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Aika Stream

Your sources. Your screen.

A remote-first player for M3U and M3U8 media sources you are authorized to use. Aika Stream includes no channels, playlists, subscriptions, or media catalog.

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Aika Stream browse screen using authorized demo data

Your sources. Your screen.TV board edition

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Android TV release available
Fire TV compatible / experimental
macOS validation preview

M3U / M3U8Bring an authorized playlist or stream source.

Channel searchFind a channel by name instead of endless scrolling.

TV-firstBuilt for a remote-led living-room experience.

Cast controlsDiscovery and sender controls on a usable local network.

Browse your way

Make your own playlist feel smaller.

Start with the source you trust. Aika Stream makes the direct path useful today, then develops local organisation and clearer playback answers in public—without turning your playlist into a catalogue.

Available

Search loaded channels

Type a channel name and search the playlist already on your device instead of scrolling every row.

Use search

Available

Keep favorites close

Mark or unmark a channel from browse and player surfaces; your favorites remain local to the device.

Use favorites

Available

Keep your view personal

Use smart-playlist rules and canonical channel matching to keep your locally organized view useful after a re-import.

See roadmap

Available

Understand a playback problem

Bounded retries and playback diagnostics explain an unavailable source without pretending Aika Stream can repair it.

Troubleshoot playback

Why Aika Stream

A direct path from source to screen.

Set up a source you are allowed to use, find what you want to watch, and play it on the screen in front of you. The product keeps its content boundary explicit instead of pretending to be a provider.

Your source stays yours

Aika Stream does not sell, recommend, unlock, host, or bundle content.

Available

Find channels faster

Search a loaded playlist by channel name.

Available

Designed for the couch

Android TV is the current release profile; device status remains visible rather than assumed.

Available

Clear Cast controls

Discovery and control depend on receiver reachability and a usable local network.

Available

The product journey

Bring a source. Find a channel. Start watching.

Every screen below uses sanitized Aika Stream release artwork with neutral demo data. It illustrates the product journey, not a content catalog.

Aika Stream playlist source setup using a neutral authorized demo URL

Bring your source

Add an authorized M3U or M3U8 URL. The app does not provide a playlist for you.

Aika Stream browse screen with channel categories and visible remote focus

Browse from the couch

TV-sized hierarchy and visible focus keep browsing readable at living-room distance.

Aika Stream channel search using neutral demo data

Search the playlist

Find a channel by name instead of scrolling through every group.

Aika Stream now-playing screen using authorized demo content

Play with clear controls

Play supported streams and use Cast controls where the sender, receiver, and network support the connection.

Sanitized Airo phone preview showing two named authorized M3U playlist sources

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Manage more than one authorized playlist

Add, keep, and remove multiple authorized M3U sources on a touch device. Store availability remains a release decision.

Device support

One product. Honest support levels.

Availability is tied to the published v0.0.6 release and its known limitations. The status is part of the product—not fine print.

Android TV / Google TV

Direct-install release APKs and a Play Store AAB are published for the TV profile.

AvailableSetup guide

Fire TV

Compatible APK path; dedicated qualification remains required.

ExperimentalSetup guide

Chromecast / Google Cast

Controls depend on local network discovery and receiver reachability.

Supported pathCast guide

macOS

ZIP and DMG artifacts are unsigned and not notarized; use them as validation/direct-download evidence.

PreviewInstall guide

iPhone / iPad

Deferred for the current v2 release wave.

DeferredStatus guide

Web

Browser use is validation-only, not a public Aika Stream release artifact.

Validation onlyLearn more

Capability matrix

What is available today—and what is not.

Aika Stream v0.0.6 adds direct USB and removable-media browsing, runtime-backed Xtream and Stalker source loading, portable channel imports, and corrected Fire TV focus and title-safe layout—without turning the player into a content service.

Available

Playlist playback

User-supplied M3U playlists and M3U8 streams, subject to source and device codec support.

Available

Channel search

Search loaded channels by name.

Available

Favorites

Mark channels as favorites locally from browse and player flows.

Available

Smart playlists

Local rules and canonical channel matching help preserve a personal view across source refreshes.

Available

XMLTV guide and reminders

Add an authorized XMLTV source, jump to what's on now, and set program reminders.

Available

Multiple source types

M3U, Xtream, Stalker, and Jellyfin sources side by side, switched and refreshed from Settings.

Available

Multi-track audio and subtitles

Switch audio and subtitle tracks per stream from the player's track menu.

Available

Playback speed and aspect ratio

Adjust speed and aspect ratio from Settings and the player.

Available

Codec and stream diagnostics

An on-screen stats overlay shows codec, resolution, and bitrate for the active stream.

Not supported

Recording and cloud playlists

Aika Stream does not record and does not run cloud playlist storage.

Not on TV yet

Cast, Picture-in-Picture, downloads

Available on the phone build; not yet part of the TV release profile.

Not supported

Profiles, app lock, incognito

Multi-profile restrictions, a PIN/biometric app lock, and an incognito viewing mode are not built yet.

Guides

Set it up once. Know what your device supports.

Start with the short guide hub, then use the device-specific steps and troubleshooting path when you need them.

Set up Android TV or Google TV

Install, add an authorized source, browse, search, and play.

Install on Fire TV

Use the compatible APK safely and understand experimental status.

Connect with Google Cast

Check the network, receiver, VPN, and discovery path.

Troubleshoot sources and playback

Separate source, network, decoder, guide, and device problems.

Community Voice

Built from viewer problems, not a copied feature checklist.

View Community Voice

Available

Large lists without frozen screens

Worker processing and virtualized browsing for real-world playlist sizes.

Implementation evidence

Available

A guide that remains useful

Useful programme-guide states, timelines, and clear missing-data behaviour.

Issue #825

Available

More source choices, same boundary

Additional adapters without turning Aika Stream into a content provider.

Issue #823

Available

Playback that explains failure

Clear diagnostics and bounded recovery rather than a blank screen.

Issue #805

In testing

Aika Stream Pro adds an intelligence layer.

Advanced TV capabilities are being tested under the Aika Stream Pro name. They are not included in the public Aika Stream release and carry no delivery promise until public evidence is published.

Cleaner imports

Explore more useful source cleanup and organization.

More resilient playback

Explore health-informed source handling and bounded recovery outcomes.

Richer guide context

Explore guide and reminder outcomes behind explicit release boundaries.

The path forward

Useful today. Building with evidence.

The public roadmap makes current release work, qualification, and future direction visible without hiding their different states.

Available

Aika Stream v0.0.6

The current focused player release with local search, favorites, XMLTV setup, USB and removable-media browsing, Xtream and Stalker source loading, portable channel imports, and Android TV artifacts.

Release notes

Planned

Saved browse views

Saving a reusable browse view remains planned product work; it is not an available Aika Stream v0.0.6 feature.

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Under qualification

Connected-device streaming

Phone-hosted media streaming remains under real-device receiver qualification; it is not a general availability promise yet.

Track qualification

Foundation

Performance platform

Native parsing, indexing, storage, networking, and measured device budgets.

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In testing

Aika Stream Pro

Advanced outcomes remain under explicit disclosure and release gates.

Trust before features

Your sources. Clear boundaries. Public evidence.

Aika Stream is a player for playlists and streams you are authorized to access. It does not provide, host, sell, endorse, verify, or distribute television channels, playlists, subscriptions, or media catalogs.

Local-first means local where the product can be local. Remote sources and Cast still use a network, and the guide explains that boundary clearly.

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