WuPlay: a Stremio-style streaming client for Android TV

What the project is, and where the code is not

WuPlay, pronounced woo-play, is a privacy-focused streaming app for Android TV with multi-device sync that works with Stremio add-ons, described as a Stremio alternative built for Android TV. The repository you would normally look at is the release repository rather than the source tree. Its top level holds .github/, CHANGELOG.md, README.md and a screenshots/ directory, and the description says it plainly, WuPlay for Android TV, releases and issue tracker. The primary language is not recorded and the licence is not stated, and the single release in the list is v0.9.3-beta from 2026-10-05, which matches the last push to the repository. The application logic that would interest a developer is not here. The add-on integration is documented in a separate project, wuplay-addon-sdk, and the readme points there for details on how to use your favourite Stremio add-ons.

Installing on the television

There are two routes, and the choice between them is a decision about where you want the download to come from. The first is direct, with a link to the latest APK on the releases page of the repository. The second uses the Downloader app on Google Play, a third-party utility for fetching files on a television without a browser, and the readme gives a specific code, 5781040, to enter into it. That code is a short path to the file, and it is the kind of detail that saves a lot of fumbling with a remote control, because typing a long URL into an on-screen keyboard is the part of installing an APK on a TV that people usually get wrong. The readme frames the app as needing no account registration, just set up a profile and start watching, so the first-run flow after install is short.

The privacy claim, and what it is built on

The privacy positioning is the first bullet of the feature list and the reason the app is worth a look for anyone who has decided against a streaming service with a sign-up wall. WuPlay is privacy focused, with no account registration, no IP tracking and no sign-up walls. The distinction the app draws is between creating an account and setting up a profile, and the screenshots show that a profile carries a name, a set of icons and a PIN, and the profile set PIN screen is one of the captured images. Everything the app remembers is therefore local to the device, keyed by profile, and the multi-device sync feature exists to move that state between Android TV devices rather than to a vendor account. The metadata feature follows the same pattern, with a built-in metadata provider available or the option to use a third-party add-on, so the choice of who supplies the catalogue data is the user's.

Add-ons, and the auto update behaviour

The add-on model is the Stremio one, and the two properties that matter to a viewer are that add-ons auto update, staying current without manual refresh or reinstall, and that they stay your favourite add-ons rather than a curated set. The link to the addon sdk repository for details tells you that WuPlay talks to add-ons over a documented interface rather than scraping them, and the web configurator is the place where add-ons, catalogs and data are managed from any browser. The web configurator has its own set of screenshots for the add-ons panel and the catalogs panel, which suggests the intended workflow is a browser on a laptop or phone while the television plays. The catalog control is described as full control over catalogs, showing, hiding and reordering them to customise the home and discover screens, which is the feature Stremio users tend to care most about once they have several add-ons installed.

Profiles, watchlists and history

The state model is worth understanding because it explains why there are so many separate feature bullets. Profiles are the top level, with multiple profiles each carrying per-profile settings, watchlists, watch history and add-ons, which means two people sharing a television can have different catalogues and different recommendations without fighting over settings. Watchlists let you organise what you want to watch, including saving search results directly to a watchlist, which is the feature that turns a search into a list rather than a dead end. Watch history and progress tracking lets you pick up where you left off across movies and series, and multi-device sync keeps your library, watchlists, watch history and progress in sync across Android TV devices. Preferred language is also per profile, setting audio and subtitle languages, and autoplay automatically plays the first available stream or the next episode in a series.

Discovery and detail screens

Beyond the library, the app covers the discovery side of a streaming front end. There is a cast and crew view for any title, with detailed person pages including a full filmography, and similar titles that let you find related movies and shows from any detail page. Trailers can be watched in the app. The screenshot table in the readme walks through the whole interface in order, which is the best single view of the scope: a Who's Watching screen, Home, Discover, My Lists, Search, Details, Similar Titles, Cast and Crew, Person Details, Watchlists, then Add Profile, Edit Profile, Profile Set PIN and Settings. The order of that list is itself a description of the flow, from choosing who is watching through to the settings screen, and it tells you the app treats the profile as the outermost shell rather than a setting buried in a menu.

What to check before you rely on it

Three things are worth reading carefully rather than assuming. First, the release state. The release list contains a single tag, v0.9.3-beta, and the beta suffix is the only status signal available, so this is a pre-1.0 application with a changelog rather than a history of stable releases. Second, the relationship between the two repositories. The add-on behaviour lives in wuplay-addon-sdk, and the client here is the Android TV front end, so when you configure an add-on you are configuring it against a documented protocol that is developed somewhere else. Third, the privacy claim is a claim about the app rather than about the add-ons, and an add-on is a third-party service that the app is designed to talk to on your behalf, so it is worth reading what the add-ons you install do before treating the no-tracking property as covering the whole stack. The community lives on Discord, and the link is in the readme.

Editorial conclusion

WuPlay fits an Android TV viewer who wants a Stremio-style catalogue on the television with the add-ons they already use, and who would rather not hand an email address to a streaming front end, since the app states that no account registration is required and that a profile is enough. It does not fit someone who wants a single repository to read the whole implementation, because this repository holds the changelog, the readme and the screenshots, while the add-on integration lives in a separate SDK project and the release binaries are the artefact. It also does not fit a viewer outside the living room, because the app is for Android TV and there is no phone or browser build mentioned. Before you install, pick the right file, since the direct download is an APK and the alternative route uses a third-party downloader app and a numeric code, and remember that a beta tag is what the release list currently shows.

Frequently asked questions

Official sources

1. Issues
2. README
3. Releases
4. wuplayapp/wuplay-releases on GitHub