In its new variant, you no longer needed to have a streaming device at hand. Rather you could watch content from Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, among others directly on the TV itself. Apart from that, you always have the option to get hold of your preferred apps from the Play Store. But there are still quite a few apps that aren’t available in the Store. In such cases, the best course of action is to sideload and install the app from a third-party site.
Similar to how you do so on an Android device, sideloading on TV also requires you to enable the Allow Installation from Unknown Sources. This is baked into the Developer Options menu, which in turn is itself hidden. To unhide it, you have to click on the Android TV OS Build Number around 7 times. After which, you could then access a plethora of options from the Developer menu, including Unknown Sources. However, it is proving to be easier said than done for various users. Many have voiced their concern that the Unknown Sources option is greyed out on their Google TV and hence they are unable to enable it. All the other options are working well and good under Developer Options, it’s just the Unknown Sources that is giving a tough time to the end-users. If you are also getting bugged with this issue, then fret not. In this tutorial, we will show you the steps to fix the issue of being unable to enable Unknown Sources in Chromecast with Google TV. Follow along.
Fix: Cannot Enable Developer Mode on Chromecast with Google TV
So where’s the issue? Well, there’s seems to be a problem in the manner this feature has been implemented. If you try enabling it from the Developer Options, then you wouldn’t be able to do so as it will be greyed out. Rather you should download an APK and then open it via a File Manager. Doing so will give you the Unknown Sources pop-up, which you will be able to easily enable without any fuss. The below instructions shall make it all clear. So with this, we round off the guide on how to fix the issue of being unable to enable Unknown Sources in Chromecast with Google TV. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
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