Almost every new TV today is a Smart TV, which basically means that it has an internet connection and that supports the addition of applications, a bit like smartphones. While, however, the smartphone market is 99% based on the Android and Apple iOS operating systems, for Smart TVs there is much more variety and each brand uses a different operating system, with an application store.
As seen in a previous article, the best Smart TVs for app systems from Samsung, Sony and LG that use, respectively, the Tizen operating systems (on Samsung TV models sold since 2015), WebOS (LG Smart TV operating system) and Android TV (mainly on Sony Bravia, Philips and Sharp TVs), practically identical to the Android of smartphones.
In this article we are going to see which are the best applications to add to Smart TV (each Smart TV should have these applications in its store, but in this article we mainly talk about Samsung, LG and Android TV Sony) to exploit it in all its potential, in so that we can expand the choice of things to see on television, bringing music, new films, TV series, TV series, sports, football and anything else that can be found on the internet to the screen.
READ ALSO: Turn every TV into a Smart TV with Chromecast
1) Netflix is the number one app for streaming movies on TV and is usually already installed.
Even if it requires you to pay for a subscription, it is clearly the best application available on every Samsung, LG and Android smart TV, because it is well done and because it beats any other similar app in the value for money.
While in another article we saw if Netflix or NowTV is better, we pointed out that for Netflix, whose subscription costs just 10 Euros per month, the cost can be divided between two or more people.
2) Youtube is also almost always already installed on TVs, the best one to watch for free music videos, full films, cartoons, youtubers and much more for free.
3) Amazon Prime video is the third application that is recommended to be installed on every smart TV because it offers a lot of content between movies and TV series in first view and because viewing is free if we subscribe to the Amazon Prime service, the one that costs 20 Euros per year and allows you to receive Amazon deliveries in one day.
4) Plex for Smart TV is the first application that must be installed on every smart TV, because it allows you to keep the TV connected to the computer, so you can watch movies and videos from your PC, on the TV. The beauty of Plex is that it has a wonderful navigation interface that makes it easy to choose the film and the ability to stream any multimedia content visible on the computer.
In addition to Android, Plex supports LG, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, TiVo and Toshiba Smart TVs.
5) Rai TV or Rai Replay on smart TVs is another application that should always be installed, because it is free and allows you to watch and review the films and broadcasts broadcast on traditional RAI channels.
6) DAZN also is now an application that is found on all smart TVs, to be installed if you are subscribed to DAZN to watch football games.
7) NowTV is the official Sky app for watching movies and football matches broadcast by Sky, depending on the subscription. In this regard, I refer to the guide to Now TV.
8) Other streaming movie apps that are found for practically every smart TV are Rakuten TV, Chili, TIM Vision and Google Play Movies, to be installed if you intend to pay for subscriptions.
9) Youtube Kids, the Youtube app dedicated to children, can be found as an application for all LG WebOS, Samsung Tizen and Android TVs.
10) Facebook Watch or Facebook Video is the Facebook app for Smart TVs, which can be an excellent alternative to Youtube to find nice videos to watch made by the most well-known videomakers and published by the most popular Facebook pages.
11) Eurosport Player, to view the Eurosport satellite channels.
- Samsung TV app (but not in Italian)
- LG TV app
- Android TV app.
Obviously it is possible, on every smart TV, to open the browser and browse on any website to view any online content.
Finally, remember that you can improve the Smart capabilities of each TV by buying the Fire TV Stick, where, as seen in the guide, you can install all the Android Apps on Fire Stick TV, from APK or Store including those that are not found in the official stores.
As seen in a previous article, the best Smart TVs for app systems from Samsung, Sony and LG that use, respectively, the Tizen operating systems (on Samsung TV models sold since 2015), WebOS (LG Smart TV operating system) and Android TV (mainly on Sony Bravia, Philips and Sharp TVs), practically identical to the Android of smartphones.
In this article we are going to see which are the best applications to add to Smart TV (each Smart TV should have these applications in its store, but in this article we mainly talk about Samsung, LG and Android TV Sony) to exploit it in all its potential, in so that we can expand the choice of things to see on television, bringing music, new films, TV series, TV series, sports, football and anything else that can be found on the internet to the screen.
READ ALSO: Turn every TV into a Smart TV with Chromecast
The most installed Apps on Smart TVs to watch videos and movies
1) Netflix is the number one app for streaming movies on TV and is usually already installed.
Even if it requires you to pay for a subscription, it is clearly the best application available on every Samsung, LG and Android smart TV, because it is well done and because it beats any other similar app in the value for money.
While in another article we saw if Netflix or NowTV is better, we pointed out that for Netflix, whose subscription costs just 10 Euros per month, the cost can be divided between two or more people.
2) Youtube is also almost always already installed on TVs, the best one to watch for free music videos, full films, cartoons, youtubers and much more for free.
3) Amazon Prime video is the third application that is recommended to be installed on every smart TV because it offers a lot of content between movies and TV series in first view and because viewing is free if we subscribe to the Amazon Prime service, the one that costs 20 Euros per year and allows you to receive Amazon deliveries in one day.
4) Plex for Smart TV is the first application that must be installed on every smart TV, because it allows you to keep the TV connected to the computer, so you can watch movies and videos from your PC, on the TV. The beauty of Plex is that it has a wonderful navigation interface that makes it easy to choose the film and the ability to stream any multimedia content visible on the computer.
In addition to Android, Plex supports LG, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, TiVo and Toshiba Smart TVs.
5) Rai TV or Rai Replay on smart TVs is another application that should always be installed, because it is free and allows you to watch and review the films and broadcasts broadcast on traditional RAI channels.
6) DAZN also is now an application that is found on all smart TVs, to be installed if you are subscribed to DAZN to watch football games.
7) NowTV is the official Sky app for watching movies and football matches broadcast by Sky, depending on the subscription. In this regard, I refer to the guide to Now TV.
8) Other streaming movie apps that are found for practically every smart TV are Rakuten TV, Chili, TIM Vision and Google Play Movies, to be installed if you intend to pay for subscriptions.
9) Youtube Kids, the Youtube app dedicated to children, can be found as an application for all LG WebOS, Samsung Tizen and Android TVs.
10) Facebook Watch or Facebook Video is the Facebook app for Smart TVs, which can be an excellent alternative to Youtube to find nice videos to watch made by the most well-known videomakers and published by the most popular Facebook pages.
11) Eurosport Player, to view the Eurosport satellite channels.
Other best apps for Smart TV
- Spotify, the best streaming music app available for Samsung, LG and Android TVs, which also works for free even if it requires a subscription to enjoy it without limitations.
- SS IPTV for LG, only for LG TV, allows you to access the vision of some TV channels from all over the world. On Samsung and Android Smart TVs you can search for Google guides to install IPTV apps that are not on the official store.
- Steam Link is the app that allows you to play PC games on TV, supported by Samsung and Android Smart TVs.
- SmartThings is the first app you need to download to your smartphone (Android or iPhone) after purchasing a Samsung Smart TV, to turn your smartphone into a remote control. Who has a Samsung smartphone, can also direct the sound of the TV to the smartphone with a touch and then also see the phone screen on the TV itself.
- Smart View is like the SmartThings app, for previous versions of Samsung's Smart TV, those from 2011 to 2016 and allows you to stream content from smartphone to TV over WiFi.
- If you have an LG WebOS TV and an LG smartphone, you can control it from an Android smartphone using the LG TV Plus application.
In another article, all the apps to control TV with an Android mobile phone . - Samsung's Gallery app, already installed on Samsung Smart TVs, allows you to view smartphone photos on TV.
- A similar application available for Android TVs is also Amazon Photos.
- Tune Station, for Samsung TVs, turns your Smart TV into a virtual speaker system to play music from a USB drive, which means that if you have a collection of songs stored on a USB drive, you can simply plug it in to the back of the TV and play music on the TV.
- AceStream, only for Android, allows you to watch live video streaming from TV for free, if you know how to use it. Acestream is an app that can be downloaded from the Google Play store (not supported by all TVs).
- Kodi, if you have a compatible Android TV, can be installed to watch movies stored on your PC on TV.
- Twitch, to watch video game videos.
- Tunein, the app to listen to radios available for Android.
Conclusion
Other apps can be found and installed on smart TV from the main menu of the TV and you can also search for them on the websites of the different stores :- Samsung TV app (but not in Italian)
- LG TV app
- Android TV app.
Obviously it is possible, on every smart TV, to open the browser and browse on any website to view any online content.
Finally, remember that you can improve the Smart capabilities of each TV by buying the Fire TV Stick, where, as seen in the guide, you can install all the Android Apps on Fire Stick TV, from APK or Store including those that are not found in the official stores.
