Telegram on Android TV and Fire TV: the app vs TMPlayer

What Telegram itself offers for a TV

Telegram's apps page lists apps for Android, iPhone and iPad, Windows, macOS and Linux, and two web versions. It lists none for televisions.
Google Play on a TV does not offer Telegram, so on an Android TV its APK is installed by hand, as Xataka Android described in January 2025. Telegram publishes that APK itself, on telegram.org/android.
Installed that way, the phone app opens in portrait with wide black bars on each side, unless another app forces it into landscape, the same guide found. You sign in with your phone number and the code Telegram sends.
A search for Telegram in the Amazon Appstore on 19 October 2026 listed no app from Telegram itself, so a Fire TV has no Telegram app from Amazon's store.
Since March 2025, Telegram for Android casts videos to a Chromecast or a TV with Google Cast.
Telegram's apps are free and open source. Telegram Premium lifts download speed limits from your account on Telegram's side.

Three ways, and what each asks of you

The phone app on the TV

Everything Telegram does, on the big screen. It is laid out for a touch screen in portrait, so you steer a phone layout with the remote, and an extra app is needed to turn it sideways.

Casting from your phone

Open the video in Telegram on an Android phone and cast it to a Chromecast or Google TV. The phone stays in charge, and nothing is installed on the TV.

Telegram Web in the TV's browser

Telegram Web signs in with a QR code from your phone. It is a page made for a mouse and keyboard, driven with a remote, and it plays only the formats the TV's browser can decode, which often rules out MKV.

Telegram and TMPlayer side by side

Checked on 19 October 2026. Store listings change, so check the listing before you install anything.

Telegram and TMPlayer, compared on 19 October 2026
What	Telegram	TMPlayer
An app for the TV	None	A TV layout on Android TV, Google TV and Fire TV
Android TV and Google TV	The phone APK installed by hand; a touch layout in portrait	Installed with the Downloader app; made for the remote
Fire TV Stick	Not in the Amazon Appstore; the phone APK installed by hand	Fire OS 7 or newer, installed with the Downloader app
TV remote	No TV layout: the phone app is easiest with a remote that has a trackpad and text keys, Xataka Android found	A TV layout for the remote, with voice search from the remote's microphone
Casting	From Telegram for Android to a Chromecast, since March 2025	From a phone or a computer to a Chromecast or Google TV, MKV included
Sign in	On the TV, your phone number and a code; Telegram Web, a QR code	A QR code scanned with Telegram on your phone, or your phone number
Shows and resume	No show pages: videos stay in their chats, in the order they were posted	A show's episodes in order on its own page, skip intro, and Continue watching
Computers	Telegram Desktop for Windows, macOS and Linux	Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit Linux, and Macs with Apple Silicon as a preview, played through mpv
Messages	Everything: chats, calls, channels and the rest	None: it lists the videos and audio in your chats, and cannot read or send messages
Price	Free; Premium lifts download speed limits	Free; Premium lifts the limits on your account here too
Open source	Yes, GPL, with reproducible builds	Yes, GPL-3.0, and GitHub builds every release from the public code

Where TMPlayer does more

Made for the remote

Cards you can read across a room, a rail along the top, voice search, and a QR code to sign in, so nothing is typed on the TV.

Shows, resume and downloads

A show's episodes in order with skip intro, Continue watching, and downloads for later, or Low storage mode on a small stick.

Subtitles and audio tracks

MKV videos with their embedded subtitles, image-based ones included, and every audio track, switched while the video plays.

At home on a small stick

Tested on a TV stick with 1 GB of RAM. Low storage mode keeps only the part of a video you are watching, and the app offers its own updates.

Where Telegram is fine, or better

Everything that is not video

Messages, calls, stories, bots and the rest stay in Telegram's own apps. TMPlayer only plays, and keeps your phone for the rest.

Casting, already built in

If you only cast a video now and then from an Android phone, Telegram's own app does it, with nothing more to install.

Official, in the app stores

On phones and computers Telegram's apps come from the app stores and from Telegram itself. TMPlayer is unofficial and comes from its own site and GitHub.

Nothing to install

Telegram Web needs only a browser, which helps on a TV that cannot install Android apps at all.

Moving to TMPlayer

Install TMPlayer

On an Android TV or Google TV, install the free Downloader app, type tmplayer.org/apk into it and allow the install. On a Fire TV, turn on Developer options first. On a phone or computer, take the file from the download page.
Sign in with a QR code

Open TMPlayer and scan its code with Telegram on your phone: Settings, Devices, Link Desktop Device. You can also sign in with your phone number.
Keep Telegram for the rest

Telegram stays signed in on your phone and computer as before. TMPlayer is one more device on the same account, listed under Settings, Devices, where you can end it at any time.

TMPlayer's Home on a television: the newest demo video from starred chats across the top with Play and Details, above demo videos and shows to continue, each with the time left. — **Where your videos are after the switch**The newest from your starred chats across the top, then what you were watching, as soon as you sign in.

The TMPlayer desktop app on Windows or Linux: a chat's demo videos as posters, each with its year, size and resolution, with the chat's name floating at the top and its bar of actions at the foot. — **On a computer**A chat's videos as posters, played through mpv.

Questions people ask

Is there a Telegram TV app?

Not from Telegram: its apps page on 19 October 2026 listed apps for phones, computers and the web, and none for televisions. On an Android TV, Google TV or Fire TV, TMPlayer is a free, unofficial player that signs in to your own account and plays the videos in your chats with the remote.

Can I download Telegram on my TV?

On an Android TV or Google TV you can install Telegram's Android APK from telegram.org/android by hand, though it is made for a phone screen in portrait. Samsung TVs on Tizen, LG TVs on webOS, Roku and Apple TV cannot install it, because they do not run Android. There, a TV stick or Telegram Web in the TV's browser are the ways in.

How do I get Telegram on Android TV or Google TV?

Google Play on a TV does not offer Telegram. Either install its APK by hand, or install TMPlayer with the free Downloader app by typing tmplayer.org/apk, open it and scan its QR code with Telegram on your phone. Your chats and channels then show with their videos as tiles.

Is there Telegram for a Fire TV Stick?

Not in Amazon's store: a search there on 19 October 2026 showed no app from Telegram. On a Fire TV Stick, Fire TV Cube or Fire TV Edition television with Fire OS 7 or newer, TMPlayer installs with the Downloader app and plays the videos in your chats. Fire TV models that run Vega OS cannot install any APK.

Can I cast Telegram videos to my TV?

Yes. Telegram for Android casts videos to a Chromecast or a TV with Google Cast since March 2025, and TMPlayer casts from a phone or a computer, MKV included, keeping your place for Continue watching.

Sources, checked 19 October 2026

Every fact about Telegram on this page comes from one of these pages, as it read on that day. What it says about TMPlayer comes from this site, its release notes and its code.

TMPlayer is an unofficial, independent app. It is not affiliated with Telegram FZ-LLC or with any app named on this page, and it shows only the videos already in your own chats: lawful use.

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More help

TMPlayer does not provide media: it plays what is already in your own chats and channels. The questions cover what it can and cannot see.

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For Android TV, phones, Windows, Linux and Apple Silicon Macs. Free, no account, straight from GitHub.

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