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How to customize YouTube TV channel offering – YouTube TV Live Guide with local channels

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The channel guide is a great feature of YouTube TV. It's very similar to the channel list on a cable DVR. And in this video, I'll show you how to get the most out of YouTube TV's channel guide on your devices. To make adjustments, however, you'll need a web browser for your computer or a smartphone. On a PC or Mac, you currently need to use Google Chrome or Firefox to access YouTube TV.

When I first log on to my computer, I'm obviously taken to the home screen, but if I click the Live button at the top, I'm presented with a channel list and a schedule for the day. Current and upcoming shows are shown on this screen, with local channels appearing at the top of the list by default.

To customize the list, I can click the Sort button or my profile icon in the top right. Then I click Settings. In the pop-up window, I click Live Guide in the left column. Here I can add or remove channels, as well as change the order in which they appear. A red checkmark means that channel will appear in the Live Guide. If I want to hide a channel, I just remove the checkmark and it will no longer appear. But I can always add it back later. Rearranging channels is easy. Just click and hold the hamburger menu and drag the channel up or down. I can also click the 3 dots at the end and move channels based on preset positions.

And speaking of the bottom of the list, YouTube TV recently added new channels to its service that appear at the bottom of the Live Guide settings. For some reason, however, they are disabled by default, so they don't appear in the main Live Guide. I was actually confused at first as to where the new channels were. However, if I put a check mark next to the channel, it appears in the main channel list. I can add the Comedy Central channel and then move it to the top. When I exit the program, the newly added channel appears at the top of the list where I placed it in the Live Guide settings.

The YouTube TV Live Guide only shows about 3 hours of programming on the screen, but there are arrow buttons on the side that I can click and scroll forward in time. This is really helpful if you want to schedule a recording that's happening later in the day. And you can scroll up to 48 hours in advance. But let's see how these changes affect the YouTube TV phone app.

When I go to the Live Guide on my iPhone, Comedy Central is at the top of the channel list. But I can also tap the sort button and edit the Live Guide settings on my phone. Again, the red checkmark means a channel is visible in the Live Guide. If I remove it, the channel will be hidden. And I can drag the hamburger menu next to a channel and move it up or down in the list.

These changes are also reflected in the YouTube TV app on my LG Smart TV. Here I can see that TBS is at the top and Comedy Central is right below it. All other channels stay in the same place as I scroll down. And for the changes to take effect on some TVs, you may need to power cycle the TV before launching the YouTube TV app. This will ensure that the new Live Guide settings load. I can also use the right arrow on my remote to view the program for later in the day.

Note that you may not be able to change the channel order on some streaming devices, meaning you'll need to make your changes in a web browser on a computer or smartphone.

Finally, many people ask if the channels can be sorted alphabetically. Unfortunately, there is no setting to sort the channels alphabetically. But it seems to be a very popular request, so I hope they add this feature in the future. And just so you know, I switched to YouTube TV right after I canceled my cable TV and I have never looked back. I have been a subscriber since 2018 and I still think YouTube TV is one of the best services out there to replace cable TV.

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