After downloading and activating the PBS app, you will be shown the Home screen when you open the PBS app. Being prompted to activate or still need to activate? Click here for an activation guide. The PBS app's navigation menu is on the left-side of the screen. You can access this menu at any time by using your remote to click to the left. Options for Home, Shows, My List, My Station, Search, and Settings will be available. Looking for your station's livestream?  We're still working on bringing the local station livestream to the PBS app on Samsung Smart TVs, and right now we don't have a specific release date for this feature. We recommend visiting the livestream via your computer, mobile device, or other supported streaming device. On the Home screen, you can view a selection of spotlight shows and videos currently being featured, as well as shows by genre as you scroll down. Shows you have added to My List will also be listed on this screen. Selecting the Shows option from the left navigation menu will offer a list of categories. Featured Shows will be at the top, followed by a selection from your local PBS station, and then shows organized by genre as you scroll down the screen. My List will display shows and videos that you have saved, as well the option to resume videos you have already started.  The My Station menu option provides you with a list of featured shows from your local PBS station and information on how to donate to your local PBS station. To find a specific show, select Search from the left-side menu. Use the onscreen keyboard to type the name of the show you are searching for into the search box. As you begin entering letters, the results below the search box will automatically update to return shows and videos related to the entered term. You can also select options from the Recommended Popular Shows section at the bottom. Once you have found a show to watch, select its poster image to visit the show page. Here you'll find options to add the show to My List along with available seasons and episodes if you click down the screen. Select a video's thumbnail to open the video page. Here you'll find options to Play the video or add the video to My List for later viewing. Related videos will appear under your selected video. The Settings option can help you change the local station your PBS app is set to or change the PBS account currently signed into the PBS app. To change the assigned local station, select the Change Station tile at the top, enter your zip code, and select your local station from the results. To change your account, select Change Account and confirm. You will then need to go through the activation steps to sign in with a different PBS account. For more information on activating the PBS app on Samsung Smart TVs, click this link. If you are trying to connect your Passport account to the PBS app, please make sure you are signing in with the same account you used when activation PBS Passport.

The resume feature on the PBS app easily allows you to return to a video and continue watching from where you last left off. To resume watching a video on the PBS app on Samsung Smart TV, you will first need to open the PBS app.   From the left navigation menu, select My List. Under My List, you will see rows for your saved Shows, Videos, and Viewing History. Scroll down to Viewing History and select one of your recently viewed videos.  You will then see the video's page where you have an option to Resume watching the video, or to Play from beginning. Select Resume and the video will begin to play from your last saved point in the video. Note: Your Viewing History will only include videos that have been viewed for at least five minutes. Interested in resuming a video on another PBS site or app? Click here for more instructions.

Starting in January 2021, closed captioning for the PBS app is now controlled through your Samsung Smart TV's main settings. To turn on captions to watch videos with subtitles displayed: From your Samsung Smart TV's Home screen, use your remote to select Settings. Select General, and then select Accessibility. Select Caption Settings, and then select Caption to turn captions on.  To turn off captions, repeat the steps above and select Caption again to turn them off. For further details on your Samsung Smart TV's closed caption settings, please see their help page here.

To change the local PBS station you are set to on the PBS app on Samsung Smart TV, you will first need to open the PBS app. Select the Settings option from the left-navigation menu: Select the Change Station option: Enter your zip code or the zip code of the PBS station you want to localize to and confirm. The screen should refresh and now have you localized to the newly selected PBS station.