Overview of free and paid applications on Smart TV for watching TV, programs, services, games

Smart TVs are truly intelligent devices. With their help, you can enjoy watching the best TV channels with a high-quality image, listen to music, play games, watch your favorite YouTube videos, chat on social networks. But not all users can independently find, select and configure applications for Smart TV, as well as other useful features for their “smart TV”. How to do it?

First steps after buying a Smart TV

Smart TV control is not much different from smartphone control. As a rule, the user is offered a clear and convenient interface with various functions:

• Applications for watching TV on Smart TV.
• Online cinemas.
• Web services for downloading and viewing videos, such as YouTube.
• Internet browsers.
• Internet radio.
• Games for Smart TV.

When you turn on the TV for the first time in your home, you will need to create an account. To do this, you need to have an e-mail or, if you do not have an e-mail box, you will need to create one. When registering an account, you will be asked to enter your email address, create a password, possibly enter a phone number and a verification code. After creating an account, you will have access to all the functions of Smart TV.

Applications for watching TV on Smart TV

All applications for watching TV channels on Smart TV can be conditionally divided into paid and free, as well as applications that have a limited number of free channels. When you open APPS on your TV or other application manager, you will see a large number of applications. But not all of them have reached high quality, so we bring you our selection of the best Smart TV apps for watching TV.

MEGOGO

MEGOGO is one of the most popular and high-quality applications. It is intended for viewing domestic and foreign films, cartoons, series, documentaries, television shows, music concerts. It has both paid and free channels and movies. With a paid subscription (several package
options are offered), you will get access to more than 200 channels in excellent Full HD quality. Also, many films will become available to you, the viewing of which in online cinemas must be paid.

A free subscription is 20 channels with excellent image quality, the ability to rewind movies and programs.

The application has a “Parental Control” function, in which you can specify the age of your child. This feature will protect your children from watching unwanted movies and shows. https://youtu.be/ORmh_okslRw

MORE TV

Application with free access to 19 channels: World, Phoenix PLUS Cinema, Gastrolab, ATV, Soviet comedies, Children, Business, Humor, Travel, Our Siberia and others. You will also have access to Russian and foreign TV shows. The application has a useful function “add channel to favorites”. You can add any channel you like and watch your favorite programs several times. There is one downside: every time you turn on the app, there are several ads that you can’t skip.

Free online cinema for Smart TV FreeSlyNet.tv

This application provides more than 800 TV channels and more than 1000 radio stations for free. A large number of films, series, cartoons are available. The application does not broadcast channels, but works through links from open sources. Some functions may not work correctly, such as “add to favorites”, channel search, but the developers are trying to bring the application to a high level. Inconvenient channel sorting. All the necessary information about finding a program and installing it on your TV is on the official website SlyNet.tv
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Paid online cinema for Smart TV Amediateka

In this application, the most rated and high-quality domestic and foreign series and films are available for viewing. It should be noted that the application is paid, but for an average price you are offered excellent image quality with translations from the best studios, fresh projects from HBO and other top studios in the world.

Online cinema IVI

It is rightfully one of the most popular online cinemas. Now you can find it and install it on your Smart TV. This video library contains, perhaps, the largest number of domestic and foreign films, cartoons, TV series, trailers and new releases. Recently, IVI offers several categories of TV channels for viewing: entertainment (360, NTV style, Retro), educational (H2, Our Siberia, Eureka, HD Adventures), children’s (Visiting a fairy tale, Children’s, Redhead), news, sports, music and other TV channels. You will be provided with the best image quality, good studio translation, high-quality sound. But it is important to know that most films, especially new releases, must be paid for. For Sberbank clients, IVI offers to pay for the subscription with Thank You bonuses.

If the Internet speed in your home is high, from 30 Mbps, then you can increase the number of free channels on your TV using set-top boxes. Clear instructions for installing and configuring gadgets in the video:  

https://youtu.be/atv60wQ0Hr4 Setting up Android set-top box: https://youtu.be/CFUCHEk9TH0 Applications for Samsung Smart TV (Android Smart TV): https://youtu.be/0j8wNrCiNZk

Smart TV apps with separate free TV channels

There are many such applications, they allow you to watch your favorite TV channels for free, and also offer a lot of useful information about movies, programs, actors, “not included in the frame”, etc. We will briefly look at some of the most famous applications.

1TV

In the First Channel application, you will have access to recordings of the best programs, sports matches, movies and TV shows broadcast on this channel. Convenient TV program, the ability to stop and rewind programs and many other useful features.

TNT

This is a replacement for the standard TV channel. All films, programs, shows and sitcoms can be watched in recordings, added to favorites, stopped and rewound as you wish. Convenient search available.

Rain

The application of the TV channel Rain is available on almost all TVs around the world, with the exception of a few countries (China, Brazil). You will have access to all the programs and reports of the channel in excellent quality, live broadcasts, lectures, a convenient and understandable broadcast schedule. It is possible to add favorite programs to favorites, to issue a paid subscription.

Other Useful Smart TV Apps for Internet and Games

YouTube

It is the most popular video hosting for downloading and watching videos. Thousands of free channels on various topics: fishing, humor, travel, hobbies, landscape, cooking, animal videos, cartoons, product reviews. If you already have a YouTube account, then you can log in to it through the TV. All playlists, videos you like, channel subscriptions will become available to you. YouTube is a free platform, but recently the developers have been offering a paid premium subscription without ads.

Movie Search for Smart TV

Without this program, now available on TV, it is hard to imagine the life of a cinephile. The developers have fully preserved all the useful features: a list of premieres, descriptions of films, reviews, trailers, ratings of the “best films” in various categories, news, interviews. Upon authorization, if you already have an account on Kinopoisk, all your personal settings and lists of films will become available to you. Smart TVs have a huge number of programs and functions for watching your favorite channels, programs, videos and movies. Many of them are free and allow you to save money without buying additional set-top boxes, antennas, expensive TV channel packages. There are also a large number of games for Smart TV available: https://youtu.be/i0ql5SJjGac If you could not set up your TV yourself, find and install the desired application, then all the information can be found on YouTube. In the search on the main page, enter your query, for example, “How to install an application on a smart TV.” From the list, select the video you like, for example: https://youtu.be/cL8pJgyquVY The author of the video, using the example of a Samsung TV, creates an account, installs applications, commenting in detail on his actions.