SmartTube
Advanced player for Android TVs and TV boxes offering 8K video, 60fps, HDR, adjustable playback speed, SponsorBlock, ad-free viewing, customizable buttons, live chat reading, account login, casting support, no reliance on Google Services, and open source.
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Lightweight
Features
- Built-in Ad-blocker
- Ad-free
- Stream video to Android TV
- No registration required
- Support for 4K
- Dark Mode
- Picture in Picture
- Kids Mode
- Chromecast Support
- No Tracking
Tags
- 8k-support
- youtube-google-tv
SmartTube News & Activities
Recent News
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Open source SmartTube YouTube client removed after security breach, new install neededOpen source YouTube client for TVs, SmartTube, recently had its digital signature exposed, causing ...
Recent activities
- Danilo_Venom updated SmartTube
- mooshmassacre reviewed SmartTube
This app is really sensational, it works perfectly on my projector with Google TV, ad-free, I feel free!
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What is SmartTube?
SmartTube is a free, open-source player for Android TVs and TV boxes. It offers features like ad-free viewing, SponsorBlock, adjustable playback speed, 8K video resolution, 60 fps content display, HDR support, live chat reading, and button customization. It operates without Google Services and has an international community. However, it's not compatible with phones and tablets, has unstable comment support, and its voice search and casting support may be less efficient than official apps. Despite these limitations, it supports TV box remote controllers, external software keyboards, and allows account login and phone casting.
SmartTube information
Developed by
Yuriy L (@yuliskov) Licensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free product.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 4.9Alternatives
35 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
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Video & Movies, OS & UtilitiesGitHub repository
- 28,194 Stars
- 1,520 Forks
- 3010 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
It works great on Google TV.
This app is really sensational, it works perfectly on my projector with Google TV, ad-free, I feel free!
A must have if you want to watch Youtube on TV …since the official app just doesn't work for years – it's too slow, doesn't let me speed up videos ("your device is incompatible" say what again??).
It's a good app. I've been using it for two years on my Android TV/Google TV. It works without any problems, and you don't need to do any complicated patching like on ReVanced or root your device. Just install the APK and disable the standard version of YouTube if you want. SmartTube has no ads and lets you skip sponsored segments in videos. Hundreds of settings for the player, subtitles, quality, and interface. The beta version is updated every day. The only downside is that the design is a little outdated.
Amazing Android TV App, it even has better performance than the original YouTube App.
Only thing I'd like is to have the option to turn ads on on selected videos or channels, you know, sometimes supporting some creators through ads are a good thing, at least by having the option to do so.
Great blocking ads and skipping embedded ads. Good controls, better than official app.
The fact that YouTube brings every year more ads to the platform make alternate even more relevant.
SmartTube is YouTube for SmartTV without the ads and can also be used without a Google Account.