Change channel
Next or previous channel while you watch, without opening anything.
Android TV and Google TV Coming soon
Your own playlist, on Google TV.
One app for Android TV and Google TV. Scan a QR code with your phone to sign in, then move through Live TV, the guide and your films with the remote that came with the TV.
Set up your account and playlist on the web now. The TV app signs in to the same account when it arrives.
Inside the app
In the app
Arrows to move, OK to open, Back to step out
That is all the app asks of a remote. The keys on these cards are shortcuts on top, for remotes that have them.
Live TV
The channel plays full screen. Press OK and your groups and channels come up over the lower part of the picture, so you change channel without leaving the one you are on.
Type a number
The channel tunes as soon as the number is complete.
Channel options
Favorite it, see its schedule, or move it in your own order.
Your groups, your way
Favorites, custom order, hidden groups and groups locked with a PIN carry over from your other screens.
TV Guide
Five channels and two hours on screen, with a line at the current time. OK on something on now tunes it; anything later opens its details.
A page at a time
Jump a whole screen of channels up or down.
Two hours back or ahead
Move along the day without holding an arrow down.
Go to a channel
Its row comes up at the same time of day.
Catch-up
Programmes from the past days, where your source keeps them, on a page of their own.
Movies and shows
Films and series from your playlist as rows of wide cards, with a page for each: description, trailer, episodes, and Resume at the minute you stopped.
Continue watching
Stop on one screen and carry on from the same minute on another.
My list
Save a film or a series once. It is there on every device the profile uses.
Trailers and episodes
Watch the trailer before you start, or pick an episode by season.
One search box
Channels, films and series in one set of results, typed with the remote.
Everyone in the house
The app opens on the Who's watching? screen, and each profile keeps its own favorites, history and My list.
A daily limit and a bedtime
When time is up, playback stops and the app goes back to the profile picker.
Locked profiles
A profile with a PIN asks for it on the TV, on the number pad or the remote's digits.
Your teams
Pick sports, leagues and teams per profile, with fixtures and kick-off reminders.
Nine languages
Including Arabic, laid out right to left.
Sign in
Your phone does the typing
The TV shows a QR code and an 8-character code. Scan the QR code with your phone's camera, or type the code at mytvplayer.app/pair on a phone or computer that is signed in. Confirm, and the TV signs itself in.
Create your account on the web
Add your playlist in the web console. The TV reads what your account already has.
Open My TV Player on the TV
A QR code and an 8-character code fill the screen. The code expires after a few minutes and a new one takes its place.
Scan, confirm, pick a profile
Your phone opens the link. Confirm, choose who is watching on the TV, and you are in.
Install
Three ways onto the TV
Google Play first. The APK is for Android TV boxes that ship without it.
Google Play on the TV
Open Google Play on the TV (on Google TV it is under Apps), search for My TV Player and choose Install.
- Apps
- Search for apps
- My TV Player
- Install
play.google.com
Open the app's page on play.google.com with the Google account your TV uses, choose Install, and pick the TV from the list of devices.
- play.google.com
- Install
- Choose your TV
The APK
Install a downloader app on the TV, type the address below into it, and allow it to install apps when the TV asks.
Scan with your phone, or type this address on the TV.
mytvplayer.app/Same app as the Google Play version. To update it, open the address again.
What you need
- A TV, stick or box running Android TV or Google TV, Android 7.0 or later
- Its remote, or any remote with a D-pad
- A My TV Player account, created on the web
- A playlist or source of your own
My TV Player is a player: it comes with no channels, films or series. You add your own sources in the web console.
Questions
Before you install
Which TVs and boxes does it run on?
Anything running Android TV or Google TV on Android 7.0 or later: TVs with Google TV built in, streaming sticks and set-top boxes. Casting-only dongles have no app store, so they cannot run it.
Do I type a password with the remote?
No. The TV shows a QR code and an 8-character code, and you confirm on your phone or computer. That is the only way the TV app signs in.
Can I record or download on the TV?
No. Recording and downloads write files to a disk and stay in the Windows app. The TV app plays your playlist's channels, films and series and keeps your place in them.
Is the APK a different app?
No. It is built from the same code as the Google Play version, for TVs and boxes that do not have Google Play.
Start in the web console
Create your account and add your playlist there. Every TV you sign in afterwards reads the same lists, favorites and progress.