TV Viewer Watch TV app for Android description
TV Viewer
TV Viewer is a free, open-source IPTV streaming app built around community-maintained playlists and privacy-first design.
Features:
- Live TV and radio channels from community-maintained sources
- Community Statistics page with anonymous aggregated usage insights
- Timezone-based country detection (no GPS or IP lookup needed)
- Background audio playback for radio streams
- Multi-source failover when one stream stops working
- Search, favorites, source selector, and watch history
- Picture-in-Picture (PiP) support where available
- No account required and no ads
- Optional usage and playback analytics (opt-in only)
- Optional community sharing is off by default; when enabled, health reports use URL hashes and new playlist channels may be shared with their stream URLs
- Self-hosted web/Docker edition also available
- Regular updates with new channels and fixes from the community
Privacy:
- No account or contact details collected
- No account or login required
- Analytics are off by default; optional playback events include channel names and URL hashes that can be matched to known streams
- Channel health reports and automatic playlist contributions are off by default and can be enabled in Settings; URL hashes may be matched to known stream URLs
- Country detection uses device timezone only
- All source code is open and auditable
This app does not host or provide any streams. It aggregates publicly available M3U playlists maintained by the open-source community (iptv-org and others). Channel availability depends on the source providers.
Network services:
- Channel playlists are fetched from community and third-party hosts
- FMStream.org is queried for public radio-station listings
- Supabase provides the shared channel database, aggregated community statistics, optional analytics, and URL-hashed channel-health exchange
- Analytics and channel health/playlist contributions require separate opt-ins
Permissions:
- Internet: Required to stream content
- Wake Lock: Keeps playback active when needed
- Foreground Service: Background audio playback notification
