TiviMate Guide: Features, Setup and Tips

TiviMate is one of the most popular IPTV players for Android TV and Fire TV, and it earns that reputation largely through its interface — a remote-friendly, grid-style electronic program guide that many users find closer to a traditional set-top box experience than the tab-based layout used by other players. This TiviMate guide walks through what the app actually offers, how to set it up, and what changes between its free tier and premium unlock.

If you're deciding between TiviMate and another popular option, our IPTV Smarters Pro vs TiviMate comparison lays out the differences directly.

What Is TiviMate

TiviMate is an IPTV player app designed specifically around living-room viewing on a TV screen with a remote control, rather than being adapted from a mobile-first design. It connects to your IPTV subscription the same way most players do — through Xtream Codes login or an M3U playlist URL — and its main draw is a program guide and channel list built to feel like flipping through a traditional TV grid.

Supported Devices

TiviMate is available on Android TV boxes, Fire TV, and Firestick devices, and it also runs on Android phones and tablets, though the interface is clearly optimized for a big screen and a directional remote rather than touch input. It isn't officially available on iOS or Apple TV, which is a meaningful limitation if your household mixes Android and Apple devices.

How to Set Up TiviMate

Setting up TiviMate involves a few more steps than some players, partly because of how it's distributed on Fire TV devices:

1. Install TiviMate from the Google Play Store on Android TV, or sideload it on Firestick using a tool like Downloader if it isn't listed in the Amazon Appstore for your region.
2. Open the app and select "Add playlist," then choose either Xtream Codes login or M3U URL, matching whatever your subscription provides.
3. Enter your username, password, and server URL (or your single M3U link) exactly as given.
4. Let TiviMate pull down your channel list and EPG data — this can take a little longer than other players on first load because it builds its grid guide in advance.
5. Once loaded, you can immediately start organizing channels into favorites and custom groups.

For more detail on entering playlist details correctly, see our guide on adding an M3U playlist to your IPTV player.

The Grid-Style EPG and Favorites

TiviMate's defining feature is its multi-channel EPG grid, which shows several channels stacked vertically with their schedules laid out horizontally across a timeline — you can scroll down through channels and across through time without leaving the guide. This is a notably different approach from single-channel guide overlays used by some other players, and it's part of why TiviMate is often preferred by users who want to browse what's on across many channels at once. Favorites and custom channel groups let you trim the guide down to just the channels you actually watch. For background on how program guide data is structured generally, see our guide on setting up EPG on your IPTV player.

Multiple Playlists

TiviMate supports loading multiple playlists or Xtream Codes accounts and can merge them into one combined channel list and EPG, rather than keeping them in separate silos. This is useful if you maintain a backup subscription or want to combine channels from more than one source into a single browsing experience.

Free Tier vs Premium Unlock

TiviMate uses a freemium model: the free tier covers the core functionality — live TV playback, the EPG grid, and basic favorites — with occasional ads and some feature limits. The premium unlock is a one-time purchase (not a subscription) that removes ads and adds extras like additional EPG layout options, more advanced parental controls, and expanded customization for channel numbering and logos. For a broader look at how free and paid tiers compare across different apps, see our guide on free vs paid IPTV players.

Tips for Getting the Most Out of TiviMate

Spend a few minutes organizing channels into custom groups early on — TiviMate's grid becomes far more useful once it's trimmed to channels you actually watch rather than the full unsorted lineup. If the EPG grid appears empty or out of date, refreshing the playlist from the settings menu usually resolves it faster than reinstalling. And if TiviMate won't launch or freezes on startup, our IPTV player troubleshooting guide covers the general fixes worth trying first. On non-Android devices where TiviMate is unavailable, IPTV Smarters Pro and IBO Player Pro are the usual alternatives.

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