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Getting started with Tuvora

Install the app, sign in once, add a playlist, and you're watching. Here's the lay of the land.

1. Install

Tuvora is in beta on Google Play. Join the tester group first, then install:

  1. Join the tester group with your Google account.
  2. Open the link for your device — phone / tablet or Android TV / Google TV — and tap Download it on Google Play.

2. Sign in (optional, but you want it)

An account syncs your playlists and watch progress between your phone and your TV.

📱 Phone

  1. Tap your profile avatar (right end of the bottom bar) to open Settings → Account → Sign In.
  2. Enter email + password, then Sign In — or Create Accountif you're new. You can also Continue Without Account; your data then stays on the device only.

📺 TV — no typing needed

  1. Open Settings (bottom of the left sidebar) → Account → Sign In / Create Account.
  2. The TV shows a QR code: “Scan QR and sign in on your phone.” Scan it with your phone camera, approve the sign-in on the phone, and the TV logs itself in.
  3. Prefer the remote? Choose Sign Into type email + password on screen instead (there's a Continue with QR button to switch back).
A TV showing a QR code for signing in from a phone
TV — scan the QR with your phone; no typing with the remote.

3. Add your playlist

Tuvora plays your content — add it as an M3U playlist, an Xtream Codes login, or a Stalker portal. Each has its own short guide.

TV tip: in the IPTV section, pick Add from phone — scan the QR with your phone and type the playlist details there instead of with the remote.

The IPTV section on a TV, offering Add IPTV account or Add from phone
TV — Add IPTV account, or Add from phone to skip remote-typing.

4. Finding your way around

📱 Phone — bottom tabs

  • Home — continue watching + your content rows
  • Search — search everything
  • Library — your saved items
  • IPTV — your playlists, with Live TV / Movies / Series sections and the guide
  • Sports — the Sports centre: fixtures and events, matched to channels in your playlist
  • Profile avatar — profiles & Settings
The Tuvora home screen on a phone with the tab bar along the bottom
Phone — Home, with the tab bar along the bottom.

📺 TV — left sidebar (D-pad)

Press left to open the sidebar from anywhere: Home, Search, Library, IPTV, Sports, Settings. Inside IPTV you get the same Live TV / Movies / Series sections. Long rows scroll with the D-pad; back returns you to the sidebar.

The expanded left sidebar on the Tuvora TV app
TV — the sidebar, expanded.

5. If something's off

  • Playlist trouble → check the matching guide's troubleshooting section first.
  • Found a bug? Report it on GitHub — never include your server URL or password.
Still stuck? Open a report on GitHub — never include your server URL, username or password.