Watch YouTube TV on your TV

Ready to watch your favorite programs on your large screen? To sentinel on select TV devices, you lot can download our Telly app, sentry by opening YouTube Tv set inside the YouTube app on your Television receiver, or stream YouTube TV from your mobile device or computer using a supported device below.

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Cast YouTube Goggle box

Y'all can watch YouTube Idiot box on your Goggle box by casting or streaming to information technology from a mobile device or figurer.

Supported devices

Stream YouTube Television to your TV using:

  • Most Smart TVs
  • TV devices with AirPlay
  • AirPlay for Apple TV
  • Smart TVs with Chromecast built-in (including Android Television devices)
  • Chromecast devices
    • Note: If you're using a offset generation Chromecast , you lot may experience a higher rate of errors. It may also take upwardly to xxx seconds to open.
  • Google Smart Displays

Learn more nigh setting up a Chromecast and more devices that piece of work with YouTube Television receiver.

Set up & use your device

You tin can cast to your Boob tube using your mobile device or computer with these steps:

  1. Connect your mobile device or computer and streaming device to the same Wi-Fi network.
  2. Open YouTube Telly on your mobile device or figurer.
  3. Tap CastInactive cast extension  or AirPlay in the top right.
  4. Select your device.
    • YouTube TV volition open up.
    • If y'all're playing a video, information technology should automatically brainstorm playing on your TV.
  5. Utilise your mobile device or estimator to command YouTube Tv set on your TV.

Note: If your iPhone or iPad is on iOS 14 or later, you'll need to requite YouTube permission to connect to streaming devices on your local network, such as your Idiot box, so you can cast to your TV. Learn how.

Play YouTube TV using Google Home

Open YouTube TV within of the YouTube app

On some devices, you tin admission YouTube TV from the YouTube app directly. To do this, first make certain the YouTube app is downloaded on your device.

Note: This currently works on certain devices only. We'll expand this to every bit many other devices every bit we can over time.

  1. Open the YouTube app on your device.
  2. On the left side navigation, coil downwardly to the bottom to find YouTube TV.
  3. Select YouTube TV to open the app.
    • If it'due south your kickoff fourth dimension doing this, you'll need to sign in to YouTube Idiot box.

Lookout man with our Tv set app

To see which Smart TVs and media players you can apply to view YouTube Goggle box, check out this page.

For instructions on how to set up YouTube TV on some mutual devices, read below.

 Chromecast with Google Telly

  1. Sign upward for YouTube TV, if you lot haven't already.
  2. Start your Chromecast with Google Boob tube device. Note: YouTube Tv set will be preinstalled. If it has been removed, keep to step 3.
  3. Go to the Apps tab.
  4. Search for YouTube TV.
  5. Install the YouTube Tv app.

Android TV

  1. Sign upwards for YouTube Television receiver if you haven't already.
  2. Open the Google Play Store on your TV.
  3. Search for YouTube Idiot box.
  4. Download the YouTube Television receiver app.

Xbox consoles

YouTube Television receiver is available on the following Xbox devices: Xbox Serial X, Xbox Series S, Xbox Ane X, Xbox One S, and Xbox One.

  1. Sign up for YouTube TV if you lot haven't already.Note: You can't currently sign up in our Telly app, only y'all can elsewhere, similar in the YouTube Goggle box mobile app.
  2. On your Xbox console, go to the Xbox app store to download the YouTube Television app to your device.

Playstation devices

To install the YouTube Television receiver app:

  1. Open the PlayStation Shop on your Playstation device.
  2. Search for "YouTube TV".
  3. From the apps section of the results, click the YouTube TV listing.
  4. Click download / install.

To uninstall the YouTube Telly app:

  1. Open the PlayStation home screen and go to "Telly & Video".
  2. In the apps section, highlight the YouTube Television receiver app.
  3. Printing the "Pick" button on your controller.
  4. From the bill of fare, select Delete.
  5. Select OK.

Samsung TVs

  1. Sign up for YouTube TV if you haven't already.
  2. Select the home button on your device's remote control.
  3. Select the "Apps" option to see a listing of recommended apps.
  4. In the list of recommended apps, find YouTube Idiot box.
  5. Save the app to your dwelling screen for piece of cake use.

Note: To make sure you can access YouTube Goggle box, update your Television set'south firmware to the latest version.

LG TVs

  1. Sign up for YouTube TV if y'all haven't already.
  2. Select the home button on your device's remote control.
  3. Go to the LG Content Shop.
  4. In the LG Content Store, search for "YouTube TV" and download the YouTube Television set app to your TV.
  5. Save the app to your home screen for easy use.

Annotation: To make sure you can access YouTube Television set, update your Goggle box's firmware to the latest version.

Apple TV

  1. Sign up for YouTube TV if you haven't already.
  2. On your Apple tree TV, open the App Store app from your Home screen.
  3. Search for "YouTube TV."
  4. Download the YouTube Television app.

Roku

Burn TV

  1. Sign upward for YouTube TV if you haven't already.
  2. Start your Burn down TV device.
  3. Search for "YouTube TV."
  4. Download the YouTube Television receiver app.

Vizio SmartCast

  1. Sign upwardly for YouTube TV if you haven't already.
  2. Go to your SmartCast home screen to see all available apps in the app row.
    • Annotation: YouTube TV will exist preinstalled.
  3. Select YouTube TV in the list of apps.

TiVo Stream 4K

  1. Sign upwards for YouTube Tv set if yous haven't already.
  2. Select Apps from the home screen.
  3. Open the Google Play Shop and search for YouTube Tv set. Or, do a voice search for YouTube Goggle box using the Google Assistant.
  4. Select the YouTube Television set app to install information technology.

Xfinity Flex and XClass TVs

  1. Sign upwards for YouTube Goggle box if you oasis't already.
  2. Navigate to the "Apps" row.
  3. Click "View all" to meet a full list of apps.
  4. In the list of apps, notice YouTube Television receiver.
  5. Select the YouTube TV app to install information technology.

Use our Goggle box app

Sign in to YouTube TV

To sign in:

  1. Open the YouTube Television set app on your Boob tube.
  2. On a computer or mobile device, go to tv.youtube.com/start.
  3. Enter the activation code displayed on your TV at television set.youtube.com/beginning.
  4. Select the account associated with your YouTube TV Base of operations Plan.
  5. Click Allow. You can at present start watching on your Tv.

Sign out of YouTube Goggle box

You can sign out of YouTube Goggle box on any device where you lot're signed in, fifty-fifty if yous no longer accept access to those devices.

To sign out of a device that you lot have access to:

  1. Open the YouTube TV app.
  2. Select your contour photo .
  3. Select Sign Out.

Note that this action will sign y'all out of YouTube Tv for all accounts on this device. If you lot want to go along using YouTube Telly on this device, y'all'll have to sign in once again.

To sign out of 1 account only:

  1. Open the YouTube TV app.
  2. Select your profile photo .
  3. Select Switch business relationship.
  4. Select Remove under the account you'd like to remove.

If you want to sign out of YouTube TV on a device that yous no longer have access to:

  1. Get to https://myaccount.google.com/permissions.
  2. Scroll to "YouTube Goggle box" and click Remove admission.

Play YouTube Boob tube using your device remote

Y'all can use your device remote control to select programs and control video playback in our TV app.

Use your remote command to:

  • Explore the full plan guide to meet upcoming programs on your favorite channels.
  • Play/pause/fast-forward/rewind to control playback while watching a program.
  • Switch between recently watched programs (including live Tv, recordings, and on-demand programs) by selecting options below the video player.
  • Flip betwixt live channels using the channel up/down buttons on your device remote.
  • Open your library.

Sign up for an improver network using your Idiot box device

You can add a network to your YouTube Boob tube Base of operations Plan using certain Television set devices. If y'all run into a video with a lock icon, you can select it to buy.

Note: Xbox and Apple tree TV devices do non support this.

There are ii ways to brand a purchase for an add-on network:

  1. Purchase with one-click on your TV device by going to the add-on network and thenPurchase.
    • Notation: To exercise this activity, make sure you've allowed "quick purchases" on YouTube.
  2. Employ a second device to complete the purchase. Run across the steps below.
    • Notation: The second device must exist a web browser, or mobile device.

If you have not opted in to allow "quick purchases" on YouTube, and then you'll need to use a second device to buy the add-on network:

  1. Search for the add-on network or aqueduct using your Boob tube device.
  2. Select the thumbnail for the add-on.
  3. Follow the instructions to go to a unique URL on a 2nd device.
    • Note: You'll demand to do this using a web browser, or a mobile device.
  4. ClickBuy.
  5. Get back to your living room device, and clickDone.

Tips:

  • To buy using the 1-click procedure, yous'll need to opt in to "quick purchases" on YouTube. Turning on "quick purchases" will make certain any device you're signed in to can make YouTube purchases without extra verification.
  • For detailed instructions on how to turn on "quick purchases," go to this article.

Troubleshooting

If you're having problem with YouTube Idiot box, check out these troubleshooting tips or send feedback to YouTube.

Tips & tricks:

  • If you're part of a family group, switch accounts by signing out of and in to a different account.
  • YouTube Television also works on other devices and platforms, like your phone and computer.

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