Echo Show 15 works as dashboard with Fully Kiosk Browser

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Ok, originally I said this thing doesn't work after hours of trying to get this working with a dashboard. I was wrong and it turns out the key to make this thing works is Fully Kiosk Browser and some other apps. You dont even have to use Fully, you just need it installed. I think the reason this works is Fully is a full functioning browser and the show can use that instead of Amazons crappy locked down browser. Anyways here are the steps as of 01/27/23. You may want to block Amazon updates after setting up so Amazon cant break all of this. Ill update with those instructions after more research.

This all requires you to be in fire tv mode. Your touchscreen won't work on these apps but there is an on screen remote. When were done the touchscreen will work with the dashboard. Please note I am using the HD+ dashboard by Joe Page so your experience may vary if your using something else.

  1. Download Wireless file manager, and Taotlus.
  2. On your phone or computer download the apks you want. HD+ is in the Hubitat forums, Fully Kiosk Browser is at its own website, the rest can be found at apkpure.
  3. Launch Wireless file manager on your show and than type that address into your phone or computers browser. That will open the file manager on your phone. Select the file apk you want on the show and upload it. Rinse and repeat for each apk.
  4. Stop the Wireless file manager and click open file explorer.
  5. Go through the following folders...Open File Explorer, Android, data, io.github...,, files.
  6. Select the apk you want and cut or copy it.
  7. Hit the back button until your back in the folder that contains the Download folder. Open that and paste the apk there. Rinse and repeat until you have all of your apks in that Download folder.
  8. Open the Taotlus app. Go to the download folder and click the apk you want. Install it.

Start with the Fully Kiosk, than move onto the others. You should now be able to load your dashboard with touch capabilities. Enjoy

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In my garage I used to use a cheap 32" Element television set and a RaspberryPi3 computer for my dashboard purposes. I later upgraded to a 43" Roku 4k television, but kept the same RasPi3 computer running.

I'll have to check what websites I used, but I have the RasPi3 setup to auto rotate tabs in the Chrome browser between a DakBoard dashboard, some local LAN pages on my solar inverter, and the Hubitat dashboards. Plus the Hubitat log page.

One of the updates to Hubitat over the last year broke the log pages so I can't look at the past events by going to the /pastlogs.html page (or whatever it was called). I'm sure there is some way to get this fixed, but I haven't messed with it.

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I would love this on my echo show 10. I have read your instructions but I don’t think it would work. Thoughts?

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No chance this will work on the show 10 as it doesn't have fire TV os. Amazon is slowly locking out most of the apps on the show 15 now.

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