FORGE TV

Live TV, a proper guide, movies and live scores, all on one remote.

A fast IPTV player for Android TV that works with your own M3U or Xtream Codes playlist.

Download for Android How to install

The Forge TV guide: a time grid with a now line

Built for the remote

Clear focus, one press to watch, and a guide that feels like a real set-top box.

Quick on slow boxes

Channels start on the first frame, and the guide opens straight away. Runs on Android 6 and up.

Stays on your TV

Playlists, logins, favourites and guide data are kept on the device.

A look around

Everything on one remote

Home, recommendations, the guide, catch-up, live sports, your movie library and the player, designed for the big screen.

Catch-up and reminders in the guide — Catch-up, Start over and reminders in the guide

Voice search over the guide — Voice search: just say what you want

Home with Recommended series and Recommended movies rows — Recommended series and movies, picked for each profile

Holding OK on a match lists the channels showing it — Jump to any game from the scores

A show page with widescreen episode tiles — Every episode at a glance

Watching an episode with Skip intro — Skip intro, and buttons for every remote

Up next over the credits — Up next counts down over the credits

The Audio and subtitles menu over a film, with high-contrast subtitles — Every audio and subtitle track, named plainly

A channel's options: add to a group, open in another app, choose guide channel — Your own groups, and the right listings for every channel

More screens

The TV guide: a time grid with a now line — A guide that reads like TV

Backup: move to a new TV in minutes — Backup and restore in one file

Settings: bring your own playlists — Bring your own playlists

Playlist details: your account at a glance — Your account at a glance

Guide settings: grid or Now and next, and a time offset — Guide style and time offset

Playback: buffer, frame rate matching and picture size — Playback tuned for fast channel changes

Sports settings: one switch for the sports screen — One switch for the sports screen

Tidy names: tags such as UK or FHD taken off names — Tidy names takes the clutter off

Remote buttons: give the coloured buttons a new job — Give any button a new job

These are mockups drawn to match the app's layout, with made-up channels, programmes and titles. They are not captures from a TV.

Features

What you get

Everything you'd expect from a set-top box, plus a few things you wouldn't.

Live TV and guide

Time-grid guide with a now line, or Now and next.
Categories, favourites, recently watched and search.
Voice search from the remote's microphone key.
A time offset for guides in the wrong time zone.
Rename, hide, reorder and lock channels.
A second guide fills in missing listings.

Make it yours

Tidy names takes tags like "UK |" or "FHD" off names.
Gather channels from any category into your own groups.
Right moves an item to the top of a list, Left to the bottom.
Choose a channel's guide channel when listings are wrong.

Catch-up and reminders

Watch programmes that have already been on, where your provider keeps an archive.
Start over the programme that's on now.
Remind me prompts you when a programme starts.

Live sports

Live scores and scorers beside the match.
Match statistics along the bottom.
Detailed or Compact scoreboard, and browse other matches.
Hold OK on a match to jump to a channel showing it.
Score delay so results don't spoil the stream.

Movies and TV shows

Rows of posters: new, top rated and every category.
Episodes as widescreen stills, with progress.
Synopses filled in from TVmaze or Wikipedia.
Skip intro, and Up next over the credits.
Recommended series and movies on Home.

Audio and subtitles

Tracks named plainly, with SDH and audio description marked.
Choices remembered for each film and series.
Audio sync, and speed from 0.5× to 2×.
High contrast and Large print subtitles.
Dolby and DTS passed through to a soundbar.

Phone companion

Pair by scanning a QR code on the TV.
Add playlists and change settings from your phone.
No app to install: it opens in the phone's browser.

Backup and restore

Playlists, settings, favourites and profiles in one file.
Restore on this TV or a new one.
From a USB stick, a cloud drive or your phone.

Playback that keeps going

Fast channel changes, with a choice of start-up buffer.
Reconnects by itself when a stream drops.
Match frame rate, picture size and subtitle style.
Smooth live TV on phones too.

Your remote, your way

Give the coloured buttons, or any other, a new job.
A sleep timer from 15 minutes to 2 hours.
Open Forge TV when the TV starts.
Hand a channel to another player app.

Touch, mouse, VR and TalkBack

Swipe to change channel, brightness and volume.
Runs on Meta Quest, Android XR and Pico headsets.
TalkBack reads the guide and the player's buttons.

Profiles and parental PIN

Each profile keeps its own favourites and Continue watching.
Optional "Who's watching?" when the app opens.
A PIN locks whole categories.

Install

Up and running in minutes

Forge TV is installed as an APK. You only do this once; after that the app updates itself.

DownloadGet the APK from the newest release, on the TV itself or on a computer.
Copy it overUse a downloader app on the TV, a USB stick, or adb install from a computer.
Allow itLet your device install apps from that source when Android asks ("Install unknown apps").
Add your playlistAn M3U link, an M3U file or an Xtream Codes login, typed on the TV or sent from your phone.

Updates are built in. A few seconds after it opens, Forge TV checks for a new version and offers Update now, Later or Skip this version. You can turn this off, or check by hand, in Settings › About.

Supported devices

Runs where you watch

Android TV and Google TVBoxes, sticks and televisions on Android 6.0 or later.

Phones and tabletsFull touch and mouse support, with screens sized to fit.

VR headsetsMeta Quest, Android XR and Pico, running in a panel.

Bring your own playlist

Forge TV is a player only. It does not include, sell or provide any channels, streams or content. You need your own M3U playlist or Xtream Codes login from a service you are entitled to use, and you are responsible for what you play with it.

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