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Next Player is a free, open-source video player for Android with a clean Material 3 interface. The latest version adds a hidden video vault with PIN lock, copy/move actions, Android TV support, and network playback via SMB, FTP, and WebDAV. It requests storage permissions for accessing local videos and network shares.
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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
What's new
- New Features ・Added a hidden video vault with PIN lock and hide/unhide support by @NarayanChetri in #1745 ・Added copy and move actions for media files by @anilbeesetti in #1761 ・Added initial Android TV support by @anilbeesetti in #1762 ・Added SMB, FTP, and WebDAV network playback in #1783
- Improvements ・Added the SHA-256 certificate fingerprint for GitHub releases to the README by @PitiBouchon in #1690 ・Improved media scanning by @anilbeesetti in #1725
- Fixes ・Fixed subtitle-loading issues while preserving the current orientation and playback speed by @ahmed20005 in #1710 ・Fixed the video rotation button size by @krahulshharmaa in #1688
- New Contributors ・@PitiBouchon made their first contribution in #1690 ・@ahmed20005 made their first contribution in #1710 ・@krahulshharmaa made their first contribution in #1688 ・@NarayanChetri made their first contribution in #1745
About this version
- Version
- 0.17.0 (66)
- Size
- 14.43 MB
- Requires Android
- 6.0
- Target SDK
- 23
- Architecture
- arm64-v8a
- Downloads
- 48
- Updated
- Jul 15, 2026
- Package
- dev.anilbeesetti.nextplayer
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