About VLC for Android
VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as discs, devices, and network streaming protocols. This is the port of VLC media player to the Android™...
VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as discs, devices, and network streaming protocols.
This is the port of VLC media player to the Android™ platform. VLC for Android can play any video and audio files, as well as network streams, network shares and drives, and DVD ISOs, like the desktop version of VLC.
VLC for Android is a full audio player, with a complete database, an equalizer and filters, playing all weird audio formats.
VLC is intended for everyone, is totally free, has no ads, no in-app-purchases, no spying and is developed by passionate volunteers. All the source code is available for free.
Features
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VLC for Android™ plays most local video and audio files, as well as network streams (including adaptive streaming), DVD ISOs, like the desktop version of VLC. It also support disk shares.
All formats are supported, including MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV, Ogg, FLAC, TS, M2TS, Wv and AAC. All codecs are included with no separate downloads. It supports subtitles, Teletext and Closed Captions.
VLC for Android has a media library for audio and video files, and allows to browse folders directly.
VLC has support for multi-track audio and subtitles. It supports auto-rotation, aspect-ratio adjustments and gestures to control volume, brightness and seeking.
It also includes a widget for audio control, supports audio headsets control, cover art and a complete audio media library.
Permissions
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VLC for Android needs access to those categories:
• "Photos/Media/Files" to read your all media files :)
• "Storage" to read your all media files on SD cards :)
• "Other" to check network connections, change the volume, set the ringtone, run on Android TV and display the popup view, see below for details.
Permission Details :
• It needs "read the contents of your USB storage", in to order to read your media files on it.
• It needs "modify or delete the contents of your USB storage", in order to allow deletion of files and store subtitles.
• It needs "full network access", to open network and internet streams.
• It needs "prevent phone from sleeping" in order to prevent... your phone from sleeping when watching a video.
• It needs "change your audio settings", in order to change audio volume.
• It needs "modify system settings", in order to allow you to change your audio ringtone.
• It needs "view network connections" in order to monitor whether device is connected or not.
• It needs "draw over other apps" to start the custom picture-in-picture widget.
• It needs "control vibration" to give feedback on the controls.
• It needs "run at startup" to set recommendations on Android TV launcher screen, only used on Android TV devices.
• It needs "microphone" to provide voice search on Android TV devices, only asked on Android TV devices.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of VLC for Android since it was posted on our website on 2016-12-27 02:11:46.
The latest version is and it was updated on 2024-04-19 20:27:16. See below the changes in each version.
VLC for Android version
Updated At: 2023-08-27
Changes: * Fix media controls not working after some time on Android 13
* Fix audio notification icon transparency
* Fix some Android Auto and Android TV behaviors
* Fix opening from other apps
* Bluetooth fixes
* Minor interface fixes
* Crash fixes
VLC for Android version
Updated At: 2022-08-08
Changes: * New wigets!
* Redesign of the audio list, album and about screens
* Improve tablet and foldable support
* Network indexation
* Improved accessibility
* a lot of fixes and improvements
VLC for Android version
Updated At: 2022-02-14
Changes: * Use the new file permission
* Fix the subtitles not working on some Android 12 devices
* Fix the grid/list button state
* Fix loading of media when opening the app
* Crash fixes
VLC for Android version
Updated At: 2022-01-05
Changes: * Fix Chromecast playback
* Allow sorting albums by artist
* Fix some RTL issues
* Improve playback resume
* Persist audio player time mode
* Crash fixes
VLC for Android version
Updated At: 2021-01-20
Changes: * Android Auto new navigation
* Video group improvements
* Fix playlist items management
* Multiple interface fixes and improvements
* Samba network fixes
* Crash fixes
VLC for Android version
Updated At: 2020-11-23
Changes: * Video: mark as played
* Audio: chapter selection for audio books
* TV: improve PiP behavior
* Video player: increase icons' size
* Thumbnails: fix quality issue
* Fix Chromecast disconnection
* Remove sliders haptic feedback
* Crash fixes
VLC for Android version
Updated At: 2020-10-06
Changes: * Fix TV player button focus state and order
* Fix app not launching if installed on SD card on some Android versions
* Improve DVD/BD menu support
* Fix crash in audio category
VLC for Android version
Updated At: 2020-04-30
Changes: Application:
* Fix network server edition
* Fiw subs not loaded on video playback restoration
* Fix loading states in lists when content is empty
* TV: Fix video playback restoration
* Fix crashes
VLC:
* Security fixes
* AV1 decoding performances improvement
VLC for Android version
Updated At: 2020-04-14
Changes: * Reduce installation size on Android 6+
* Do not show controls overlay on seek gestures
* Fix crashes
VLC for Android version
Updated At: 2020-03-16
Changes: Application:
* Improve browser performances
* Fix videos playlist restoration in player
* Fix podcast playback sometimes not saved
* Fix crashes
VLC:
* Improve SMB 2/3 performances
Disclaimer
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