Inevitably the app also serves as an alternative remote control, offering a replacement for all the buttons on the main remote control, and while also very letting you navigate around web pages on the TV by using finger movements on your smart device’s screen, just as you would if you were using your smart device’s own web browser. Or you can use the browser on the TV and ‘cast it’ back to your smart device if that’s the way you want to play it. The app additionally contains a web browser that you can use on your Smart device but simply ‘throw’ onto the TV screen if you find a page you want to share with others in the room. Panasonic My Home Screen – Second Screen ControlĪlso available via the app is the facility to access remotely many of the key apps stored on the TV’s Viera Connect service, and on Panasonic’s flagship TVs you can even use the Remote 2 app to calibrate the TV’s settings without having to disrupt the picture on the main screen with the calibration menus. Playing to your Smart device or a USB storage device inserted into the Panasonic TV. In a new feature for 2013 you can also use two fingers to SAVE the multimedia file you’re You just track down the multimedia you want to watch, and use a one-finger swipe to simply ‘throw’ the multimedia stream to the device you want it to appear on. You can also use the new second generation version of Panasonic’s Swipe & Share system to effortlessly transfer media from your smart device to your TV screen – or vice versa. On the high-end models just mentioned, which have dual Freesat and Freeview HD tuners, you can even use your smart device to watch a different tuner programme to that being watched on the main TV. The new Viera app provides an excellent range of ‘second screen’ functionality, especially if you’ve set yourself up with one of Panasonic’s ZT65 or VT65 plasmas, or WT65/DT65 LCDs.Īll Panasonic TVs compatible with the new Viera Remote 2 app (for iOS and Android) can stream their video live to networked smartphones or tablet computers, for second-screen viewing. And here again, Panasonic has upped its game considerably.
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The final element of Panasonic’s My Home Screen interface is its connection to the brand’s latest Android and iPad apps. Panasonic My Home Screen Smart TV Interface – App Support The new Viera Connect design is far better, looking much more modern and, crucially, using much smaller icons, so it can provide access to far more content onscreen at once than before. For the past few years we’ve found the main Viera Connect app menu rather primitive looking, and unable to handle high content levels as effectively as we would have liked. Yet more good news can be seen in the changes Panasonic has made to its Viera Connect menu. Ultimately you get the feeling that Panasonic has sat down with normal people and really listened to their feedback about what works in a Smart TV interface, rather than trying to force users to learn their way round a pre-created system, which is the feeling you get with some rival interfaces. There’s no overstating just how cleverly Panasonic’s new interface avoids all the OTT complexity of some rivals smart interfaces, without ever feeling limited in its scope. Panasonic My Home Screen Smart TV Interface – Ease of Use Ease of Use, Supporting Apps, Second Sceen Control and Verdict Review.Presets, The Info Screen, Homemade Screens and Facial Recognition Review.Panasonic My Home Screen Smart TV interface Review.