Can I not just add apps to the homescreen?

by sitefinitysteve

I just hooked up a sony bravia, and I'm really struggling with the home screen.

So the top bar is like my shows and youtube recommendations, but also GAME recommendations

How can I turn off things like Games\PlayMovies from there

The next bar is "Featured apps" which I googled and I guess is just some sony crap, it's 99% junk, but has Prime Video, Netflix, Plex on it... which I want.

I found out how to kill this, but it removes the prime video, plex links (netflix is on the remote, not a dealbreaker

The THIRD bar though is just "Apps", so I would assume this is where my apps live... but it's just YouTube, PlayMusic\Games\Store. Then some sony android apps for local video\music and stuff. Worse though is "Control setup with amazin alexa"...not an alexa house, but is this just here forever?

How can I get the stuff I want in here, and the other stuff out?

Thanks ANYONE for helping :)

In_The_Trenches

I read that there's an update rolling out that will change how the Apps button on the remote works. After the update, Apps is supposed to take you to installed apps only, not the Sony Select screen. Don't know if that helps you, but I'm looking forward to the update. Also, I haven't figured out how to install other apps except to use the voice control to find the app and install (AMC, for example).

Edit: I cannot install the update myself. If I click the update button, it says that the update will be rolled out and automatically pushed to the device. All this said, I'm in love with my Bravia X900!

bobniborg1

Should be settings - home screen. But all of them are different. In there you can add or drop stuff.

Greylights888

It sounds like you just want a clean grid of apps, free from Sony and Google's trash.

You could try the app 'ATV launcher'. Replaces the home screen with something far more straightforward and pleasant looking. You can use it to hide unwanted apps or put things in folders.