How to Install Apps for Smart TV

In this article, wikiHow will show you how to download apps from the Smart TV app store. Keep reading to learn how to use this useful feature.

Table of Contents

On Samsung Smart TV

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Turn on the TV. Remember that the TV must be connected to the internet to download the application.

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Press the Home button on the remote. On some controls this button has a house icon.

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Select Apps and press the “Select” button. You’ll use the arrow buttons on the remote to scroll down the Apps page and the multicolored “Select” buttons to select.

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Select a directory. At the very top of your TV screen, you’ll see What’s New and Most Popular tabs, and the Search tab in the top right corner of the screen.

You can use the Search tab to search by application name.

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Select the application you want to download. This is the operation to open the application page.

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Select Install and press the “Select” button. This button is located under the application name. after selecting Install , the application will be downloaded to the TV.

If this is a paid app, you’ll see this button showing the price.
After downloading the application to your TV, you can select Open to open it directly from the application page.

On LG Smart TV

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Turn on the TV. Always keep in mind that the TV must be connected to the internet to download the application.

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Press the SMART (Smart) button on the remote. This is the home page access button.

On Sony Android Smart TV

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Turn on the TV. Remember that the TV must be connected to the internet to download the application.

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Press the HOME button on the remote. This is the button to access the home page of the TV.

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Scroll down to the “Apps” section. At the touch surface of the TV remote, swipe down to slide the screen down.

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Select Store and tap the touch surface. Store is the multicolored Google Play Store icon located in the leftmost corner of the “Apps” section.

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Access the application. You can swipe right to see the “Entertainment” app tab, or swipe down to select a specific category, such as TV Remote Games .

You can swipe up to select the magnifying glass icon, then enter a keyword.

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Select the application you want to download and press the button on the remote. This is the operation to open the application page.

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Select INSTALL and press control. This option is located just below the application name.

If this is a paid app, the price will be displayed here.

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Select ACCEPT (Agree). This button is located on the right side of the screen. This is an operation that requires downloading the application to the TV. When done, you can select OPEN to open the app.

On Apple TV

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Turn on the TV. If Apple TV is the default input, just turn it on and the Apple TV will wake up immediately.

You’ll need to change the input to use Apple TV if the device isn’t already the default input.
If the TV is not connected to the internet, you cannot download the application.
You cannot download apps to your Apple TV if your device is a 3rd generation model or earlier. ^{[1] X Research Source}

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Select App Store and tap the touch surface on the remote. The App Store is an app with a white “A” icon on a dark blue background. Click to open the App Store.

If you use the Apple TV app on your iPhone, you must first open the app. ^{[2] X Research Source}

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Scroll down to the App Store interface. By default, the App Store loads the “Featured” page, where you see popular apps.

You can scroll down to the Search bar, tap the control, and type the name of the app you want to find.
Select the Categories tab to view apps by category.

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Select the app you want to download and tap the control. This is the operation to open the application page.

If you are accessing the Categories tab, you must select the category first.

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Select INSTALL and press the control. This option is in the middle of the application page. The app will be downloaded to Apple TV.

For paid apps, this button will show the price.
You may be asked to enter your Apple ID and password for paid apps. ^{[3] X Research Sources}

On Amazon Fire TV

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Turn on the TV. If the Fire Stick is the default input device (or just used), you’ll see the Amazon Fire TV home page.

You need to change the input to use the Fire Stick if it’s not already the default input.
If the TV is not connected to the internet, you cannot install the application.

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Open the sidebar. Simply press the left navigation button on the remote to drag the screen to the left until the sidebar appears.

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Select Apps and press the “Select” button. This is the circular button between the navigation buttons. You’ll see an Apps option in the middle of the sidebar.

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Select an application filter. You can scroll down and select the Spotlight tab to see featured apps. For example, the Top Free tab sorts the free apps that are rated high to low.

If you want to access the entire application, select the Categories feature and select the category you are interested in.

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Select the application and press the “Select” button on the remote. This is the operation to open the application page.

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Select Get and press the “Select” button on the remote. You will see the Get button below to the right of the application icon. The app you choose will be downloaded to Amazon Fire TV.

You’ll see the app price instead of Get if it’s a paid app.
For older Amazon Fire TVs, you may see Download or Install instead of Get .

Advice

Sometimes, system update will remove some apps on smart TV. You usually have to go to the app store to re-download the app.

Warning

For different smart TV models, the application download process will be slightly different even from the same manufacturer.

Steps