First, check the box
Boxes sold as "Android TV" are not all the same. Look for these:
- The Google Play Store is on the home screen. Cybo installs from Google Play, like any app should. A box without Play cannot run it.
- It is a certified Android TV or Google TV device. On the box, open Google Play, then Settings, and look for "Play Protect certification". Certified boxes get security updates; many cheap uncertified ones do not.
- It runs Android TV 9 or later. Find this under Settings, then Device Preferences, then About.
Avoid boxes that come "fully loaded" with apps installed by the seller. They often run old, unpatched software, and you cannot know what else is on them.
Set it up, step by step
- Subscribe on your phone. Install Cybo VPN on your Android phone from Google Play and take PRO there. Android TV is part of PRO, and checkout is far easier on a phone than with a remote.
- Install Cybo on the box. Open Google Play on the box, search for Cybo VPN and install it.
- Sign in with the same account, using Google or your email address and password. The TV app works with the remote's arrow keys, OK and Back.
- Choose India (Mumbai) and connect. The box asks once to allow the VPN connection; press OK.
- Check it. Open a browser on the box, if it has one, and search "what is my IP". It should say India.
Getting the most from the box
- Use a cable if you can. Many boxes have an Ethernet port, and a wired connection is steadier than Wi-Fi behind a television.
- Reconnect after a power cut. If the box restarts, open Cybo and check that it is connected before you open other apps.
- Open apps after connecting. An app opened before the VPN keeps the answer it got from your local address; close it and open it again.
One subscription for the household
PRO covers up to five devices on one account, so the box shares the subscription with your phone and the rest of the family's. For the TV app itself, see a VPN with an India server for Android TV and the Android TV setup guide. Cybo gives you an Indian IP address while you live abroad; it is a privacy tool, not a way around the rules where you live.