Your playlists deserve a real streaming app.
PhiPTV turns the M3U link or Xtream Codes login you already have into a real streaming app: a profile for everyone at home, a Kids mode parents actually control, a guide with catch-up — and, with PhiPTV Cloud, your favourites, progress and settings waiting on every screen you own.
No ads in any version. PhiPTV ships empty: it plays only the sources you add and does not include any channels, playlists or subscriptions.
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Movie title
ResumeSynced to your account
Paused on TV · 42:10
Kids · 25 min left today
- One account, every screenSign in and your playlists, favourites and progress are already there.
- A profile for everyoneSeparate favourites, history and suggestions for each person.
- Parents are in controlApprove-only Kids mode, PIN, daily limit and a bedtime lock.
- Set up from your phoneScan the QR on the TV. Never type a long URL with a remote again.
- No ads. Ever.Not in Free, not anywhere — and no paid “remove ads”, because there is nothing to remove.
Players stop at playback. PhiPTV starts there.
An ordinary playlist player is an app on one device. PhiPTV is an account, a household and a set of rules that travel with you.
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Ordinary player
Every new device starts from zero. You type the same long URL and password again, with a remote.
PhiPTVSign in once. Your playlists, profiles and favourites are already on the new device.
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Ordinary player
One list for the whole household. Everyone's favourites and history end up in the same pile.
PhiPTVA profile per person. Own favourites, own history, own suggestions ranked from what that person actually watches.
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Ordinary player
What you watched stays on that device. Move to another room and you scrub to find your place.
PhiPTVPause on the TV, resume on your phone. Same film, same minute, because progress lives in your account.
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Ordinary player
A child can open anything in the playlist. At best there is one PIN on one category.
PhiPTVKids mode is approve-only. Children see what you allowed and nothing else, behind a PIN, with a daily limit and a bedtime.
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Ordinary player
Helping a relative means a phone call and eighty characters dictated letter by letter.
PhiPTVManage any TV from a browser. They read you the MAC address and key; you add the playlist from your phone, wherever you are.
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Ordinary player
“Too many connections” appears out of nowhere because another room was already watching.
PhiPTVStream limit guard. Tell PhiPTV how many connections your service allows and it warns you before another screen pushes you over.
Same profile. Same minute. Every screen.
The experience you expect from the big streaming apps, built around the sources you bring. Sign in with Google or email on up to five screens and everything below follows you.
- Playlists — logins are encrypted with a key unique to your account before they leave the device.
- Profiles and avatars — the whole household, on every device.
- Favourites — per profile, per playlist.
- Continue Watching and history — resume anywhere at the same position.
- Kids rules — approvals, limits and bedtime follow the child, not the device.
- App settings — set it up once.
Rather keep everything on one device? PhiPTV Local has every feature and syncs nothing — your account only holds the licence. Cloud is the version that follows you.
One PhiPTV account
One evening, one account.
This is what a household looks like when the player knows who is watching, on which screen, under which rules.
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17:30Living-room TV · Kids profile
The children pick their profile
They see the two categories you approved and nothing else from the playlist. The clock on today's watch limit starts.
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18:15Living-room TV · Daily limit
Time is up, without an argument
The daily watch limit ends the session on its own. Leaving Kids mode needs your PIN.
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20:00Living-room TV · Your profile
Your own home screen
Your favourites, your suggestions, and the film you started last week waiting in Continue Watching at 42:10. Missed this afternoon's match? Open the guide and replay it, if your service keeps an archive.
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22:10Phone · Same profile
Pause downstairs, continue upstairs
Open PhiPTV on your phone and the film is there, at the minute you left it. The stream limit guard already knows the TV has stopped.
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SaturdayYour parents' TV · From your phone
Family tech support, from another city
They read you the MAC address and the device key shown on their TV. You add their playlist from your browser and it appears on their screen while you are still on the call.
Built for a house with children in it.
Most players bolt a PIN onto a category. PhiPTV gives children their own profile and gives parents the controls.
- Approve-only by default. A Kids profile starts with everything blocked. You approve playlists, categories, channels or single titles.
- PIN-locked. Leaving Kids mode or changing a rule needs the parent PIN, which is stored as a salted hash, never as plain text.
- Daily watch limit. Pick the minutes; PhiPTV ends the session when they are used.
- Bedtime lock. Choose when the profile locks and when it opens again.
- Usage breakdown. See what was watched and for how long.
- Rules follow the child. With PhiPTV Cloud, set them once and they apply on every device signed in to your account.
- Locked when unsure. If the rules cannot be checked, Kids mode stays closed rather than open.
Kids
Parental controls
The small things other players skip.
Everything below works with the sources you bring. Nothing is pre-loaded.
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It remembers your tracks
Pick an audio language or subtitles once and PhiPTV keeps that choice for the rest of the series.
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It learns Skip Intro
Skip past an intro once and PhiPTV offers a Skip Intro button for the rest of that series, even though your source carries no intro data.
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Voice search
A microphone beside every search bar, remote keyboards in English and Arabic, and search that matches Arabic however it’s spelled.
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Incognito
Switch it on and nothing you watch is saved: no history, no Continue Watching, no effect on suggestions.
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Replay what you missed
On channels your service archives, press OK on a past programme in the TV guide to watch it from the start — or press LEFT in fullscreen to start the programme that’s on now over.
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Never miss the start
Press OK on a programme that hasn’t started and PhiPTV reminds you a minute before, with one button to watch.
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Your categories, your order
Hide the categories you never watch and move your favourites to the top. A playlist refresh doesn’t undo it.
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New episodes in your bell
When a series you follow gets a new episode it lands in the notification bell, with one button to start watching.
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On your TV's home screen
What you are watching appears in the Android TV Watch Next row, so you can resume before you even open the app.
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Errors that explain themselves
When a stream fails you get a clear reason and steps to try, not just “playback failed” — and a built-in connection test checks your internet speed.
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Designed for a remote
Predictable focus, large targets and no hidden gestures on the TV; a separate touch layout on the phone.
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Radio has its own place
Radio stations in your playlist are gathered into a Radio section instead of hiding among the TV channels.
One account. More screens with every release.
PhiPTV is one product built to live on all your screens. Whatever we ship next signs in to the account you already have.
First releaseAndroid and Google TV
- Android TVTelevisions and streaming boxes running Android TV.
- Google TVGoogle TV sets and streaming devices.
- Android phones and tabletsA touch layout with the same account and profiles.
- Any browserManage the playlists on your TV from a phone or laptop.
On the roadmapWhere PhiPTV goes next
- Fire TVNext in line.
- LG smart TVsIn development for recent webOS models.
- Samsung smart TVsPlanned for recent Tizen models.
- iPhone and iPadPlanned.
- MacPlanned.
- WindowsPlanned.
- LinuxPlanned.
The roadmap shows direction, not dates: order and timing can change. Android, Android TV, Google TV, Fire TV, LG, webOS, Samsung, Tizen, iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows and Linux are trademarks of their respective owners, shown only to identify the platform. PhiPTV is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. See the Downloads page for the status of each app.
How web management works
Typing a long URL with a remote is nobody's idea of fun. Do it from your phone instead.
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Find the MAC and key on your TV
Open Settings › Manage from the web on the TV. It shows the MAC address, the device key and a QR code. Regenerating the key instantly revokes anyone you shared it with.
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Open the manage page on your phone
Scan the QR code, or go to phiptv-98376.web.app/manage and enter the MAC address and key. No account needed — signing in only lets you save the TV so you do not retype them next time.
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Add your own playlist
Enter the M3U URL or the Xtream Codes login issued by your service. Credentials are encrypted in your browser before they are sent, and the playlist shows up on the TV while it is on.
Supported inputs: an M3U/M3U8 URL or an Xtream Codes API login issued by YOUR service. PhiPTV supplies neither and connects only to the addresses you enter.
You are responsible for ensuring you have the right to access content you add. PHIPTV does not provide, host, or endorse any content.
Content responsibility
PHIPTV is a media player only. It does not provide, host, bundle, or endorse any channels, streams, or other content.
You supply your own playlists and sources, and you are solely responsible for ensuring you have the legal right to access any content you add.
Shown and accepted on the first launch of the app, before anything else.
A look around
Every screen is built for a remote first, and for a thumb on the phone.
Illustrative screens. Channel names, titles and posters are placeholders — PhiPTV shows only what your own source provides.
Before you install
How is PhiPTV different from other playlist players?
Most players are an app on one device. PhiPTV is an account: profiles, Kids rules, favourites and progress live with you and appear on every device you sign in to. Playback is where it starts, not where it ends.
Does PhiPTV include any channels, films or series?
No. PhiPTV ships empty and plays only the sources you add. It does not sell, recommend or link to any playlist or service.
What can a Kids profile see?
Only what a parent approved: playlists, categories, channels or single titles. Everything else is hidden, leaving the profile needs the PIN, and the daily limit and bedtime lock can end a session on their own.
Which devices does it run on?
The first release is for Android TV, Google TV, and Android phones and tablets. More platforms are on the roadmap above, and one account will cover all of them.
What can I add?
An M3U or M3U8 playlist URL, or an Xtream Codes API login (server, username, password), issued by your own service. An XMLTV link for the programme guide is optional.
Do I need an account?
Only for PhiPTV Cloud. Free and Local work without an account and keep everything on the device. Cloud needs one, because the account is what carries your playlists, profiles, favourites and progress to your other screens. The web manage page never needs an account.
Which version should I choose?
Free for live channels on one screen; Local for every feature on a device with nothing synced (and a buy-once option); Cloud for a household on several screens. See Pricing.
Are there ads?
No. There are no ads in any version, including Free, and no paid “remove ads” option.
Can I watch programmes that have already aired?
Yes, when your service keeps an archive for that channel (Xtream Codes catch-up). Past programmes you can replay are marked in the TV guide; press OK to watch from the start. In fullscreen on a TV, LEFT starts the programme that’s on now from the beginning.
Which languages does PhiPTV speak?
English at launch. Arabic, with a full right-to-left layout, and French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Russian, Italian and Turkish are being reviewed by native speakers and will follow. The remote keyboard already types Arabic, and search understands Arabic spelling variants.
Where do I find the MAC address and device key?
On the TV, open Settings › Manage from the web. The MAC address, the 10-character key and a QR code are shown there.
What happens if I regenerate the key?
The old key stops working immediately, on every phone or browser that had it. Playlists already on the TV are not affected.
Are my playlist details sent anywhere?
The credentials you enter on the manage page are encrypted in your browser before they are sent to the TV. PhiPTV connects only to the addresses you enter and never asks for your device key by email.
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