Since browsers on Android TV are mostly crap, it's better if you kick this off on you phone. If any terms I use below seem confusing, you're better off skipping this whole bidness altogether. The process isn't for the unexperienced or the faint of heart. If, after all of these warnings, you're still excited to get Google Photos to run on the TV, brace yourself. Step 1: Install Google Photos on Android TV
It could be younger kids or elderly people, or anyone else who doesn't have a phone or tablet, and you want them to be able to access the gallery and check some pics or videos when you're not around to cast the content to the TV. The second reason is to allow someone who doesn't have a smartphone to browse your gallery on the big screen. For most other people who don't need the automatic backup to kick in each time they take a screenshot, there's always a slower manual way to send screenshots to other devices - uploading from Solid Explorer to Google Drive, or using Send Files to TV are two methods I've often used. This is clearly something only tech writers, gamers, app developers, or tutorial writers would find useful. The first one is to set up automatic backups and sync your screenshots to other devices. As far as I'm concerned, there are only two valid reasons to get Google Photos running on your Android TV. I could talk about how more convenient it is to browse your gallery directly on the TV instead of looking down at the phone then up at the big screen, but really that's a tiny nitpick. It's a very convoluted process, especially if you own a Chromecast with Google TV (but much less so if you own an NVIDIA Shield), and you're better off not wasting your time with it unless you really need it. However, there are a few reasons why you might want to get the proper Photos app installed and for that, we have this tutorial. As long as you can cast any photo or video from your phone to your TV, you don't really need the full app to be installed on the latter. Google Photos isn't available on Android TV, and for good reason.
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