First look video: VLC is coming to Android TV

Janko Roettgers

Wed, Jan 14, 2015, 7:26 PM

The popular media player app VLC is coming to Android TV: VLC developers have released a preview version that already looks pretty neat — here’s a first look.

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VLC for Android TV isn’t yet available on Google Play. Adventurous users can download the preview APK here, but beware: The app needs to be sideloaded.
Don’t know what VLC is? Here’s VLC’s main website.
Interested in personal media playback on Android TV, but need more bells and whistles? Then check out Plex.
Here’s our previous Android TV coverage.

Is VLC on Android TV a game changer, or just a nice add-on? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!

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