How To Update Vizio Smart Tv E Series

How to Update Your Vizio Boob tube

If you haven't updated your Vizio SmartCast Tv set in the by few months (or ever), y'all're definitely missing out. Waiting to update your Tv's firmware will leave y'all out of the loop on several new capabilities for your TV, ranging from amend picture quality to expanded compatibility with smart home devices. Consider it a free upgrade that will give you a ameliorate, more capable TV after just a few minutes of piece of work.

Vizio's SmartCast TVs have received several updates in the past year, adding more than streaming options, HDR support and skills for Amazon Alexa. Newly announced updates bring more than functionality to Vizio'south SmartCast TVs, calculation local app support and expanding features to include things similar Google Banana and smart-speaker integration.

Updating your SmartCast TV takes only a few minutes. Then grab your remote, and follow along to get your out-of-date TV back up to speed. Though nosotros're showing the steps taken to update a Vizio SmartCast E50-E1, the same steps should apply to most Vizio 4K TVs from 2016 and 2017.

1. Turn on the TV.

Beginning by powering on the Telly. At that place's a good adventure that y'all volition be prompted to cheque for and install updates right abroad. If so, follow the on-screen instructions to complete your update.

If y'all are not prompted to update right abroad, follow the instructions below to walk y'all through the process of finding and installing the necessary firmware updates.

two. Connect to Wi-Fi.

If you yet haven't gotten Vizio's automated updates nevertheless, chances are, information technology's because y'all don't have your set connected to the internet. To connect to your home network, press the Bill of fare button to go to the Boob tube'south master menu, and navigate downwards to the Network option.

The Network Settings carte du jour will give you the option of selecting your Wi-Fi network or connecting via Ethernet, and then will prompt y'all to enter your network password.

Once you lot're logged in to your habitation network, you can test the connection to ensure in that location are no boosted connectivity issues that might forestall a straightforward update. Once whatsoever networking issues have been solved and you are successfully connected, return to the main menu to begin the update procedure.

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From the chief menu, navigate down to the Arrangement menu.

In the Arrangement carte du jour, yous accept ii relevant options: Bank check for Organisation Updates, and System Information.

If yous want to jump directly to installing the latest update, select the first option, and jump down to stride 5. If you lot desire to get a little more information earlier installing annihilation, continue to step four.

4. Cheque the version number.

If you lot aren't sure which version of the operating organization yous're currently running, you tin can bank check this in the System Information menu.

Right below the model name, you will see an of import flake of information, labeled "Version," which refers to the firmware version installed on the Goggle box.

As of early February 2018, the nigh current version is 3.4.8.15. If your set has a version earlier than that, you'll desire to manually check for an update.

5. Check for available updates.

If you're ready to push the newest version of the software to your SmartCast TV, simply select the top selection nether the System card, labeled "Check for Updates."

Once you've selected this pick, you'll become an on-screen prompt asking you lot to confirm that you want to check for updates.

6. Begin installing the update.

Once you lot've confirmed, the arrangement will brainstorm downloading the latest version of the software. An on-screen message will show you the version number for both the currently installed software and the downloading update. This should match the information seen in step 4.

One time the update has downloaded, the TV volition restart to begin installing the update. Yous volition also get a splash screen that shows you the installation progress.

Once that step is finished, the Boob tube volition restart. You will too get a bulletin that tells you the update has successfully been installed and mentions some of the new features enabled on your SmartCast Television receiver.

Press the Play/Pause push button on the remote for more than details, or any other button to close the message and experience the newly updated TV.

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seven. Savor your new features.

With the latest software installed, you lot'll be able to enjoy all of the new capabilities Vizio has been adding to its SmartCast TVs. Some of these will be obvious, like the addition of local apps and content recommendations.

Other features may not be so easy to see. When in doubt, y'all can observe the version number of your update and search for details about the update on Vizio'southward website.

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Brian Westover is an Editor at Tom's Guide, roofing everything from TVs to the latest PCs. Prior to joining Tom'southward Guide, he wrote for TopTenReviews and PCMag.