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Google TV does roughly the same thing. It's called "Ambient Mode"[1]. The default timeout takes a while though so I changed my timeout value to be much lower. It does feel like they're kind of hiding ambient mode though, which makes me think it's days are numbered, but on my current Google TV it works great. I set the timeout value very low so it will enter that mode after being idle for 60 seconds.

There may be a way to do it through the settings, but I enabled dev mode and used (wireless) adb to configure the timeout:

    adb shell settings put system screen_off_timeout 60000 
I have a ton of handy bash functions and aliases to essentially have a CLI remote using adb that I can share if anybody is interested. It's really a pretty neat device and a lot more "open" than most people think thanks to developer mode.

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/os2z6q/chromecas...



I’d love to see your collection of bash functions and aliases for adb. Thanks!




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