How much does Tuneline cost?

Tuneline is $34.99 as a one-time purchase — no subscriptions, no recurring fees. This includes cloud sync across up to 5 devices, unlimited playlists, recording, and multi-view/PiP. Every purchase is backed by a 14-day money-back guarantee, and a free version with limited features (1 playlist, single device, no cloud sync) is also available.

Do you offer refunds?

Yes — Tuneline comes with a 14-day money-back guarantee. If you're not happy with your purchase for any reason, email support@tuneline.app within 14 days of your order and we'll refund you in full. No questions asked.

Does Tuneline provide any content?

No. Tuneline is a media player only — like VLC. It does not provide, host, or distribute any content. You bring your own playlists (M3U file, URL, or Xtream Codes login) from your content provider.

What playlist formats are supported?

Tuneline supports M3U and M3U8 playlists (local files or remote URLs), Xtream Codes API, and Stalker Portal. For EPG, it supports XMLTV format from any compatible source.

Which platforms is Tuneline available on?

Tuneline is available on macOS (DMG), Windows (Microsoft Store), Linux (Snap Store), Android (Google Play), Google TV, and iOS. There's also a web dashboard for managing your playlists and settings from any browser.

What is the web dashboard?

The Tuneline web dashboard is a browser-based control center where you can manage playlists, favorites, and settings. Any changes you make sync automatically to all your linked devices.

How does Google Calendar integration work?

Tuneline can sync with your Google Calendar to create reminders for upcoming shows and programs from your EPG. You'll get calendar notifications before your favorite shows start.

Can I use multiple playlists?

Absolutely. You can add and manage multiple playlists from different providers. Switch between them easily from the source selector in the top bar, or manage them all from the web dashboard.

Yes. Tuneline stores all your data locally on your device. Your playlists, credentials, and viewing history never leave your machine. We don't collect analytics or usage data.

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ReviewsMay 20, 2026·9 min

By Shamir

How to Watch FIFA World Cup 2026 on Android TV / Google TV with an IPTV Player

The Chromecast with Google TV behind the panel, the NVIDIA Shield in the console under it, the Sony / Hisense / TCL television that runs Google TV out of the box — all three are the same software stack, and with the right player they put every match of the FIFA World Cup 2026 on the big screen for the price of one app install. Kickoff is June 11; the final is July 19; 104 matches between them.

If you already pay for a sports subscription — Fox Sports, Telemundo, or Peacock in the US; BBC iPlayer or ITVX in the UK; TSN or CTV in Canada; Sony Sports in India; Globoplay in Brazil; TV Pública in Argentina; Optus Sport or SBS in Australia; beIN or Sky Sports more broadly — this post walks through getting it onto your Android TV with Tuneline in the next fifteen minutes.

Why Android TV / Google TV Is a Strong World Cup Box

Three reasons this platform punches above its weight for live sports:

Hardware HEVC / H.265 decode, including 10-bit. Most IPTV providers in 2026 ship streams as HEVC; the Shield TV Pro, Chromecast with Google TV (4K), and every recent Google-TV-built-in panel hardware-decode it. No software fallback, no stutter.
Real D-pad handling. Tuneline ships an explicit Android TV / Google TV build (com.tuneline.tuneline.tv) with leanback navigation — every list, button, and grid is reachable with up/down/left/right + select, and the focus ring is visible from the couch.
Play Store distribution. Unlike Fire TV, there's a real listing — install once, updates flow in automatically. No sideloading required, no "Unknown Sources" toggle.

What Android TV doesn't do well: anything that depends on a sideloaded APK in the medium term. Google's developer-verification cliff is scheduled to reach the wider Android ecosystem during 2026–2027. For Tuneline this doesn't matter — the TV build is a published Play Store listing — but if you've been sideloading other IPTV players on Android TV, plan ahead.

What You Need Before Kickoff

Run this in the next two weeks. The worst time to discover your Android TV setup is broken is during the Mexico-vs-South Africa opener.

Your subscription credentials. Either an M3U URL, an Xtream Codes login (host + username + password), or a Stalker Portal URL + MAC address. Whatever your provider issues — have them in a notes app you can paste from.
An Android TV / Google TV device running Android 9 or newer. Chromecast with Google TV (4K or HD), NVIDIA Shield TV / Shield TV Pro, Walmart onn. 4K Pro, TiVo Stream 4K, or any Sony / Hisense / TCL / Philips television with Google TV built in. Older Android TVs (Bravia 2018–2019) still work; very old MIBOX3 will struggle with 4K HEVC.
Tuneline installed from the Play Store. Search "Tuneline" in the TV Play Store, or open the Google TV listing from a phone and use Remote Install.
A working internet connection at the TV's exact spot. Settings → Network → run the built-in speed test. 1080p60 wants ≥10 Mbps with stable latency; 4K HDR wants ≥25 Mbps. Wi-Fi 5 in a busy household will struggle — see the wired-Ethernet tip below.
Optional but recommended: Ethernet. The Shield Pro has a built-in port; for Chromecast with Google TV use the official Ethernet adapter (or a USB-C-to-Ethernet dongle). Hardwire saves you four hours of stuttering matches over the tournament.

Step-by-Step Setup

1. Install Tuneline

Open the Play Store on your Android TV and search "Tuneline" — the TV listing (com.tuneline.tuneline.tv) appears with a leanback banner. Install.

Faster path: open the Google TV Play Store listing on your phone or laptop, choose your TV under "Install on more devices", and the install runs in the background. The app shows up in the Apps row when it's done.

If you also use Tuneline on a phone or tablet, that's a separate listing (com.tuneline.tuneline) — install both. Cross-device sync stitches them together. (How cross-device sync works.)

2. Add your playlist

First launch shows the Add Playlist screen. Use the D-pad to focus the form and the on-screen keyboard for typing. Paste your credentials:

M3U URL — paste your provider's M3U URL.
Xtream Codes — host, username, password (three fields).
Stalker Portal — portal URL plus the MAC address your provider has whitelisted.

Tip: typing a long URL with a TV remote is painful. Tuneline's onboarding shows a QR code you can scan on a phone — the URL goes from phone to TV in one tap, no keyboard. Or use the Google TV companion app's keyboard mode.

3. Load the EPG

Tuneline auto-discovers the XMLTV guide from most Xtream and many M3U providers. If yours doesn't, go to Settings → EPG → Custom guide URL and paste your provider's XMLTV URL. The first guide load takes 30–60 seconds for a large provider; subsequent loads are background-cached.

Don't wait until match day. EPG sources sometimes 404. If the guide is blank, our EPG troubleshooting guide has the fixes.

4. Pre-mark the World Cup channels as favourites

Single highest-ROI setup step. Press the D-pad right on any channel in the list to reveal the action panel, then Add to favourites. Star the Fox / FS1 / FS2 / Telemundo / Peacock / BBC / ITV / TSN / RDS / Sony Sports / Globo / TV Pública / beIN channels your subscription includes. Tuneline pins favourites to the top row of the grid — one D-pad press to the first match, no scrolling, no searching.

5. Set a reminder on every Brazil / Argentina / your-team match

With the EPG loaded, each match appears as a guide entry at its real kickoff time, converted to your local time zone. Open the guide, find your team's three group matches, set a reminder on each — Tuneline nudges you before kickoff. As the knockout bracket fills in, repeat for each round. (Per-team setups: Brazil, Argentina.)

6. Test fullscreen and remote behaviour

Tune into any channel and let it play for two minutes. Confirm:

The remote's back button steps from fullscreen back to the channel grid (not out of the app entirely).
The remote's home button cleanly suspends Tuneline so resuming the app picks back up at the same channel.
The volume keys on your TV remote control TV volume — HDMI-CEC pass-through.
The D-pad up/down switches channels when in fullscreen, and the OK button toggles the on-screen info overlay.
The Google Assistant button still works inside the app (it shouldn't be hijacked).

7. Test on your worst Wi-Fi

If the Android TV is in a bedroom 30 feet from the router, play a 1080p stream for ten uninterrupted minutes from that spot. If it stutters, you have two weeks: hardwire it, move the router, or accept the living-room TV is the World Cup TV. (Slow internet settings that help.)

Android-TV-Specific Tips for the Tournament

Hardwire if you can. A $15 USB-C-to-Ethernet dongle and a long flat Cat 6 along the skirting board solves 80% of buffering issues. Shield Pro owners are already wired — make sure the port is actually live.
Set the display refresh rate to match the stream. Settings → Display → Refresh rate → set to 1080p60 or 2160p60 for sports. Auto mode on some Google TV panels drops to 24 Hz between channels and reintroduces it on the first frame of a stream, causing a 1–2 second judder at every channel change.
Disable Match Content Frame Rate if your subscription's streams are 50 Hz. European broadcasters often carry 1080i50 — Google TV's default of 60 Hz output produces telecine judder. Manually pin the TV to 50 Hz when watching BBC / ITV / Mediaset.
Disable HDR if your subscription's streams are SDR. Forcing HDR-to-SDR conversion eats bandwidth and adds 100–200 ms of decode time. Manual SDR is smoother for non-HDR streams.
Restart the Android TV before the match. Long-uptime Android TVs leak memory like any Linux device. A 30-second power-cycle right before kickoff clears anything that's been accumulating.
Skip Chromecast for live sports. Casting from a phone adds a Wi-Fi-to-Wi-Fi hop and 200–500 ms of latency. Play Tuneline natively on the Android TV — no casting layer in the path.
Don't run multiple streaming apps in the background. Android TV doesn't aggressively kill backgrounded apps. If YouTube TV is open in the background, your IPTV stream is sharing the decoder.
Skip VPN unless you actually need it. VPN clients on Android TV add 30–100 ms of latency and complicate the network. Live sports are latency-sensitive — every extra step matters.
Use a second device for the second match. Group-stage Sundays carry simultaneous matches. An Android TV in the living room plus a Fire TV in the bedroom, both running Tuneline with synced favourites, is the cleanest multi-match setup short of a full HTPC.

Troubleshooting Cheat-Sheet

Buffering during a key match — see how to fix IPTV buffering. The fix is almost always network-side on a TV stick.
Black screen, audio works — codec mismatch (usually H.265 Main10 vs the device's hardware decoder, or HDR metadata the TV can't parse). See black screen but audio works fix.
EPG blank or shows yesterday — see EPG not loading fix.
Xtream login refused — usually the host URL has http:// vs https:// wrong, or you've left a trailing slash. See Xtream Codes login failed fix.
Stream stutters every 10 seconds — Wi-Fi handoff issue. Forget the Wi-Fi network on the TV and re-add it, or hardwire.
Picture freezes or pixelates — see freezing and pixelation fix.
Audio lagging the video — see audio out of sync fix.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Tuneline free on Android TV?

Yes. The Android TV / Google TV build is free with no ads and no World Cup paywall. We don't sell channels — you bring your own subscription.

Where do I install it from?

The Google TV Play Store listing — com.tuneline.tuneline.tv. Search "Tuneline" in the TV Play Store or use Remote Install from your phone.

Will my IPTV provider work with Tuneline on Android TV?

If your provider issues an M3U URL, an Xtream Codes login, or a Stalker Portal URL with MAC, yes. Those are the three formats Tuneline supports across every platform.

Can I record matches on Android TV?

Yes — Tuneline's Android build supports DVR recording to internal storage or an attached USB drive (on devices with a USB port, such as Shield TV). A 1080p match is roughly 4–5 GB; HDR/4K is closer to 10–12 GB. See how to record live TV.

Will TiviMate or IPTV Smarters work better on Android TV?

For an Android-TV-only household, TiviMate has the most polished 10-foot experience on the market — we say so explicitly in the cornerstone comparison. The reason to use Tuneline on Android TV is cross-device sync: the favourites you star on the Shield show up on your phone and Mac without re-doing the work three times.

Will Tuneline play BBC iPlayer / ITVX / Fox Sports / Peacock streams?

Tuneline plays the open protocols your IPTV provider serves — HLS, MPEG-TS over HTTP, DASH wrapped in M3U or Xtream. Broadcaster-app streams locked to that broadcaster's own DRM (Widevine / FairPlay) cannot be played by any third-party IPTV player. Use the broadcaster's own Android TV app for DRM-locked streams; use Tuneline for the open-protocol streams your IPTV provider gives you.

How does this compare to watching on Fire TV?

Tuneline ships a sideloaded Fire TV build as well — see the Fire TV walkthrough. Android TV / Google TV wins on Play-Store auto-updates and D-pad responsiveness; Fire TV wins on price (the Stick 4K Max is the cheapest 4K HDR streaming box in 2026). Either is fine.

The Short Answer

Install Tuneline from the Google TV Play Store, add your subscription, load the EPG, star the World Cup channels, set the display to 1080p60 (or 50 Hz for European broadcasts), and hardwire the TV if possible. Fifteen minutes of work and you have a working setup for all 104 matches.

For the broader player comparison see the cornerstone IPTV-player-for-World-Cup guide. For sister-platform setups: Mac, Windows, Fire TV. Per-team companion guides: Brazil, Argentina.