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Important announcement about the app

My development environment was infected by unknown malicious software, as a result of which a few builds may have been affected. Once the issue was detected, I secured everything with a full disk wipe, restored a clean setup, and now all builds are scanned with VirusTotal. The F-Droid version will also be verified before release.

Public keys may have been compromised, which is why I am sharing this issue. You can download the new version and the new public key below, and instructions for restoring backups are provided.

No extra actions are required since the app uses one-time connection codes. These codes have very limited permissions (for example, they cannot change your password). Still, you can revoke them if you want full peace of mind.

 How to revoke access:

1. Open myaccount.google.com/security
2. Find “Your connections to third-party apps & services”
3. Tap “See all connection” and locate YouTube TV or Google Drive
4. Select the app → “Remove access”

Please keep built-in security features enabled to stay protected.

 SmartTube
  
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!The app screenshot

SmartTube is a free and open-source media client for Android TVs and TV boxes. It allows you to browse and play content from various public sources in a TV-optimized interface.

 ✅ Features
- Clean interface 
- SponsorBlock integration  
- Adjustable playback speed  
- 8K resolution support  
- 60fps playback  
- HDR compatibility  
- View live chat  
- Customizable buttons  
- Does not require Google Services  
- Helpful international community

 ❌ Limitations
- Not supported on phones and tablets  
- Comment functionality is unstable  
- Voice search and casting performance may be inferior to official apps, depending on your device  

Give it a try!

Do you have any question? Ctrl+F or ⌘F this readme first!

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 Device support
 [!IMPORTANT]  
 Starting in October 2025 new Amazon FireTV devices no longer run Android under the hood. SmartTube will not be compatible with the Fire Stick 4k Select and newer devices which run Amazon's own VegaOS.

!Device support image
 Supported: all Android TVs and TV boxes (incl. All FireTV devices released before Oct. 2025, NVIDIA Shield & Chromecast with Google TV), even older ones with Android 4.3 (Kitkat).
 Not supported: Smartphones, non-Android platforms like Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Apple TV, etc.

 Installation

 video of the installation (note: download url changed to kutt.to/stn_beta or kutt.to/stn_stable)

Do not download SmartTube from any app store, APK websites or blogs; these were uploaded by other people and may contain malware or ads. SmartTube is not officially published on any app store.

There is a beta release (recommended) and a stable release. Beta gets new features and bugfixes faster than the stable release.

Top issues

Discussions

Latest release

- Hotfix: fixed live streams not working after the previous release

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 🛡️ VirusTotal Analysis

| Build Variant | VirusTotal Status | Detailed Report |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| SmartTube_stable_32.71_arm64-v8a.apk |  | View Report |
| SmartTube_stable_32.71_armeabi-v7a.apk |  | View Report |
| SmartTube_stable_32.71_universal.apk |  | View Report |
| SmartTube_stable_32.71_x86.apk |  | View Report |