How to

Remove recommendations on a Philips Android TV

A Philips Android TV has the Android TV home screen with recommendations, and in addition its own Philips component that supplies recommendations. On older models with little memory, that also makes the TV slow.

What VYS TV turns off on a Philips

• The Android TV home screen, replaced by the VYS TV home screen.
• The Philips recommendations and the component with which Philips customises the home screen.
• Play Movies, Play Games and Play Music, if you do not use them.

After optimising everything is turned off, not removed: with Back to original it is back with a single tap.

What remains

To be fair: ads inside a streaming app, such as ads before or during a film on a plan with ads, come from that app itself. VYS TV does not remove those. This is about the home screen and everything the TV itself shows around it.

How to start

1. Turn on the developer options and USB debugging on the TV; the app shows where for each brand (see Enable developer options on your TV).
2. Connect the VYS TV app on your iPhone to the TV via Wi-Fi.
3. Tap Optimise TV speed.
4. Arrange your home screen: rows, your own texts and a background photo.

Going back to the old home screen is a single tap; the backup of the original is always kept.

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