How To Install Apps On Smart Tv

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Turn on your TV. Keep in mind that your television must be connected to the Internet in order to download apps.
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Press your remote's Home button. On some remotes, this button will have a picture of a house on it.
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Select Apps and press the "Select" button. You'll use your remote's arrow keys to scroll down to Apps and the remote's multicolored "Select" button respectively to do this.
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Select an app category. At the top of the TV's screen, you'll see tabs like What's New and Most Popular, as well as a Search tab in the top-right corner of the screen.
- You can use the Search tab to look up apps by name.
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Select an app you wish to download. Doing so will take you to the app's page.
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Select Install and press the "Select" button. This button will be below the app's name. Once you select Install, the app will begin downloading.
- If the app isn't free, you'll instead see the app's price here.
- Once the app finishes downloading, you can select Open to open it directly from its page.

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Turn on your TV. Keep in mind that your television must be connected to the Internet in order to download apps.
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Press your remote's SMART button. This will take you to the home page.
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Select the profile icon. It's the person-shaped icon in the top-right corner of the screen.
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Enter your LG account details and select Sign In . Your account details include your email address and your password.
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Scroll up on your TV's remote. This will cause the home page to scroll right, allowing you to view the different app categories.
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Select an app category. On the home page, there are multiple cards with category names (e.g., GAME WORLD) in their top-left corners; selecting a category will let you view the relevant apps.
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Select an app you wish to download. Doing so will take you to the app's page.
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Select Install . This button is just below the app's title.
- You'll see the price here instead of Install if the app isn't free.
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Select OK when prompted. This will begin installing the app. Once it finishes downloading, you can select Launch where the Install button was to start the app.

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Turn on your TV. Keep in mind that your television must be connected to the Internet in order to download apps.
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Press your remote's HOME button. This will take you to your TV's home page.
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Scroll down to the "Apps" section. Do so by swiping down on your remote's touch surface.
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Select Store and tap the remote's touch surface. Store is the multicolored Google Play Store icon on the far-left side of the "Apps" section.
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Browse for apps. You can swipe right to look through the "Entertainment" tab's apps, or swipe down to select a more specific category, such as TV Remote Games.
- You can also swipe up to select the magnifying glass icon, then type in a search query.
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Select an app you wish to download and tap your remote. Doing so will take you to the app's page.
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Select INSTALL and tap the remote. This option is below the app's name.
- If the app isn't free, you'll see its price here instead.
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Select ACCEPT . It's on the right side of the screen. Selecting this will prompt the app to begin downloading to your TV; when it finishes, you can select OPEN to go straight to the app.

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Turn on your TV. If your Apple TV is the default input, doing so should wake up the Apple TV immediately.
- You'll need to change the input to use your Apple TV unit if you haven't yet done so.
- If your TV isn't connected to the Internet, you won't be able to add apps.
- You cannot add apps to an Apple TV if it's a 3rd generation model or older.^[1]
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Select the App Store and tap your remote's touch surface. The App Store is a dark-blue app with a white "A" made of writing utensils on it. Doing this will open the App Store.
- If you're using your iPhone's Apple TV app, you'll first need to open it.^[2]
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Scroll through the App Store's apps. The App Store loads to the "Featured" page by default, where you can view popular apps.
- You can also scroll over to Search, tap the remote, and type in an app's name to search specifically for it.
- Selecting the Categories tab will show you different categories of app.
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Select an app you wish to download and tap the remote. Doing so will open the app's page.
- If you're on the Categories tab, you'll first have to select a category.
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Select INSTALL and tap the remote. This option should be in the middle of your app's page. Your app will begin downloading to your Apple TV.
- For paid apps, this button will display the app's price.
- You may be prompted to enter your Apple ID password for paid apps.^[3]

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Turn on your TV. If your Fire Stick is in the default (or last-used) input, this will open the Amazon Fire TV's home page.
- You'll need to change the input to use your Fire Stick if you haven't yet done so.
- If your TV isn't connected to the Internet, you won't be able to add apps.
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Open the sidebar. To do so, simply use the left side of your remote's circular directional dial to scroll to the left until the sidebar pops out from the left side of the screen.
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Select Apps and press the "Select" button. It's the circular button in the middle of the directional dial. You'll find Apps about halfway down the sidebar.
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Select an app filter. You can scroll down to select the Spotlight tab to view featured apps, for example, or the Top Free tab to scroll through the top-rated free apps.
- If you just want to browse all apps, select the Categories feature and then select a category in which you're interested.
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Select an app and press your remote's "Select" button. Doing so will open the app's page.
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Select Get and press your remote's "Select" button. You should see Get below and to the right of the app's icon. Your selected app will begin downloading to your Amazon Fire TV.
- You'll see the app's price instead of Get if the app isn't free.
- On older versions of the Amazon Fire TV, Get may be replaced by Download or Install.

Add New Question

Question

How do I download apps to an Element TV?

You can't. A rep told me that what is predownloaded from the factory is all you get.
Question

Is it better to install the Google Chromecast app on my smart TV or just use the Chromecast USB?

Install the Chromecast app on your smart TV so you could use the Chromecast USB in another TV.
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I want to download an app that isn't listed. How can I do that?

You can't.
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How do I download an app to my Vizio Smart TV?

It should have a built-in home button. Click it on the controller, and it should pop the apps up. Click on them and it will take you to the download page.
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Can I download a Samsung app to an LG Smart TV?

No, they run completely different OS's (operating systems), and can't run each others' software.
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How do I search for an app?

From any Home screen page of your iPhone or iPad, touch your finger to the screen and drag down to reveal the Spotlight search field. Type what you're looking for and tap search.
Question

How can I add Amazon Music to my Vizio Smart TV?

Go to the home page, and press "options." Go to "apps," and search in the search box for Amazon music. Select this option, and you will be able to set it up by following the instructions given to you.
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How do I add an app like Facebook to my Vizio Smart TV?

Go to categories and select. It should bring forth options for you to choose from, then press ok.
Question

How do I get apps on my TCL smart Roku TV?

Go to the menu that has the Home button and highlight the "Streaming Channels" button and tap OK on your remote. Go to the category your app is in or search it in the "Search Channels" tab. Tap the app and click "Add Channel". Enter your Roku pin if you have one and click "Add Channel" again.