Next Player

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Native Android video player with a clean Material 3 interface. Supports H.264, HEVC, VP9, AV1 and many audio formats via ExoPlayer, plus SRT, SSA/ASS and other subtitles. New in v0.19.0: video chapter navigation, seek-bar haptics, local audio track selection, folder badges, and watch history settings.

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About this app

Next Player is an Android native video player written in Kotlin. It provides a simple and easy-to-use interface for users to play videos on their Android devices

Supported formats ・ Video: H.263, H.264 AVC (Baseline Profile; Main Profile on Android 6+), H.265 HEVC, MPEG-4 SP, VP8, VP9, AV1

Support depends on Android device

・ Audio: Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, ALAC, PCM/WAVE (μ-law, A-law), MP1, MP2, MP3, AMR (NB, WB), AAC (LC, ELD, HE; xHE on Android 9+), AC-3, E-AC-3, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD

Support provided by ExoPlayer FFmpeg extension

・Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, TTML, VTT, DVB

SSA/ASS has limited styling support see this issue

Features ・Native Android app with simple and easy-to-use interface ・Completely free and open source and without any ads or excessive permissions ・Software decoders for h264 and hevc ・Audio/Subtitle track selection ・Vertical swipe to change brightness (left) / volume (right) ・Horizontal swipe to seek through video ・Material 3 (You) support ・Media picker with tree, folder and file view modes ・Play videos from url ・Play videos from storage access framework (Android Document picker) ・Control playback speed ・External Subtitle support ・Zoom gesture ・Picture-in-picture mode

📄 License GNU General Public License v3.0（GPL-3.0）

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What's new

v0.19.0Oct 9, 2026

New features
Added video chapter navigation and seek-bar haptics by @anilbeesetti in #1937
Added local audio selection for videos by @anilbeesetti in #1936
Added NEW tag on videos and count badge on folders by @NarayanChetri in #1922
Added watch history settings and excluded vault playback by @anilbeesetti in #1967
Added tunneled playback preference to player settings by @anilbeesetti in #1984
Improvements
Allowed controller timeout from Off to ten minutes by @anilbeesetti in #1983
Accepted / as the SMB server root by @anilbeesetti in #1986
Improved player controls by @anilbeesetti in #1966
Fixes
Fixed F-Droid vector resource reproducibility by @anilbeesetti in #1947
Fixed mixed CJK filename line breaks by @anilbeesetti in #1961
Fixed resume FAB automatic playlist creation by @anilbeesetti in #1962
Fixed media grid crash at narrow widths by @anilbeesetti in #1965
Fixed media observation crash when storage volume disappears by @anilbeesetti in #1964
Fixed replay after background playback completion by @anilbeesetti in #1963
Fixed next episode after resuming playback by @anilbeesetti in #1973
Fixed SMB local network permission on Android 17 by @anilbeesetti in #1976
Fixed picture-in-picture controls on older Android versions by @anilbeesetti in #1985
Fixed trash video thumbnails and display names by @anilbeesetti in #1987
Fixed PiP playback progress persistence by @anilbeesetti in #1982