Photos TV

Name: Photos TV
Author: NeatBytes

1.0.4

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A simple photo slideshow app for Android TV

Photos TV: USB photo slideshow app for Android TV

By Trang Nguyen

Editor, media and streaming

Scans a connected USB drive and lists its photos automatically
Sorts photos by the date they were taken
Full-screen slideshow started with one press of play
Repeat and shuffle for album content
Adjustable slide duration
Fit to screen, fill screen or smooth panning display modes

What the app is for and who it suits

Photos TV is a photo viewer built for Android TV, so the photos play on a television rather than a phone. The developer describes it as a straightforward slideshow and gallery app, and it is aimed at people who want to show a folder of pictures on a TV set.

Its main source is a USB drive plugged into the TV. Anyone who keeps family photos or holiday pictures on a stick and wants them on the big screen fits the use the listing describes.

Loading photos from a USB drive

Connecting a USB drive triggers an automatic scan of its photo library. Once the scan finishes, the photos can be browsed directly, without copying them to the TV first.

The listing does not describe other sources such as cloud accounts or network shares, so the USB drive is the source the developer names.

Sorting and browsing photos by date

Photos can be sorted by the date each one was taken. That puts pictures from the same trip or event in order when they are viewed.

Sorting by date is the only sort order the listing mentions.

Running a slideshow with timing, repeat and shuffle

A slideshow starts from the full-screen view with the play control. The time each photo stays on screen can be set, and album content can be set to repeat or shuffle, so a folder can loop or play in a random order without manual changes.

These settings are the controls that shape how a slideshow runs once it has started.

Display modes for fitting photos to the screen

Photos TV offers three display modes: fit to screen, fill screen and smooth panning. Fit to screen shows the whole picture with borders where needed. Fill screen crops the picture so it covers the display edge to edge. Smooth panning moves across the image instead of showing it still.

Choosing a mode is how a viewer decides between seeing every part of a photo and filling the screen.

About this APK

The build we hold is Photos TV 1.0.4 (APK) for Android 7.0 and up.

Version: 1.0.4; 4
Requires Android: 7.0+

Package ID: com.neatbytes.tvgallery
Format: APK
Malware scan: Clean on 68 engines
Permissions: 3 declared · 2 sensitive; Read files on your device
Read your photos
Signed by: CN=Krzysztof Glodowski, O=Neat Bytes
Certificate SHA-256: c1d0da17d91633c8877db16d650a58ae726b5e3328165f895e06e4aed57a6622