In this review - about various ways to watch TV online on the Android and iPhone phone, about the main applications that allow free to watch the essential channels of Russian television (and not only) in fairly good quality, about some of their features, as well as where to download These online TV applications for Android, iPhone and iPad. It may also be interesting: how to use Android and iPhone as a remote control from smart TV.
- Methods for free watch online TV on Android and iPhone, the advantages of different ways
- View TV on the websites of television channels and third-party sites of online television
- Official Applications of Essential Television Channels
- TV applications from communication operators
- Third-party television applications for phones and tablets
- View online TV using IPTV playlists
- Video instruction
Methods for free watch online TV on Android and iPhone, advantages and disadvantages
First about various methods that allow watching airtal television from a phone or tablet online, each of them may be more or less preferable for a specific user:- Official TV channels and online TV sites - This method is suitable in case of viewing the broadcast of any channel you need one once. With this scenario, it does not make sense to set some application on your Android or iPhone phone, it is enough to go to the official website of the right channel and see if it is possible to view the TV online ether: usually this is present.
- Official Apps online TV TV channels - To their advantages include a relatively small amount of advertising, the ability to view already past transmissions in the record. Disadvantages - a limited set of channels (only direct ether of one channel or several channels of one television company), as well as the impossibility of using traffic for free on the mobile network (only on Wi-Fi).
- Television applications from communication operators - Cellular operators: MTS, Beeline, Megaphone, Tele2 have their own online TV applications for Android and iOS. Their advantage - often it is possible in full free of charge or for a symbolic payment to watch a good set of TV channels on the mobile Internet of the corresponding operator without spending 3G or LTE mobile Internet traffic, that is, a free possibility of watching TV is available anywhere.
- Third-party television applications - Finally, there are many third-party TV applications. Sometimes they represent a wider set of channels, not only Russian, can have a more convenient interface and extended functions compared to the above options. Free on the mobile network to use them will not work (i.e. traffic will be spent).
- Online View IPTV on the phone using TV channel playlists - By downloading a list of available online TV channels in the form of a playlist .m3u or .xml and opening it using a special application you can access immediately to the huge number of TV channels on your phone.
View TV on the websites of television channels and third-party sites of online television
If it took you once to see some transmission on TV from your phone, and next time such a need arises not yet soon, it may not have a special use of installing applications for online TV on Android or iPhone, it is enough to go in a mobile browser to the official website TV channel or third-party resources with the ability to view a live broadcast.
You can find a list of official sites of direct ether of popular TV channels in a separate manual: how to watch online TV for free in the browser and on the computer. In the same instructions, third-party sites that provide free and fully legal access to the main channels of Essential Online Television are provided - in some respects, these sites can be more convenient for viewing and operate to work on a mobile device than official resources.
Official Applications of Essential Television Channels
Many TV channels have their own applications for watching TV (and some, for example, VGTRK - not one). Among them are the first channel, Russia (VGTRK), NTV, STS and others. All of them can be found in the official stores of the Play Market and App Store.
I tried to use most of them and, from those that in my opinion turned out to be the most well-working and enjoyable interface - the application "first" from the first channel and "Russia. Television and radio. "
Both applications are convenient to use, free, allow not only to watch the live broadcast, but also watch the records. In the second of the specified applications, all major channels VGTRK are available at once - Russia 1, Russia 24, Russia K (Culture), Russia-RTR, Moscow 24.
Download the "first" application:
- With Play Market for Android phones and tablets - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ipspirates.ort
- From Apple App Store for iPhone and iPad - https://itunes.apple.com/ru/app Post/D562888484
Appendix "Russia. Television and radio »Available for download:
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vgtrk.russiatv - for Android
- https://itunes.apple.com/ru/app/Russion Education-Iradio/Id796412170 - for iOS
Of course, this is not a complete list: if you need the application of some other channel, just look for it in the official store app store.
Free viewing of online TV on Android and iPhone using applications from communication operators
All major mobile operators provide applications for viewing TV in their 3G / 4G networks, and many of them have access to the basic federal TV channels completely free, and the traffic of the mobile 3G and 4G Internet is not spent. To access additional channels, a subscription is usually necessary, as a rule, several rubles per day. The conditions for different operators are roughly similar, but it is better to specify: usually the necessary information is present in the application itself. By the way, many of these applications can be used by Wi-Fi being the subscriber of another telecom operator.
Among such applications (everything is easily located in the official stores of Google and Apple applications):
- MTS TV from MTS - more than 130 channels, including TV, TNT, STS, NTV, TV3, National Geographic and other (as well as cinema and serials) with daily payment (except for some tariffs for tablets) without traffic for MTS subscribers. 20 channels are completely available for free. The application can be downloaded to Play Market. MTS TV in Apple App Store.
- Beeline TV. - Multiple channels are completely free of charge (you need to log in with the Beeline number so that the traffic is free). Available in Play Market for Android and App Store for iPhone.
- MegaFon TV. - Movies, cartoons, online TV and serials with daily payments for megaphone subscribers (for some tariffs - for free, you need to specify in the operator's certificate). Appendix in Play Market and App Store.
- Tele2 TV. - Online television, as well as serials and movies for tele2 subscribers2. TV for 9 rubles per day (there will be no traffic at the same time). The application can be downloaded for free in Play Market (Android) and App Store (iPhone).
In all cases, carefully examine the conditions if you are going to use the mobile Internet of your operator to view the TV - they change (and not always what is written on the application page is relevant).
Third-party television applications for tablets and phones
The main advantage of third-party TV applications for Android, iPhone and iPad is a wider set of channels available without paying (not counting mobile traffic) than those listed above. Frequent drawback is a greater number of advertising in applications.Among the qualitative applications of this kind, the following can be allocated.
SPB TV Russia
SPB TV - a convenient and very long-time popular TV viewer with a wide range of channels available for free, including:
- First channel
- Russia, Culture, Russia 24
- TV center
- Home
- Muz TV
- 2 × 2.
- TNT
- RBC
- STS
- Ren TV
- NTV
- Match TV.
- History HD.
- TV 3.
- Hunting and fishing
Part of the channels are available on subscription. In all cases, even for free TV is required to register in the application. From the additional features of SPB TV - watch movies and TV shows, tv quality setting.
Download SPB TV You can:
- With Play Market for Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spbtv.rising
- From Apple App Store - https://itunes.apple.com/ru/app/SPB-TV-%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F/id1056140537? Mt = 8.
TV +.
TV + is another convenient free application that does not require registration, in contrast to the previous one and almost all the same TV channels available in good quality.
Among the features of the application is the ability to add your own sources of television channels (IPTV), as well as support for Google Cast to broadcast on a large screen.
The application is available only for Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andevapps.ontv
Peers.tv.
The peers.tv app is available for Android and IOS with the ability to add your own IPTV channels and a wide range of fully free TV channels and the ability to view the TV program archive.
Despite the fact that some channels are available on a subscription (a smaller part), a set of free channels of airtal television is perhaps wider than in other such applications and, I am sure that anyone will put something on your taste.
The application is configured quality, caching, there is support for Chromecast.
You can download peers.tv from appropriate application stores:
- Play Market - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.cn.tv
- App Store - https://itunes.apple.com/ru/app/peers-tv/id540754699?mt=8
Another very popular application of this kind - Lime HD TV, also available for download in official app stores.
IPTV on the phone - View a large number of channels on Android and iPhone
Another method of free watching online TV on Android and iPhone is the use of IPTV playlists with large (hundreds) with a set of free TV channels and opening them using special applications that support such playlists. The essence comes down to the following:
- Find the current IPTV playlist on the Internet (they are regularly updated, the channels can stop working). The most common and widely supported format is M3U, but other options are also available, for example, XML.
- Download this playlist to your phone (sometimes it is enough just to copy the link).
- Import playlist in IPTV application for your platform. Available television channels are loaded from the playlist and by selecting the desired one, you can run it.
- For example, below - the screenshot of the popular Lazy IPTV application, available for free in the Play Market (supports imports downloaded to M3U playlists). Lazy IPTV in Play Market.
- Another application, the import of playlists (M3U or XML) into which is carried out by reference from the Internet (shown in the video below) - Sunnylight IPTV. Appendix in Play Market.
There are a significant amount of such applications in the official stores for Android applications and iPhone, and you will easily find them on request "IPTV" - some more stable work on some devices, some - on others, but you can always pick up suitable. It is also easy to find the necessary playlists for imports. Further actions, as a rule, do not represent special difficulties and even a novice user will cope with them.
How to watch TV online on Android and iPhone phone - Video
I hope the article turned out to be useful. And if you have our own finds and methods for watching television on a mobile device, I will be glad if you share them in the comments.