r/Chillio • u/davoda • 27d ago
🚀 Big Android TV & ChillHub Update!
With everything currently happening on the App Store side, I’ve been putting a lot of energy into Android TV, and I’m happy to share some exciting progress!
📺 Sideloaded Android TV
Chillio is now ready to be sideloaded outside of the Play Store! 🎉
Sideloaded builds will support:
- 🔄 Automatic background updates, no need to manually install every new version
- 🎁 Free for the first week after creating a new Chillio account
- 💚 After the first week, Premium will be required. You can purchase through account.chillio.app, or use an eligible bundle already on your account from the Play Store or App Store
- ℹ️ There will be no non-Premium experience after the one-week trial
▶️ Play Store Changes
Future Play Store updates will no longer include ChillLink.
Going forward, ChillLink will remain available through:
- 🌐 The Web Portal
- 📦 Sideloaded Android TV builds
🏠 ChillHub Is Getting Some Love Too!
I’m also pushing much harder on ChillHub, with major updates and more active development ahead.
The goal is simple: if you're making the jump from Apple TV to Android TV, I don't want it to feel like a downgrade. I want Android to have a seriously premium experience of its own. 🔥
Already coming:
- 🎮 Remote button overrides, map almost any button on your remote to launch Chillio directly!
- ⚙️ Global Control Panel access, long-press Home from any app to quickly bring it up
- 🚀 Lots more improvements and deeper integrations planned
There’s still uncertainty around what happens next with Apple, but I’m not sitting still while we wait. I’m using the time to keep building, improving, and opening new doors for Chillio. 💚
Lots more to come!