Testers

Thank you for testing! This is a test version. Some parts have only been tried on TV emulators (software copies of a TV), never on a real TV. That is exactly why we need you. Nothing here can harm your TV; at worst a feature does not work.

The guide is in English and Arabic: install steps for each TV, the checklist and a report page.

What has been tested

Install steps

Test checklist

Tick OK or ✗ for each line; skip what you cannot try. Rows marked real TV are the most important: nobody has tested them on a real TV yet. Write the number of every ✗ in your report.

Basics

1. 1
   Installs and opens. real TV Android: ARM file · SamsungSofa Tube appears in the apps list with the orange sofa icon and opens YouTube. Close it and open it again: still fine?
2. 2
   Start screen.Samsung · Android: logo pops in, play button pulses, “Sofa Tube / صوفا تيوب” rises in. Smooth, or jerky / skipped? (LG shows a still picture.)
3. 3
   First-time setup.On a new install it asks for language, PIN and kid mode. Easy to follow?
4. 4
   Videos playwith picture and sound, good quality, no stutter. Try a long video and a live one.
5. 5
   No adsbefore or during videos, and no “Sponsored” tile on Home.
6. 6
   SponsorBlock.In a video with a sponsor part (many tech / vlog channels), the part is skipped with a short message.
7. 7
   Settings openwith Green, or with ★ Sofa Tube (sidebar, player bar, top of YouTube's Settings page). Back closes them.

Speed and moving around

1. 8
   Fast speeds: sound at 1.5× and 2×. real TV Samsung · AndroidRed (or ★ → Change speed) → 1.5×, then 2×. Does the sound keep playing, at normal pitch? Watch 1 minute each.
2. 9
   Slow speeds: 0.75× and 0.5×. real TV Samsung · AndroidSound clear, no crackle, normal pitch? On LG also try Playback → Sound at other speeds: Smooth / Classic.
3. 10
   If the sound cuts out in 8 or 9:Playback → Speed method → Re-timing, try again, and note which method works.
4. 11
   Jump and chapters.While watching: ★ → Jump to 0%–90% (◀▶ and OK, or a number key). Number keys 1–9 jump directly. In a video with chapters: ★ → Chapters list; CH+ / CH− skip chapters.
5. 12
   Action menu and button guide.Yellow while watching opens the Action menu. Hold a colour button: a guide shows what every button does.

Locks and kids

1. 13
   PIN and app lock.Locks page: set a PIN (entered twice), try Practise entering the PIN with the arrows and OK, turn on Lock the app. Close and reopen the app: the PIN is asked.
2. 14
   Locks again after you leave. real TVWith Lock the app on: press Home, wait more than 30 seconds, go back to Sofa Tube: the PIN is asked again. Also try turning the TV off and on.
3. 15
   Kid mode and allowed hours.Kids page: turn on Kid mode, set Allowed hours so that now is outside them: a lock screen appears. Extra time with the PIN works?

Phone, buttons, language

1. 16
   Settings from your phone. real TV Samsung: most importantLG: open the Sofa Tube Phone app. Samsung / Android: Settings → Backup and about → Settings on your phone. Scan the QR code with a real phone on the same Wi-Fi, change a setting: does the TV follow at once?
2. 17
   Learned buttons.Remote buttons → Learned buttons → Learn a button, press a button you never use (e.g. a media key), pick an action, then try it while watching. Which buttons were refused?
3. 18
   Arabic.Backup and about → Language → العربية. Text right-to-left, letters joined, nothing cut off, font easy to read from the sofa?
4. 19
   Prayer times (if you use them).Prayer times page: pick your city; today's times are right? A reminder (or pause) comes at the adhan. The TV clock and time zone must be right.
5. 20
   Night dim and screen off.Player look: night dim darkens the picture. Screen off (Action menu) keeps the sound; any button brings the picture back.
6. 21
   An evening of normal use.Any freeze, black screen, crash, or the app closing by itself? After the TV wakes from standby, does the video come back?

Report: what to send back

Send the report page from the guide (a photo is fine) and, for anything that failed, a photo or short video of the TV screen. Videos help most for sound and speed problems.

• TV brand and model, and the year of the TV
• System version (webOS / Tizen / Android / Fire OS)
• Remote (colour buttons? Magic Remote?)
• Install went OK?
• Numbers with ✗
• For each problem: the line number, what you did, what you expected, what happened.
• What did you like? What should change?

Where to find the model and version: usually in the TV's Settings → … → About (the name differs by brand).