Smart TVs are becoming more and more popular as the days are passing by, as they provide attractive features to its users which makes it a very popular choice among the individuals.
Roku is a brand of Smart TV that is used by many people worldwide.
Firestick is made by Amazon which has launched their initiative in the arena of Smart TV with their invention “Firestick”.
YouTube is a popular channel when it comes to video streaming and oftentimes the user wants to watch those videos that are being streamed ibn YouTube platform from their Smart TVs.
In this guide we will discuss how to see YouTube description on Smart TV, Roku and Firestick.
How To See YouTube Description On Smart TV
YouTube has not developed any direct features that will let you see YouTube description as of yet.
To see the YouTube description in your Smart TV you can follow the steps given below and you will be able to do that.
Step 1: First open your Smart TV and then go to the homescreen of the TV.
Step 2: For the next step you will have to download any web browser of your choice from the “TV Apps” from where you can download and install it in your Smart TV.
Step 3: Now open the web browser and search “www.Youtube.com” and open the Youtube site in your Smart TV.
Step 4: You will have to select your video of choice that you want to read the description about. First open the video and let the video play.
When the video is running you can just scroll down to read the description provided for the video.
If the video description is not showing completely, you will have to click on the “Show More” option to open the complete description in the YouTube video.
How To See YouTube Description On Roku
When you want to watch your favourite YouTube videos in Roku you will have to install the App in your TV for you to access it.
After you have installed you can watch the video by going to YouTube and then open the description of the video from there.
Below are the steps given in more detail for your better understanding.
Step 1: Firsty you will have to go to the main interface of your device by pressing the home button in your remote.
Step 2: Next you will need to select the option of “Add Channels” from the home screen of your Roku Device.
Step 3: After this you will have to select the category of “Web Video ” from the side bar present there and then you will need to select “Youtube”, from the right side of the screen.
Step 4: Now you will have to select “Add channel” from the dialogue box that has opened on your screen.
Strep 5: After this you will need to press “Ok” in the dialogue box that will be popping out when Rokuy had successfully added Youtube to your channels, just wait for a few minutes and it should happen.
Step 6: After you are done with adding Youtube to your Roku device channels you will have to go to the home page of your device and open Youtube from there.
Step 7: Now search for the video that you want to read the description on and open it.
As it will play you can just scroll down to read the description that is present there.
You can just click on the “Show more” option if you want to read the complete description of the video.
How To See YouTube Description On Firestick
To see your favourite YouTube videos in Firestick you will have to directly cast them from your phone to your Firestick device.
However as of yet Amazon had not developed any system by which you can watch the video description in your Firestick device.
To see the video you can follow the steps given below and it should enable you to open YouTube videos on your device.
Step 1: First you will need to open your Firestick device and choose YouTube from the options in your homepage.
You will be asked to choose a browser, where you will need to pick “Silk Browser”.
Step 2: You have to download and install “Silk Browser” in your Firestick device so that you can play and cast the YouTube video directly to your Firestick device.
After you have downloaded and installed “Silk Browser” you will need to go to your phone and open the video that you want to see from there.
Step 3: You will need to make sure that both your Firestick device and your phone are connected to the same wifi connection.
After that when you open the video in your YouTube from your phone you can see a cast option.
Just cast the video from there and you can watch the YouTube video on your Firestick device.
You can not open the description of the video unfortunately from your Firestick device but you can check the description out by opening the video description in the YouTube app of your phone.
