Set up IPTV on your device

Android phone or tablet

Official path. The APK does not come from Google Play.

1. Open the apps page and download the official BIGO IPTV APK.
2. Open the file. If Android asks, allow installs from this source for this install only.
3. Open Official BIGO IPTV Player. Sign in with the username and password only.
4. Enter the username and password supplied with the account.
5. Wait for the library to load, then open a channel. The default parental PIN in this app is 0000.

A third-party Android player, if you choose one on the apps page, uses that player’s own login and the server or playlist details supplied with the account. It is not the official app.

Android TV or Firestick

Official APK when the device allows an APK install. Google TV is in the same group.

1. On the TV or stick, open Downloader and enter the code published on the apps page. You can also download the APK on the phone path above and move it across if you already use that method.
2. Install the official APK and open Official BIGO IPTV Player.
3. Use username and password only.
4. Enter the username and password from the account message.
5. Load the library and open a channel.

Longer Firestick notes are in the Firestick install guide. Android TV notes are in the Android TV guide. Those articles were not re-tested on a device for this page.

iPhone or iPad

Third-party player. The Android APK does not install here.

1. On the apps page, use the iPhone and iPad store button. Do not download the Android APK.
2. Install that third-party player from the store and open it.
3. Choose the login that player supports: provider details or a playlist URL.
4. Enter the server address and port plus username and password, or paste the playlist URL, as supplied. Copy them as sent. Do not invent a server name.
5. Load the playlist or library, then open a channel.

Separate notes: iPhone and iPad.

Windows

Third-party player. The official APK does not install on Windows.

1. On the apps page, use the Windows store button.
2. Install that player and open it.
3. Use Xtream-style login or a playlist URL, whichever that player offers and whichever details you were sent.
4. Enter the server, username, and password, or the playlist URL, as supplied.
5. Load the list and start playback.

The Microsoft Store short description lists Xtream Codes and M3U. The Windows login screen was not opened in the app for this update. More notes: Windows PC guide.

Samsung or LG Smart TV

These TVs do not run the Android APK. Use a player from that TV’s own store that can take the login or playlist you were sent.

1. Get a player from the Samsung or LG store. The apps page does not list an official BIGO app for Tizen or webOS.
2. Install it from the TV and open it.
3. Use the login method that player shows, matching the details on your account message.
4. Enter the supplied server and credentials, or the supplied playlist URL. Do not type the official-app username into a server field unless the message says that player uses it that way.
5. Load the list and open a channel.

Longer notes, not re-tested on a TV for this update: Samsung and LG.

Portal boxes and Enigma, only when the account includes them

A personal username and password does not by itself mean the line has a portal address or an Enigma bouquet import.

1. Read the account message. Continue only if it includes a portal address, a MAC or portal option, or staff have confirmed an Enigma import for that line.
2. Open the box’s existing portal or playlist screen. Do not install the Android APK on the box unless it is an Android device.
3. Use the method named in the account message. Do not add a portal URL to an account that was only given a username and password for the official app.
4. Enter only the portal address, MAC, or playlist that was supplied.
5. Reload or restart the box the way that device already expects, then check whether the list appears.