Choose the intended application first
Identify the app by its developer and current listing, not a similar icon. Open it once to confirm that it is the intended edition. If several household members use the screen, agree on the player and ordinary start route before reorganising the whole interface.
Google TV provides a Your apps row and app reordering. This is a launcher task. It does not change the app's internal favourites, channel order or content entitlement.
Move the app through the supported control
Find the tile in Your apps and hold Select to open its menu. Use Move, place it with the directional buttons and confirm. Google's documented interface also offers a Reorder tile at the end of the row. Finish the operation so the new order is saved.
Keep commonly used choices close enough that the intended viewer can find them consistently. Do not judge only by a helper's familiarity: ask the actual user to navigate from the ordinary home screen.
Test the route after the move
Return to Home, identify the tile, open it and reach a permitted item. Then exit playback and repeat. A complete route reveals more than a screenshot of the app row: the player may reopen on a login screen, a previous programme or a promotional panel.
Check readability and remote focus from the seating position. If the app opens correctly but its controls are difficult, record that as a separate interface issue. Reordering the launcher cannot repair labels inside a player.
Maintain the arrangement
Save a short note of the intended app and its position, especially on a shared screen. A later installation or profile change can alter what appears. Google documents profile-related behaviour, including exceptions for children's profiles; do not assume every profile exposes identical apps and controls.
If the app disappears, inspect the installed-app list and current profile before reinstalling it. A tile's absence from one row does not prove the package has been removed. This workflow covers the documented Google TV launcher, not every Android TV manufacturer's home screen.
Confirm the tile opens the intended edition
A home screen can also contain recommendations and content shortcuts. Make sure the item you move is the application tile rather than a programme recommendation with similar artwork. Repeat from Home after finishing the arrangement. If the tile opens a details page instead of the player, record that distinction; a shortcut destination is a separate issue from installation or the order of applications.
Sources and scope
Scope notes distinguish published documentation, supplied information and editorial methods. They do not report a hands-on service test.
- Install apps on Google TV — Official current support excerpt: search, installation, reordering and removal on Google TV.
