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TiviMate is a free IPTV player for Android TV that turns an M3U link or an Xtream Codes login from your provider into a full cable-style TV guide, with channel numbers, favorites and an interface built for a remote control.
TiviMate takes a plain playlist file from your TV provider and turns it into something that feels like real cable television: a full program guide, channel numbers, favorites and an interface built for a remote control rather than a touchscreen.
It is developed by Armobsoft FZE and runs on Android TV, Google TV, Fire TV and Android boxes on Android 6.0 or newer.
The base version is free, and version 5.3.3 landed on 4 July 2026 as a maintenance update to the 5.3.x line, so there is nothing new to relearn.
What TiviMate Actually Does, in Plain Terms
Think of TiviMate as the screen, not the signal. IPTV means live television delivered over the internet instead of through an antenna or a cable box.
Your provider gives you a playlist, and TiviMate reads that list and lays it out as a proper TV guide. You flip through channels with the remote, see what is on now and next, and search across everything at once.
The interface is the whole reason people choose it: fast, uncluttered, and designed for a couch rather than a desk.
M3U Link or Xtream Codes Login? Both Work
Providers hand out their details in one of two shapes, and TiviMate takes either.
The first is an M3U link, a single web address that points at your channel list. The second is an Xtream Codes login, which is a server address plus a username and password, and it is the option most subscription providers give you these days.
Xtream logins are worth choosing when offered, because they usually bring the program guide and catch-up data along with the channels instead of leaving you to add a separate guide source.
If something else in your setup needs a plain playlist file rather than credentials, our Xtream Codes to M3U converter turns a server address, username and password into a standard M3U file in the browser.
If the format itself is new to you, What Is an M3U File? covers what is inside one and why a list sometimes loads with half its channels missing.
One Important Thing: TiviMate Brings No Channels
TiviMate does not include a single TV channel. It is a player only, and that is by design: you supply the content.
If you do not have a provider yet, there are legitimate free options. Our guide to free popular IPTV playlists walks through legal, regularly updated M3U sources with free-to-air news, public TV and music channels from around the world.
A word on "free Premium" APKs
Forums are full of modded TiviMate builds promising Premium for nothing. They are repackaged copies of the real app, resigned with someone else's key, which breaks the update path and leaves no way to verify what else changed in the package. Stick to the official APK.
Free vs Premium: What You Get Without Paying
The free version covers the essentials: one playlist, the modern EPG guide with scheduled updates, and channel search. For plenty of people with a single provider, that is genuinely enough.
TiviMate Premium unlocks the power features. Multiple playlists, recording, catch-up (starting a show from the beginning while it is still airing), favorites, custom channel sorting, and auto-resume on your last channel.
It is sold as an annual subscription or a one-time lifetime payment covering up to five devices. If you juggle more than one playlist or want a DVR, Premium is where TiviMate earns its reputation; if you only want to watch, the free build holds up fine.
Getting a Playlist Into TiviMate
Adding a playlist takes under a minute, and the app fetches the channels and guide data on its own.
- Open TiviMate and choose to add a new playlist.
- Pick M3U playlist for a link, or Xtream Codes if you have a server address, username and password.
- Paste the details, give the playlist a name, and save.
- Wait for the channel list and guide to load, then sort the channels you actually watch into favorites.
If you would rather build your own list first, our free browser tools cover the whole pipeline.
Browse and export public channels by country and category with the IPTV Channel Finder, then assemble or edit a list by hand in the M3U Playlist Builder.
Run the finished file through the M3U Checker to weed out dead streams before they ever reach your TV, and use the M3U Finder to search a large playlist for the channels you want.
Want to spot-test a single channel? Paste the URL into the Web Player and watch it play right in the browser.
You can also pull stream addresses off a webpage with the Stream Extractor, or turn a YouTube playlist into an M3U file with the YouTube to M3U converter, though YouTube-based lists are aimed at desktop players rather than TiviMate.
Installing the APK Safely
On Android TV or Google TV, enable installs from unknown sources for your file manager or downloader app, transfer the APK, and open it. That is the usual sideloading routine.
The file weighs about 20MB, so it fits comfortably on even a stuffed Fire TV Stick. If you want to check what is inside an APK before installing it, drop it into our APK Checker, which reads the package's permissions, signature and details right in your browser.
One honest limitation: TiviMate is built for big screens and is not optimized for phones or tablets. It will install on a phone, but the remote-first interface fights you the whole way.
Who Should Look Elsewhere
If you want one app that behaves properly on a TV and on a phone, OTT Navigator is the closest rival, with real phone and tablet layouts and deeper interface customization.
For casual playback on a phone, VLC for Android opens M3U playlists and network streams natively, and MX Player does the same.
Pair MX Player with the MX Player Custom Codec if your streams carry AC3 or EAC3 audio, which is the usual reason a channel plays with no sound. KMPlayer users can grab the KMPlayer Custom Codec for the same reason.
On a Windows PC, Kodi handles IPTV through its Simple Client add-on inside a full media center, while ProgDVB is a dedicated TV application with recording and thousands of built-in internet channels.
Another Android option is ProgTV for Android, which combines IPTV, internet radio and recording in one app.
Our guide to the best free IPTV players for M3U playlists compares the field device by device, and more picks live in the Android APK section.
Is TiviMate Worth It?
TiviMate 5.3.3 is the most polished way to watch IPTV on an Android TV device. The free version is a real app rather than a crippled demo, Premium is reasonably priced for what it adds, and setup is a five-minute job, especially if you arrive with a playlist already tested.
Grab the APK, bring a playlist, and your streaming box starts acting like a proper television.
