and they help the platform make money, which is also extended to creators. However, there are instances where the ads become too much, and this is something all of us can agree about.
The situation is even worse for Android TV. This is the case because in other devices, say computers or smartphones, users can employ effortless ways to get rid of them. For Android phones, for instance, you can download an ad blocker, or choose to install YouTube Vanced that has far superior features than the ordinary YouTube like themes.
For computers, it is even easier: there are plenty of YouTube ad blocker extensions in the Chrome Store. Other browsers such as Opera and Brave have built-in ad blockers, so your experience is pretty much smooth and uninterrupted by ads and trackers.

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I always see people complain about YouTube ads on their smart TVs.
Unfortunately, there is not much you can with platforms such as Tizen in Samsung TVs, or webOS on LG smart TVs because they are different ecosystems and do not give users the freedom to preload apps as is the case with Android.
However, if your TV is using Android TV, then you should be aware that there are many ways you can get rid of annoying ads, but I am only going to give you the best and effortless solution. It has been working for me for more than one year, and I have not touched the preloaded and official YouTube app ever since.
As mentioned, make sure your TV is actually running Android (many TVs do, including locally available TCLs, Hisense, name them). Others may be using an Android streaming box such as the Mi Box 3.

With that covered:
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[li]Head over here and download the Smart YouTube app for Android TV. You will notice the app is small, but that is because it has been stripped of under the hood features that you will not need. Core functionality is still there.[/li][li]The next step is installing the app. There are many ways you can do this: transfer the app to a flash drive, hook it to your streaming box or TV USB outlet, navigate to the drive using a file manager app and run the app. Alternatively, and this is what I do, upload the file to your Google Drive, and access it from your TV using a file manager that supports additional storage options. I use Solid Explorer. Then, install the app from there. Also, I introduce these tips because the majority of Android TV boxes do not support browsers where you can search and download apks.[/li][li]Then, that is it, you do not need to configure anything. The app will kick all ads out and you will be a happy person thereafter.[/li][li]By the way, you can still login in to your Google account for customized content[/li][/ol]

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And this is for real! 100% zero ads for the last four days on my TV! Only problem is that my Mi Mouse seems not to work very well on the Smart YouTube app.

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Leta space news tifii achia nyamgondo.

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One of my favorite things to do when I have time off is to just watch the world go by. Whenever I get a chance, I spend time just observing the planet below. It turns out you can see a lot more from up here than you might expect. First off, we aren’t as far away as some people think—our orbit is only about 240 miles above the surface of the Earth. While this is high enough to see that the Earth is round (believe me, it is), we are still just barely skimming the surface when you consider that the diameter of the Earth is over 8,000 miles.

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So how much of the Earth can we see at one time? When you are standing on the ground, the horizon is a few miles away. When in a tall building, the horizon can be as far as about 40 miles. From the ISS, the distance to the horizon is over 1,000 miles. So from horizon to horizon, the section of the Earth you can see at any one time is a patch about 2,000 miles across, almost enough to see the entire United States at once. It isn’t exactly seeing the Earth like a big blue marble, it’s more like having your face up against a big blue beach ball. When I look out a window that faces straight down, it is actually pretty hard to see the horizon—you need to get your face very close to the window. So what you see out a window like that is a moving patch of ground (or water). From the time a place on the ground comes into view until when it disappears over the horizon is only a few minutes since we are traveling 300 miles per minute.

Astronaut Ed Lu poses near the window in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station. The Earth’s Horizon is visible through the window. In addition to the small windows on various modules throughout the station, the Destiny U.S. Laboratory has an optical quality window designed specifically for Earth Observations. ISS007-E-9227 (July 2, 2003)

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When looking out a sideward facing window, you can see the horizon of the Earth against the black background of space. The horizon is distinctly curved. The edge of the Earth isn’t distinct but rather is smeared out due to the atmosphere. Here you can get a feel for how relatively thin the atmosphere is compared to the Earth as a whole. I can see that the width of the atmosphere on the horizon is about 1 degree in angular size, which is about the width of your index finger held out at arms length. For those of you who are farsighted, it is also about the height of a person when seen from about 100 yards away (the length of a football field). At a distance of 1,000 miles, that translates into a height of about 20 miles. There really isn’t a sharp boundary to the atmosphere, but it gets rapidly thinner the higher you go. Not many airplanes can fly higher than about 10 miles, and the highest mountains are only about 6 miles high. Above about 30 miles there is very little air to speak of, but at night you can see a faint glow from what little air there is at that height.

This is the broadest view of Earth that an astronaut can get from the International Space Station. Ed took this view of the “Big Blue Beach Ball” using a wide angle lens while the Station was over the Pacific Ocean. In the foreground are the atolls of Tabitueua and Onotoa. ISS007-E-7304 (June 13, 2003, 16 mm lens)

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Since we orbit at an altitude about 40 times higher than the tallest mountain, the surface of the Earth is pretty smooth from our perspective. A good way to imagine our view is to stand up and look down at your feet. Imagine that your eyes are where the International Space Station (ISS) is orbiting, and the floor is the surface of the Earth. The atmosphere would be about 6 inches high, and the height of the tallest mountain is less than 2 inches, or about the height of the tops of your feet. Almost all of the people below you would live in the first one quarter of an inch from the floor. The horizon of the Earth is a little over 20 feet away from where you are standing. If you are standing on top of Denver, then about 15 feet to one side you can see San Francisco, and about 15 feet to the other side you can see Chicago. At this same scale, the Earth that you are standing on would be a sphere with a diameter of about 160 feet. If you want to complete the effect, you can start walking and take a step about every 20 seconds.

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working great on mibox s4

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Vanced YouTube works better u can even play YouTube video in the background

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This works on android TV? I thought it’s only kwa android ya simu