Features

Everything WatchBridge TV does

It started as a fix for Google TV recommendations and grew into the front door of your TV. Here is all of it, in one place.

01Recommendations

Open the right title in the right app

Where it opens: Nuvio, Stremio, WuPlay, Plex (free catalog), Jellyfin, Wholphin or Emby — not the app that recommends it.
How it finds the title: Titles are matched on TMDB. Remakes and same-named sequels are told apart. With two exact matches it asks once, remembers your pick, and skips the question when one is clearly the popular one.
One player or two: One app for everything, or a different one for movies and for series. For Nuvio, an option to play directly.
Your own server first: “Check my Jellyfin / Emby first” opens the title there if it is in your library.
Confirm before opening: An optional “Watch now” button, so a stray click never redirects you.
Voice search: Ask Google for a title (“Open Joker”): Google shows its page and the title opens in your player.
YouTube: YouTube recommendations can open in SmartTube or TizenTube Cobalt.
What you are watching: With Nuvio, Stremio and WuPlay it notices what is playing, even if you did not open it from WatchBridge, to feed Continue watching and clear finished titles from My list. Optional and experimental.
Launchers: It works alongside your launcher. On Projectivy and Monet it also adds its own rows and opens other apps’ cards in your player.
Fire TV: A mode of its own, with no root, because Fire OS blocks accessibility for sideloaded apps.

Projectivy and Monet Fire TV mode Compare the players

Real screen recording: asking Google for a title by voice ("Open Joker"). Google shows its own page, and WatchBridge opens the title in Nuvio, same as a regular card click.

"Dune" — two exact matches

Dune (2021)picked once

Dune (1984)

Recommended again later — opens the 2021 pick directly, no question shown

02Home screen

A home of its own

Recommended for you: Built from TMDB using what you watch, by type and genre, and synced with your phone.
Your lists: Continue watching, My list and History, the same on the TV and on the phone.
Calendar: An agenda of the next episodes and premieres of what you follow (Today, Tomorrow…) with big cards, and a month view.
Search and Surprise me: Search by typing, or tap the microphone next to the logo and say a channel, a show or match from your guide, a movie or a series. And a button that picks a movie when you cannot decide.
Profiles: Up to four profiles at home, each with its own recommendations, history, My list and IPTV favorites. It asks who is watching when you open the app, and you can switch from Settings, from the profile icon next to the microphone or from a card on your launcher home. Names are shared with the phone.

Can't decide? One button picks a movie at random from what you're browsing and opens it in your player.

WatchBridge TV calendar agenda with the next episodes and premieres — Calendar — an agenda of the next episodes and premieres of what you follow

WatchBridge TV search screen with voice search — Search, with voice

WatchBridge TV home screen — Recommended for you, with Continue watching

WatchBridge TV asking who is watching, with three profiles — Who is watching? Each profile keeps its own history, My list and IPTV favorites

03Live TV

A TV guide for your own IPTV list

Your list: M3U/M3U8, Xtream Codes, a Stalker portal (experimental) or an .m3u file sent from your phone or PC. Several lists, each with its own favorites and locks. No channels or lists are sold.
Guide: EPG grid with now and next, catch-up up to 48 hours if your provider keeps an archive, favorites and groups.
Watching: Two-channel Multiview, audio-track selection, last-channel jump and a parental PIN.
Sports: Events from your guide with live scores and match minute; in football, goals and cards with alerts.
Recording and alerts: Record a channel or program to USB or TV storage, and get an alert when a marked program starts.
Movies and series: Hold OK on a movie in the guide to open it in your player, see the best-rated movies on your channels today, and, with Xtream, browse on-demand Movies and Series.

Everything in the IPTV guide Compare with TiviMate and others

Hold OK on a movie or series in your IPTV guide and open it in your player.

The top-rated movies on your IPTV channels right now. Open one in your streaming app, or schedule an alert for when it starts.

Hold OK on a program, add the channel to favorites, and use the Group button to see only your favorites.

Hold OK on a channel while another one is playing and choose Multiview. Left and Right pick which one plays sound. The live picture is blurred in this demo.

04Phone

WatchBridge Mobile

Same account: History, My list and recommendations shared with your TV, with a detail page for every title and a choice of the app that opens it.
Send to TV: Send a movie, series or live channel to the TV with one tap, or ask the TV to record a channel for 30 minutes to 3 hours.
Bring your history: Import your history and My list from Trakt, so a new purchase does not mean starting over. Share a title from other apps to open it in your player.
IPTV on the go: Scrolling TV guide, live sports scores, Multiview with up to three channels, premiere notifications for what you follow.

All the phone features

Found something on your phone? Tap Send to TV and it opens on your TV.

05Options

More switches worth knowing about

Check my Jellyfin first

Already on your own server? Opens straight there instead of your usual player — no search needed.

Watch now confirm

Optional confirm button before opening, so a stray click never redirects you by accident.

YouTube redirect

Sends YouTube recommendations to SmartTube or TizenTube Cobalt instead — independent of your movie/show player.

Manage devices

One license, up to 5 TVs. See every linked device and unlink any of them, anytime.

Content type rules

Optional, off by default: pick a different app for movies than for series, instead of one app for everything.

Detects what's playing

Works with Nuvio, Stremio, and WuPlay: recognizes what you're watching even if you didn't open it through the app, feeding Continue watching and clearing titles off My list automatically. Optional, experimental.

Referral program

Invite a friend from Settings → Invite a friend — once they actually use the app they get +3 trial days (5 in total) and you get +4 if you are on a trial, +15 more for you if they buy Lifetime, and Lifetime free after 10 friends who buy.