Apart from Samsung and LG, most smart TV manufacturers use Google's Android TV platform to make thousands of apps available on your smart TV. But these Android TVs, boxes, and sticks only have 8GB of space. About 5 GB of this is available for storage. You can clear cache on Android TV to free up space or fix irregularities in installed apps. Here are the steps to clear cache on Android TV and Google TV…
Just like mobile apps, smart TV apps collect cache to improve app performance and overall system speed. Sometimes apps collect corrupt cache which causes issues like Android TV not playing videos, not connecting to Wi-Fi, etc.
Why Should You Clear Cache on Android TV?
Cache is a small set of files that Android TV apps collect in the background. Cache files from popular apps like Netflix, Hulu, YouTube etc. accumulate over time and take up your Android TV space. These applications may collect corrupted files and interfere with normal operations on your TV. Here are some reasons to clear cache on Android TV:
- Lack of space on your Android TV.
- Glitches in apps and Android TV system.
- In practice, it allows you to start from scratch.
- Increases overall system speed and performance.
Clear Cache for Android TV
Before we get started, we'd like to clear up any confusion between Android TV and Google TV. Some manufacturers, such as TCL, HiSense, Google Chromecast, Sony and Sansui, prefer Google TV as the default launcher on their TVs. Google TV is a user interface on top of the Android TV system.
OEMs like Xiaomi have adopted Android TV as the default operating system and added a custom PatchWall UI to their TVs. The overall user interface is quite different on Android TV and Google TV. We will cover both platforms in the steps below.
Step 1: Open the Android TV Home Screen and go to Settings in the upper right corner.
Step 2: Scroll to Apps.
My name is 3: Select See all apps.
Step 4: You can check the app name and overall size at the bottom. Choose an app.
Step 5: See how much data and cache these apps consume on your Android TV. As you can see from the screenshot below, one of our frequently used applications is consuming 225 MB of cache.
Step 6: Select Clear data and Clear cache.
Go back to the Apps menu and repeat the same process for any problematic apps on your Android TV.
What Happens When You Clear Cache on Smart TV?
When you clear cache on Android TV or Google TV apps, the system removes your account information, search items, cached photos, videos, and more from those apps.
You may notice a high loading time when you launch the app. The app or service collects cache from scratch and you have to log in again with your account information. If the issues persist with a particular app, you can uninstall it from the same app information menu and try downloading it again from Google Play Store.
Should I Clear Google Play Store Cache?
You can see Google Play Store in the list of installed apps on your Android TV and Google TV. When you fail to download or install apps from Google Play Store, you may need to clear the Play Store cache and try again. This is one of the effective ways to fix Play Store issues on your smart TV.
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