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Apps
10.1
About Apps
With Apps in the Home menu, you open the Apps pages.
The Apps pages show the collection of Apps (Applications) on your TV. Like Apps on your smartphone or tablet, the Apps on your TV offer specific functions for an enriched TV experience. Apps like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, TV games or weather forecasts (a.o.). Or start an Internet browser App, like Google Chrome, to surf the Internet.
Apps can come from the Philips App Gallery or the Google Play™ store. To get you started, some practical Apps are pre- installed on your TV. Some of the Apps can offer Widgets that appear on the Apps pages.
To install Apps from the Philips App Gallery or the Google Play store, the TV must be connected to the Internet.
10.2
Install an App
You can install an App from the Philips App Gallery or from the Google Play store.
To install an App…
1 - Press HOME to open the Home menu.
2 - Click in the top bar to open Apps.
3 - Click on the App Gallery icon or the Google Play icon.
4 - Select the App you want and click the install button next to the App.
The TV will install the App.
When installed, the icon of the App will appear on the Apps pages. Apps installed from the App Gallery open automatically after installation.
If you have trouble with installing apps, first check the settings in the Google Play store.
10.3
Start an App
You can start an App from the Apps pages.
To start an App…
1 - Press HOME to open the Home menu.
2 - Click in the top bar to open Apps.
3 - Click at the right to open Apps full page. Navigate down for the next pages.
4 - Click on the App icon to start the App.
To stop an App…
Press HOME and select another activity or press EXIT to watch TV.
10.4
Chrome™
Open the Browser
With the Internet browser Chrome™, you can open the Internet on TV.
To browse the Internet…
1 - Press HOME to open the Home menu.
2 - Click in the top bar to open Apps.
3 - Look for the Chrome App icon and click the icon.
On your TV, you can view any Internet website but some of them might not be prepared for a TV screen.
•Some
•Internet pages are shown one page at a time and full screen.
To stop browsing the Internet…
Press HOME and select another activity or press EXIT to watch TV.
Browser Tricks
You can use the Pointer to swipe or scroll pages.
To swipe…
1 - On a page, place the Pointer at the left or right border of the page.
2 - Click and hold the OK key and swipe the remote control to the right or to the left to show the next or previous page.
To scroll…
1 - Place the Pointer in the middle of the page.
2 - Click and hold the OK key and move the remote control down or up.
While you scroll, the tabs and address bar on the top of the page may disappear.
To show the tabs and address bar again…
1 - Place the Pointer on the top border of the page.
2 - Click and hold the OK key and move the remote control down.
Google Chrome may change the browser functionality over time.
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