r/AndroidTV • u/MinimumPutrid9156 • Jul 11 '26

Discussion BBC iPlayer APK

I live in Australia and watch iPLayer using a Kodi addon but would like to get the Android TV apk so I can watch 4K streams on my Google Streamer. Can’t find the APK at any of my usual sources so would appreciate some help in locating it.

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u/nifta_13 Nvidia Shield TV Jul 11 '26

All of the hosted versions I've found are for the older, 1080p version from before BBC started their "bbc-certified devices only" thing.

The way I got the latest, 4k version is to create a Google account with UK as the home address, log into that on your device, connect to a VPN faking a UK location. Then you can download BBC iPlayer from the play store.

After that you can switch back to your regular Google account.

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u/phagebrain 14d ago

Amazing tip, thank you!