How to

Remove recommendations on a Sony Bravia

A Sony Bravia has Android TV or, on newer models, Google TV. In both cases the home screen fills up with recommendations and featured films.

What VYS TV turns off on a Bravia

• The Android TV or Google TV home screen, replaced by the VYS TV home screen.
• Play Movies, Play Games and Play Music, if you do not use them.
• Streaming apps running silently in the background to fill the home screen.

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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