Fred TV Mobile 2.0: Ultra-Fast Open-Source IPTV app, now will full Android TV support and much more!

I've been working really hard those past 3 months to deliver what I can consider to be the best android IPTV app; fully open-source, intuitive, bloat-free and ultra-fast.

Today, I release Fred TV 2.0 on the playstore!

- Optimized to be the fastest IPTV app out there, with a fully re-written backend made in Rust.

- Full Android TV support, D-Pad support on every view

- New easy-to-use redesigned TV Home for Android TV

- Robust playback, even on shoddy streams and on low-end devices

- Full support for Xtream and M3U

Try it out! You won't regret giving it a shot if you're already using other IPTV apps.

If you had tried the app previously under 1.X.X, please try it again, 2.0 is a massive upgrade.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.fredol.open_tv

https://github.com/fredolx/fred-tv-mobile

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Now the reason I'm posting this r/linux is not just to promote the app for Android. I'm doing an experiment. As some of you may know already, I've released before Fred TV for Linux, it uses tauri and rust to deliver a great experience on Desktop. Since the tauri front-end is still a webview at the end of the day, it doesn't deliver the best wayland experience.

So I'm inviting you to try Fred TV Next which should be a lot smoother. It's fully native, no webview. It's essentially the mobile app with a few tweaks. I'll be collecting feedback to see if this is going to be the future of Fred TV. You can grab the .flatpak in the releases and try it out today. The idea is to make one fully convergent IPTV app with shared favorites and sources between devices, and many other features.

Some of you may use old PCs with linux as TV boxes rather than using chinese boxes. I'm all for the eco-friendly nature of re-using old PCs, so here's the thing; you can use Fred TV Next and toggle the 'Force TV Mode' setting. It will give you the same d-pad/tv remote friendly experience as on Android TV, but without the chinese spyware.

EDIT: I'm a honest indie open-source dev making my apps solo, without any AI. I've been programming since 2019 professionally and in my own time. You can inspect my code, build it yourself. This app asks for 0 permissions and uses all the best security standards.

I've been maintaining the original desktop app for years, I have 3000 stars on Github and I've received a lot of support from my supporters which I am very grateful for.

I invite you to try out my app which I've originally made for my friends and family who were using borderline malware proprietary IPTV apps. I'm just putting out there for anyone who would prefer to use an open-source app which focuses on speed and a great search-based UX.

You are free to try it or not. But please if you do not care about IPTV or my app, do not make hateful claims about me. Thank you