Open Live TV, pick a group along the top, and tap a channel name to start watching. Underneath each name you can see what is on right now, with a bar showing how far through it is.
Changing channel while watching
- The Channels button in the player controls slides the channel list in over the picture. Playback carries on behind it; pick a name to switch. The same groups are along the top, so a package of several hundred channels is still easy to move around in.
- Swipe up or down on the picture to move one channel at a time.
- Swipe in from the left edge to open the same channel list.
- On a remote, channel up and down do the same thing.
Back closes the channel list rather than leaving what you are watching. The ✕ in the top-left corner leaves playback altogether.
The channels you actually watch
Channels you have watched lately are collected into a group of their own, Recently watched, newest first — and the same handful appears as a row of logos along the bottom of the player controls. So the five or six channels you really use are one press away, whichever group each of them lives in. Twenty are kept. Settings → Recently watched says how many there are and clears the list.
The controls
Tap the picture — or press OK on a remote — and the title, the buttons and the cast button appear together, then fade after a few seconds. Nothing is left painted over the picture.
Playback follows the phone: hold it upright and you watch upright, turn it sideways and the picture turns with it. The status and navigation bars are hidden while you watch; swipe in from an edge if you need them.
