https://boomersincluded.com/videos/video-calls-on-tv-for-seniors-one-tap/ https://boomersincluded.com/_astro/poster.BEDEbgF__1lJSh.jpg Video calls on TV for seniors: one tap, no apps A demo of a video call on the TV: Dad taps a name on a simple web remote, I get a text with a link, tap Answer and appear on his TV. No app on either end. https://media.boomersincluded.com/videos/video-calls-on-tv-for-seniors-one-tap.mp4 56 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z https://boomersincluded.com/videos/brain-games-for-seniors-driving-game-on-tv/ https://boomersincluded.com/_astro/poster.CuHiWAe6_Z1Sr5bo.jpg Brain games for seniors: a driving game on the TV Can a driving game make you sharper? A 2013 UCSF study, and the simple driving game we built for our parents' TV, steered with their phone. https://media.boomersincluded.com/videos/brain-games-for-seniors-driving-game-on-tv.mp4 60 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z https://boomersincluded.com/videos/directv-vs-boomeros-one-tap/ https://boomersincluded.com/_astro/poster.B11JaLWR_Z1PrEPE.jpg Finding the news on DirecTV vs one tap on BoomerOS Finding MSNBC with the DirecTV remote took 2:30 and 85 button presses. On BoomerOS, our simple TV home screen, you tap what you want to watch. https://media.boomersincluded.com/videos/directv-vs-boomeros-one-tap.mp4 43 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z https://boomersincluded.com/videos/driving-game-for-seniors-phone-steering-wheel/ https://boomersincluded.com/_astro/poster.C313dAVx_1GJllp.jpg Driving game for seniors: their phone is the steering wheel A simple driving game on BoomerOS, played on the TV: tilt the phone to steer, one big Stop button and one big Go button. Inspired by a 2013 UCSF study. https://media.boomersincluded.com/videos/driving-game-for-seniors-phone-steering-wheel.mp4 85 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z https://boomersincluded.com/videos/boomeros-vs-directv-for-seniors/ https://boomersincluded.com/_astro/poster.NOGbnmYd_1sy6Lu.jpg BoomerOS vs DirecTV for seniors: finding the news Finding MSNBC with the DirecTV remote took 2:30 and 85 button presses. On BoomerOS, our simple TV home screen, it took 3 taps. https://media.boomersincluded.com/videos/boomeros-vs-directv-for-seniors.mp4 129 2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z https://boomersincluded.com/videos/youtube-on-tv-for-seniors-one-tap/ https://boomersincluded.com/_astro/poster.DlACJgVq_1j3QWp.jpg YouTube on TV for seniors: one tap, no ads (and a Rickroll) A texted YouTube link is hard for my dad to open, and ads play first. On BoomerOS I add a video from my computer and he plays it with one tap. https://media.boomersincluded.com/videos/youtube-rickroll-on-tv-for-seniors.mp4 63 2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z https://boomersincluded.com/videos/directv-self-install-for-seniors-how-many-calls/ https://boomersincluded.com/_astro/poster.CSp9Os_8_noAF2.jpg DirecTV self-install for seniors: how many calls for help? Setting up a DirecTV Gemini box the way my parents would have to: 8 hurdles that would each be a call to me, and about an hour before any TV. https://media.boomersincluded.com/videos/directv-self-install-for-seniors-how-many-calls.mp4 136 2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z https://boomersincluded.com/videos/netflix-for-seniors-boomeros-test/ https://boomersincluded.com/_astro/poster.DvEv_-wu_Z11jpfu.jpg Netflix on a simple TV home screen for seniors, still buggy A show sent from a tablet remote opens Netflix on our test TV and finds it. The first tap on Resume does nothing; the second one starts it. https://media.boomersincluded.com/videos/netflix-for-seniors-boomeros-test.mp4 49 2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z https://boomersincluded.com/videos/raspberry-pi-5-simpler-tv-build/ https://boomersincluded.com/_astro/poster.B1ELwlcb_Z1cz3cH.jpg Raspberry Pi 5 setup for a simpler TV, snags and all A $190 CanaKit Raspberry Pi 5, the snags the instructions skip, and a TV that turns itself on with one tap on a big-button tablet remote. https://media.boomersincluded.com/videos/raspberry-pi-5-simpler-tv-build.mp4 59 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z https://boomersincluded.com/videos/directv-remote-vs-boomeros-finding-the-game/ https://boomersincluded.com/_astro/poster.kqh9VaSd_1XKzlj.jpg DirecTV remote vs BoomerOS: finding the football game Finding the Texas vs Oklahoma game took 56 seconds and 11 presses on the DirecTV remote, and landed on an ad. On BoomerOS it took 3 taps. https://media.boomersincluded.com/videos/directv-remote-vs-boomeros-finding-the-game.mp4 47 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z