What you need first
- An Android TV, a Google TV, an Android box or a Firestick
- Your RIPTV credentials
- Optional: a TiviMate Premium unlock, which adds recording, extra playlists and a split view
No line yet? Take the free 24-hour run first — start the trial, then pick a term in dollars once it plays.
Getting it going
Confirm the hardware is Android
Do this before anything and save yourself a wasted download: a Samsung, an LG or an Apple TV cannot run TiviMate, so use Smarters on those. What you need is an Android TV, a Google TV, a Firestick or an Android box.
Install it
On Android TV and Google TV it is a plain Play Store install. A Firestick carries no Play Store, so it sideloads via Downloader in exactly the manner the Firestick guide sets out.
Give it the Xtream login
Open it, select Add playlist, then Xtream Codes login, and supply the server URL, username and password before you hit Next. No M3U field exists here, and none is needed.
Name it and load the guide
Label the playlist something you would know again if a second one ever lands beside it, then wait while the channels and grid download. Set the guide to refresh every twelve hours under Settings, then TV guide; because the EPG travels with your login, no standalone URL is needed.
Weigh Premium, then test a game
Here is the common stumble: you pay for Premium inside the standalone TiviMate Companion app on your phone, never on the television. Reckon on roughly $6 per year, or a single lifetime unlock, with seven days to try out the split view and recording. Drop a live game on afterward and check the schedule aligns.
When the picture plays up
The playlist refuses to load
Run two checks in sequence: that the server URL still carries its port, and that the plan is still active. Then key the password in manually — lifted from a chat, it comes with a hidden space maybe half the time.
The grid shows no information
Trigger a manual refresh under Settings, TV guide, Update now, and restart the app. Where the list is big, the very first guide build may simply take longer to assemble than most people are prepared to wait.
Other apps worth loading
IPTV Smarters Pro
One free app across Fire OS, Android, iPhone, Apple TV, Samsung, LG, Windows and Mac. Install IPTV Smarters Pro, add your RIPTV login, fix common snags.
Smart IPTV (SIPTV)
SIPTV pairs a Samsung or LG TV with its MAC address, not a login. How to read that MAC, register your RIPTV list at siptv.app, and use the free week.
All the setup guides
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TiviMate — your questions
How much is TiviMate Premium?
Somewhere near $6 a year, or a one-time lifetime unlock, depending on your region. The purchase happens inside the Companion app on your phone, not on the TV, and a seven-day trial gives you time to judge whether the split view and recording pull their weight.
Does RIPTV work with TiviMate?
It does, and nothing special is needed. Every account is a standard Xtream Codes login, which is exactly what TiviMate is designed around, so the guide, catch-up and on-demand appear on their own. Add it under Add playlist and choose Xtream Codes login.