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Installation Guide

How to watch IPTV
on an Android phone or tablet

Three players work well with EyePTV on Android. Pick one — you don't need all three. If you have no reason to prefer another, use Smarters Pro: it installs from the Play Store and takes your login directly in the app, with no browser step in the middle.

About 3 minutes 4 steps Android 5.0 or newer

Which one should you use?

All three are players. None include channels — they play the login we give you. Pick whichever suits, then follow only that option below.

Our pick

Smarters Pro - Mobile

Play Store · login in the app

The least friction of the three. Install from Google Play, tap Xtream Codes, type your details, done. No web portal, no device key, no sideloading. This is what we set most customers up on.

IBO Player Pro

App file · web portal

Worth it only if you already hold an IBO licence from a TV or box, since the same account carries over. Otherwise it is more work: you install the file manually and add the playlist through a website rather than in the app.

HotPlayer / Hot IPTV

Play Store · web upload

A reasonable middle ground if Smarters doesn't suit you. Installs from Play, but the playlist still goes on through a website using the device MAC, so it's an extra step either way.

The steps below restart at 1 for each option. That's deliberate — follow one set from start to finish and ignore the other two. Installing all three won't help and will just confuse which one is actually connected to your account.

Option 1 — Smarters Pro  ·  our recommendation
1

Install it from Google Play

Open the Google Play Store and search for Smarters Pro - Mobile, the current official Tech Smarters app. The package name is com.smarters.smarterspro if you want to be certain.

Select Install. Nothing to sideload and no browser step.

IPTV Smarters setup method screen
Smarters setup-method screen — france-iptv-4k.fr
2

Choose Xtream Codes API

Open the app and pick Login with Xtream Codes API.

IPTV Smarters Xtream Codes login form
Smarters Xtream login form — abcmedia.uk
3

Enter your EyePTV login

Any Name: type EyePTV. Then your Username, Password and Server URL, exactly as we sent them. Select Add User.

Paste, don't type. Copy each value straight out of our WhatsApp message. A trailing space is invisible and produces the same error as a wrong password.
IPTV Smarters main dashboard
Smarters dashboard — tapgo.tv
4

Let it load

The app downloads your content and opens on a dashboard with Live TV, Movies, Series, Search, Favourites and the EPG.

Turn the phone sideways for full-screen playback. Done.

Option 2 — IBO Player Pro
1

Install the Android app

Open iboproapp.com on the phone and download the Android app file, then open it and select Install. Android will ask you to allow installs from your browser — allow it, then switch that permission back off afterwards.

Worth doing only if you already hold an IBO licence from another device. Otherwise Option 1 is less work.

IBO Player Pro MAC address and device key screen
IBO Player Pro activation screen — internettv.com
2

Note the MAC Address and Device Key

Open the app and write down both values it shows. Keep them private — they work like a password for your player.

IBO Player Pro Manage Playlists login
IBO Player Pro playlist login — iboplayer.pro
3

Log in to Manage Playlists

In a browser — same phone is fine — open the management page the app displays on screen, and sign in with those two values.

Use the address your app shows, not one from a search result. IBO-branded players use several different portals and the wrong one just refuses the login.
IBO Player Pro playlist setup form
IBO Player Pro Add Playlist — iptvtcl.com
4

Add EyePTV, then reload

Create a playlist called EyePTV and enter either the full M3U link or the Xtream details we sent you, then save.

Go back to the app and use Reload, or close and reopen it.

Option 3 — HotPlayer / Hot IPTV
1

Install HotPlayer

Search Google Play for HotPlayer or Hot IPTV. Its own site says it is on Play, though whether it shows can depend on your device and country.

HotPlayer home screen showing the device MAC
HotPlayer MAC address — iptv-suomi.com
2

Note the MAC address it shows

Open the app and write down the Your MAC value. HotPlayer links playlists to the device through this, the same way IBO does.

HotPlayer upload page
HotPlayer upload page — puretvip.com
3

Open the upload page

In the phone browser go to hotplayer.app/upload, enter the MAC address the app showed you and select Next.

4

Add the EyePTV playlist

Pick the source type that matches what we sent you — M3U link or Xtream details — name the playlist EyePTV and select Save.

Hot IPTV live TV interface
HotPlayer Live TV — ecranmoderne.com
5

Refresh the app

Back in HotPlayer, select Refresh, or close and reopen it. Your Live TV, Movies and Series sections load from the playlist you just added.

If something doesn't work

The five things that go wrong on Android phones, and how to fix them.

The login is rejected

Nine times out of ten it's a copied space at the end of a field. Paste each value again and check the very end of the server URL. Use exactly the http or https and the port number we sent — changing either breaks it.

It logs in but everything is empty

Give it a minute on first load, then pull to refresh. If it's still empty, send us a screenshot of the account screen and we'll check the details against your subscription.

Playback stops when I lock the phone

That's Android's battery optimisation closing the app. Open your phone's battery settings, find the player and set it to unrestricted.

It buffers on mobile data but not Wi-Fi

Full HD needs a steady 10 Mbps and 4K needs 25. Mobile data can hit that and still stutter if the signal moves around. Try a lower-quality stream if your package offers one.

Can I cast this to my TV?

You can, but it's a poor substitute. Casting re-encodes the picture and drains the phone. If the TV is the real target, set the TV up directly — we have a guide for whatever it is.

Can I use it on my phone and my TV at once?

Only if your plan includes more than one connection. Installing the app twice doesn't add one. Message us if you need a second stream.

Stuck on a step?

Send us a screenshot on WhatsApp and tell us which of the three players you went with.

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Sources & verification

The screenshots on this page come from public pages showing real player interfaces; each credits its source underneath. None are AI-generated. App availability and screen layouts vary by Android version, device and region. Checked August 2026.