Live TV that keeps the picture
The channel plays full screen while your groups and channels sit in a strip along the bottom. Point at a channel and click to tune it, or press channel up and down.
LG Smart TV with webOS
Point at what you want to watch.
On an LG TV the Magic Remote moves a pointer across the screen, and My TV Player follows it. Point at a channel, a program or a movie to select it and click to open it, or use the arrows and OK as usual.
Coming soon to the LG Content StoreCreate a free account
The LG app is not in the store yet. Set up your account and playlists on the web now, and your TV signs in with a code on the day it arrives.
Magic Remote
Pointing selects. Clicking opens.
The tile under the pointer lights up exactly as if you had moved there with the arrows. Nothing starts until you click, so you can look around before you choose.
Point at a tile to try it. It takes the focus the way it does on the TV.
Point
Whatever is under the pointer takes the focus.
Click
Press OK, the wheel in the middle of the remote, to open what you point at.
Or use the arrows
The arrows, OK and Back work on every screen, with any LG remote.
On the TV
Live TV, the guide and your library, in one app.
A guide you can read across the room
Channels down the side, the time across the top and a line where now is. Point at a program to select it.
Movies and shows, with My list
Each title has its own page with the details, a trailer and My list. Continue watching follows your account from your phone to the TV.
Catch-up
A page of its own, for channels where your provider keeps past programs.
Sport
Each profile follows its own sports, leagues and teams, with fixtures and standings.
Profiles and kids
Kid profiles get a daily limit and a bedtime. When time is up, a grown-up unlocks the TV with a PIN or a QR code.
Nine languages
Arabic included, laid out right to left, with the arrow keys mirrored to match.
Sign in
Sign in with your phone, not the remote.
There is no email or password to type with the remote. The TV shows an 8-character code and a QR code, and you confirm it from a phone or computer where you are signed in.
Open the app
The sign-in screen shows the code and a QR code.
Scan or type
Scan the QR with your phone camera, or enter the code at mytvplayer.app/pair.
Confirm on your phone
The TV signs in and your profiles appear, with the playlists you added on the web.
The code refreshes on its own before it expires.
Install
Get it from the LG Content Store.
LG TVs install apps from LG's own store, on the TV. There is no file to download.
- Home button
Press Home
The house button on the remote opens the home screen.
- Point and click
Open Apps
Point at Apps, LG's store, and click. With the arrows, move to it and press OK.
- On-screen keyboard
Search for My TV Player
Click the magnifying glass and type the name on the on-screen keyboard.
- OK
Install, then Launch
The app opens on its sign-in code. Confirm it from your phone and you are watching.
On a computer right now?
Scan this with your phone to keep these steps in your hand at the TV.
mytvplayer.app/dl/lgAdd a playlist on the web first. The TV app plays what is already in your account.
Requirements
What you need
- An LG TV running webOS 26 or laterLG is bringing webOS 26 to 2022 OLED and 8K QNED models and to models from 2023 on through its webOS Re:New updates, in stages. Your TV's settings show the version it runs.
- A broadband connection
- A free My TV Player account
- A playlist or provider login of your own. No channels are included.
Questions
Before you install
Do I need the Magic Remote?
No. The arrows, OK and Back work on every screen. The pointer is there when your remote has one.
Which LG TVs can run it?
TVs running webOS 26 or later. Earlier versions of webOS cannot run the app.
Do I type a password on the TV?
No. The TV shows a code, and you confirm it from a phone or computer where you are signed in.
Does it come with channels?
No. My TV Player is a player. You add your own playlists or provider logins in the web console, and the TV plays them.
Set it up in your browser, then pick up the remote.
Create your account and add a playlist on the web. Install the app on the TV, confirm the code, and point at something to watch.