Comparison · 2025-10-06 · 14 min

Best IPTV apps for Smart TV: the complete comparison

Samsung, LG, Android TV: every smart TV brand has its recommended IPTV apps. Here's the full comparison, with MY.8KTV compatible on all of them.

Every smart TV brand imposes its own constraints when it comes to compatible apps, which makes the choice of the best IPTV app different depending on the television you own. This comparison sets out the best options for each ecosystem, all of them compatible with a structured subscription like the one from MY.8KTV.

On Samsung, whose Tizen system remains relatively closed to generic IPTV apps, Smart IPTV and Net IPTV are the go-to references, activated through a registration system by MAC address on each app's official site. Both options let you enjoy the MY.8KTV catalogue directly on the television with no extra hardware.

On LG, whose webOS system shares similar constraints with Tizen, the same Smart IPTV and Net IPTV apps stay available and recommended, with an installation and activation process almost identical to the one used on Samsung, always compatible with a MY.8KTV subscription.

On televisions running Android TV or Google TV (Sony, TCL, Hisense, Philips), the far more open ecosystem lets you install IPTV Smarters Pro or TiviMate directly from the built-in Play Store, with no MAC address registration or extra step required, to connect straight away to MY.8KTV.

For older or less common smart TVs that don't have a sufficiently complete app store, adding an external Android box or a streaming stick remains the best alternative for enjoying a capable IPTV app connected to the MY.8KTV catalogue.

The picture quality you get also varies with the processing power of each smart TV brand: the most recent Samsung Neo QLED and LG OLED models make full use of the streams up to 8K offered by MY.8KTV on compatible content, thanks to their advanced picture processors.

Whatever brand of smart TV you own, MY.8KTV stays compatible with the recommended app for that specific ecosystem, the setup process always coming down to adding the MY.8KTV login received after subscribing, with no extra technical complexity.

In short, every smart TV brand has its recommended IPTV apps, but all of them stay compatible with a well-built subscription. Find the app suited to your brand with MY.8KTV, compare the plans available on MY.8KTV, and enjoy a complete catalogue with MY.8KTV.

For any question about your smart TV's compatibility, the MY.8KTV team answers live over WhatsApp. Tutorials by brand are available on Instagram @MY.8KTV.