Google Play Store is the home for downloading apps for Android smartphones, tablets, and various Smart TVs. When it comes to Hisense TV models, you can find the Play Store app only on Android & Google OS variants. Moreover, you don’t have to use Google Play Store as a standalone app to download applications on Hisense Google TV. In this guide, you can learn how to access the Google Play Store on the supported models in detail.
How to Use Play Store on Hisense TV Running Android and Google OS
In this section, you’ll learn how to download, delete, and update apps on Hisense Android & Google Smart TV.
Download Apps
- On Hisense Android TV, click on the Apps option. From the list of available apps, choose Google Play Store or Get more apps and enter the app store.
- On Hisense Google TV, click on the Search for apps and games field and search Google Play Store. The Google Play interface will open up. Otherwise, just select the Search option.
- Click the Search icon in the Play Store interface. When the virtual keyboard appears, use the remote control or paired Hisense TV remote app to type the app name and search for it.
- Then, you can select the Install button to add the app to your Hisense TV like you do on a mobile phone.
Update Installed Apps
You can update either a particular or all the apps at once from the My Apps section.
- Go to Updates available and click Update near a particular app you want to update.
- Click on the Update all to upgrade all the apps on your Hisense TV at once.
Delete Unused Apps
- To delete an app on Hisense TV, click on Manage apps and games → Manage → select the app and click Uninstall.
- To remove multiple apps at once, select the checkbox near the required apps and click Uninstall at the top.
How to Use Google Play Store on Unsupported Models
On the other Hisense TV models that use Fire, VIDAA, Xumo & Roku OS, you can’t access the Google Play Store app. Even there is no possibility of sideloading the app store on them. If your intention is to download apps, then you can use the respective app stores of these OS variants.
The following listing will provide you with the names of the built-in app stores of various Hisense TV models.
- Hisense Fire TV – Amazon Appstore
- Hisense VIDAA TV – VIDAA app store
- Hisense Roku TV – Roku Channel Store
- Hisense Xumo TV – App Store is unavailable. You can only access the built-in apps.
If you want to access the Android apps by downloading them from the Google Play Store on these models that are left out, you can use external streaming devices. Take an Android TV, NVIDIA Shield, and Chromecast with Google TV device and connect it to the TV HDMI port. Change the input on Hisense TV, and the Android interface will show up. Now, you can access the Play Store on the streaming device’s interface and download any desired apps.
How to Fix Issues of the Play Store App on Hisense TV
- As a foremost step, reboot your router if the Play Store app on Hisense TVs fails to load. Place it closer to your TV and make sure the internet subscription is active.
- If an app fails to install or update consistently, restart your Hisense TV once and try again. Also, check whether the TV has enough space to install new apps.
- When you can’t download any apps on your TV, log out of your Google account from the app and sign in again.
- Keep Hisense TVs cache-free to prevent any problems occurring on the Play Store.
- If nothing bails you out, factory reset your Hisense TV and access the Play Store smoothly after setting up from the start.
FAQ
Yes. You can launch Play Store on your Hisense TV and search for apps using voice assistants. On the supported models, your remote will have a dedicated area to provoke the voice assistant.
If your TV does not have the Play Store, then it is running any of the other 4 Operating Systems apart from Google/Android OS, or it is a non-smart TV.
