Like downloading an app on your Hisense TV, updating it is also equally important. Only if you update the apps on your Hisense Smart TV regularly, you can enjoy its latest content, feature additions & interface. It also helps get you out of app glitching issues and harmful bugs.
Refer to this guide and learn the possible methods to update apps on different models of Hisense TVs clearly.
Essential Preparations Before Updating Hisense TV Apps
- Turn on and connect your Hisense TV to WIFI that is stable and fast enough.
- Clear your Hisense TV cache to prevent app update failure.
How to Update Apps on Different Hisense TV Models
In the following headings, the method to manually update apps of each Hisense TV model and the way to enable automatic app updates are given individually.
Hisense Android TV
- Launch the Play Store app from the Apps section.
- Click on the Apps section and choose Manage apps and games.
- Tap Updates and select the particular app you want to update under the Updates pending section. Then, click on the Update option.
- To upgrade all the apps that have an update on your Hisense Android TV, click Update All.
Enable Automatic app updates: Select My Apps section on Google Play Store → Open Settings and enable Auto-update apps.
Hisense Fire TV
- Open the Apps section from the Home page and hover over the tile of apps installed on your Hisense Fire TV.
- Reach the required app and press the Menu button on your remote while highlighting it.
- In the appearing options on the right side, select More Info and click on Update. Now, the app selected app will start updating on your Hisense TV.
Enable Automatic app updates: Select the Application icon near Settings on the Home screen. Click on the Appstore option → Automatic Updates and turn it ON.
Hisense Google TV
- On the top of your TV’s Home page, select the Profile icon.
- Go to Settings & choose the Apps option.
- Click Manage updates → See available updates and select Updates on the next screen.
- Now, you can choose Update all to upgrade all the apps at once or select the required app and click Update to update individually.
Enable Automatic app updates: Click the Profile icon → select Settings → Apps → Manage updates → Enable the toggle switch of Auto-update apps.
Hisense Roku TV
- Launch the Home screen of your Hisense Roku TV by pressing the remote’s Home button.
- Then, press the right navigation key and step into the Apps section.
- Highlight the app that has to be updated and press your remote’s Asterisk (*) button.
- Select Check for updates from the pop-up and click on Update if the new version of that app is available.
If there is an availability of a stable internet connection, then Hisense Roku TV will update all its apps within every 32 to 48 hours.
Hisense VIDAA & Xumo TVs
You don’t have to update apps on Hisense VIDAA and Xumo TVs manually. They use cloud technology, which automatically updates the apps on these TVs whenever there is an internet connection.
How to Update Apps on Hisense TV Without Remote
The Roku App (Official) is the only official Hisense TV remote app that offers an option to update apps on the TV directly. So, you can pair it with your Hisense Roku TV and update its apps. Here’s how to do it.
- Install The Roku App (Official) on your mobile.
- Open the app and sign in to your Roku account. Then, tap Devices and select your Hisense Roku TV.
- After pairing, click Channels and get your TV apps list.
- Reach the My Channel section and choose the required app. Tap Update and update the app on your Hisense Roku TV remotely using your smartphone.
Even if there is no option to update apps, you can still use the other official Hisense TV remote apps or IR-based third-party remote apps as a remote control to access the on-screen options and update apps.
What If I Can’t Update Apps on Hisense TV?
In some unfortunate circumstances, you won’t be able to update a single or all the apps on your Hisense TV. This happens due to multiple factors, like bugs, glitches, app corruption/incompatibility, or problems in the TV software. The following troubleshooting methods will save you out of this issue.
- Check if there is an actual internet supply on the Hisense TV and if it is connected to a WIFI network or ethernet.
- If the internet is slow, restart the router to pick up speed.
- Restart the Hisense TV once if the app update fails in between. If the updation is not getting initiated, then check if the Hisense TV storage is running out and clear memory if needed.
- If only a particular app is not updating, delete it immediately. Then, get into your Hisense TV app store & download the latest version of the app.
- Additionally, if you can’t upgrade a particular app, check if it is still supported by the TV. If not, then opt for an alternate app.
FAQ
If you want to update a sideloaded app on your Hisense Fire, Android, or Google TV, delete it first. Then, install the app’s latest APK file and use it in its updated version on your TV.
Generally, if you perform a software upgrade on any Hisense TV, all its apps will update automatically. So, you can update software to update apps on Hisense TVs with the VIDAA or Roku OS.
Yes, you can update software or use the Manage apps and games option on supported models like Hisense Google TV to update apps without entering the official app store. Moreover, if you have the Hisense Roku TV, then you can remotely update apps from your mobile phone using The Roku App (Official).
