Elderly-optimized UI/UX

[BenHamoMS 2]

Both of my parents are over 80, and one of them suffers from dementia. They have difficulty operating the app. I'd appreciate any help to make their lives easier.

I have several requests that you can help with:

1. Live Channel Number Navigation — I set up live channels with their favorite content, but they struggle to navigate to them. Could you make the number buttons work globally across the app, so pressing 10 jumps directly to channel 10? That's how they're used to switching channels on cable TV.

2. Simple Home Screen — A dedicated home screen showing a vertical list of their favorite content. I'm currently using Dynamic Media with a vertically scrolling collection, but it's capped at 15 items. Could you add a configurable max-items limit in the Dynamic Media setup?

3. Navigation — Currently, swiping left on the home screen triggers the side menu, which confuses them. Could you add a setting to disable the swipe-to-open gesture and restrict menu access to a top bar or button only?

4. Play Item Navigation — Currently, tapping a movie on the home screen opens its detail page before playback starts. Could you skip the detail screen and launch playback directly? When the content ends, the user should land back on the home screen. For TV shows, auto-play the next unwatched episode.

5. Selected Item Highlight — The focus indicator around the currently selected item is too subtle for them to see. Could you add a setting to adjust the border thickness (and possibly color/opacity) of the focus highlight?

6. Remote Control — a companion app (Android) or web interface for remote control from anywhere. The use case: my dad calls, I queue what he wants on his device. Currently casting works at home, but it ties up my phone for the duration of the stream, which means I can only assist one parent at a time.

Note - we are using Xiaomi mi box s 3rd gen with android TV + after market remote see attached image

Any additional features that improve the experience for elderly users would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.