StreamTube

📱 StreamTube — SmartTube Features, Reimagined for Android Phones

StreamTube is an open-source YouTube client for Android phones, based on SmartTube and redesigned with a touch-friendly interface. It brings many of SmartTube's core features to mobile devices, combining an ad-free viewing experience with Shorts, comments, downloads, background playback, and SponsorBlock.

Unlike the original SmartTube interface, which is designed primarily for Android TV and remote controls, StreamTube provides a familiar mobile layout with touch gestures, a portrait video player, and convenient navigation.

🏠 Familiar YouTube-Style Interface

- Home feed with video cards, channel pictures, and horizontal content shelves. - Bottom navigation for Home, Shorts, Subscriptions, and your personal library. - Topic categories such as Sports, Gaming, News, LIVE, and more. - Search, channel pages, playlists, and video recommendations. - Dark, pure-black AMOLED, Light, and system-matched appearance options.

▶️ Advanced Video Player

Enjoy flexible playback controls and a mobile-friendly viewing experience:

- Portrait and full-screen playback. - Video quality and playback-speed selection. - Captions and subtitle controls. - Like, dislike, subscribe, share, and save to playlists. - Double-tap seeking and gestures for brightness, volume, and zoom. - Support for high-resolution playback, up to 8K, 60 FPS, and HDR when supported by your device.

🪟 Floating Mini Player and Background Playback

Keep watching while exploring other content:

- Swipe a video down or press Back to minimize it. - Move the floating mini player around the screen. - Continue playback while browsing Home, Search, or channels. - Background playback with media controls in notifications and on the lock screen.

The in-app mini player requires Android 11 or newer. Older Android versions use a floating-window alternative.

📱 Shorts and Vertical Videos

Enjoy a dedicated full-screen Shorts experience:

- Swipe up to watch the next Short and down to return to the previous one. - Like, dislike, comment, share, and save videos. - Navigate through vertical content using familiar touch gestures.

💬 Comments and Community Features

- Browse comments and threaded replies. - Sort comments by Top or Newest. - Write comments and replies when signed in. - Delete your own comments and replies.

⬇️ Video and Audio Downloads

Save content for offline access:

- Download videos in MP4 format. - Choose available resolutions from 360p to 1080p. - Download audio separately in M4A format. - Store downloaded files in the "Download/StreamTube" folder.

🛡️ SponsorBlock and Ad-Free Viewing

- No advertisements added by the application. - No additional tracking introduced by the app. - SponsorBlock can skip sponsored segments, introductions, outros, and subscription reminders. - Works without Google Play services.

🔐 Optional Account Sign-In

Watching videos does not require an account. Signing in through Google's device activation process adds access to personalized recommendations, subscriptions, history, playlists, likes, and comments. Your Google password is not entered directly into StreamTube.

🔄 Built-In Updater

Check for new builds from within the app, view release notes, and download updates without manually searching for APK files. Your settings and signed-in account are preserved during supported updates.

📱 System Requirements

- Android 8.0 or later. - ARM 32-bit or 64-bit devices. - Android 11 or newer for the integrated mini player. - Compatible APK builds are available for ARM64, ARM32, and universal devices.

📄 License

StreamTube is released under the MIT License. This permissive open-source license allows the software to be used, modified, and redistributed, provided that the required copyright and license notices are retained.

⚠️ Disclaimer

StreamTube is an independent third-party project based on SmartTube and is not affiliated with YouTube, Google, or the original SmartTube developer. Features and playback availability may change as YouTube services evolve.

Your favorite videos, without the clutter.