You own a device. Which IPTV player apps actually exist for it, which login your provider can give you that the app will accept, and what the catch is? This table answers that one question, device by device, from what the manufacturers and the app developers publish themselves. It is maintained by IPTV Canada Neo; the step-by-step installs live in the IPTV setup hub, and the player-by-player comparison in the IPTV apps guide. Nothing here ranks apps or sells hardware.
How to read the table
- First step, always: identify your platform before choosing a player. Two devices with the same name can run different operating systems — the Fire TV rows below are the clearest case.
- Every row carries its sources and the date it was last checked; the changelog at the end records what changed.
The compatibility table
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| Device / platform | Compatible IPTV player | Supported login method | Official installation route | Important limitation | First-party source | Last verified |
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| Vega OS — Appstore apps only Fire TV Stick 4K Select (2025) · Fire TV Stick HD (2026) · Fire TV Stick 4K, 3rd Gen (2026)Vega OS 1.1 / 2.0 — Linux-based, not Android · model codes AFTCA002 · AFTCL001 · AFTCR001 | VLC for Vega OS (Amazon Appstore, released by VideoLAN on 23 July 2026; the developer names the Fire TV Stick 4K Select and Fire TV Stick HD — on the Stick 4K 3rd Gen, search the Appstore on the device). VLC is a media player, not an IPTV service. No other player in this table publishes a Vega OS release. | VLC: VideoLAN’s announcement lists local files and SMB / UPnP-DLNA network shares; it does not document M3U playlists, Xtream Codes or portal logins on Vega. | Amazon Appstore — the consumer installation route. Separately, Amazon’s Vega documentation describes a developer workflow: Developer Mode plus the Vega command-line tools, installing Vega packages (.vpkg). It is not a consumer install route. | Buy with care: “Fire TV Stick HD” and “Fire TV Stick 4K” are names used for both Fire OS and Vega OS generations. Check the model code or Settings › My Fire TV › About before choosing a player. | Amazon — Identify Fire TV devicesAmazon — Announcing Vega OSAmazon — Vega: run apps on a deviceAmazon — Vega: enable Developer ModeVideoLAN (J.-B. Kempf) — VLC for Vega OS | 4 Oct 2026 |
| Fire OS — sideloading possible Fire TV Stick 4K Plus (2025) · Stick 4K Max 2nd Gen (2023) · Stick 4K 2nd Gen (2023) · Stick HD (2024) · Fire TV Cube 3rd Gen (2022)Fire OS 7 or 8 (Android-based) · AFTMA08C15 · AFTKRT · AFTKM · AFTSS · AFTGAZL |
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| Amazon Appstore where the developer lists it; otherwise sideloading after enabling apps from unknown sources (a Fire OS user setting). XCIPTV is Google Play only — its developer publishes no APK — so it is “not documented” here. | Smart IPTV charges a one-time 5.49 EUR per device; the other developers do not publish their activation prices. The 2024 Stick HD (AFTSS) is Fire OS 7 — do not confuse it with the 2026 Vega model of the same name. | Amazon — Identify Fire TV devicesSmart IPTV (siptv.app)SmartOne IPTVSmart STBibo Pro PlayerHotPlayerTiviMate — Google Play | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Fire OS Fire TV Edition televisions — Amazon Omni / 2-Series / 4-Series and partner sets (Toshiba, Insignia, Hisense, TCL, Panasonic, JVC…)Fire OS 7 or 8 (Fire OS 14 on the 2026 Hisense U7, TCL QM64L and Onida sets listed by Amazon) | Same players as the Fire OS sticks above. | Same as the Fire OS sticks. | Amazon Appstore; sideloading as on the sticks. | A Fire TV set runs Fire OS — none of the televisions in Amazon’s device table is listed as Vega OS at the time of verification. | Amazon — Identify Fire TV devices | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Widest choice Android TV / Google TV — Google TV Streamer, Chromecast with Google TV, Nvidia Shield, Sony / TCL / Hisense Google TV sets, generic Android boxesAndroid TV / Google TV |
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| Google Play; sideloading possible after allowing unknown sources. | Smart IPTV’s Android app requires Android 13 or newer per its developer, which excludes many older boxes. The developer site for IPTV Smarters Pro does not document a Google Play release, so it is not listed. | TiviMate — Google PlayXCIPTV — Google PlaySmart IPTV (siptv.app)SmartOne — Android TV install noteSmart STB — Google Playibo Pro PlayerHotPlayer | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Store only Apple TV (tvOS)tvOS · App Store only |
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| App Store (Canada storefront). No sideloading on tvOS. | GSE Smart IPTV Pro is iPhone/iPad only — not on Apple TV. Watch for look-alike apps with similar names from other developers; the developer name on the listing is the check. | Smarters Player Lite — App Store (CA)ibo Pro Player — App Store (CA)Smart STB | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Store only iPhone · iPadiOS / iPadOS · App Store only |
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| App Store. AirPlay to an Apple TV is the usual way to get a phone-only app onto the television. | Two look-alikes exist (“Ibo Player Pro” by a different publisher; “GSE IPTV Smarters Pro” by a different publisher) — match the developer name, not the icon. | Smarters Player Lite — App Store (CA)GSE Smart IPTV Pro — App Store (CA)ibo Pro Player — App Store (CA)Net IPTV (netiptv.eu)Smart STB | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Range varies by app Samsung Smart TVs (Tizen)Tizen · Samsung Apps store only |
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| Samsung Apps store on the TV. No sideloading route for consumers. | Only two developers publish a year range, and they do not overlap (Smart IPTV from 2022, Net IPTV 2016–2020): a 2021 set has to be checked app by app in the store. Model year: Settings › Support › About This TV. | Smart IPTV (siptv.app)Net IPTV (netiptv.eu)Smart STBSmartOne IPTVibo Pro PlayerHotPlayer | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Range varies by app LG Smart TVs (webOS)webOS · LG Content Store only |
| As for Samsung: M3U by MAC upload (Smart IPTV, Net IPTV); portal / virtual MAC (Smart STB); Xtream-style API or M3U (SmartOne); M3U (ibo Pro, HotPlayer). | LG Content Store on the TV. No consumer sideloading. | webOS version: Settings › General › About This TV. Newer webOS releases are not named by Net IPTV’s published range. | Smart IPTV (siptv.app)Net IPTV (netiptv.eu)Smart STBSmartOne IPTVibo Pro PlayerHotPlayer | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Store-dependent Hisense / Toshiba VIDAA · Panasonic / TCL / Sharp Foxxum · Whale OS (ZEASN) · Titan OS setsVIDAA · Foxxum · Whale OS · Titan OS — each TV’s own store |
| Smart IPTV: M3U by MAC · SmartOne: Xtream-style API or M3U · HotPlayer, ibo Pro: M3U | The television’s own app store; availability depends on the regional store. | None of these developers documents a model-year range for these platforms. | Smart IPTV (siptv.app)SmartOne IPTVHotPlayeribo Pro Player | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Not supported by our service Roku players and Roku TVsRoku OS · Roku Streaming Store | ibo Pro Player and HotPlayer list Roku and the Roku Store. IPTV Canada Neo does not support Roku, so this row is informational only. | M3U (both developers). | Roku Streaming Store. Roku’s own documentation makes sideloading a developer feature: Developer Mode, acceptance of the developer licence agreement, and only one sideloaded app at a time — for building and testing apps, not for consumers. | Not supported by our service. Pick a Fire OS, Android TV or Apple TV device instead (see the setup hub). | Roku — Activating developer modeibo Pro PlayerHotPlayer | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Built-in player Formuler Z-series and GTV boxesAndroid TV (Formuler) · MYTVOnline built in; Google Play for other players |
| MYTVOnline: Xtream-style login and M3U lead; MAC/portal where offered. Formuler publishes no per-version list of supported formats. | MYTVOnline ships on the box; Google Play for the rest. | Version-to-model mapping is as published by Formuler; see the MYTVOnline guide for the one model with conflicting first-party information. | Formuler | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Portal only MAG set-top boxes (Infomir)Stalker / Ministra portal firmware · no app store | The box’s own portal client only; no third-party player. | Portal address + the box MAC. | Nothing to install; the portal address is entered in the box settings. | No M3U or Xtream login on stock firmware. | Infomir (MAG) | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Built-in player BuzzTV boxesAndroid · BuzzTV app built in; Google Play for other players | BuzzTV 6 is the current BuzzTV app per the manufacturer; the X5 SS now sits under previous generations. Android TV players above via Google Play. | BuzzTV app: as documented by BuzzTV for the model; other players as listed above. | Built in; Google Play for the rest. | BuzzTV publishes no box-to-app-version mapping, so none is given here. | BuzzTV | 2 Oct 2026 |
Windows PCWindows 10/11 · Microsoft Store |
| Smarters Expert: Xtream Codes API, M3U · HotPlayer, ibo Pro: M3U · VLC: opens an M3U or a stream URL | Microsoft Store; VLC from videolan.org. | VLC has no EPG or channel manager — useful to test a stream, not a daily player. | IPTV Smarters Expert — Microsoft StoreHotPlayeribo Player Pro for Windows — Microsoft StoreVideoLAN — VLC | 2 Oct 2026 |
MacmacOS · App Store |
| Smarters Player Lite: M3U, JSON · ibo Pro: M3U · VLC: M3U or stream URL | App Store (Canada); VLC from videolan.org. | GSE Smart IPTV Pro is not available for Mac. | Smarters Player Lite — App Store (CA)ibo Pro Player — App Store (CA)VideoLAN — VLC | 2 Oct 2026 |
Step-by-step guides for the players in this table: ibo Pro Player · XCIPTV · SmartOne IPTV · Net IPTV · Smart STB · Smart IPTV · MYTVOnline (Formuler) · IPTV Smarters Expert (Windows) · VLC · iPhone, iPad and Apple TV · Windows PC. Each one covers one app or platform only; the table above tells you which to open.
Fire TV: the same name, two operating systems
Amazon now ships Fire TV sticks on two unrelated operating systems. The long-standing one is Fire OS, which is built on Android: those sticks and cubes take apps from the Amazon Appstore and also allow apps from unknown sources, which is how players that are not in the Appstore get installed. The newer one is Vega OS, which Amazon introduced on 30 September 2025 with the Fire TV Stick 4K Select and describes as built on Linux components. Amazon’s own device table lists three Vega sticks at the time of writing — the Fire TV Stick 4K Select (2025, Vega OS 1.1), the Fire TV Stick HD (2026, Vega OS 1.1) and the Fire TV Stick 4K 3rd Gen (2026, Vega OS 2.0) — and it keeps the Fire TV Stick 4K Plus (2025), the 4K Max and 4K second generations (2023), the Fire TV Cube (2022), the 2024 Fire TV Stick HD and every Fire TV Edition television on Fire OS.
The trap is the naming. “Fire TV Stick HD” is a Fire OS product from 2024 (model code AFTSS) and a Vega OS product from 2026 (AFTCL001); “Fire TV Stick 4K” is Fire OS in its 2023 second generation (AFTKM) and Vega OS in its 2026 third generation (AFTCR001). Before you choose a player, open Settings › My Fire TV › About on the device, or read the model code on the stick, and match it against Amazon’s table linked in the row. Amazon’s Vega documentation describes installing an app outside the Appstore only in Developer Mode with Amazon’s own command-line tools and Vega packages, which is a developer workflow; it does not describe installing Android APKs. On the consumer side, Vega apps come only from the Appstore: of the players in this table, VLC is the only one with a Vega OS release, and VideoLAN’s announcement documents local files and SMB / UPnP-DLNA network shares; it does not document M3U playlists, Xtream Codes or portal logins. The Fire OS models remain the sticks where the IPTV players in this table are documented.
Smart TVs: the store decides, and the year matters
Samsung, LG, Hisense/Toshiba (VIDAA), the Foxxum-based brands and the Whale OS and Titan OS sets each have their own app store, and there is no consumer sideloading on any of them. What is in the store depends on the region and the TV’s platform version, and the developers are uneven about saying which models they cover. Only two publish ranges today: Smart IPTV states Tizen 6.5 and newer (2022 models onward) for its current Samsung build, webOS 3.0 and newer for LG, and a legacy build for Netcast and webOS 1.0–2.0; Net IPTV states Samsung 2016–2020 and LG webOS 1.0–5.0. Smart STB, SmartOne, ibo Pro Player, HotPlayer and IPTV Smarters Pro list the platforms without a range, and the table says exactly that. If your television is a 2021 Samsung, for instance, no developer’s published range covers it, and the only reliable check is the store on the set itself. The TV’s model year and platform version are in Settings › Support › About This TV (Samsung) and Settings › General › About This TV (LG).
Boxes, Apple devices and computers
Android TV and Google TV devices have the widest choice because Google Play carries most players and unknown-sources installs are a user setting; the one restriction worth knowing is Smart IPTV’s Android 13 requirement, which rules out older boxes. Apple TV, iPhone and iPad are App Store only, with no sideloading; the practical limits there are that Smarters Player Lite documents M3U and JSON but not Xtream Codes, that GSE Smart IPTV Pro has no Apple TV or Mac version, and that two look-alike apps borrow the ibo and GSE names — the developer name on the listing is what to check. Formuler boxes ship with MYTVOnline (version 2, 3 or 4 by model, as Formuler lists them), BuzzTV boxes with the BuzzTV app, and both can add any Android TV player from Google Play; MAG boxes use a portal login only. On a computer, IPTV Smarters Expert is the Microsoft Store option for Windows, Smarters Player Lite and ibo Pro Player have Mac builds, and VLC plays a stream on either but has no guide or channel manager. Roku is listed by two developers and is not supported by our service; Roku’s own documentation keeps sideloading inside its developer programme, one app at a time.
How this table is verified
Every cell comes from a manufacturer page (Amazon’s Fire TV device table and Vega announcements, Roku’s developer documentation, Formuler, Infomir and BuzzTV product pages), a developer’s own site, or an official store listing (Google Play, the Canadian App Store, Samsung and LG stores, the Microsoft Store). Reseller compatibility lists, press reports and forum posts are never used as a cell value; where press has reported something a manufacturer has not published, the table says only what the manufacturer says. Each row shows its sources and the date it was last checked. The whole table is re-checked every quarter, and within a week of any device or operating-system announcement from Amazon, Google, Apple, Samsung or LG. A row changes only when a first-party page changes; the changelog below records each change with its date.
Open dataset. The 15 rows of this table are also published as an open dataset (CSV and JSON, CC BY 4.0) on GitHub and archived on Zenodo with a permanent identifier, doi:10.5281/zenodo.23149574 (version 1.0.0, 5 October 2026). Future versions are linked from doi:10.5281/zenodo.23149573. This page remains the canonical, maintained version.
Changelog
- 4 Oct 2026 — Vega OS row re-verified: VLC for Vega OS is available in the Amazon Appstore (VideoLAN, 23 July 2026); its announcement documents local files and SMB / UPnP-DLNA shares, not M3U, Xtream Codes or portal logins. No other player in the table publishes a Vega release. The install note now separates the consumer Appstore route from Amazon’s Developer Mode workflow.
- 2 Oct 2026 — First publication. All rows verified against the sources listed; Amazon’s device table lists three Vega OS sticks (4K Select 2025, Stick HD 2026, Stick 4K 3rd Gen 2026); Smart IPTV’s published ranges are Tizen 6.5+/2022+ and webOS 3.0+; Net IPTV’s are Samsung 2016–2020 and webOS 1.0–5.0.
Something changed on a developer or manufacturer page that this table does not reflect yet? Tell us through the contact page with the source link and we will re-verify the row.
