Built for the TV, not squeezed onto it
Most IPTV apps start life on phones. MuskTV was written for the television first: every screen works with the D-pad, nothing needs a touchscreen, and the home screen is the TV guide itself, with the channel you were watching already playing in a preview window.
- Guide-first home: a full grid of channels and programmes with live video in the corner. Press OK and the same stream goes full screen without restarting.
- Channel list over the picture: press Left while watching to browse channels, categories and today's schedule without leaving the stream.
- Remote conventions everywhere: MENU opens options, INFO shows programme details, number keys jump straight to a channel, CH± pages through long lists.
- Search that forgives spelling: channels, programme titles and descriptions, with voice search. Type in Latin letters and find Georgian, Russian or Ukrainian names.
- Favorites, history and hidden channels: star or hide many channels at once, reorder a category, and keep it all when the playlist refreshes.
Fast on the TV you already own
Every MuskTV release is benchmarked on a budget Android TV before it ships. These are its numbers on a 2K Android 11 TV with under 1 GB of RAM:
- Cold start from tap to the guide
- 655 ms
- Channel switch median, 1080i channel
- ≈1 s
- CPU while playing 1080i H.264
- 23%
- Memory while playing
- 87 MB
- App size the whole APK
- 2.4 MB
Measured with our benchmark script on a budget 2K Android 11 TV with under 1 GB of RAM, playing a 1080i H.264 channel (MuskTV 0.1.0, October 2026). Your numbers will depend on your device and provider.
It gets there with hardware decoding, small live buffers and a fresh decoder for every channel switch, so a cheap TV or box stays smooth hours into a session. Read more on the lightweight IPTV player page.
Works with the playlist you already have
- M3U / M3U8 links: paste the playlist address from your provider. Groups, channel numbers (
tvg-chno), logos and catch-up settings are read automatically. How to add an M3U playlist. - Xtream Codes: enter the server URL, username and password. MuskTV builds the channel list for you. Xtream Codes login explained.
- XMLTV guide: the guide named in your playlist is downloaded, plain or gzipped, and refreshed every 12 hours. You can also enter your own guide link. EPG setup guide.
MuskTV is a player only. It does not come with channels, and we can't help you find a playlist or a provider.
Which devices it runs on
Android TV and Google TV televisions (Sony, TCL, Hisense, Philips and others), Chromecast with Google TV, Nvidia Shield, Android TV boxes, and Amazon Fire TV. You need Android 6.0 or newer. This app is designed for a TV and a remote; phones and tablets have their own app, MuskTV for Android phones.
Install it in a few minutes from the download page: on Android TV and Google TV with our Google TV guide, on Fire TV with our Fire TV guide.
Try it on your TV first
Every TV gets a 7-day free trial from the first launch, with every feature and no account. If you keep it, Premium is $19.99 a year for up to 5 devices, TVs and phones together, bought on this website. See Premium.
Questions
Does MuskTV work on Google TV and Chromecast with Google TV?
Yes. Google TV is Android TV with a different home screen. Turn on developer mode (Settings › System › About, select Android TV OS build seven times), allow the Downloader app to install unknown apps, and install MuskTV from www.streamusk.com/apk.
Is MuskTV on the Google Play Store?
Not yet. You install the official APK from www.streamusk.com/apk; it is signed with our release key and updates itself from inside the app.
Does it include channels?
No. MuskTV is a media player only. You add a playlist from your own TV provider.
What is the oldest Android version it supports?
Android 6.0. It is tested on a budget Android 11 TV with under 1 GB of RAM, so older and cheaper hardware is exactly what it is built for.