How to Install Google Drive on Android TV

Jan. 5, 2021

Google Driveis home to many users’ media files and they want to stream content directly from the cloud on Android TV. While that’s a great approach, the problem is that Google Drive is not available on Android TV’s Play Store. So how do you install Google Drive on Android TV? Well, in this tutorial, we bring you a simple guide that lets you access your Google Drive files onAndroid TV. So without further ado, let’s go ahead and learn about the instructions.

Here, we are not going to install Google Drive on Android TV in the traditional way because it does not have a dedicated app for the TV platform. While I tried installing the Google Drive APK on Android TV, it did not run well as remote navigation was stuck and scrolling was not working at all.

So here, I will show you how to integrate Google Drive to afile explorer on Android TV. It’s a much better way to access your Google Drive and you can use it next to your local directory. So with all that said, let’s now go through the steps.

1. First of all, open the Play Store on your Android TV andinstall the Solid Explorer app(Free, offers in-app purchases). You can use other file managers too such as FX or X-plore, but Solid Explorer is overall a pretty good app.

2. Next, open it and click on the hamburger menu located at the top-left corner. Here, click on the 3-dot menu and select “Storage Manager“.

3. On the next page,select Google Driveand click on “Next”.

4. After that,enter a display name if you wantand click on “Next” located at the top-right corner.

5. Now, click on “Login to Google Drive“.

6. It will take you to your existing Google account that is linked to the TV. You can simplychoose that accountor add a new account from the below option.

7. After doing so, Solid Explorer will ask your permission to access your Google Drive files. Click on “Allow”.

8. Once you have done that, click on “Next” andreview all your details.

9. Finally, click on “Connect” and you are done. Note that you might be asked to create a password to protect your Google Drive files on Solid Explorer. If you want an additional layer of security, you can do that.

10. You will now find Google Drive under thesame hamburger menuin Solid Explorer. Open it and you can access all your Drive files on Android TV.

11. This is how your Google Drive looks on Solid Explorer. You cancreate new folders and upload new items, stream content, cut/copy/paste, and perform all sorts of file manager operations.

You can use our tutorial to install Google Drive on the following popular Android TVs. The list is by no means exhaustive, and is only to serve here as an example.

Run Google Drive on Android TV

So this was a step-by-step guide on how to run Google Drive on Android TV. For users who want to access their cloud files on the larger screen, this is the best way to do it. What I like more about this method is that Google Drive acts like a local directory which makes it easier to transfer and sync files from the internal storage. Anyway, that is all from us. If you want to learn more suchAndroid TV tips and tricksthen go through our linked article. And if you have any questions then let us know in the comment section below.

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