How to Customize Your Android TV Home Screen

Dec. 28, 2020

While Android smartphones are highly customizable, not many know that you can also apply similar customizations onAndroid TVas well. From apps on the home screen to content recommendations, you can finetune everything according to your preference. So in this article, we bring you a simple guide on how to customize your Android TV home screen. We have discussed how to remove apps that scream attention on the home screen and keep the front page clutter-free. So on that note, let’s go ahead and find the instructions.

1. To customize Android TV Home Screen, begin with what apps you want on the first row. Toadd new apps, scroll right to the “+” button, and open it. Here, you will find the list of all installed apps. Now, simply select the app and it will be added to the first row.

2. To move the app to the front of the homepage, hold and press the app andselect “Move”. Now, use the navigation button on your remote to change the position and finally press the “OK” button on your remote to save the changes.

3. You can also press and hold the “Home” button (generally a circular icon) on your remote to open the list of all apps. From here, you can at onceremove apps from the home screen, move them and uninstall the apps as well.

4. That was all about the apps, but if you want tocustomize the content recommendationby certain apps on the Android TV home screen then here are the steps to follow. Scroll down and move to the bottom. Here, open “Customize Channels”.

5. Now, you will all find all the apps that show their content on the home screen. You cansimply disable the toggleto remove them from the home screen.

6. Finally, if you arebored with Android TV’s home screenthen you cantry out the new Google TVwhich is essentially an Android TV but with a completely new UI. It looks quite modern with slick animations and offers smart content recommendations on the home page.

The above tutorial will work with most of the popular Android TVs. You can find a list of popular Android TVs below. The list is not exhaustive by any means and is only to serve as an example.

Make Your Android TV Home Page Clutter-Free

So these are some ways you can customize the home page and choose to remove unnecessary elements that seek your attention. For instance, I have completely disabled the trending content of YouTube on the home screen. Similarly, you can do this for other apps as well. Anyway, that is all from us. If you want to learn more suchAndroid TV tips and tricksthen follow our linked article. And if you have any questions then drop a comment down below.

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