How to Install and Watch YouTube on Samsung TVs?

Today YouTube is the largest video hosting service that has won recognition all over the world. Once in the vastness of this site, users get access to watching interesting videos, they can post entries in which they talk about their interests and hobbies. They also share interesting life hacks and useful information with their subscribers.

Due to its immense popularity, YouTube developed its own application, which was installed at the request of users of various gadgets. However, today this program is one of the main elements of multimedia device firmware. And the first to include YouTube in the TV system was Samsung.

Today, not a single person can do without television. Turning on the TV, you can find out about the events that happened during the day, watch your favorite TV series, programs. But the content offered by television does not always correspond to the desires of users, especially since in the process of showing an interesting film, advertising is necessarily included, which simply destroys the impression of the film being watched. In such situations, YouTube comes to the rescue.

Huge variety of video content on offer allows each user to enjoy their favorite TV shows, new music videos, watch trailers of upcoming films, be impressed by live broadcasts of video bloggers, get acquainted with the video presentation of new games.

Samsung TVs with Smart TV technology are manufactured in South Korea. The multimedia TV devices represented by the brand are equipped with the Tizen operating system, which is assembled on the basis of Linux. For this reason, most applications, including YouTube, are already present in the device's firmware.

There are a few simple steps to check if the YouTube app is available.

• First you need to make sure that the purchased TV supports Smart TV technology. Find out this information will allow the characteristics of the device, painted in the instruction manual. However, the easiest way is to turn on the TV. If there is a Smart TV, after starting the TV, a corresponding inscription will appear on the screen.
• Having dealt with the presence of the Smart TV function, you need to connect the TV to the Internet. To do this, you can use an Internet cable or wireless Wi-Fi connection.
• Next, you need to go to the Smart TV menu on the TV. Find the YouTube icon and click on it. The main page of the video hosting will be displayed on the screen.

It should be noted that the YouTube app installed on smart TVs only allows users to watch videos. Leaving comments or liking them will not work.

Although Samsung has made the YouTube app standard in TV firmware, there are models that do not have the program. But this does not mean that the user will not be able to enjoy the content of the video hosting.

• First, you need to download the YouTube application widget to your personal computer or laptop.
• Take an empty USB flash drive, insert it into the PC or laptop used for downloading, create a folder called YouTube in it and unload the downloaded archive into it.
• It is necessary to safely remove the USB flash drive from the PC and connect it to the TV.
• Start the Smart Hub service.
• View a list of available applications.It will display the downloaded YouTube widget, which you can use as a standard program.

Find YouTube, install the application, and then activate your channel account.

In the event that the installed YouTube application on the TV stopped opening, it must be updated. It is very easy to do this:

• you need to open the Samsung app store;
• find the YouTube widget in the search engine;
• open the application page, where the "Refresh" button will be displayed;
• click on it and wait for one hundred percent download.

There is 1 more way to update YouTube on your Smart TV. This will require some manipulation of the software settings. First of all, you need to go to the Smart TV menu and find the basic settings section. It will contain a line with software uninstallation. From the list that appears on the screen, select the YouTube application and update it.

After the end of the application update process, you need to bind it to a mobile phone or computer. Thus, the linked device will help to open the video, and the clip will be played on the TV screen. Binding a gadget is done as follows:

• you need to open the YouTube app on your phone or laptop;
• find the button "View on TV" in the program menu;
• the application must be launched on the TV;
• go to its main menu and find the line "Bind device";
• a code will appear on the TV screen, which will need to be entered into the corresponding field of the linked device;
• all that remains is to press the "add" button.

Owners of Samsung TVs with Smart TV technology, released before 2012, found themselves in an unpleasant situation. When trying to launch YouTube, the application crashed. On this issue, Samsung representatives said that outdated TVs in the near future will not be able to fully support the capabilities of applications. Accordingly, they were restricted from accessing various programs, including YouTube.

Many users were frustrated by this reason, but others have found the perfect way to get YouTube back on TV without breaking the law.

• Turn on the TV and enter the Smart hub service. Only in the login line should you enter the word develop without using quotes. When you enter this login, the password automatically appears in the corresponding line.
• Necessarily put a checkmark next to the phrase "Remember password" and "Automatic login".
• On the remote control, you must find and press the key labeled "Tools". The settings menu appears on the TV screen.
• Need to go in the "Development" section, put a tick next to the word "I Accept".
• Further it is necessary make changes to the server ip address... You will need to enter a different value (46.36.222.114) and click the "OK" button.
• Then done synchronization of applications. A download line will appear in the window that appears. You must wait until it is filled. This process will take approximately 5 minutes.
• After downloading, you need exit the Smart hub service and re-enter it.
• On restart, the user will see a new application called Forkplayer on the home screen... After activating the widget of the new program, a list of sites will appear on the screen, including YouTube.
• Then you can start watching your favorite videos.

After installing and updating YouTube, you need to understand the operation of this application. First of all, you need to understand where the YouTube widget is located on the TV. To do this, open the Smart TV menu and find the corresponding icon. The YouTube video hosting widget is bright, always striking. But despite this, Samsung displays the app shortcut where it can be seen.

On the hosting page that opens, there are different videos.At the very top there is a search bar where the name of the video of interest is entered. If the user has a personal YouTube page, you need to sign in to your account. After authorization, the main page will display all the channels to which the user is subscribed. All that remains is to select and watch the videos of interest.

Accordingly, the device menu itself may have some differences. However, it won't be difficult to find the YouTube icon and turn on the app.

It is extremely important to follow the instructions to properly install and connect YouTube on your Samsung Smart TV. If everything is done correctly, there will be no problems with logging into the hosting site and playing videos.

But if after launching the YouTube widget, a black screen appears without any designations, then this means that an error has occurred in the application. There are enough reasons for the problems:

• to start you need to check your internet connection, make sure the wireless or wired network is working properly;
• if necessary update software firmware TV (Samsung does not stand in one place in terms of software improvement and releases new updates almost every six months);
• if the check of the Internet connection and the update were successful, but the application cannot be launched, you need to contact the technical support of the TV manufacturer.

For how to install YouTube on your Samsung TV, see below.