Error on website - No answer to the question "What's the use of a Google account?"

    • The link “What’s the use of a Google Account” on the website [https://community.swisscom.ch/t5/Nutzung-mit-TV-Box/Swisscom-stellen-TV-Boxen-auf-neues-Android-Operating-System-um/td-p/817201?salt=40143b3f375dcd6b9d2da190&hash=a08edf81820d d9ea55d1537baf1faed0dae835809fe8dd68bb2b00aaaeb2c4f2&scs_umid=z8XGEe7ST3OLRRjQBT4qGgra5 s0T2ZT1eMmE-uvZDtPAGicI3jRdStWtXSPNMfpBIg&campID=ONE_EMAIL_2338465_2338467_AOTUpdate\ _1](https://community.swisscom.ch/t5/Nutzung-mit-TV-Box/Swisscom-stellen-TV-Boxen-auf-neues-Android-Operating-System-um/td-p/817201?salt=40143b3f375dcd6b9d2da190&hash=a08edf818 20dd9ea55d1537baf1faed0dae835809fe8dd68bb2b00aaaeb2c4f2&scs_umid=z8XGEe7ST3OLRRjQBT4qGgr a5s0T2ZT1eMmE-uvZDtPAGicI3jRdStWtXSPNMfpBIg&campID=ONE_EMAIL_2338465_2338467_AOTUpdate_1)

    doesn’t give me an answer to the question. Swisscom should repair this URL. I would really like to know what the Google account is for. I try to avoid Google wherever possible. Horrible if Swisscom were to force me to get involved with Google. So I want to know what functions I still have if I skip registering a Google account. What happens when I log in? Everything is very unclear.

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    • Hello @Andreas F

      You can use the following apps without a Google Account / Google Play Store:

      Youtube
      Netflix
      Disney+
      Paramount+
      Prime Video

      Sky
      myCanal
      Cicne+OCS
      myCloud
      oneplus
      Play Suisse
      Red Bull TV

      Filmingo
      DAZN
      Sky Swiss League
      GVAXTC
      Spotify
      Twitch

      LG

    @Andreas F

    Basically everything is described in this link. No idea what doesn’t work…? You only need a Google account if you also want to install apps from the Play Store. Not more. You can also skip this step. You don’t need a Google account. You only have to accept the terms of use for legal reasons. By the way, Google has always been on it!

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    Thanks. But what are these additional apps? Does this include Netflix, for example, or is it still included in the basic configuration as before?

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    Hello @Andreas F

    The link works perfectly for me. Maybe you should clear your browser’s cache. Everything that is important is actually on the specified website. Also above information.

    Here is the link again in a shortened version:

    [Swisscom is converting TV boxes to the new Android operating system](https://community.swisscom.ch/t5/Nutzung-mit-TV-Box/Swisscom-stellen-TV-Boxen-auf-neues-Android-operating-system-um/ td-p/817201)

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    Lesen, was auf dem Bildschirm steht.

    a month later

    Dear @GuidoL,

    Thanks for the tip but I think it has nothing to do with the cache. The Swisscom website on the topic [Swisscom is converting TV boxes to the new Android operating system](https://www.swisscom.ch/de/privatkunden/hilfe/blue-tv/update.html#neue-funktion=&acc- MZ-TtQ%5Bselected%5D%5B%5D=2) is silent about the information that @UrsSch kindly provided has stated in detail and the supposedly further links have just circularly led back to the same, far too meaningless website. In addition, the link you provided only leads me back to this discussion. But it’s not all that important, @UrsSch helped me and I now know exactly how I can protect my privacy a bit, because a Google login on the TV would be out of the question for me.

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