ATV Smart YouTube TV Bridge

To enable global voice search, an additional app must be installed alongside SmartTube. This bridge app can intercept the System's attempts to open the original YouTube app and open SmartTube instead. For this to work, you must uninstall the original YouTube app. We know this sucks, but you can always reinstall it if you change your mind. The bridge app will not show up in your launcher and you cannot launch it directly; it is only used internally by the system's voice search. On some devices, you need to explicitly say "Youtube" when searching (e.g. say "youtube cute cats" instead of just "cute cats").

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On Amazon Fire TV:

1. uninstall the original YouTube app (no root required)
2. download and install the Amazon Bridge SmartTube app: https://kutt.it/stn_bridge_amazon (e.g. via Downloader by AFTVnews)

On Google Chromecast with Google TV:

1. uninstall the original YouTube app (no root required)
2. download and install the ATV Bridge SmartTube app: https://kutt.it/stn_bridge_atv (e.g. via Downloader by AFTVnews)

On all other Android devices, sadly root is required to enable this:

1. root your device (search for a guide for your specific device)
2. uninstall the official YouTube app using root (adb shell pm uninstall com.google.android.youtube.tv)
3. download and install the ATV Bridge SmartTube app: https://kutt.it/stn_bridge_atv (e.g. via Downloader by AFTVnews)