MX Player 3.3.0

MX Player has been the default Android video player for a lot of people since 2011, and the reason is usually the gestures rather than the format support.

It plays MKV, MP4, AVI and most things you throw at it, using your phone's GPU so the battery lasts longer.

The one thing it does not do out of the box is EAC3 and DTS audio, and that is worth understanding before you install anything.

It has also not been shut down, whatever you may have read. Amazon closed the MX Player streaming service in July 2026, but the player app is a separate thing and it is still getting updates.

What MX Player Actually Does Well

• Gesture controls. Swipe left or right to seek, up the left edge for brightness, up the right edge for volume, until every other player feels clunky.
• Hardware acceleration. Decoding runs on the GPU rather than the CPU, which means smoother playback and noticeably better battery life on long films.
• Subtitle support. Load external SRT, ASS, SSA and SUB files and adjust timing, size and colour inside the player, or check a file first in the SRT subtitle viewer.
• Kids Lock. Hand the phone over without worrying they will exit the video or wander into your settings, because all touch controls stay disabled until you unlock it.

Fix EAC3, DTS and AC3 Audio Errors

If you are seeing "EAC3 audio not supported" or a DTS codec warning, nothing is broken. MX Player ships without licensed decoders for those formats, so the audio track simply has nothing to play it.

It covers EAC3 (Dolby Digital Plus), DTS and DTS-HD, AC3 (Dolby Digital), and MLP with TrueHD.

If the codec will not load on your version, there are two honest options. Stay on an MX Player release the current codec supports - the download page still carries 3.0.13, 2.8.0 and 1.99.1 - or switch to a player that decodes EAC3 with nothing added, which VLC for Android does.

For the full walkthrough, read How to Fix EAC3 Audio Not Supported in MX Player. If a codec that used to work has stopped, Get Your Custom Codecs Working Again with MX Player covers the compatibility side.

Our guide on which custom codec you need covers picking the right build for your device architecture.

Two more worth bookmarking if EAC3 keeps following you around: Best Media Players for EAC3 Playback compares the apps that handle it natively, and How to Convert EAC3 Audio covers re-encoding the track instead.

Why MX Player Is Still Updated After Amazon Closed It

Two different products shared one name, and only one of them closed.

The streaming service is the one that ended. Amazon retired the Amazon MX Player brand on 16 July 2026 and moved its films and series, Aashram among them, into Prime Video.

The player app is a different product and it survived on purpose. In the same announcement, Amazon said the Android app would carry on serving its local player and its free ad-supported viewers, while people on iPhone, the web and TV boxes were sent to Prime Video instead.

The evidence since backs that up. Google Play still lists the app under Amazon Mobile LLC with over a billion installs, and new builds have kept arriving since the streaming side closed - 3.2.5 and then 3.3.0, which landed in October.

The reason is not sentimental. A local file player installed on a billion phones, showing ads, is worth more running than switched off, and that reach is what Amazon bought in 2024. When Amazon took the app over it said the video player was its top priority and would keep getting feature updates and hotfixes, which is exactly what has happened.

One thing genuinely did go. MX Player Pro, the paid ad-free version, was pulled from Google Play in 2024 and has never come back, so the free ad-supported app is the only version there is now.

Our news piece on why Amazon acquired MX Player covers how the deal came together.

Which File to Download

The 3.0.13, 2.8.0 and 1.99.1 entries come in both plain APK and XAPK form, so take the APK unless you have a reason not to.

Installing the APK Safely

The current build is a plain APK, so it installs on a tap once you allow installs from your browser or file manager. Only the older entries also come as XAPK bundles, which Android's own installer cannot open - skip those unless you already use a split-APK installer.

The copy here is virus-checked, but it is worth knowing how to verify any APK yourself. Our APK Checker reads the package name, signature and permission list straight out of a file before you install it.

Since Amazon took the app over it is also worth knowing whether a build expects Google Play in the background. Drop the file into our Play Store dependency check to find out before you install.

Our guide to installing an APK safely covers the rest, including what to re-disable afterwards.

MX Player or Something Else

VLC for Android is the honest recommendation if you never want to think about codecs again. It carries everything internally and does not show "format not supported", where MX Player needs the add-on and shows ads.

MX Player wins on feel. The gestures are better, the interface is lighter, and if you are watching downloaded files on a phone that is what you notice day to day.

• Kodi for Android turns the device into a full media centre with library management and add-ons. Overkill for playing one file, unmatched for organising thousands.
• BSPlayer for Android has similar format coverage plus automatic subtitle downloading from online databases.
• KMPlayer for Android adds cloud streaming, and has its own KMPlayer Custom Codec for the same audio formats.
• mpv for Android is the minimal, highly configurable option for people who like editing a config file.

If the screen you care about is a television rather than a phone, The Best Video Player for Android TV compares the options that actually behave with a remote.

Technical Specifications

• Requirements: Android 7.0 or higher for 3.x builds, Android 5.0 for the 1.99.1 release
• Architectures: 3.3.0 covers 64-bit and 32-bit Arm - Intel x86 devices need 3.0.13 or older from the file table above
• Video formats: MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV, FLV, WMV, 3GP and more
• Audio codecs: AAC, MP3, FLAC, with EAC3, DTS and AC3 via the custom codec
• Subtitle formats: SRT, ASS, SSA, SUB, SMI, VTT and more
• Licence: free, ad-supported, published by Amazon Mobile LLC

Desktop Equivalents

If you want the same files playing on a computer, VLC Media Player covers Windows, Mac and Linux with nothing extra to install.

On Windows specifically, PotPlayer is the light option with EAC3 support built in, and KMPlayer is the feature-heavy one.

The Android app section has the rest of the mobile side.

Quick questions

Download MX Player 3.3.0 for Android and see how it handles your files, or tell us how you got on if you have used it before.