BF Hammer
Senior Member
I'm am currently evaluating Fotoo app for Android on 3 tablet devices that I am not actually using anymore. But I can see this app is also on Amazon for FireTV devices. So we have the potential to convert an old smart TV also for a photo display. Or an old Android smart phone.
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To sum things up, this app plays a slideshow of photos from local media, network shared folder, or Google photos. It has time schedules for being active. There is a switch for making the app load and run whenever the device is plugged into a charger. It can show photo information and/or time-date-temperature. In a nutshell, it is what I always wished for in commercial digital frames.
My goal for a frame has long been to have a slideshow run on a daily schedule, blank the display overnight, update the photos from either a central storage location on the network or from an online source like Google photos. This does it. I did the first evaluation on an old 7.5-inch tablet with Android 4.1. This version cannot log into Google accounts any longer due to security updates, so I can use the network share option and local media only. But it is simple, just plug in the charger cable and it comes alive. Change the photos on the share, slideshow adjusts after doing doing it's next sync. Next I brought out another 7.5-inch tablet with Android 4.2 and a hi-def display. Now I have Google Photos as a source option. Another 10.2-inch tablet with Android 11 running, and also good to go. I'm undecided on converting this tablet for use this way, but I should since I use it maybe every 5 months now. An old phone that still turns on could also make a small desktop frame.
But what gets interesting is the potential to also convert a TV. I do still have an old 26 inch LCD TV that is not used in years now, and 3 different FireTV devices that can plug into it. So a slow first-gen FireStick + old 720p TV could make a decent-sized photo frame. Or an old PC monitor with an HDMI connector. Or an old Fire-enabled smart TV. Main drawback being the power consumption for something like this. But hey, if the equipment is about to turn into e-waste, why not?
For tablets, you can basically buy picture easels for cheap to hold them on a table. Or a wire plate wall-hanger is also very cheap for that option. Then be sure you have a charger cable that can reach to an outlet. My local Menards store has USB phone charger cables 9-feet long for $3.00.
I do not find this on the App Store, so Apple devices might have another app that can do all of this.
Fotoo - Photo Frame Slideshow - Apps on Google Play
Photo frame & slideshow for Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Photos, OneDrive, etc
Fotoo - Digital Photo Frame Photo Slideshow Player
Photo frame & slideshow for Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Photos, OneDrive, etc
www.amazon.com
To sum things up, this app plays a slideshow of photos from local media, network shared folder, or Google photos. It has time schedules for being active. There is a switch for making the app load and run whenever the device is plugged into a charger. It can show photo information and/or time-date-temperature. In a nutshell, it is what I always wished for in commercial digital frames.
My goal for a frame has long been to have a slideshow run on a daily schedule, blank the display overnight, update the photos from either a central storage location on the network or from an online source like Google photos. This does it. I did the first evaluation on an old 7.5-inch tablet with Android 4.1. This version cannot log into Google accounts any longer due to security updates, so I can use the network share option and local media only. But it is simple, just plug in the charger cable and it comes alive. Change the photos on the share, slideshow adjusts after doing doing it's next sync. Next I brought out another 7.5-inch tablet with Android 4.2 and a hi-def display. Now I have Google Photos as a source option. Another 10.2-inch tablet with Android 11 running, and also good to go. I'm undecided on converting this tablet for use this way, but I should since I use it maybe every 5 months now. An old phone that still turns on could also make a small desktop frame.
But what gets interesting is the potential to also convert a TV. I do still have an old 26 inch LCD TV that is not used in years now, and 3 different FireTV devices that can plug into it. So a slow first-gen FireStick + old 720p TV could make a decent-sized photo frame. Or an old PC monitor with an HDMI connector. Or an old Fire-enabled smart TV. Main drawback being the power consumption for something like this. But hey, if the equipment is about to turn into e-waste, why not?
For tablets, you can basically buy picture easels for cheap to hold them on a table. Or a wire plate wall-hanger is also very cheap for that option. Then be sure you have a charger cable that can reach to an outlet. My local Menards store has USB phone charger cables 9-feet long for $3.00.
I do not find this on the App Store, so Apple devices might have another app that can do all of this.
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