I’ve been working really hard those past 3 months to deliver what I can consider to be the best android IPTV app; fully open-source, intuitive, bloat-free and ultra-fast. Today, I release Fred TV 2.0 on the playstore!
I’m a solo open-source dev and I originally made the series of Fred TV apps (desktop, mobile, etc) for my friends and family who were using borderline malware proprietary IPTV apps. Hopefully you’ll enjoy it as much as them!
- Optimized to be the fastest IPTV app out there, with a fully re-written backend made in Rust.
- Full Android TV support, D-Pad support on every view
- New easy-to-use redesigned TV Home for Android TV
- Robust playback, even on shoddy streams and on low-end devices
- Full support for Xtream and M3U
Try it out! You won’t regret giving it a shot if you’re already using other IPTV apps.
If you had tried the app previously under 1.X.X, please try it again, 2.0 is a massive upgrade.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.fredol.open_tv
IPTV stations. There are basically URLs that host streams that are 24/7 content, like a normal TV channel. You need some interface to properly read the stream, hence the app. Most of the good stuff is behind pay walls, but there’s some decent free stuff out there as well. Here’s an example site that aggregates some providers: https://www.theiptvguide.com/
Are any of these “legitimate”? Or are they at the same level of legality as all the free sports streaming sites?
Yeah, it’s really just a way to access streams. I think of it similar to torrents in that way. There are legitimate, legal streams, and there are piracy/illegal streams. I don’t actually use IPTV and have no idea if these guys have channels that people care about, but they provide IPTV streams and appear to have licenses from all content owners to do so: https://nomadiptv.com/
That is very interesting thank you! I have looked at some of the providers and it’s strange that most of them do not list what channels they offer.