To add JioTV favourite channels, play a channel and tap the heart or star icon near the player. The channel is then saved to your Favourites list, so you can open it in one tap instead of scrolling. To shorten the channel list, open the live TV section and pick a language, such as Hindi or Tamil, or a category, such as News, Movies or Sports.

Both features take a minute to set up and work much the same way on Android phones and iPhones. Icons and button names change a little between app versions, so if your screen looks different, look for similar labels in the same area.

Why Favourites and Filters Make JioTV Easier

JioTV carries a long list of live channels in many languages and genres, but most people watch only a handful. Scrolling past dozens of logos every time you open the app is slow, especially on a weak connection.

Favourites and filters fix two different problems:

• Favourites are channels you pick yourself. They stay in your list until you remove them.
• Language filters show only channels in the languages you choose.
• Category filters show only one type of channel, such as news, kids or devotional.

Use favourites for your daily channels and filters when you want to explore what else is on.

How to Add JioTV Favourite Channels

First, sign in to JioTV with your Jio number and make sure your plan is active. Then follow these steps.

1. Open the JioTV app and go to the live TV or channels section.
2. Find a channel you watch often. Scroll, tap the search icon or apply a filter (explained below).
3. Tap the channel so it starts playing.
4. Look near the player or the channel name for a heart or star icon. On some versions it sits inside the three-dot (⋮) menu as Add to Favourites or similar.
5. Tap it. The icon usually fills in or changes colour to show the channel is saved.
6. Repeat for every channel you want quick access to.

Some versions also let you long-press a channel tile to see a favourites option, which is quicker for adding several channels.

Where to find your saved channels

Look for your favourites in one of these places:

• A Favourites tab or filter chip at the top of the channels list
• A My Favourites row on the home screen
• The menu (☰) or profile area, under a favourites option

Removing a channel from favourites

Open the channel and tap the same heart or star icon again. It goes back to an outline, and the channel drops out of your list.

How to Filter JioTV Channels by Language

The language filter is the quickest way to trim the list if your family watches in one or two languages.

1. Open the live TV or channels section.
2. Look for a Language filter at the top of the list. It may be a drop-down, a row of chips or a filter icon that looks like a funnel or sliders.
3. Select the language you want, such as Hindi, English, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam or Gujarati. The choices depend on the channels on offer at the time.
4. The list now shows only channels in that language. Some versions let you pick more than one language together.
5. To see every channel again, clear the filter or choose All.

Some broadcasters run separate channels for different languages, such as a sports channel with a Hindi feed and a Tamil feed. Each feed is listed under its own language, so pick the one you prefer and mark that one as a favourite.

Filtering by Category: News, Movies, Sports and More

Category filters, sometimes called genres, group channels by type. They work alone or together with a language filter. For example, choose Telugu and then News to see only Telugu news channels.

Category names can change. If you cannot find a channel through filters, search for it by name.

Setting Your Preferred Languages for the Home Screen

When you first sign in, JioTV usually asks you to choose preferred languages. These shape which channels and shows the home screen suggests. If you skipped that step, or someone else in the family watches in another language, change it:

1. Open the menu (☰) or tap your profile icon.
2. Go to Settings.
3. Look for Languages, Preferred Languages or a similar option.
4. Tick the languages you want and untick the rest.
5. Save, or simply go back. The home screen refreshes with suggestions in those languages.

This setting mainly changes what is recommended to you. It does not switch a channel’s audio, so pick the channel feed in your language instead.

When Favourites or Filters Do Not Work

• The heart or star icon is missing. Update JioTV from the Play Store or App Store. Older versions may place the option elsewhere.
• Your favourites have disappeared. This can happen after clearing app data, reinstalling the app or moving to a new phone. Sign in with the same Jio number and add them again. Keeping a short note of your channel names makes this quick.
• A filter shows no channels. Clear all filters and start again. A rare language combined with a narrow category may simply have no channels.
• Channels will not play at all. Check that your Jio plan is active in the MyJio app. If the problem continues, call 199 from your Jio number for help.

Final Thoughts

A few minutes spent saving favourites and setting your languages makes JioTV much quicker to use every day. Mark the channels you watch often, use the language and category filters when you want to explore, and update the app if an option seems to be missing. If channels refuse to play even after these checks, confirm your plan in MyJio or contact Jio support on 199.