Install + one command

You need: the app installed as in Install the app, a computer with adb, and the stick on the same network.

Caution

Keep the undo command to hand. If Amazon’s launcher is disabled and Glass is later removed, the stick has no home screen until you re-enable it over adb.

Turn on ADB debugging

On the stick: Settings, My Fire TV, About, click the device name seven times to enable Developer options. Then Settings, My Fire TV, Developer options, turn on ADB debugging. Find the stick’s IP under Settings, My Fire TV, About, Network.

Terminal: adb

adb connect STICK_IP:5555
adb devices

The first connection shows an authorisation prompt on the TV. Choose Allow.

Make Glass the home screen

Terminal: adb

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.amazon.tv.launcher

Press Home. You should land in Glass with no Amazon flash.

Optional: play other apps’ audio on a Sonos speaker without a prompt each time. Glass asks for screen-capture consent every time it starts playing on a speaker. These two commands let it skip that prompt. Apps that block capture (Netflix, Spotify and other protected apps) stay blocked either way.

Terminal: adb

adb shell appops set dev.glasslauncher PROJECT_MEDIA allow
adb shell pm grant dev.glasslauncher android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO

Undo:

Terminal: adb

adb shell pm enable com.amazon.tv.launcher

This route relies on pm disable-user working from the adb shell without root, which the Glass project believes but has not yet confirmed on an unrooted stick. Amazon’s launcher may be re-enabled by an update or factory reset. Run the command again if Home goes back to Amazon.

Optional adb grants

Everything works without these. Run any you want:

Terminal: adb

# Aerials as screensaver, and switch on the Home-button fallback
adb shell pm grant dev.glasslauncher android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
# Full recent-apps list in the app switcher
adb shell appops set dev.glasslauncher GET_USAGE_STATS allow
# Wi-Fi network name in Control Center
adb shell pm grant dev.glasslauncher android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION

Two more switches live in system settings: Notification access (Now Playing) and the optional accessibility services (Home Button Takeover, Remote Buttons).

Prefer to have an agent do this? The runbook covers it with a check after every step.