certification and verification are in progress, the application icon cannot be changed once the process is finished, this restriction is lifted you must register 4 screenshots of your application if your application has in-app purchases, please include a screenshot with pricing information upload the screenshot images sized 1920x1080 pixels, in the jpg format, and with a file size of 500kb or less screenshots are displayed on the tv in the order they were uploaded you can change the order of screenshots by dragging and dropping notefor detailed specifications of application icons and screenshot images, refer to the app icons and screenshots guide after entering all the application images, click the "save" button to complete the registration entering application title and description in the "applications > title/description on tv" menu, you can register and edit the application title and description that are shown on the tv enter the application title and description for each language so that users can view the application information according to the tv's language selection you can add and delete multiple languages by clicking the "add/delete language" button one of the languages can be designated as the default language, which is then used if there is no application information in the language selected by the user input field description displayed on tv app title enter the application title for the given language yes description enter a description of the application for the given language yes the application title written in the default language and the application title specified in the configuration file of the application package must be identical otherwise, the pre-test will fail during the deployment request process unlike application names that cannot be changed, you can freely change the application titles displayed on the tv a blue complete icon is displayed for languages for which information has been entered, and a gray incomplete icon is displayed for languages for which it has not, so you can tell them apart languages without an application title and description cannot be registered, so delete unnecessary languages from the list warningwhile certification and verification processes are in progress, the default language and the application title in the default language cannot be changed once the processes are finished, this restriction is lifted after entering the application title and description for each language, click the "save" button to complete the registration entering service information in the "applications > service info" menu, you can register and modify service information provided to the tv input field description displayed on tv service category choose the smart tv app category to provide your app from the categories presented videos, game, sports, lifestyle, information, education, etc yes rating choose the age rating of the content in some countries, an additional rating certificate may be necessary yes language enter the application languages the user can select when using the application yes privacy policy if your application collects personal information from users, you need to register the privacy policy url so that it can be explained on the smart tv yes seller information enter the seller information such as the seller name, customer support email address, home page url, representative name, phone number, and mailing address according to korean and european laws, you need to register seller information to service your application yes service categories can be selected from the categories presented videos, game, sports, lifestyle, information, education, etc however, for apps serving a global country if the country of service includes china and other countries , you cannot select a videos category unless the app is allowed you cannot also select a category in which the mapping category shown in bracket is videos notethe mapping categories shown in bracket are those that will be provided instead if the original categories are not available new categories are not available on tvs under 2017, so they are classified as the old categories shown in bracket warningservice categories cannot be changed while certification and verification processes are in progress once the processes are finished, this restriction is lifted if the application content is not suitable for the selected age rating, the service may not be released, and if this issue occurs after release, the service may be discontinued all applications must not contain violence, pornography, or abusive language applications with an age rating of 18 years or older cannot be offered in korea for more information, please refer to the age rating guide if the applications collect user's personal information, you must enter a url where the user can view privacy policy to comply with legal requirements related to personal information, review samsung's privacy guide, as well as the legal requirements of the countries in which the service is offered when registering an application, a seller group's information is used for it by default, but you can change the information for each application note that the seller group's information changes, the application's seller information does not change accordingly, and vice versa to change the seller information displayed on the tv, you need to edit the seller information in the application, not the seller group information after entering all service information, click the "save" button to complete the registration setting service country in the "applications > service country" menu, you can set the country/region where the application will be released input field description displayed on tv country or region select countries where your application is offered no rating certification if you are issued a rating certification, you must register the certificate no some countries require a certificate to launch the application in order to release the application for the brazilian market, you need to select an age limit and upload a certificate issued by mj/dejus the age limit may be changed according to review by samsung sidia partner sellers can launch tv application services in any country, including the us, whereas public sellers can only launch in the us however, for vod applications if the service category or mapping category is videos , you cannot service global countries unless the applications are specifically allowed to release the application, you must also either exclude china or set the application to only release in china also, applications with an age rating of 18 years or older cannot be launched in korea when you change the service country of an application that has already been released and is being offered on the tv, you must enter a reason for the change, and the change is deployed after samsung reviews the reason therefore, it is recommended to contact the samsung content manager first before making any changes, as changes made without prior agreement may be rejected warningthe service country and certificate cannot be changed while certification and verification processes are in progress or while an beta test or an alpha test is in progress once that process is complete, this restriction is lifted the same restriction also applies if a previously requested service country change has not yet been completed after setting the service country, click the "save" button to complete the registration if the service country of an application being offered on the tv is changed, the change is not implemented immediately, but only after samsung's review process entering billing information in the "applications > billing info" menu, you need to enter whether the application has a payment function if there is no payment function, select 'free' feature description samsung checkout select if your application uses the embedded billing function in samsung smart tv 3rd party billing select if your application uses a partner's own billing function you need to also select the billing type, either transaction-based or subscription-based free select if your application does not have a billing function if the samsung checkout option is selected, you need to check all items in the integration checklist after reviewing the guidelines presented checklist guide test in-app purchase in dpi sandbox environment at least once before submitting your app before submitting an app for qa, we require you to complete testing the in-app purchase with actual payment methods for any items enter your company's bank information correctly for settlement and remittance, we need your company's bank account information please enter your bank account information at samsung checkout dpi for more information, see the managing bank account information guide make sure that your product sku is created at dpi before submitting your app to test your product, you need to create your product at dpi to sell your product to smart tv users, you need to create the product at dpi please make sure that you register your product at dpi the app must check checkout-available country before calling the billing api ensure that the 'billing service available country check api’ is integrated to your app to check checkout-available country please ensure that checkout is supported in your service country by using the billing service available country check api once confirmed, your application can call the billing api at checking billing service available country/location in addition, to use the samsung checkout function, the related privilege api must be defined in the application package configuration file applications that do not have the privilege defined cannot be submitted for more information on the api, refer to the billing api guide after selecting the billing function, click the "save" button to complete the registration any changes made are reflected when you submit a new version of the application warningif your billing information is checking from samsung checkout, you cannot change this information and you cannot change this information if you are joining or moving a group entering application feature information in the "applications > app feature info" menu, you need to enter whether smart tv features are implemented in the application if there is no applicable function, please select 'not applicable' feature description caption select if your application supports caption this feature does not refer to subtitles, but ip video closed captioning which is used mainly in the us subtitles are located under player features external devices select if your application uses external devices such as usb storage, camera, or microphone, and describe all external devices used game platform integration select if your app supports game platform integration service on samsung tv hdr select if your application supports high dynamic range in-app ad select if your application is connected to an advertising platform for monetization an application is not considered to be ad-supported if the advertisements are not connected to an advertising platform an embedded, static image in an application is not classified as an advertisement importantif you are using in-app ads, but do not specify as such, your app may be rejected also, apps that support in-app advertisements must be updated to use relevant api’s documented here mobile device select if your application works with mobile devices and attach the corresponding mobile application however, if the mobile application was developed using the 'samsung smartview sdk', select the 'smart view' feature instead overlay select if your application supports overlay pip the overlay technique means the pip is located in an html element in a tizen web application player select if your app uses a video streaming solution smart view select if your application supports a mobile application developed through the ‘samsung smartview sdk’ tts select if your application supports text to speech umd search make sure to select this if your content ingested on umd for universal guide/universal search if you unchecked this, all you content catalogue on umd are not populated on universal guide/universal search if you have any question for this feature, please contact your app spm/tam after selecting all implemented functions, click the "save" button to complete the registration any changes made are reflected when you submit a new version of the application if you select the caption, in-app ad, player, or smart view functions, you need to additionally enter detailed information for each function in the sub-menu importantcaption and tts functions must be implemented in order to release an application to a model group subject to fcc regulations applications that do not support caption or tts functions cannot be submitted to model groups subject to fcc regulations caption information if the caption function is applied, enter the caption application method and details in the "applications > app feature info > caption" menu to comply with the fcc's ip video subtitle rules, content providers must support subtitles for ip video applications are considered part of the device and strict rules apply, and cps must use their own or manufacturer's solutions for captions you can download and refer to the 'video caption implementation guide' and 'user interface accessibility compliance manual' through the "fcc guide document download" button input field description displayed on tv solution for captioning select what solution was used for captioning select cea-708/cea-608 or smpte-tt/sami if using samsung's solution, or application ui if you use your own solution no content title and location provide the video title and url to play with caption no after entering the caption details, click the "save" button to complete the registration any changes made are reflected when you submit a new version of the application importantcaption and tts functions must be implemented in order to release an application to a model group subject to fcc regulations applications that do not support caption or tts functions cannot be submitted to model groups subject to fcc regulations in-app ad information if the in-app ad function is applied, you need to enter whether to use tifa tizen identifier for advertising in the "applications > app feature info > in-app ad" menu tifa is a device identifier that is compliant with the iab guidelines for targeting and ad tracking in accordance with samsung terms and conditions,, tifa is a required parameter to be passed from the application through samsung’s ads api if you select yes/no and your app uses tifa in ways that don’t match your answers, the app could be rejected during pre-testing in this case, resubmit the app again after you correct the answers or fix your app following tifa guideline in addition, to use the in-app ad feature, the related privilege api must be defined in the application package configuration file applications that do not have a privilege defined cannot be submitted for more information on the api, refer to the adinfo api guide if the application is using tifa tizen identifier for advertising , you must select "yes" and then review and check the requisite guidelines and terms and conditions input field description displayed on tv use tifa select if your application uses tifa for advertising purposes collecting or using tifa information for any other purpose is prohibited no confirm tifa guideline select the check box after reviewing the guideline content and terms and conditions for using tifa no after entering the in-app ad information, click the "save" button to complete the registration any changes made are reflected when you submit a new version of the application player information if the player function is supported, enter the details of the video streaming solution in the "applications > app feature info > player" menu feature description video codec select the video codec spec between divx, h 263, h 264, hevc, motion jpeg, mpeg1, mpeg2, mpeg4, mvc, rv8/9/10, vc1, vp6, vp8, vp9, wmv7, wmv9, xvid, and other audio codec select the audio codec spec between aac, ac3, adpcm, aiff, alac, ape, dts, flac, he-aac, lpcm, midi, mp3, vorbis, wav, wma, wma/dd+, and other container select the container spec between 3gpp, asf, avi, mkv, mp4 fmp4 , mpeg-ts, mstroska, ps, vob, vro, webm, and other drm select the drm spec between aes-128, playready, verimatrix, widevine classic , widevine modular , and other streaming engine select the streaming engine spec between hls, http https , mpeg-dash, smooth streaming, and other player api select the player api spec between avplay, c#, mse, and other subtitle select the subtitle spec between close caption, smpte-tt, webvtt, and other other describe if there are other player specifications not listed above after entering the player details, click the "save" button to complete the registration any changes made are reflected when you submit a new version of the application smart view information if the smart view function is selected, enter detailed information about the smart view function and mobile application in the "applications > app feature info > smart view" menu input field description displayed on tv service logo upload the mobile application icon or website logo no service title register the mobile application title on the app store or website no service access provide at least one of the following application source, website url, other no additional features select features you added on your smart view enabled application, between ble bluetooth low energy discovery, wow wake on wireless lan , and speaker no for the logo image, upload an image sized 512x512 or 1020x1024 pixels, in the 24-bit png format, and with a file size of 300kb or less images with transparency are also permitted depending on the service access method selected, upload the application source directly or enter the url information to access it if there are other ways to access the mobile application, explain them after entering the smart view details, click the "save" button to complete the registration any changes made are reflected when you submit a new version of the application entering verification information this information will be used by the samsung smart tv certification and verification team, and the process may be rejected if it is missing make sure you can fully test your application with the information you provide before submitting input field description displayed on tv app description file provide application documentation to help samsung testers understand the application's workflow and user scenarios for detailed specifications of the application description document file, refer to the application ui description guide no geo ip block select if geo-filtering is used for application content make sure that all ip addresses used by samsung testers are allowed on your servers no test accounts if your application requires a login to use, provide the credentials for test accounts you must provide at least 1 test account for each model group that your application supports each test account must have enough credit to comprehensively test all the application features on a specific platform importantthe application is tested simultaneously across all requested model groups consequently, you must provide a number of test accounts equal to or greater than the number of requested model groups insufficient test accounts can cause your application to fail verification at the testing phase no voucher code if you have content to use after payment, enter voucher information for testing no after entering the test information, click the "save" button to complete the registration any changes made are reflected when you submit a new version of the application