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About the Home Screen

To enjoy the benefits of your Android TV, connect the TV to the Internet.

Like on your Android smartphone or tablet, the Home screen is the centre of your TV. From the Home screen you can decide what to watch by browsing entertainment options from app and live TV. Your Home has channels to let you discover great contents from your favourite apps. You can also add additional channels or find new apps to get more contents.

The Home screen is organised in channels…

Apps

Your favourite Apps are placed on the first row. You can find more apps in the Apps page which can be opened by clicking the Apps icon at the left end of the Apps row. You can also add more apps as favourite from the Apps page.

Live TV

Live TV channel shows the currently running programmes from the installed channels.

Play Next channel

You can always know what to watch next from Play Next channel on the Home screen. Start watching from where you left off and get notifications about new episodes in the Play Next channel. Press and hold Select on a movie or TV show to add it directly to the Play Next channel.

Google Play Movies & TV channel

Rent movies or TV shows on this channel from Google Play Movies & TV.

YouTube channel

This channel contains your Recommended, Subscriptions or Trending YouTube videos.

Customize channels

Click the Customize channels button to add and remove channels from your Home screen.

See also www.support.google.com/androidtv