How to Use Smart View on iPhone or iPad

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This article shows you how to use Samsung’s Smart View application on your iPhone or iPad when connected to a Samsung Smart TV (Samsung smart TV series). The Smart View app lets you open apps on your TV, play entertainment files from your iPhone or iPad, and use your iPhone or iPad as a TV remote.

Table of Contents

Set up Smart View

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Connect your iPhone or iPad to the Wi-Fi network used on the Samsung TV. For the Smart View app to find your TV, your iPhone or iPad and Samsung Smart TV must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network. ^{[1] X Research Source}

Read the guide to connecting your Samsung TV to a wireless network to learn how to connect your TV to your home’s Wi-Fi network.

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Install the Smart View app on your iPhone or iPad. Download and install Smart View on your phone. It’s the app with the TV icon and four curves below it.

Open the App Store

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Tap the Search tab.
Type samsung smart view into the search bar.
Touch Samsung Smart View app
Tap GET (Get).

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Open Smart View. You can open Smart View on your iPhone or iPad by tapping the Smart View app on the home screen, or tapping “Open” next to Smart View in the App Store if you just installed the app. Smart View application will start scanning for Samsung TV.

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Tap your Samsung Smart TV. The Smart View application will display a list of Samsung Smart TVs in the same wireless network.

Tap “Allow” when asked to allow the Smart View app to access photos and videos on your iPhone. This is a necessary step in connecting to the TV and displaying the entertainment files in your phone.

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Select the TV you want to connect to when asked. The Smart View application will automatically connect to the Samsung TV, but if the network has multiple TVs, you will touch the name of the Samsung TV you want to connect. You will receive a notification on the TV asking to allow the phone to connect to the TV.

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Select Allow on the TV. Use the TV remote to select “Allow” at the message displayed at the top of the TV screen. This will start the Smart View feature on your TV and connect to your phone. ^{[2] X Research Source}

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Tap the TV app on your phone. After completing the connection operation, you will see a list of all TV applications that are installed on your smart TV. You can touch any app to open it right on the TV. This will open up some more controls in the app on your phone allowing you to choose from a variety of options.

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Tap Remote with the TV remote icon in the bottom right corner of the app. This is an operation that allows you to use your iPhone or iPad as a control device for your Samsung TV.

Show iPhone’s media files

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Swipe the TV apps on the top line to the left in the Smart View app. You will swipe the apps on the top line to the left until you can’t swipe any further.

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Tap My Photos , My Videos , or My Music at the top of the screen. Here you can see a list of all the photo, video and music files that can be played or shown on your Samsung TV.

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Select a photo, video, or song to play or slide. Tap the thumbnail of any photo, video, and music file to have the TV automatically play or slide.

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Touch the back arrow icon to return to the main menu. It’s the back arrow icon in the upper right corner of the Smart View app.

You can also touch the remote control button to directly control the TV at any time.

Show entertainment applications on TV

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Tap the app you want to project from your iPhone or iPad. If the application can play entertainment files, such as photos and videos, you can transfer data from the application to show on the smart TV. Online video viewing applications such as Youtube, Netflix, Hulu, etc. often have a slideshow feature on smart TVs.

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Touch

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. It’s an icon that looks like a TV screen with a Wi-Fi signal in the bottom left corner, usually in the top right corner of most apps. This will open a window with a list of devices that you can project on your phone.

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Select Samsung Smart TV in the list. Select the name of Samsung Smart TV in the list of devices to connect to the TV.

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Select files to play or slide show. At the application, you will choose a song or video to show on TV. For example, if the YouTube app is connected to a TV, the videos you select on the app will be played on the TV instead of on your iPhone or iPad. Use the controls on the app to adjust the video on the TV.

You can open other applications and use your phone normally while the video is being played on the TV.

Steps

Set up Smart View

Show iPhone’s media files

Show entertainment applications on TV

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