Sign in to the YouTube app on your smart TV or game console
Sign in to the YouTube app on your smart TV or game console
If you’re using YouTube on a Smart TV or game console from 2013 or newer, you likely have the youtube.com/tv app. You can sign in to the YouTube app to use features like watching paid content and subscribing to channels.
Start the sign in process on your Smart TV or game console
- To start, open the YouTube app on your TV or game console.
- Go to the left-hand navigation.
- Select Sign in .
You can sign in to YouTube using your phone, TV, or web browser.
Continue the sign in process with your phone
- Make sure your mobile device is on the same Wi-Fi network as your TV.
- Select Sign in with your phone.
- On your phone, open the YouTube app.
- Follow the instructions to sign in to your TV.
Continue the sign in process on your TV
- Select Sign in on your TV.
- Use the keyboard to enter your email or phone number for your Google Account.
- Click Next.
- Use the keyboard to enter the password for your Google Account.
- Verify your account.
Continue the sign in process with a web browser
- Select Sign in with a web browser.
- A code will show on your TV.
- On your phone, tablet, or computer, open a browser and go to youtube.com/tv/activate.
- Enter the code shown on your TV.
- Sign in with your account.
Use different accounts on your Smart TV or game console
In the YouTube app on your smart TV or game console, you can sign in to different accounts and easily switch between these accounts. Members of your household can add their own accounts, and guests can use YouTube signed out (guest mode). Guest mode lets others use YouTube on your TV or game console while signed out. Any actions taken while signed out (in guest mode) won’t affect your account’s recommendations.
Add another Google Account on your smart TV or game console
To add another account in the YouTube app on your smart TV or game console:
- Open the YouTube app on your TV or game console.
- If the app opens asking you “Who’s Watching?” select the relevant option:
- Use signed out (guest): Lets you use YouTube signed out.
- Add account: Lets you sign in to your account.
- If the app opens signed in to an account:
- Go to the left-hand navigation.
- At the top, select your profile picture.
- Within the Accounts tab, select the relevant option:
- Use signed out (guest): Lets you use YouTube signed out.
- Add account: Lets other members of your household add their account. You can sign in to YouTube using your TV or personal device.
Switch between signed in Google Accounts on your smart TV or game console
You can easily switch between signed in accounts on your smart TV or game console.
To switch between signed in accounts in the YouTube app on your smart TV or game console:
- Open the YouTube app on your TV or game console.
- If the app opens:
- Asking you “Who’s Watching?”:
- Select the account you’d like to use for YouTube.
- Already signed in to an account:
- Go to the left-hand navigation.
- At the top, select the profile picture.
- Within the Accounts tab, select the account you’d like to use for YouTube.
- Asking you “Who’s Watching?”: