How to Turn a Regular TV into Smart TV

May be you have bought your TV way before android TVs were available or convenient to buy, or you didn't know about the existence of such thing, that there are TVs out there with smart features which can make your leisure hours more entertaining. In a country like ours where most of the channels don’t have HD features and even if they do, our cable operators don’t have the capacity to cast them maintaining the best quality for our Large Screen TV devices. As a result we end up watching low resolution, blurry imaged regular boring programs on our Expensive TV Screens.


Getting a set top box for your TV may sound a good idea, but there are much more things that you can do with your favorite TV by making it android. Imagine all the smart features you used to do in your phone, now you can do with your dumb TV.  All you have to do is just to buy an android Device compatible with your TV. Afterwards just connect the device with your TV and it is good to go.

Here are the lists of major things you will be able to do with your TV after connecting with a compatible android device:
1. Browse the Internet with Chrome
2. Streaming your favorite movies
3. Netflix and YouTube in HD and 4K
4. International news and TV
5. Gaming
6. Watching Live Sports
7. New music through Pandora or Google Music
Now let’s talk about how you can make your TV, and android TV:
Box it up
Android boxes are very cheap nowadays. OTT android box is one of them with the best features and supports. This device is available in different android versions and capable to deliver the most of the facilities that you can ask from an actual android TV.

You can buy one for your own from the given links below:
• Lollipop: https://pickaboo.com/ott-tv-box-android-tv-box-lollipop.html
• Kitkat: https://pickaboo.com/ott-tv-box-android-tv-box-kitkat.html


Add some Android
If you're an Android user the new and improved Chromecast streamer is a great option for HDMI-enabled TVs (and a handy thing to travel with, as it can turn hotel TVs into Chromecast TVs).
But that's not the only Android option. There's Nvidia's excellent Shield, which is great for gamers as well as a superb TV streamer, while for tighter budgets there are stacks of cheap and cheerful casting devices like EZcast, Miracast etc.



Give it some stick
If your TV has a spare HDMI socket, a TV stick such as Amazon's Fire TV Stick is one of the simplest ways to make your TV smart.
The device provides access to iPlayer, Demand 5, BBC News and sport, STV, YouTube, Vimeo, Netflix and Amazon's own video service. We like it a lot. As with all TV streamers, some services such as Netflix also require a separate subscription.
   


Connect a console
The Xbox 360 and PS3 both offer decent TV services (the Wii wasn't quite so good due to its lower spec, although it does do iPlayer if you've got one lying around).Their successors, the Xbox One and PS4, are better still - although if your TV isn't huge you're probably better off with the old ones unless you also desperately want to play next-gen titles such as Halo 5.

Setting Up Mi Band 2 for the First Time

Setting Up Mi Band 2 for the First Time

Are you a fitness conscious person? Want to keep yourself healthy by burning out extra calories? Want to track every heartbeat or track down how sound did you sleep last night? Or you may not much of a fitness guy but love cool gadgets. For both the kind there’s one product available in the market, which is “Xiaomi mi band 2”.

Now let’s have a look on Xiaomi mi band features:
Xiaomi mi band 2 does everything that one can possibly expect from a fitness band. Such as:

• It tracks your steps taken
• Distance traveled
• Calories burned
• Slept hours and duration of deep sleep
• Monitors heart rate
• Automatically unlocks your phone
• Vibrates for notifications or calls
• 20 days long lasting battery
• It is splash resistant
• Compatible with both Android and iOS.
From where you can buy this! Just follow the link bellow to get the best deal on Xiaomi mi band 2.

Order online: https://pickaboo.com/xiaomi-mi-band-2.html
It’ll only cost you BDT 2390.

Now let’s talk about how to set it up for the first time.
• Take the sensor and assemble it into the strap. You would need to insert the sensor from above while inserting into the strap.
• Pinch to fix and snap the Mi Band 2 around your wrist.
• Download and install the “Mi Fit” from the Google Play store or itunes. Or just follow the appropriate link:
PlayStore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiaomi.hm.health&hl=en
itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mi-fit/id938688461?mt=8
• You need to pair the Mi Band 2 with your Android or iPhone using the App instructions. Ensure that the Bluetooth on your phone is turned on.
• There is no dedicated Bluetooth button on the Mi Band 2. You need to pair the device using your Mi Fit App.
• Press the button on the Mi Band 2 as soon as it vibrates and receives a notification from your phone.
• After pairing is complete, the Mi band 2 will start tracking your movements, sleeping patterns and heart rate.
Do note that, in order to install and configure the Mi Fit app, you need to have a Mi account. You would either need to “Sign Up” or Sign In to the App before configuring the Mi Band 2 device. See the following screenshots for your reference.
 
           
During the initial setup, you would need to provide the following details in the Mi Fit app
• Gender
• Height
• Weight
This helps the app to calculate BMI and give you lifestyle recommendations accordingly.
As soon as the device was successfully paired with my Android phone, it started to download and flash the Mi Band 2 with the latest firmware. See the screenshot below:

You can configure Xiaomi Mi Band 2 with the following 3rd party services:
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Snapchat
• Whatsapp
• WeChat
Messaging and Call notifications can also be enabled from the app. This also adds negatively to the battery life and is disabled by default.
Hope this information will help you setting up your new “mi band”. We will try to post more tips and tricks for your mi band to get you the most out of your band.