Why isn't YouTube working on my Sony TV and what should I do?

Today YouTube can rightfully be called one of the largest Internet resources of our time. Ease of use, variety of content and the ability to add your own are not all that make it so popular. With the advent of public TVs with SmartTV functionality, hosting has become even more famous due to the fact that it is included in the list of programs preinstalled on TVs. Now, to watch your favorite videos, you don't have to turn on your computer or pick up a gadget. But what if the app refuses to work on a Sony TV?

There are many factors that can cause the service to fail on a Sony TV. Here are a few of the main ones.

• Changing the standard policy on the service. Your TV model may be out of date and no longer supported by newer versions of the app.
• System errors in the TV operating system, due to which it cannot start the application correctly.
• Crashes on YouTube servers, usually this problem occurs infrequently, but after a while it goes away by itself.
• Removing a program or problem in the official store of your platform. This problem is most often encountered by owners of TVs based on OperaTV.

In most cases, users experience problems with video hosting due to problems between Sony and YouTube. Unfortunately, it will not work to solve this situation on our own.

There are some simple and versatile ways to fix the YouTube problem.

• Update the app. This option is suitable for you if the application is already installed on the TV, but it does not work correctly, or does not work at all. Of course, this kind of problem may disappear by itself, however, it may not be so easy to solve it later. Before installing the update, you need to uninstall the old program. Go to Google Play, select YouTube from the My Apps menu and click Uninstall. Now in the search on the homepage, enter YouTube and select the app. It remains only to click on the green "Update" button.

• Clearing the application cache. In some cases, this method helps, and you won't have to bother with reinstalling the program or more complicated methods. Go to the home menu of the TV using the Home button, and from there - to "Settings". Next, select "Applications", find the YouTube icon and click on it. The large Clear Data button is just what you need. This method mainly saves owners of Android TVs, but the principle is similar for other operating systems.

• There is a special way especially for outdated models. It will suit you if your TV is older than 2012. And while it is impossible to officially restore the use of this application, there are several workarounds to do it. The simplest and most practical of all is to connect a telephone to the TV, through which the broadcast will be conducted. In addition, the situation can be saved, for example, by an Android set-top box or watching YouTube simply through a browser. But who is looking for easy ways? You will need a flash drive and a computer. Download a YouTube widget with it and create a folder of the same name on a USB flash drive. Now unzip the downloaded archive into this folder and insert the USB flash drive into the TV. After turning on Smart Hub, it recognizes the contents of the flash drive as a YouTube application, and you can safely use it as you used before.

• Reset your TV to factory settings. Using this method will result in the complete disappearance of data on your TV's hard drive, so use it only if you are sure that the cause of the problem is a breakdown in the SmartTV operating system. And since Sony is known for its weak software, the likelihood of this is pretty high. Press the "Menu" button on the TV remote control, then - "Support", and in the window that opens - reset the settings. Next, the TV will ask you to enter a security code. By the standard, it consists of four zeros, unless, of course, you have changed it.

• Also one of the easiest ways is to use com Activate. To do this, go to the application on the TV and click "Login". A special code will appear on the screen, the activation of which occurs through the computer via the youtube link. com / activate. This way you can watch videos on your TV, but control them from your computer.

In most such cases, it is enough to simply update the application to the current version as indicated above, so that the hosting stops freezing. However, there are a number of reasons why the service may not work correctly -

• Overloading the SmartTV CPU. To fix this, try turning the TV off and on again. This will update his task list and take the load off the processor.
• Scan your TV with any of the antiviruses available on Google Play... Even if no malware is found, it can help determine if YouTube is conflicting with any other application.
• After all, the TV might not be your problem.d, but they lie in the low speed of the Internet connection, which is why the video freezes.

Problems with YouTube to SmartTV often do not require any special skills to solve them. It is enough to be able to perform standard procedures with the operating system or its settings. Any inexperienced user able to deal with them without assistance.

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