Early testing
YouTube videos
Familiar news, music and favourite clips. Subject to YouTube's availability, ads and account requirements.
A little closer. Wherever you are.
Family TV
Their favourite people. On their favourite screen.
Their TV. Your little moments.Illustrative preview
Family TV
A little escape
Somewhere they'd love to be
Family TV
A little something from you
Photos are planned. YouTube is in early testing.
Familiar videos today. Family moments in the future. A simple TV box and your phone, bringing a little more of life to someone you love.
In development · Not yet available to buy
A TV. A phone. A little connection.
Three simple steps. Secure phone pairing is new and is being tested with a simulated TV before it reaches real boxes.
- Step 1
Plug in the box
Connect the configured Family TV box to the TV's HDMI port and the home internet.
- Step 2
Scan the code
On the TV, choose “Pair a phone”. A family member scans the code to connect their phone.
- Step 3
Send something familiar
Paste a YouTube link on your phone. The TV is asked to open it — no menus for the viewer.
See how Family TV could work
A short demonstration film will appear here once it's been recorded. Until then, here's the storyboard.
Demo video coming soon — storyboard
- 1
Sarah, in another city, opens the Family TV page on her phone.
- 2
She pastes a link to her dad's favourite music clip and taps Send.
- 3
Dad's TV opens the video in YouTube. He can stop it any time with his remote.
Asking by voice — in development
“Find the latest news video and send it to Family TV.”
We're working on letting a compatible AI assistant send a video when you ask it. It will need a supported assistant, your explicit permission and internet access, and availability will vary. This website doesn't record your voice, and no assistant or broadcaster endorses Family TV.
Designed around families
Set up before it arrives
The box is intended to arrive configured, so it's a matter of plugging it in rather than learning a new system.
Only approved phones
A phone connects only by scanning a short-lived, one-time code shown on the TV. The first phone paired can remove others.
Privacy as a design goal
We store as little as possible: no names of the person watching, no health details, no YouTube passwords. See the draft privacy notes.
A person to help
We plan to offer a real person to contact for help. Contact details will be published before launch.
One product
The Family TV box
A preconfigured Android TV box with the Family TV app, plus the family phone page for sending videos.
You'll need
- A TV with a free HDMI port
- A power socket near the TV
- Home internet (Wi-Fi)
- A smartphone with a web browser for each relative who'll send videos
Compatibility with specific TVs, devices and accounts is still being tested.