Pick your kind of TV below. It takes roughly two minutes and you only do it once: later updates install from inside the app.
Open the Google Play Store on the TV, look for Downloader (the orange icon by AFTVnews) and install it.
Go to Settings → Apps → Security & restrictions → Unknown sources and switch Downloader on. On Google TV, first open Settings → System → About and press Android TV OS build 7 times, then go to Settings → Apps → Security & restrictions → Unknown sources.
Start Downloader, select the address field, type vzplayer.com/apk and press Go. The download starts.
Press Install and then Open. You will find vzplayer on the TV home screen from now on.
On the Fire TV home screen go to Find → Search, type Downloader and install the app with the orange icon.
Open Settings → My Fire TV → About and press the name of your device (for example “Fire TV Stick”) 7 times, until a message says you are a developer.
Now open Settings → My Fire TV → Developer options → Install unknown apps and switch Downloader on.
Start Downloader, type vzplayer.com/apk and press Go.
Press Install and then Open. Later you can find it under Home → Your apps & channels.
Samsung (Tizen), LG (webOS), Hisense (VIDAA) and most other Smart TVs cannot run Android apps, but vzplayer works fine in the TV’s own web browser.
Start the Internet or Web Browser app and go to vzplayer.com. A large code shows up on the screen.
On your phone, open the address the TV shows and enter the code. Your details travel to the TV and the player starts. No typing with the remote.
Install the free app Send Files to TV on the TV (Google Play / Amazon Appstore) and on your Android phone (Google Play).
On the phone, open vzplayer.com/app and tap Download the APK. The file vzplayer.apk lands in Downloads. Leave it closed on the phone.
Connect phone and TV to the same Wi-Fi and open Send Files to TV on each of them.
On the TV, press Receive. It now waits for the file.
On the phone, press Send, open Downloads and pick vzplayer.apk.
Choose your TV from the list and wait until it reaches 100%.
Open the file that arrived on the TV and press Install. If the TV refuses, switch on Install unknown apps for Send Files to TV (see the questions below) and open the file again.
The app that opens the file (Downloader or a file manager) needs permission first. Go back to the step about permission above, switch it on for that app and open the file again.
Check every letter: vzplayer.com/apk, with no spaces and no “www”. Also check that the TV is online.
The file did not download completely. Delete it in Downloader, download it again and keep the TV on until it is done. The TV needs Android 5.0 or newer and about 150 MB of free space.
Android TV: look in the apps row on the home screen, or under Apps → See all apps. Fire TV: Home → Your apps & channels, where you can move it to the front.
You never have to download it again. When there is a new version, the app tells you on its start screen: just press Update now.
On a phone or tablet? Simply use the download button on the app page.
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