Here we have tried to answer all the common questions that people ask about the SmartTube app. For more queries, you can join our Telegram Group.
If you haven’t signed-in with your existing YouTube account on SmartTube, you will still be able to enjoy watching videos without ads.
If it is buffering frequently, then you should set up NextDNS, which is an encrypted DNS that you can easily set up by using “Intra APK” and “AutoStart“. Once you have set up this DNS using this method, you don’t have to do anything after that, and when you launch this app on your TV, it will be automatically connected to encrypted DNS and will serve faster performance and quick loading speed.
SponsorBlock is an amazing feature in this app, which is an open-source crowdsourced browser extension used in this app to block sponsorship from the video. It can also be used to set up auto skip for intro and subscribe reminder section from a video.
As of now, SmartTube does not have a scrolling feature for watching short videos. However, the developer team is working on it, and this feature will soon be added. We will update it on this page.
Technically, it is very easy to install SmartTube APK file on Android smartphone and you can also run this app and watch YouTube videos but the user interface is primarily designed for Smart TV devices so it may not provide the best user experience on mobile phone. However, if you’re using this app solely for an uninterrupted experience, then you can try this app on your phone.
There are not many choices if you’re looking for the better option, but several apps in this same genre are available and some of the best ones are mentioned below.
If you have an Android 8.0 (Oreo) or above device, then you can utilize the Picture-in-Picture feature to minimize the video player and exit the app and do other tasks such as browsing or surfing while watching the video on the SmartTube app in a small window on your TV screen.
The recent changes in the “Google app for Android TV” cause this problem, so deleting this update will help you to fix this issue.
AFR stands for Auto Frame Rate. Every TV has different FPS support depending on the hardware. Some television comes with 60FPS and some have higher FPS support such as 90 or even 120. So, enabling AFR will match the TV FPS to improve viewing experience and smoother video playback. However, this feature does not properly work on all devices, so you can try it, but if it didn’t work out in your case, then we recommend you to keep it off.
Unlike YouTube, there is no web version of SmartTube and when it comes to installing the SmartTube app on Windows or macOS device, it is not officially available for PC, so users have to install this app on PC through Android Emulator such as BlueStacks.
DeArrow is a great open source tool that exposes the clickbait title and thumbnail and shows what the original title and thumbnail should be of that video. Basically, it prevents users from the trap of fake or clickbait content.
This issue often appear when you’re using the outdated version of this app so, make sure you update it to the latest version.
If you have a backup of all your YouTube data from GrayJay, PocketTube, or NewPipe then simply, open the settings of SmartTube and go to the Backup & Restore then click on “Import” and locate the backup file and click on the Import button to start the process. If you want to create a backup of all your data in this app then you can choose either Local backup or Google Drive and save your backup file locally on your device’s internal storage or cloud storage.
No, it is not possible to download videos from this app for offline viewing.
SmartTube is an open source multimedia player app that is not available on any official app store, including Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Yes, you can now use SmartTube app to watch videos in 4K resolution.
av01 codec or AV1 Codec was officially launched in 2018 and gained popularity in last few years. It is an open-source video compression format but most Smart TVs still do not have sufficient hardware to support this format. Therefore you may not be able to play video in this format.