I had a spare portable monitor and an old Android TV box lying around, so I connected them and built a personal dashboard. It brings together user stats, revenue, and error reports for the apps I run—things that would otherwise be scattered across different services. It also displays the weather and photos from Google Photos. It connects to my Google Home Mini, too. I cast radio from a separate radio app to the speaker, and the dashboard shows what’s playing and lets me control playback. The Android TV box fetches the data directly, so there’s no separate PC or server to keep running. I can navigate it with the TV remote, and it also works as a screensaver. I built this for my own use and don’t currently plan to release it. Just thought I’d share a way to give some spare hardware a new purpose. Next, I’d like to turn an old e-reader into a small dashboard to hang on my front door, showing the weather and a few notes I can check on my way out.   submitted by   /u/Embarrassed_Bowl_796 [link]   [comments]