The power button on Android TV remote just puts the TV sleep. How to force restart TV without getting up from your couch ? Let’s find out.

You must have faced one of the scenarios, One of your apps on Android TV just froze, or not working properly, WiFi is not working, screencast option is not visible, etc. And the only solution is to restart the TV.

So you press the power button-> screen does dark ->the TV seems to power off -> you press the power button again ->screen turns on again. And you find out the TV had just tricked you. The power button didn’t turn off the TV.

Now the only solution looks like getting up, walking up to the TV and physically powering off the TV. But lets be serious nobody wants to get up from that soft couch.

Therefore, lets get to the point, for the reason why you are here. [The solution is plain simple to be honest]

Press and hold the power button on your remote

That’s it. “Android is powering off” message will appear on screen. It can take a few seconds. The display will go blank.

Now press the power button gently again. The TV restart for real this time.

You will even get the “android” loading screen just to be sure.