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title: "How to Set Up IPTV on Android TV, Phone or Tablet | Zapvo"
description: "Step by step: install Zapvo, add your M3U link, Xtream Codes account or Stalker portal, add a TV guide and start watching on Android TV, Google TV or your phone."
url: https://zapvo.app/en/guides/setup
language: en
updated: 2026-10-25
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Guides · 6 min read

# How to set up IPTV on Android TV, a phone or a tablet

From installing Zapvo to watching your first channel takes about five minutes. You need the details from your provider: an M3U link, an Xtream Codes account or a Stalker portal.

1. **Install Zapvo** — On a TV, open Google Play and search for Zapvo. On a phone or tablet, install it from Google Play as usual.
2. **Open it and accept the terms** — Zapvo starts in your device's language. You can read every legal text before you accept.
3. **Choose your source type** — M3U playlist, Xtream Codes or Stalker portal. Use what your provider gave you.
4. **Enter the details** — Paste the M3U link, type the server, user name and password, or the portal address. On a TV, scan the code on the screen and type on your phone instead.
5. **Wait a few seconds** — Zapvo checks the details and imports channels, movies and series. Even huge lists take only seconds.
6. **Check the guide** — Open the Guide. If it's empty, add an XMLTV address from your provider in the source settings.
7. **Make it yours** — Add favorites, set up profiles for the family and a parental PIN if you need one.

## Tips for typing on a TV

Long addresses are easy to mistype with a remote. When Zapvo asks for a playlist on the TV, it shows a code: scan it with your phone's camera and a page opens in your browser where you can type or paste everything, even send a playlist file. [More about the phone remote](https://zapvo.app/en/guides/phone-remote).

## Several playlists?

Add as many sources as you like. Each profile can watch its own source, and you can switch with a few presses.

## Something not working?

If the list doesn't load or the picture stutters, see our [troubleshooting guide](https://zapvo.app/en/guides/troubleshooting) or [contact us](https://zapvo.app/en/support).

## Bring your playlist. Zapvo does the rest.

Install Zapvo, add your source and watch. Every feature is free for 30 days, no card needed.

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Zapvo is a media player only. It doesn't provide or sell any channels, playlists or other content. Use it only with content you're allowed to watch.

[Get it on Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zapvo.iptv&hl=en)

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