Before you begin
- An iPhone or iPad on iOS 14 or newer, or an Apple TV in 4K or HD
- A working Apple ID
- The Aero IPTV login we provided
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The walkthrough, step by step
Free or paid?
The free choice, IPTV Smarters Player, works across both iOS and tvOS and does everything most people ask of it. Put a little towards iPlayTV or GSE Smart IPTV and the channel list comes out a touch more polished. Whichever way you go, steer well clear of the TiviMato and Tivimax lookalikes.
Open the App Store
Look for it on the Apple TV home row, or tap the blue App Store icon if you are on an iPhone or iPad.
Install the player
Find the app you settled on and install it. Here is a handy shortcut on the Apple TV: start the install from your phone and watch it land on the box without your ever picking up the remote.
Type in your Xtream details
Open the app, take the Xtream Codes route, and complete the username, password and server URL. On an iPhone, paste each value directly from the WhatsApp thread, which is the surest defence against a typo creeping into the server line.
Test it, then remember AirPlay
Fire up a channel and let it find its feet for a moment. Where a television has no player installed, your iPhone can push the stream by AirPlay to a nearby Apple TV — or indeed any AirPlay-capable screen within range — with nothing at all to install on the far screen.
If it acts up
The list loads but a single channel is black
A handful of channels use a codec that Apple will only play once the correct engine is chosen. Open the settings, switch the player engine to VLC or FFmpeg, and the missing channel plays.
The app forgets my login
If IPTV Smarters or GSE drops your details after an update, add the profile again from the activation message rather than hunting for a lost session. Apple now and then clears an app's stored data during a big iOS or tvOS upgrade. Nothing is lost on our side, so re-keying the three values brings it all straight back.
The player we would put on this one
IPTV Smarters Pro
A free player that spans Fire OS, Android, iOS, Samsung, LG, Windows and Mac. Installing IPTV Smarters Pro, adding your Aero IPTV login and fixing snags.
M3U playlist
Each Aero IPTV plan adds an M3U link fit for VLC, Kodi and Smart IPTV. When it beats the Xtream sign-in, and why free lists grabbed online never hold up.
Browse every guide
The full run of screens and players we cover, all in one index.
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Apple TV and iPhone — common questions
Does IPTV Smarters exist for the Apple TV?
Yes — it sits on the tvOS App Store for free, carrying the Xtream sign-in, the guide, catch-up and on-demand along with it. And to settle a question that comes up often: TiviMate has no Apple TV release at all, whatever the copycat apps might claim.
What are my options for watching on a Mac?
Three routes exist: grab IPTV Smarters Player on the Mac App Store, load your M3U link into VLC or IINA, or lean on the browser player. Our Windows and Mac guide spells out each one.
Does AirPlay cost any quality?
A touch, in theory, since the stream is relayed through the phone, yet on a sound home network the drop is hard to spot. For a one-off it is perfectly fine; for a room watched nightly, a small stick or an Apple TV running the app directly is steadier. Either way the same Aero IPTV login drives it.