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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device TCL S6500 40inch Operating System Android TV 9.0 The UI of the app is bugged, with the playbar appering above the name of the song. example i...
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PlanPremiumCountrySweden My Question or IssueI've said it before and I say it again. This forum really needs more categories. Placing it in the developer forum as it seems like something a developer would want to take a look at. It really isn't a pro...
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I am not sure if anyone else is having the same issue. But it is getting really annoying to have to constantly turn off car mode when I'm not in the car. I do love the car mode function but lately it's failing to recognize when I'm in the car and whe...
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CarlosE
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