Web app tiles
If you unlock your OpenStick, or build one from the published files, the native streaming apps can no longer prove the device is unmodified. They drop to 720p or less, and some refuse to run. Web app tiles keep those services usable.
What a tile is
Section titled “What a tile is”Each tile opens a service’s own website full-screen in Google Chrome, and launches from the home screen like any other app. Every service gets its own browser profile, so signing in to one doesn’t affect the others.
Use the remote as usual: the arrow keys, select, back and play/pause work the way the website expects.
Quality you can expect
Section titled “Quality you can expect”| Service | Best quality in a browser tile |
|---|---|
| YouTube | Up to 4K where the device decodes it |
| Netflix | 720p |
| HBO Max | 720p (HBO Max caps its website at 720p on every device) |
| Disney+ | 720p |
| Prime Video | SD |
| Apple TV+ | Not tested yet |
Each tile shows its current limit, taken from our weekly automated playback checks. If a service starts blocking browsers, its tile says so.
What tiles don’t do
Section titled “What tiles don’t do”- They can’t raise quality. The browser’s DRM module and each service’s servers decide the quality. Nothing in a tile changes that.
- They don’t change the services’ pages. No injected scripts, no restyling, no pretending to be a different device.
On a locked unit
Section titled “On a locked unit”On a unit that hasn’t been unlocked, you use the native apps in 4K and the tiles are hidden. The only exception is a service with no Android TV app.