Debloat the Philips 55OLED707

Android TV 11 · 32 apps on the list · tested on a real set

The Philips 55OLED707 ships with TP Vision telemetry, a Top Picks content row and an app gallery that preloads small apps such as ARTE and MEGOGO. It also has an Alexa bridge, a retail demo mode, the Play-Fi audio service, and preinstalled streaming apps such as CHILI, Pluto TV and Rakuten TV.

The list was tested on a UK unit connected over Ethernet, after a full restart. ITVX played, channel changes and the TV guide worked, the source list showed HDMI 1 to 4, and the red button opened HbbTV. Free memory stayed between 814 and 939 MB in a 30 minute Netflix session. TidyTV turns these apps off from your phone over the same Wi-Fi, after a backup.

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Apps TidyTV can turn off on the Philips 55OLED707

Grouped as the tested list groups them. In the app each one has a switch, so you choose. Apps marked your call are extras the list leaves on.

TP Vision telemetry, as in 50PUS8517 3

Disable candeebug and gel together.

"DAC" analytics uploaderorg.droidtv.candeebug
Droidtv gelmetrics collector that runs inside candeebug's processorg.droidtv.gel
Droidtv usageloggerusage and device logging feeding the aboveorg.droidtv.usagelogger

Philips content promos and the app gallery 12

"Top Picks" content roworg.droidtv.nettvrecommender
Its backendorg.droidtv.recommendation
"Smart TV Collection" app storefrontorg.droidtv.nettv.market
"NetTvApps"org.droidtv.nettvapps
ARTEorg.droidtv.nettvapp1814
MEGOGOorg.droidtv.nettvapp4546
Free Games by PlayWorksorg.droidtv.nettvapp4932
Toon Gogglesorg.droidtv.nettvapp5326
Fishing TVorg.droidtv.nettvapp5512
Flix Premiereorg.droidtv.nettvapp5527
Couchplay Gamesorg.droidtv.nettvapp20004410
Fitness Buddyorg.droidtv.android.fitness

Philips features this owner does not use 3

Check each against your own setup.

Alexa bridgeorg.droidtv.amazonalexa
"Demo me" retail demo modeorg.droidtv.demome
DTSPlayFiSoftAPcom.phorus.playfi.softap
Play-Fi multi-room audio your callcom.phorus.playfi.tv

Google telemetry and first-setup leftovers 2

Google FeedbackMarket Feedback Agentcom.google.android.feedback
Google TV setup"Setup Wizard", 24 MB resident at idle. On Google TV sets in this repo it owned the Wi-Fi network saved at setup, and disabling it deleted that network. This TV is on Ethernet, so that was NOT checked here; keep it if your TV uses Wi-Ficom.google.android.tungsten.setupwraith

Google apps this owner does not use 4

Google AssistantAssistant and voice search; this remote has no mic buttoncom.google.android.katniss
Play Gamescom.google.android.play.games
Google TV storeGoogle TV / Play Moviescom.google.android.videos
YouTube Musiccom.google.android.youtube.tvmusic

Preinstalled streaming apps, all in /data/app 7

CHILIcom.mgmedia.androidApp
Singacom.singa.client
TEDcom.ted.android.tv
WhaleLivecom.zeasn.whalelive
Pluto TVtv.pluto.android
Rakuten TVtv.wuaki.apptv
Boosteroid TV cloud gamingcom.boosteroidtv.streaming
Android TV home screen your calllauncher/build-and-install.sh disables it after Home has moved; 182 MB resident at idle on this unitcom.google.android.tvlauncher

Stock launcher and its content engine 1

Disable the launcher FIRST; see 50PUS8517 for why. Doing it the other way round on this unit force-restarted the launcher and removed the notification panel, exactly as described there.

Google recommendationsrecommendation rows, channels and the notification panelcom.google.android.tvrecommendations

What always stays on

The Philips browser engine (org.droidtv.nettvbrowser) stays on, because ITVX hung without it on a UK set.
Chromecast, Ambilight and Hue, DLNA, IP control and firmware updates stay on.
Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, YouTube, Apple TV and the Freeview Play apps stay on, because this household uses them.
Play-Fi multi-room audio (com.phorus.playfi.tv) comes back on its own after every restart, so the list does not try to keep it off.
The Live TV app, the TV guide services and the browser engine stay on.

Good to know on this model

The Freeview Play metadata app restarts in the background several times in a few minutes, even with nothing turned off. The error in the log looks alarming, but the TV is fine.
Keep the setup wizard if your TV uses Wi-Fi. On other sets it owned the Wi-Fi saved at setup, and turning it off deleted that network. This unit was on Ethernet.

How to do it

Turn on developer options On the TV, open Settings › System › About and select the build number 7 times. Then turn on USB debugging, and Network debugging if you see it.
Tap your TV in TidyTV Your phone finds the TV on the Wi-Fi. Tick "Always allow" and press Allow when the TV asks.
Review, then tidy TidyTV saves a backup, shows these apps with switches, and turns off the ones you pick, checking each one.

Questions

Will the voice button still work?

This list turns off Google Assistant and voice search, because the test remote had no mic button. If your remote has one, leave Google Assistant on.

Does casting still work?

Chromecast built-in is kept on this list, so casting from a phone is left alone. Play-Fi is the one audio service that turns itself back on after a restart.

Will it stop the ads on the home screen?

It turns off the Top Picks row and its backend, the app gallery that preloads apps, and the Google recommendations service on the home screen. Those are the home screen promos on this list.

Source: the philips-55oled707 list in cleanyourtv by Gathin (MIT), tested on this model. TidyTV re-checks every app against its own protected list before each change.