While there’s no release date yet for the service, Jackbox Games is hoping to bring a beta version to “one or two smart TV platforms” in spring this year. More platforms and features will then follow.

    • @[email protected]
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      2 days ago

      This would vary based on what router you use, but this is the way I handled it on my Ubiquity EdgeRouter.


      • I added a DHCP reservation for my TV so it’s IP address on my local network doesn’t change.

      • I added a new firewall policy (with the highest priority) that accepts all traffic by default between my internal LAN network and the WAN interface of my router.

      • Then I added a rule to that policy to drop traffic from the IP address I assigned to my TV.

      Now the TV can no longer phone home to send obnoxious notifications or issue surprise firmware updates but I can still turn on the TV and adjust the volume over the local network. I use Home Assistant for this, but I think the LG remote android app would still work as well.

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        22 days ago

        thank you so much! pumped to get rid of those pesky notifications but the home assistant Notifications are awesome