Everything You Need, Nothing You Don't

AVPlayer for HLS streams with hardware acceleration. VLC fallback for exotic formats like MKV, AVI, FLV, and more.

Automatic quality adjustment based on your connection speed.

Preview thumbnails while seeking through content.

Playback speed from 0.5x to 2.0x with automatic audio pitch correction.

Fine-tune brightness, contrast, and saturation.

Switch between fit, fill, stretch, 4:3, and 16:9 during playback.

Select language and codec. Fine-tune audio delay.

Adjust font, size, color, and background. Multiple subtitle tracks.

Search and load subtitles when a stream has none.

Load a subtitle file from your device.

Set size, colour and background so they read the way you want.

HDR streams are detected and labelled.

Jump between chapters when a file has them.

Levels out loud and quiet passages for late viewing.

Head-tracked audio on supported AirPods.

Your lights follow what's on screen.

Keep watching while you browse for something else.

Drop the video and keep the sound, for radio and music channels.

Pick a stream quality yourself when you'd rather not leave it to the app.

Swipe for seek, volume and brightness. Double-tap to skip.

Full keyboard control on iPad.

See codec, bitrate and resolution while you watch.

Lock the controls so a stray tap doesn't interrupt.

Line up what plays next without interrupting what's on.

Ask what you missed without spoiling what's ahead.

Go back up to three days in the guide and watch what you missed.

Pause live TV and pick it back up where you left off.

Fixtures and results for the teams you follow.

Get a notification before a programme starts.

Fix a channel with the wrong listings by matching it yourself.

Flick through channels without leaving the player.

A short list of the channels you actually watch.

Find a programme across every channel and day.

Record a live channel to your device. Records one program at a time.

Schedule a recording from the guide. Keep the app open while it runs.

Download movies and episodes to watch offline. Pro: unlimited.

Auto-download next episode on WiFi when 80%+ watched.

Queue several titles and track their progress.

Watch progress preserved for downloaded content.

Record a whole series, not one episode at a time.

Your recordings in one place, with storage use in view.

Free: 1 profile, Pro: up to 6.

PIN-protected kids profiles with content restrictions.

Set max daily watch time per profile.

Each profile has their own watchlist, favorites, and history.

Customizable avatars for each profile.

Share a Pro plan with up to six people.

Lock the app behind Face ID or Touch ID.

Your preferences follow you across devices. Watch progress and history sync through your account.

Start on iPhone, continue on Apple TV.

Search content from iOS Spotlight.

Continue watching widget on your home screen.

The interface is available in 30 languages.

Direct links to content.

Provider sync and episode checking in the background.

See where you're signed in and sign a device out.

Export your setup and put it back on a new device.

Check whether the connection can carry the stream.

Track how much data streaming costs you.

Readable diagnostics for when something won't play.

What's playing, on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.

Ask Siri to open a channel or resume watching.

Audio-only channels get a player built for them.