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Android TV box that works with external touch monitor

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yoyoitsyourboy

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Hi, I would really appreciate it if someone could direct/advise me on what android tv box I could buy to work with an external touch monitor. The idea is to have the monitor act as a kiosk for students who will then use the touch screen to play various android based games/apps. I have purchased a "T95 Turewell Android Box' from Amazon but that was a fail since the touch compatibility did not match with the touch-screen (as a result you would only be able to use the android by moving the mouse cursor on screen and there was no way to take that function out); on top of that the box did not have any "Developer Options" in its settings. The touch monitor that we have is an Acer T232HL.

And of course the price range needs to be well under 100$. Thank you!
 
Hi, thank you for your reply! So, can you direct me towards an affordable android tv box that would work with an appropriate TV touch monitor? We previously ran a M8S android box with an older version of the Acer T232 and that did not give us any issues with the touch compatibility. Furthermore, I was actually able to use the older M8S running android 5.1 on the new Acer monitor and that did not give me any touch issues either. So I am just lost as to what the actual issue is. Any help would be appreciated!
 
Well if budget is an issue, get a Chromebook that has its own touchscreen, it should include support for an external, touch-screen monitor like that Acer model.

Or instead of a getting a TV set top box (which are again are by design meant to be used with TVs, not computer monitors), get a touch-screen tablet.
 
I wouldn't listen to that speculation about TV vs display. Android TV boxes work fine on desktop displays. You're talking about control interfaces.

The majority of Android devices have touchscreen support, it's just a matter of whether it's enabled in the kernel or not. I've tried a few Android solutions. The Raspberry Pi Android builds I found didn't have touchscreen support at all. The generic Android TV 9.0 I tried from Amazon was touchscreen enabled but didn't have the navigation bar enabled and that makes it basically incompatible.

What worked for me (and I have an Acer T232HL) is a Tinkerboard from ASUS with their Android 7.1.2 build. Not the latest version of Android sadly, but it does work.

I don't recommend getting a tablet (not big enough and not upgradeable). The laptop idea might be better. Although for Chromebook, there's no guarantee that there's support for the touchscreen there either. I've even seen complaints about there not being proper drivers for the Acer on some Windows versions. I wouldn't count on Mac support either.

Again, support for a touchscreen is support for a touchscreen. Only people who have actually gotten it to work should be answering this question.
 
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