Watch YouTube on Android TV

Sign in to YouTube on Android TV

Sign in

If you're signed in to your Android Telly with your Google Account, you'll automatically be signed in to the YouTube app. If you aren't signed in to your Android TV, hither's how to sign in:

  1. Become to the Home screen of your Android TV.
  2. Select Settings.
  3. Choose Add account.
  4. Follow the instructions on screen to sign in with your Google Business relationship.
  5. In the YouTube app, go to the Guide on the left side of the screen and click Sign in.

Sign out

To sign out of the YouTube app, open the Guide, click your account, and cull Sign out in the window that opens. Even though you've signed out of the YouTube app, y'all'll still be signed in to your Google Account on your Android Goggle box.

If you'd like to sign out of your Android TV, or if you'd like to sign in with a different business relationship:

  1. Get to the Dwelling house screen of your Android Television receiver.
  2. Select Settings.
  3. Choose Remove business relationship.

Now you can sign in to a unlike Google Business relationship by selecting Add together account.

Troubleshoot account sign-in issues

If you lot tin can't sign in to YouTube on your Android Television, you may be using a Brand Business relationship. Make Accounts are not compatible with the newest version of YouTube on Android TV. You'll need to use a unlike Google Account to sign up and sign in to YouTube on Android Tv set.

How to identify if you accept a Brand Account

  • A Brand Account tin can be used with Google services, like YouTube, to create an online brand presence. If y'all have more than one YouTube channel or previously had a legacy business relationship, you could accept a Make Account.
  • If you're not sure if yous have a Brand Account, visit the Brand Accounts folio. Any existing Make Accounts will be listed under "Your Brand Accounts."

Spotter videos on Android TV

Learn how to watch videos and turn off video recommendations on Android Boob tube.

Watch Videos

  • Interruption/resume - pause or resume the video.

  • Forwards - select to fast forward by x seconds.

  • Rewind - select to rewind by ten seconds.

  • Report - report the video for inappropriate content.

  • CC - if the video has captions, select CC to view the video's airtight captions.

Also, when signed in to YouTube, the thespian controls bar volition also let you lot to perform the following actions:

  • Like/dislike - rate the video.

  • Subscribe/unsubscribe - add together or remove the channel from your subscriptions. You can observe all of your subscriptions listed alphabetically under the Subs tab.

  • Channel - spring to the channel homepage for the current video.

Turn off video recommendations

If you lot'd similar to remove YouTube recommendations from your Android TV Home screen, you can plow off notifications.

  1. From Android TV's Home screen, scroll to Settings.
  2. Select Settings and under "Device", select Apps.
  3. Discover and select the YouTube app.
  4. From the list that opens, select Notifications.
  5. Select Off.

Y'all can larn more about changing your device settings in the Android TV Help Center.

Troubleshoot HDR color and contrast issues

Your HDR settings are turned on automatically, so the colors and contrast in your videos may be over or under saturated. To fix the color, you can modify your settings to improve the display.

  1. From Android Tv set's home screen, scroll to Settings.
  2. Select Settings and then Display & Audio and then Dynamic range & Color format.
  3. From here you can choose to either match content or set your brandish to HDR:
    1. Match content allows you to friction match the dynamic range to the source content y'all're viewing.
      1. Select Lucifer content dynamic range.
      2. Prepare to Friction match content.
    2. Setting your display to HDR manually turns on HDR back up.
      1. Select Dynamic range format preference.
      2. Set to HDR.

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