Virtual Keyboard is missing from my Android TV
Follow the steps below. Check if the virtual keyboard of your TV works after performing each step.
- Make sure Gboard is the current keyboard on your TV:
- Select
Settings → Keyboard.
- Check if the Current keyboard is Gboard and the Physical keyboard is grayed out.
- The physical keyboard is active only when you connect a USB keyboard to your TV.
- Select
- Test the virtual keyboard.
- Press the HOME button.
- Go to Search movies, TV and more on the upper left of the screen.
- Select the keyboard icon
and press Enter.
- If the virtual keyboard doesn't appear, disconnect any USB device plugged into your TV including flash drives, USB keyboards, Google Chromecast™ devices, Amazon® Fire TV™ Stick devices, Wi-Fi® range extenders, Bluetooth® devices, etc.
- Uninstall any Gboard update. Follow either of these steps:
- Uninstall updates from the Google Play™ store.
- Open the Google Play store.
- Select My apps.
- Under Recently Updated select Gboard - the Google Keyboard.
- Select UNINSTALL UPDATES.
- Uninstall updates from the TV settings.
- Select
Settings → Apps → Gboard → Uninstall updates.
- Select
- Note: If UNINSTALL UPDATES or Uninstall updates isn’t available, proceed to the next step.
- Uninstall updates from the Google Play™ store.
- Make sure all the Google Play store apps are updated.
- Update the software of your TV.
- If the issue still occurs, perform a factory data reset.
If you can’t perform the above steps because of the lack of a virtual keyboard, try either of the following:
- Connect a USB keyboard to your TV
- If your TV recognizes the USB keyboard, it becomes the default option and the virtual keyboard is disabled.
- Use the Android TV Remote Control app for your Android™ or iOS™ smartphone.
- Make sure your mobile device and TV are connected to the same network
- Pair your phone to the TV over Bluetooth
- A keyboard appears on your mobile phone when you select the Search option on the TV or the Remote Control app.