# \[APP\]\[Pro\] Tv Overlay - Send notifications to your AndroidTV
**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475
**Category:** Apps
**Tags:** app, community-app
**Created:** [September 1, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475 "2025-09-01T10:39:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@ObelixNL](https://community.homey.app/u/ObelixNL)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/1 "2025-09-01T10:39:06Z")
Elevate your Android TV experience with TVOverlay – the ultimate app that turns your TV into an information hub like never before. Whether you’re a casual viewer or a tech enthusiast, TVOverlay enhances your TV content by overlaying essential information and giving you complete control over its appearance.
TvOverlay App is build by [Tab Developer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Tab+Developer). I have only build a Homey integration.
### Download & Test
You can find the live version here:
👉 [TvOverlay | Homey](https://homey.app/a/com.gugutab.tvoverlay/)
You can find the test version here:
👉 [https://homey.app/a/com.gugutab.tvoverlay/test/](https://homey.app/a/com.gugutab.tvoverlay/test/)
You can find the Google Play App here:
👉 [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tabdeveloper.tvoverlay](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tabdeveloper.tvoverlay)
I’d love your feedback, ideas, or feature requests!
### Changelog
- 1.0.7 22 sep 2025
Add new app icon
- 1.0.6 15 sep 2025
Add extra translations and nicer readme
- 1.0.5 13 sep 2025
Add new App icon and some translation changes
- 1.0.4 2 sep 2025
Add action card for setting layout and screen on
- 1.0.3 1 sep 2025
Add support for Homey Pro 2019 and repair option
- 1.0.2 1 sep 2025
Add extra action cards
- 1.0.1 1 sep 2025
Add video action card
- 1.0.0 31 aug 2025
First version!
### Example Flow
### Screenshots
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/2 "2025-09-01T20:20:26Z")
Hoi Stèphan,
Nice initiative! I paired the [TV Overlay Remote phone app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tabdeveloper.tvoverlayremote) with the [TV Overlay app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tabdeveloper.tvoverlay) on Android TV box, and they’re connected.
To my surprise, it can also use MQTT messages.
However, when I want to add the TV Overlay device on Homey, I get this error message:
If I can do anything to test, just let me know.
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### Author:  [@ObelixNL](https://community.homey.app/u/ObelixNL)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/3 "2025-09-01T20:32:16Z")
Thanks! Are you using a 2019 or 2023 model?
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/4 "2025-09-01T20:33:26Z")
Sorry, model 2019, recent firmware v12.6.1
FYI about the connection: The Homey Android Tv app is connected to the Android Tv box, so I may presume connectivity shouldn’t be an issue?
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### Author:  [@ObelixNL](https://community.homey.app/u/ObelixNL)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/5 "2025-09-01T20:56:01Z")
No, Homey Pro 2019 has old NodeJS version. I have fixed this in the latest version 1.0.3 so you can try it again after you have updated the app.
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/6 "2025-09-01T21:51:11Z")
Superb, the Android box was found automatically, sending notification works!
A thought:
The image cards have 2 non-optional icon fields, with, as I call them, H.A. icon types.
Is it possible to have those as optional fields?
Or have a pre-entered default icon?
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### Author:  [@ObelixNL](https://community.homey.app/u/ObelixNL)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/7 "2025-09-01T21:52:06Z")
Yes there is also an other card without color and icons
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/8 "2025-09-01T21:54:53Z")
Ah right! Shame on me, I had my good eye closed apparently 🤣
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### Author:  [@Ton\_van\_Rijnsoever](https://community.homey.app/u/Ton_van_Rijnsoever)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2025, 7:07am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/9 "2025-09-02T07:07:36Z")
Hi @ObelixNL
is it possible to turn off the text above my notifications? It’s a fun app to play with.
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### Author:  [@ObelixNL](https://community.homey.app/u/ObelixNL)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2025, 8:04am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/10 "2025-09-02T08:04:09Z")
No when I remove the parameter for appTitle then only RestAPI stays, I think Homey \* RestAPI is nicer then only RestAPI. I will ask the developer of the app if it is possible.
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2025, 9:50am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/11 "2025-09-02T09:50:05Z")
Maybe this works, but you’ll have to purchase the phone app:
@ phone app: make a new layout, and uncheck “Source”
@ObelixNL or maybe you can omit “Source” if possible at all?
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### Author:  [@Ton\_van\_Rijnsoever](https://community.homey.app/u/Ton_van_Rijnsoever)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/12 "2025-09-02T11:25:23Z")
@Peter_Kawa @ObelixNL Thanks, that works. The text has indeed disappeared.
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### Author:  [@Amersfoort](https://community.homey.app/u/Amersfoort)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/13 "2025-09-02T15:15:18Z")
Nice app!
I have some questions:
1. There are multiple Than cards with the same name, but with different parameters. Could these cards get distinctive names?
2. Now it is possible to make the layer between the tv screen and the overlay more or less transparant. This remains after the overlay is gone. Would it be possible to setup the transparancy only for the overlay part when it is visible?
3. Setting up the message box to minimalistic removes the header “Homey RestAPI”, but images are not possible in that case. Could minimalistic also be setup for image and video?
4. The seconds part of the card shows as a helper text “In degree celcius”
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### Author:  [@ObelixNL](https://community.homey.app/u/ObelixNL)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/14 "2025-09-02T15:26:03Z")
Created a new version with:
- Action card for setting layout to remove source @Amersfoort @Ton_van_Rijnsoever
- Action card to set screen on
- Replace In degree celcius with In seconds text @Amersfoort
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### Author:  [@Amersfoort](https://community.homey.app/u/Amersfoort)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/15 "2025-09-02T15:46:15Z")
That’s what I call a quick response!
- Nice and working
- Tv is not turning on after execution of “Turn screen on” message to my Google Chromecast gen. 2. What is the use case?
- Nice and working
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### Author:  [@ObelixNL](https://community.homey.app/u/ObelixNL)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/16 "2025-09-02T15:55:10Z")
That is more for nvidia shield I think it sends turn on message. Working here with a shield.
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### Author:  [@SossieNL](https://community.homey.app/u/SossieNL)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/17 "2025-09-03T19:27:03Z")
> [@ObelixNL](#):
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> TvOverlay | Homey
Amazing app. I love it. A few points:
Can we optimize the Video URL (RTSP) part, it’s not working for most of the cases (local ip), seems timeout sensitive?
Can we create a setting that you can show 1,2 or 3 messages at once?
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### Author:  [@ObelixNL](https://community.homey.app/u/ObelixNL)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2025, 9:48am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/18 "2025-09-14T09:48:23Z")
@SossieNL The Android app is closed source by the developer. So I can’t check the RTSP part!
There is a kind of queue in the notifications, later I will try to add this to the Homey app.
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### Author:  [@ObelixNL](https://community.homey.app/u/ObelixNL)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/19 "2025-09-23T09:35:35Z")
Good news! The Homey App is now Live in production!
[TvOverlay App voor Homey | Homey](https://homey.app/nl-nl/app/com.gugutab.tvoverlay/TvOverlay/)
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### Author:  [@Damian\_Surma](https://community.homey.app/u/Damian_Surma)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tv-overlay-send-notifications-to-your-androidtv/142475/20 "2025-09-24T12:03:01Z")
I have a Philips TV that is connected to the homey pro and it works fine. When I try to add your app, I get this error.
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