Samsung Smart View

A Google user

Started Fine, Failed Soon After. When I first got the TV, it was a pain in the butt to connect my phone to it via the app, but it finally connected and worked well. Heck, it even gave me added functionality. Then, it updated and nothing worked anymore. Now? It won't even connect. Half the time, it can't even find the TV. (And I've tried both wired and wireless.) I'm just fed up and it's wasting space on my phone, it's gotta go. Get SmartThings, it's replacing this app.

A Google user

EDIT: Okay, so it looks like you need to use SmartThings in conjunction with this app. Then it will work. Flat out broken. Doesn't connect to my Samsung TV when both are connected to the same network. And, well, let's face it, that's basically the most important feature here, sooo....broken. And since the last update was 11 months ago, I doubt anyone has any interest in fixing this. No idea if any other features work well or not, obviously.

A Google user

Garbage remote app. This app is not very responsive & often doesn't react to user input. Unlike Roku's app, there's no way to pull up a keyboard to enter text, so it's incredibly difficult to input passwords and usernames for the built-in TV apps. The only reason this gets two stars instead of one is because of the option to quickly select and display media straight from the user's phone. Otherwise, this app is petty bad. This is all inexcusable considering Samsung is such a huge brand.

A Google user

Would give zero stars since the app literally does nothing. It can find the TV but can not connect. Very frustrating. Getting the same issue on the Windows app too. But it works on my friend's iPhone so I know it's set up correctly. Some features are only available through this app so it kind of ruins the point of buying a Samsung TV.

A Google user

Garbage. This app worked fine when I first bought my TV. It was great. Really. However after about 6 months it would no longer load beyond the opening "Smart View" splash screen, and neither TV/phone updates or multiple smart view re-installs remedied the issue. Now a year later and on a new phone I figured I would see if the issues still persisted. Laughably, the app cannot even tell I'm connected to WiFi. Dont waste your time on this mess.

A Google user

From one of the biggest companies in the mobile space comes a connection from my Samsung phone to my Samsung TV and it's so painfully bad. Oh, it will connect but then it can't do much more than mirror your phone screen. Don't think this is a substitute to Chromecast because it's not. Video latency is terrible. Even playing music is a challenge for this. And keep the phone close by the TV too because just a feet away affects its performance. Don't waste your time. This app is a big tease.

A Google user

Connect flawlessly, love that it allows you to share photos and videos. However it makes no sense that they would not add on ability to share your screen. This used to be a feature that came with Samsung phones, but some genius decided to remove that feature from the latest models. Please add screen sharing/ casting to the app.

A Google user

App stopped connecting to my Frame TV Now I can't put any of my own images on the TV. Plus feedback email address (that you can only get to in the settings menu, which is only accessible after you connect to a TV!) is invalid. And there's apparently no way to access the TV from a computer. You know, a computer, where you are more likely to have images you would want to use on the TV? I just tried to send feedback to the email address listed here, and it's invalid, too.

Bob Atkins

Full-featured remote control with the ability to send pictures, music and video from your phone directly to the TV. Get this app while you can because Samsung has replaced it with the SmartThings app which is crippled and cannot send pictures, music or video from your phone to the TV. The SmartThings app can't even turn the TV on when it's off.

A Google user

Good concept but crappy app. I have to restart it or force stop because it freezes up. Figured Samsung would have an app comparable to it's products but disappointed with this. It's useable but you have to have patience. Definitely need yo get it in your head right away that you are going to have to restart/force stop at least once or twice a day. Get it together. You're better than this.