KimberAndroid TV · Xtream
Xtream Codes player for Android TV
On Android TV and Google TV, KimberPlay signs in with the Xtream Codes details your provider already sent: server, username, and password. The app then asks that server for live categories, movies, and series, and uses the guide the account supplies.
Sign in from the couch
Install the APK from kimberplay.com/apk on Android 5.0 or newer, check the published checksum, and open KimberPlay. Choose Xtream and enter the three fields in their own boxes — do not paste them into the M3U URL field. Press Build My Library. A server address such as https://provider.example:8443 is only an example of the shape, not a service you can log in to.
Already have KimberPlay on this TV?
This version is signed with a new key, so Android can’t install it over a copy you already have, and the install will fail. Your current version keeps working, so there is no rush.
To move to this version, uninstall KimberPlay first, then install it. Uninstalling removes the app’s data, but the safety copy KimberPlay keeps in Downloads/KimberPlay stays on the TV.
When you open the new version, it offers to restore that copy. On Android 11 and newer, press Allow file access, pick KimberPlay in the list that opens, press OK on it once, and go back. Android TV can keep showing “Not allowed” under KimberPlay after that; the restore still works. Then press Restore. Your playlists and favourites come back.
If the app closed before you restored, or you chose Start fresh, open Settings › Backup & Restore and press Restore from safety backup. On Android 11 and newer it asks for the same file access, and the restore carries on by itself when you come back. If nothing happens, press Restore from safety backup again and press KimberPlay once more in the list.
Since version 1.15.0 the safety copy leaves out passwords and your Plus key. Have your provider login or full playlist link ready, and your Plus key too: you can get it re-sent at kimberplay.com/billing. If no safety copy is found, add your playlist again.
A server on your own network, such as an HDHomeRun tuner, needs approving again after the restore, because that approval isn’t in the safety copy either.
These steps were checked on Android TV.
What an Xtream account can fill in
- Live categories become the channel list, with favorites and recently watched at the top.
- Movies and series arrive as structured titles: posters, plot, seasons, and episodes when the account includes them, plus continue watching.
- The guide is part of the account. KimberPlay draws it as a seven-day timeline, with reminders and catch-up where your provider offers catch-up and your plan includes it.
- Search covers channels, titles, and guide programs from the remote.
- Plus on the TV adds multi-view (up to four streams, depending on the device and the account’s connection limit), recording, the Sports and News hubs, optional Cloud Sync, and the phone remote. The free tier keeps one playlist, playback, the guide, and search.
No content included
KimberPlay provides no content or channels. It does not sell, host, or recommend playlists. Use a playlist you are authorized to access.
Brought an M3U URL instead? Use the M3U player for Android TV. The Windows version of this login is the Xtream Codes player for Windows. Which format to prefer when you have both is in M3U vs Xtream Codes. The Android player overview covers Fire TV, Android TV, and what a phone can and cannot do.
