{"id":695,"date":"2025-08-01T07:21:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T07:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/samsung-tv-outage-affects-thousands-of-apps-and-users-nothing-but-a-brick-tech-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T07:21:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T07:21:58","slug":"samsung-tv-outage-affects-thousands-of-apps-and-users-nothing-but-a-brick-tech-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/samsung-tv-outage-affects-thousands-of-apps-and-users-nothing-but-a-brick-tech-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung TV Outage Affects Thousands Of Apps And Users: Nothing But A Brick | Tech News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9477571\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">August 01, 2025, 12:45 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9477571\" class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-1687917601 asubttl-schema\">Samsung TV outage has affected loading of apps like Hulu and YouTube in select regions but Netflix is working on the big screen.<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-1687917601 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Samsung TV outage has affected thousands of its users this Friday\" title=\"Samsung TV outage has affected thousands of its users this Friday\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-1687917601\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Samsung TV outage has affected thousands of its users this Friday<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Samsung TV users faced a major outage early on Friday morning as its smart TV app was unavailable for a few hours to more thousands of users. Samsung uses its own platform to run apps and Live TV channels and it seems that any app running through its network and server went offline turning many smart TVs to just a dumb brick on the wall. <\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The outage tracker platform, Downdetector also confirms the outage with the Samsung TV app which started over 3:00 AM IST going way over 3 hours for people living in different parts of the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><strong>Samsung TV App Goes Offline, What Happened?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The tracking platform says over 79 percent of the Samsung TV users were facing issues with the app, which explains why most of the platforms running through its server were not available. Interestingly, some users claim Netflix was still available on their TVs which explains the isolated Samsung network issue that has caused the down time this week. It seems some people living in India are also seeing the same problem with their TVs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"twtiframe\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FYI. If you own a Samsung tv and it isn\u2019t working properly, that\u2019s because their servers are down, which means no internet connection.\u2014 Thorne (@Thorne75658284) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Thorne75658284\/status\/1951078684565315594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Many have shared their outburst around the issue on social media, and even highlighted that no level of troubleshooting will fix the problem with the TVs. And yes, please do not reset the TV.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"twtiframe\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Don\u2019t adjust your Samsung TV or do a reset. It\u2019s not the TV or your internet connection.Samsung servers are down and most of your apps will not work. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D4GrabzGRt\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/D4GrabzGRt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Democrats are destroying America \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@MichiganisMAGA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichiganisMAGA\/status\/1951078232490648016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">While some say Samsung needs to be more proactive in reaching out to its customers and tell them what issue has caused the outage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"twtiframe\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamsungTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@SamsungTV<\/a> Hey Samsung, since there is a global outage, how about putting out a statement to let people know what\u2019s going on anything would be appreciated. Gotta love failing in the customer support department.\u2014 Sean McCollom (@seanmccollom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmccollom\/status\/1951118013530513905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The company\u2019s website does not have a dedicated section where it can publicly share the outage status report and that seems to have triggered more anger among people who have spent thousands on their big TVs from the brand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Smart TVs are convenient to use but you need them connected to the internet, just like your phone, laptop or even tablets. If the apps on the TVs are not available or loading, you just have a big piece of brick attached to your living room\u2019s wall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Samsung does have the Wall TV series that might work just fine in these cases, but a major outage also brings back the age-old question of, how much smartness is too much. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"authorimg\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2023\/11\/aadeetya-3-2023-11-9de48efa65a9ed8ed13a8932cadb6d5a.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=0&amp;height=0\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/s-aadeetya-21044.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">S Aadeetya<\/a><\/p>\n<p>S Aadeetya, Special Correspondent at News18 Tech, accidentally got into journalism 10 years ago, and since then, has been part of established media houses covering the latest trends in technology and helping fr&#8230;<span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>S Aadeetya, Special Correspondent at News18 Tech, accidentally got into journalism 10 years ago, and since then, has been part of established media houses covering the latest trends in technology and helping fr&#8230;<!-- --> <span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-1687917601 artcta\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">News18 Tech delivers the latest technology updates, including phone launches, gadget reviews, AI advancements, and more. 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