Smart TV s are nowadays becoming the norm when it comes to TV s for our homes and Youtube is an ever staple channel that we all love to watch.
It does not also hurt that Youtube can be accessed from a wide variety of Smart TVs and brands, for example the Roku and Amazon Firestick as well as other Smart TVs in the market.
Roku is an brand of Smart TV where you do not need cable to set up and watch your favourite series and shows.
You can just install Roku in your home and start watching everything you want in your TV.
Roku gives you a hassle free experience for your enjoyment. Amazon Firestick is a similar streaming device that lets the user stream whatever the user wants to watch at that particular moment.
In this guide, we will discuss how to click link in description on Smart TV, Roku and Firestick.
How To Click Link In Description On Youtube On Smart TV?
To click on a description link from youtube video in a TV there are only a few ways you can do it as youtube has yet to add any direct feature that will allow the users to do it.
You can follow the below mentioned steps to open the link from your Youtube video description.
Step 1: First open the web browser and go to Youtube from your smart TV.
If you do not have a web browser installed in your smart TV you can just go to the TV Apps in your Smart TV and from there download a web browser to your liking.
Step 2: Now open the web browser in your smart TV and then type “www.Youtuibe.com” in your web browser and this will automatically open the Youtube site in your TV.
Step 3: Now search for the video that you want to see and start playing it.
When the video starts playing just scroll down and tap on the video description.
You can tap on the option “Show more” to get the full description.
Step 4: In the description that you have now opened the link that you want to open weill remain so you can just click on that link from there and the link should automatically open to take you to your desired page.
How To Click Link In Description On YouTube On Roku?
In Roku to watch Youtube you will first have to install the Youtube app in your device and then you can open the youtube video from there and go to the link of your desired choice. You can follow the below steps to do that on your own in your device.
Step 1: Press the home button in the remote of your roku device which will open the main interface of your device.
Step 2: After this you will have to select the option of “Add Channels” option from the Home screen of Roku.
Step 3: Then select the “Web Video” channel category from the side bar and next you will have to select “Youtube “ from the right side.
Step 4: Now select “Add Channel” from the tab that has opened to add Youtube in your channels.
Step 5: After this Roku will be adding Youtube to your already list of channel and this should take only a few minutes. You will be seeing a message where you will be notified by Roku that Youtube has been added and you should press “Ok” in the notification box.
Step 6: Now you will have to go to the home page of Roku and then select Youtube from the channels there and youtube will open. You should now sign in to your youtube channel so that you can access your favourite video, playlists and recommendation tailored to you by Youitube.
Step 7: Next you should search the video that you are interested in and open it. when the video will open you scroll to the description box and read it.
Step 8: You can click on the link given in the description now.
however if you can not see the link the you can open the full description by clicking on the option “show details” and this will show you the full description where you can also see the clink.
How To Click Link In Description On Youtube On Firestick?
For you to see your Youtube video in your Firestick you will have to directly cast it from your phone to your TV.
To do that you can just follow the steps mentioned below and you will be able to do those.
Step 1: Go to the home page in your Firestick and choose Youtube from the given options and then you will be asked to select an option between “Firefox” and “Silk Browser”.
Step 2: For you to be able to cast directly from your phone you will have to download Amazon’s silk browser in your device.
Then you can open Silk browser after you have downloaded it in your device.
In case you have already previously installed Firefox in your device you will have to uninstall it.
Step 3: Now you will need to open your phone and then youtube app from the phone.
Make sure that both the TV network and your phone remains on the same wifi connection.
After you open the app you will be able to see an option of cast button where you can choose to cast the video in your TV.
Select to cast the video and now you should be able to view the Youtube video in your Firestick.
Step 4: You can watch the video from youtube in your Amazon Firestick but to open the link given in the description box you will have to do that from your phone through which you are casting the video to your Firestick.
