Tips & shortcuts

Setting up for the first time? Start with the setup guide. Items marked Next update arrive in the update after 2.1. From the next update this list is in the app too: Settings › Tips & shortcuts.

🧭 Getting around

On a TV remote	On a phone	What it does
◀ Left from any page	The › tab on the left edge	Opens the side menu
Back, down in Home's rows	—	Jumps back to the top
Settings › Look & menu	Settings › Look & menu	Move or hide the side menu's buttons. Basic menu keeps just Profiles, Settings, Movies, TV Shows, Anime, Search, My List and Categories Next update
Settings › Profiles	Settings › Profiles	Add or remove a profile. Change picture, with 14 new pictures to pick from Next update
Hold a profile on Who's watching?	Hold a profile on Who's watching?	Removes it

▶ Watching

On a TV remote	On a phone	What it does
◀ ▶ while a video plays	Drag along the progress bar	TV: back or forward 10 seconds. Phone: jumps to that point
OK while a video plays	The play / pause button	Pause or play (on TV, OK also takes Skip Intro when it shows)
▲ while a video plays	Tap the picture	The player's buttons: sources, subtitles, audio, episodes
Hold a Continue Watching card	Hold a Continue Watching card	Takes it off the row
Hold an episode on a show's page	Hold an episode on a show's page	Play it, add it to My List or to My Media
+ Season to My List, on a show's page	+ Season to My List, on a show's page	Saves the whole season as one card that plays it through Next update

⭐ My List

On a TV remote	On a phone	What it does
Hold a poster in My List	Hold a poster in My List	Play it, go to its show, or take it off the list — no more hunting for the exact episode on the show's page Next update
▶ Play all · 🔀 Shuffle	▶ Play all · 🔀 Shuffle	Plays a list title after title, from the first one you added. Continue picks up where you stopped Next update
Settings › Video player	Settings › Video player	Take watched episodes off My List (off to start) Next update

📺 Live TV

On a TV remote	On a phone	What it does
Hold a channel in the guide	Hold a channel in the guide	Favorite, record, hide, or add it to your own group
◀ · ▲ ▼ · ▶ on a channel	—	Channel list · change channel · options
OK · ◀ ▶ with Pause & rewind on (Pro)	The on-screen pause and skip buttons	Pause or play · back 10 s / forward 30 s (TV: hold OK for the channel list)
Menu on a multiview tile	Tap a multiview tile	TV: takes it off (OK opens its options). Phone: its sound comes on; tap it again for its options

💾 My Media

On a TV remote	On a phone	What it does
Hold a title in My Media	Hold a title in My Media	Add it to a category, save it to this device, or delete it
▶ Play all · 🔀 Shuffle in My Media	▶ Play all · 🔀 Shuffle in My Media	Plays a whole row or category, file after file Next update

🧸 Kids Zone

On a TV remote	On a phone	What it does
Arrows, then OK (Coloring Book)	Tap a crayon, then a shape	Moves shape to shape and fills it in with the crayon you picked
Hold OK on a shape (Coloring Book)	—	All the crayons pop up; pick one to fill the shape
Start over (Coloring Book)	Start over (Coloring Book)	Press it twice to clear the page

🎮 Games & more

On a TV remote	On a phone	What it does
Hold a game in the Arcade	Hold a game in the Arcade	Favorites and playlists
Back in a game	—	Opens its pause menu (save, load, quit)
Hold a song in Music	Hold a song in Music	Saves it for offline (or removes the saved copy)
Hold a saved recipe	Hold a saved recipe	Removes it
▲ ▼ in Trailer Shuffle	Swipe left or right in Trailer Shuffle	Next or previous trailer
—	Swipe a card in Group Pick	Right for yes, left for no

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