How to Customize Your Android TV Home Screen

While Android smartphones are highly customizable, not many know that you can also apply similar customizations on Android TV as well. From apps on the home screen to content recommendations, you can finetune everything according to your preference. So in this article, we bring you a simple guide on how to customize your Android TV home screen. We have discussed how to remove apps that scream attention on the home screen and keep the front page clutter-free. So on that note, let’s go ahead and find the instructions.

Customize Your Android TV Home Screen (2021)

1. To customize Android TV Home Screen, begin with what apps you want on the first row. To add new apps, scroll right to the “+” button, and open it. Here, you will find the list of all installed apps. Now, simply select the app and it will be added to the first row.

Customize Your Android TV Home Screen

2. To move the app to the front of the homepage, hold and press the app and select “Move”. Now, use the navigation button on your remote to change the position and finally press the “OK” button on your remote to save the changes.

Customize Your Android TV Home Screen

3. You can also press and hold the “Home” button (generally a circular icon) on your remote to open the list of all apps. From here, you can at once remove apps from the home screen, move them and uninstall the apps as well.

Customize Your Android TV Home Screen

4. That was all about the apps, but if you want to customize the content recommendation by certain apps on the Android TV home screen then here are the steps to follow. Scroll down and move to the bottom. Here, open “Customize Channels”.

Customize Your Android TV Home Screen

5. Now, you will all find all the apps that show their content on the home screen. You can simply disable the toggle to remove them from the home screen.

How to Customize Your Android TV Home Screen

6. On some apps, you can also open the channels and further customize various forms of content. For instance, from YouTube, you can get your subscription’s content, trending videos, etc. right on your home screen.

How to Customize Your Android TV Home Screen

7. Finally, if you are bored with Android TV’s home screen then you can try out the new Google TV which is essentially an Android TV but with a completely new UI. It looks quite modern with slick animations and offers smart content recommendations on the home page.

How to Customize Your Android TV Home Screen

List of Popular Android TVs

The above tutorial will work with most of the popular Android TVs. You can find a list of popular Android TVs below. The list is not exhaustive by any means and is only to serve as an example.

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MI L32M5-AL32
MI L43M5-AN43
MI L43M4-4AIN43
MI L50M5-5AIN50
MI L55M6-EQG55
MI L32M6-EI32
MI L55M4-4XINA55
MI L65M5-5SIN65
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MI L32M5-AI32
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Sony KD-65X9500G65
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Sony KD-55X9500E55
Sony KD-65X9000E65
Sony KD-55X9000F55
Sony KD-65X7500F65
Sony KD-49X8200E49
Sony KD-65X9000F65
Sony KD-55X8500F55
Sony KD-55A9F55
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Sony KD-49X7500F49
Sony KD-55A9G55
Sony KD-85X8000H85
Sony 43X7400H43
Sony 55X7500H55
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Sony 65X7400H65
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iFFALCON (by TCL)iFFALCON 43K6143
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iFFALCON 55K2A55
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iFFALCON 65K7165
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iFFALCON 65H7165
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Kodak 32HDXSMART32
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Motorola 55SAUHDMG55
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Motorola 43SAFHDM43
Motorola 43SAUHDMG43
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Motorola 40SAFHDME40
Motorola 55SAUHDM55
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Motorola 32SAFHDM32
Motorola 50SAUHDM50
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NokiaNokia 43TAFHDN43
Nokia 32TAHDN32
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Nokia 50TAUHDN50
Nokia 55TAUHDN55
Nokia 65TAUHDN65
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Nokia 55CAUHDN55
Nokia 65CAUHDN65
OnePlusOnePlus 43FA0A0043
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OnePlus 55Q1IN55
OnePlus 55UA0A0055
PhilipsPhilips 58PUT660458
Philips 50PUT660450
Philips 43PUT779143
RealmeRealme RMV200443
Realme RMV200550
RedmiRedmi L50M6-RA50
Redmi L55M6-RA55
Redmi L65M6-RA65
ThomsonThomson 43TH600043
Thomson 50TH100050
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Thomson 40M4099 PRO40
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Thomson 32M327732
Thomson 55TH100055
ToshibaToshiba 32L505032
Toshiba 55U505055
Toshiba 43L505043

Make Your Android TV Home Page Clutter-Free

So these are some ways you can customize the home page and choose to remove unnecessary elements that seek your attention. For instance, I have completely disabled the trending content of YouTube on the home screen. Similarly, you can do this for other apps as well. Anyway, that is all from us. If you want to learn more such Android TV tips and tricks then follow our linked article. And if you have any questions then drop a comment down below.

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