For Android TV and Google TV
Many TVs and professional displays, such as Sony’s, run Android TV or Google TV. Install the Lumicast app on the display itself, pair it with Lumicast and manage your content in your browser. You don’t need a separate media player.
No payment details needed. For displays running Android 5 or later.
The display is the player, so there is little to buy. All you need is:
The Lumicast app runs on displays, TVs and boxes with Android 5 or later. The steps are the same for Android TV and Google TV; the menu names differ a little per brand. We wrote the guide for dedicated signage displays on a Sony BRAVIA with Google TV. Philips professional displays have a page of their own.
Not sure? Ask us →The app from Google Play is the quick start. A dedicated signage device takes more setup, and is meant for displays that nobody looks after.
Install it like any other app, and manage it from the display’s menu.
Suits a few displays, or trying Lumicast out.
Lumicast becomes the owner of the display. It starts, updates and recovers by itself, and nobody leaves it by accident.
Suits every display that runs unattended.
All you need is the display and its remote. The menu names below can differ a little per brand.
Open Google Play on the display, search for Lumicast Signage Player and install it.
Open the app and press OK on your remote to open its menu. Choose Launch on boot and allow Display over other apps when Android asks. A green checkmark means it is on.
Many Android TVs switch themselves off after a few hours without the remote, even while Lumicast plays. Set Energy saver, Idle TV standby or Auto power off to Never. Lumicast’s menu warns you when the display will switch itself off.
Add a display in Lumicast and enter the pairing code that appears on your display. Then restart the display from its settings to check that Lumicast comes back.
For a display that nobody looks after, Lumicast can take over the display itself. This is what changes:
You don’t need to turn on Launch on boot.
New Lumicast versions install without prompts: at start-up, overnight between 02:00 and 05:00, and when you choose Upgrade in the dashboard.
Home, Recents and notifications do nothing, so nobody leaves the player by accident. Someone who needs to can still open the display’s Android settings from Lumicast’s menu.
If Lumicast stops unexpectedly, it is back within about a minute. If someone leaves the display in the Android settings, it returns after about 15 minutes.
The display skips the screensaver, and the TV’s energy saver can’t switch it off after hours without the remote. Android system updates install only between 02:00 and 05:00.
Reboot the display from Lumicast instead of walking over to it.
About 15 minutes per display. You reset the display and skip the Google account, install the Lumicast APK, turn on ADB debugging and run one command from a computer on the same network that makes Lumicast the owner of the display. The guide has every step and the fix for each error message. Undoing it takes a factory reset of the display.
The app is the player that shows your pages. You set it up once, and from then on you do everything in Lumicast.
Lumicast shows you whether each display is online and which playlist it is playing.
Request a screenshot from Lumicast to see what is on the display right now, without walking over to it.
Content stored on the display keeps playing if the internet drops. New content comes in as soon as the connection is back.
Edit a page or reschedule a playlist in your browser, and the display picks it up. No USB sticks.
If something gets stuck, restart the app from Lumicast.
An Android TV in the lobby, a Samsung in the corridor, a Pixie in the canteen: all in the same workspace, with the same pages and playlists.
All three run the Lumicast app on the display or stick itself. The difference is in how much you look after yourself.
The display or box is the player. Brands such as Sony need no extra hardware, and with the APK you can make the display a dedicated signage device.
Suits displays you already have, or a TV you buy for the job.
Philips professional displays have Android built in, and a USB stick sets up the app without a media player.
Suits Philips professional displays.
Philips displays →A low-cost stick for any display with HDMI. It is made for the home, though: starting automatically sometimes takes a computer, and you can’t restart the stick remotely.
Suits displays without Android.
Fire TV Stick →Combine text, images, videos and apps on your page. Start from a template, design it yourself or ask Lumi, our AI designer, for help. Then choose which displays show your page, and when.
You buy the display or box yourself. The Lumicast app is free. For Lumicast you pay a subscription per display.
From €17 per display per month, billed annually, excluding VAT.
Compare plans →If your display runs Android 5 or later, you can install the Lumicast app, from Google Play or as an APK. That covers Android TV, Google TV and most Android boxes. The setup differs a little per brand, so try one display first.
For the Google Play app, yes: Google Play needs one. For a dedicated signage device it is the other way round: Android only accepts Lumicast as the owner of a display without accounts. On a display that is already in use, that usually means a factory reset.
Yes, if it runs Android TV or Google TV. Do turn off the TV’s automatic switch-off, though: many Android TVs turn themselves off after a few hours without anyone using the remote. A dedicated signage device is never affected. A professional display is built to stay on all day; a TV for the home often isn’t.
The Google Play app updates through Google Play. The APK updates itself on Android 12 and later: at start-up, overnight between 02:00 and 05:00 and when you choose Upgrade in the dashboard. That needs two permissions, Install unknown apps and Display over other apps.
Content stored on the display can keep playing. New content and data only come in once the connection is back. Web pages, streams and anything else that needs the internet can’t keep working fully offline.
Pages with text, images, apps and video are what the app is made for. How smoothly heavy dashboards or 4K video play depends on the display’s processor, so try your own content on the display you plan to use.
You can try Lumicast free for 14 days, with no payment details. After that, you choose a subscription per display. Without one, your workspace stays available, but your displays stop playing.
Install the app and see how your own content looks on the display.
Try free for 14 daysNo payment details needed.
