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All your entertainment in one place,The Smart Hub. Apple TV. Samsung TV Plus. Netflix. Prime Video. YouTube. Your go-to screen for TV Plus and all your apps, Smart Hub lets you click on thumbnail previews and access. what you want, right away — everything from recommended shows and movies to Live TV and videos on-demand. 2.
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By Nick Pino, Olivia Tambini, Henry St Leger
last updated 7 March 2022
We've tested Samsung's best smart TV apps
To get the most from your new Samsung TV, you’ll need to find the smart TV apps that are most suited to you and your tastes. Because there are plenty of great apps and streaming services on offer these days – you don’t need to just stick with Netflix.
Over the past few years, there have been many new additions to Samsung's smart TV apps, including new streaming service contenders Disney Plus and Apple TV Plus.
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At the top of our list of the best smart TV apps has to be Samsung's TV Plus app that offers you free live-streamed TV without a subscription right out of the box.
When it comes to online video streaming services, Netflix has been the gold standard since it invented the whole concept nearly a decade ago.
As well as having an impressive selection of existing TV shows and movies Netflix is also investing heavily in its own exclusive productions including Stranger Things, Sex Education, Black Mirror, and Bojack Horseman.
In terms of sheer amount of content, Netflix is the largest streaming service around, although there are significant differences in the content available on the UK versus the US store – even if Disney Plus may have taken some of the best gems out of the library.
If you're new to video streaming, then there's no better starting point than the Netflix smart TV app – check out our round up of the best shows on Netflix for some inspiration.
Disney Plus is the streaming service where you can watch classic Disney animated movies, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and even 20th Century Fox content like The Simpsons.
Disney Plus has bags of original content from Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar, putting it in a good position to take on its biggest rivals like Netflix and Apple TV Plus. Baby Yoda, The Mandalorian and the chance to watch the Marvel movies in order. And that's really just the beginning.
Read more: Check out our Disney Plus review
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Apple TV Plus is the tech giant's first venture into the world of original content streaming, with notable titles including The Morning Show, Jason Momoa epic See, Sesame Street spin-off Helpsters, teen fantasy Ghostwriters, Hailee Steinfeld’s Emily Dickinson biopic, and NASA drama For All Mankind.
As a fledgling service that's only offering original content, the shows and films are a little sparse – but you can expect the Apple TV Plus library to fill up over the next year, and with support for 4K and HDR streaming, those new shows will look great on your Samsung TV.
Amazon may not be the original streaming service, but it's no slouch when it comes to piping you the best TV has to offer, and that's why it deserves a place among the best smart TV apps of 2020. Recent years have seen a steady supply of exclusive shows, such as Good Omens, The Man in the High Castle and Vikings.
Besides exclusives, Amazon also has an impressive selection of movies, recently adding darkly comic biopic I, Tonya, and the second installation in the John Wick series.
Fortunately, unlike Netflix which forces you to have an account in order to view available titles, Amazon makes its Prime listings available directly on its website, meaning you can check that your favorites are available before paying for a subscription.
You can also read our round up of the best shows on Amazon Prime Instant Video for a taste of what's on Prime this month.
When Hulu finally updated its subscription tiers in 2017, it brought the service into line with competitors Netflix and Amazon Prime. It had previously offered two tiers, a free service supported by ads and a limited pool of content, and a paid service which offers an expanded selection (on which ads are still present).
Now, you can subscribe to a cheaper tier that keeps commercials, a more robust premium tier that cuts out commercials or the Hulu with Live TV bundle that offers limited commercials for on-demand content plus some live TV channels.
What really sells us on Hulu, though, is its exclusive offerings that includes shows like The Mindy Project, Bob's Burgers, and The Handmaid's Tale. Just be warned that no matter which tier you end up subscribing to, a small number of shows and series will still display ads – even when you're on the service's premium tier.
Read more: Don't miss our Hulu review.
Our next pick is a little different from the other smart TV apps on this list. Instead of streaming videos from a service, PLEX allows you to curate a collection of your own on a media server and stream it to whichever device you want.
That said, while PLEX is available on nearly every device, it looks darn good on Samsung Smart TVs.
So why install PLEX if you have Hulu, Netflix, Amazon or any of the other streaming services on this list? Because PLEX is free. There are no monthly fees for the base version of the app, which allows you to build and maintain your own local video server.
If a DIY video streaming service sounds like a lot of work and a less-than-ideal experience, it will surprise you to know that PLEX has really improved in the last few years making it ultra-easy to setup and incredibly versatile as a streaming service.
HBO Max is the result of years of complicated HBO services, including HBO Go and HBO Now – so you'd be forgiven some confusion here. But HBO Max is now the only HBO app, and it's the home for such classics as The Sopranos, The Wire and more recently Game of Thrones.
HBO Max is largely in the headlines these days because of its slate of movies from Warner Bros., which have been releasing on HBO Max the same day as they do in theaters. It's been a contentious move, but one that brings the likes of Dune and Suicide Squad to streaming faster than they otherwise would have.
YouTube used to be the place to get your fill of amateur footage of everything from skateboarding fails to cat videos, but in recent years the site has become host to a range of content, from scripted comedies to reality TV shows to documentaries.
It's a platform which is no longer defined by its amateur production values. Now content creators use teams of professional video production staff to produce a dizzying amount of content catering to every possible niche.
We're personally a massive fan of the PC hardware channel LinusTechTips (as well as our own TechRadar YouTube Channel) but there are channels catering to every possible interest from beauty and fashion to video games.
YouTube also carries full movies which can be rented for 30-days or bought outright.
- Nick Pino
Oct 29, 2023 · One of the key advantages of a Samsung Smart TV is its built-in apps that provide access to a wide range of streaming services and content. Here’s how to use the built-in apps on your Samsung Smart TV: Navigate to the Smart Hub: On your remote control, press the “Smart Hub” button to launch the Smart TV’s app dashboard. The Smart Hub ...
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Apr 19, 2024 · The Samsung Smart TV platform has a few of the more popular apps pre-loaded, with more available that can be downloaded from the Samsung App Store.; Additional apps are accessible via the TV's Smart Hub or onscreen menu (just look for and click the icon on the menu bar that just says "Apps" or symbol that looks like four small TV screens inside a square).
