hey everybody today I'm going to help you customize your Samsung TV so grab your
remote and let's get started and before we get into the TV settings I want to talk a little
bit about the remote you get when you buy your Samsung I purchased my TV back in 2020 this is
the remote I got but some people left comments on the channel letting me know that they also
got a Samsung one remote with their TV purchase since I didn't I headed to Amazon and picked up
a knockoff for about ten dollars and I gotta say I really like it compared to the regular
remote here is a look at them side by side the Smart Remote obviously it has fewer Keys gone
is that number pad which is pretty useless with most streaming apps anyway but the Smart Remote
still has quick keys to home settings volume controls as well as shortcuts to the most
popular streaming apps like Netflix Prime video and Hulu now you do not need the Smart Remote
but it is something that I highly recommend if you didn't get one with your TV purchase
let's keep it moving I've got a lot to share with you today in this section my goal is to
help you organize the apps on your home screen First Watch as I long press on the Hulu app and
you see I've got the option to either move it or remove it let's say that Hulu is your favorite app
and you want to move it to the front I'm going to show you how I'll just click move and then I
can Arrow left with my remote to move the app to the first spot on the home screen and I'll
show you the remove option with another app let's use Disney plus again all you got to do is long
press on the app and then you'll see the options I selected remove and Disney plus is gone from
the home screen watch closely here we're going to leave the home screen I'm going to arrow to the
left and bring you to the app screen this is the place you want to be to browse apps that are not
already downloaded installed or added to your home screen and if you know exactly what you're looking
for I suggest that you use the search function follow along that's in the upper right corner
and when you click on search you're going to see an on-screen keyboard to search for the app you're
looking for and by the way I've got a lot more to say about this keyboard in the next section
for now I've just searched for the fubotv app and installed it and after the app is downloaded you
see I've got the option to open it or add it to the home screen and after adding it to the home
screen I can move it to any position that I want to I'm back on the app screen for now to show you
something else click on the settings wheel in the upper right corner to see all of your apps
if you ever want to delete an app this is where to go I'm going to delete that fubotv app that I
just installed that worked just fine it's deleted but you're going to notice that some apps are not
able to be deleted Netflix for example and that's because it is one of Samsung's recommended apps
you can't delete recommended apps but you can still remove them from the home screen follow
the steps that I just showed you a minute ago from the home screen just long press on the app
and then select remove and after you confirm that selection it is no longer on the home
screen earlier I said I had something to tell you about the keyboard so I'm going to navigate
to the search bar to bring up the keyboard and we can talk about that watch here as I use the
on-screen keyboard to search for the YouTube app and I type the letters one by one until the
YouTube result displays right at the top of the screen this works just fine and it is actually
my preferred way to use the Samsung keyboard but I gotta show you another popular option I deleted
the result and navigated to the settings wheel at the bottom of the keyboard I clicked on that and
selected this predict next character so let me search for the YouTube app again you'll see the
difference as soon as I press the letter Y there are suggestions for the next letter surrounding
the y key and Samsung says the more you use this feature the better the recommendations
get over time though I know a lot of people prefer using the keyboard this way for me it just doesn't
work I'm faster doing it on my own but this is a popular feature so I wanted to mention it for
you here we'll head to the settings menu for this next tip and after you click the settings key on
your remote go down to General and then you're looking for smart features I've got two options
turned on from this section auto run Smart Hub and auto run last app I'll turn my TV off and
then right back on you'll see how they work first you see the Samsung Smart Hub launched along the
bottom of the screen as soon as the TV turned on and second the Samsung TV Plus app is playing and
that is the last app that I had opened now I gotta mention and this is just from my experience the
auto run last app Feature doesn't work for all apps especially live TV streaming services but
when it does work it is a nice feature to have to quickly get you back to streaming and while we're
talking about Samsung TV plus let's talk about the features of the free ad supported streaming
service if you're not familiar Samsung TV plus has a mix of live channels and on-demand content
I've selected the Bob Ross channel from the live guide for this example and when I arrow down you
see the option to start the channel and favorite it as I keep scrolling down you're going to notice
more Samsung TV plus content is featured and if you ever see something from the on-demand
library that you want to check out you can select it and look for the plus sign that way you can add
the show or movie to your watch list this main navigation is where you're going to access that
watch list and favorite channels later on you can just arrow down to access it from Samsung TV plus
and there's something else I want to show you on this screen but I've got to scroll all the way to
the very bottom for you to see it and here you can see manage your viewing history if you ever
want to clear your viewing history and start over that does include your watch list and favorites
this is the place to do it but just know that clearing your history is going to affect your
recommendations I don't really use Samsung TV plus all that much but the service is improving
I still like other services like Pluto TV the Roku Channel to be and freebie a whole lot more but hey
if you like Samsung TV plus leave me your content recommendations down below screen mirroring this
is something I use every day on my Samsung TV set and it's just a way to show what you've got on
your phone on the big screen this feature works with Samsung Galaxy devices as well as iPhones
I'm using an iPhone for this demonstration I tap screen mirroring from the settings select
my Samsung TV and then my phone screen is right on my TV screen this is great for displaying pictures
and videos I mostly use it to follow along with the workout app that I use let me stop screen
mirroring to show you something else you need to know about Samsung TVs and I get asked about this
one quite a bit I'm back on the Samsung Smart Hub and I'm going to scroll all the way to the
right to select internet yes Samsung does have an internet browser built in so with this browser you
can check out my website michaelsafe.com or any other website that you would prefer to see on
the big screen over a computer or a phone I also want to show you this go to the Internet menu in
the upper right corner of the screen scroll down to settings after that privacy and security and
from here you can delete your browsing history at any time I gotta say purchasing the Samsung
one remote or I should say the knockoff version from Amazon it's made using Samsung's interface
a whole lot easier but at the end of the day I still prefer hooking up an external media player
like a Roku just for a better user experience here's a visual comparison I think you can see
why I still like streaming with Roku a whole lot more thanks for watching see you back here soon