Install Nafza on your TV
If the Nafza app is not in your TV's store yet, these are the ways to run it today. The easiest is the TV's browser.
From the TV's browser
The easiest way, for any TV that has a web browser. Nothing to install.
Open the address in the TV's browser
Start the web browser on your TV and type this address: nafza.app/tv
Browse the screens
The Nafza screen library appears, and you pick from it with the TV remote.
Link your phone
Scan the QR code on the TV with Nafza on your phone, or enter the 6-digit code. Linking is optional.
- From the phone too: choose to add a screen in Nafza, then the TV browser option. It gives you a link and a QR code to open in the TV's browser.
- The difference from the app: sound starts after one press of the OK key. That is a rule of browsers.
Amazon Fire TV
The app is available now at the Amazon Appstore. Install it straight from the store. No other step is needed.
Open the app pageBefore a manual install
The ways below are for technical users. The browser way is easier, and it is enough to show the screens.
- Install only the file that we send you.
- Developer mode is an official setting of the TV's maker, not of Nafza.
- When the app appears in your TV's store, install it from the store. That is the way we recommend.
Google TV and Android TV
The app has been submitted to Google Play on the TV and appears there once approved. Until the app appears in the store, you can install it from an APK file. Menu names differ a little from one maker to another.
Way one: a file on the TV
Get the APK file
The app file for Google TV and Android TV.
We send the file on request, by email.
Ask for the file by emailOpen the file on the TV
Open the APK file on the TV from the app it reached you through, such as the browser or the file manager.
Allow the install, then install
The system asks for a permission for that app on the Install unknown apps screen. Turn on Allow app installs for it, then finish the install.
Way two: from a computer, with developer options
Turn on developer options
In Settings, open Device > About and press Build several times, until you see the message "You are now a developer!"
Turn on USB debugging
Go back to Settings, open Developer options, and turn on USB debugging.
Install from the computer
Connect the TV to the computer with a USB cable, then run
adb installfollowed by the path of the APK file.
- On Android 7.1.1 and lower: turn on Unknown sources in Settings > Security instead of the permission screen.
- Google Play Protect checks apps that come from outside the store, and may ask to send them to Google for a scan.
LG webOS
The app has been submitted to the LG Content Store and appears there once approved. Until the app appears in the store, you can install it with LG's official Developer Mode. You need an account on the LG developer site, and a computer on the same network as the TV.
Get the IPK file
The app file for webOS.
We send the file on request, by email.
Ask for the file by emailInstall the webOS CLI on the computer
It needs Node.js. Run:
npm install -g @webos-tools/cliTurn on Developer Mode on the TV
Search for Developer Mode in the LG app store and install it, sign in with your LG developer account, then press Dev Mode Status. The TV restarts.
Add the TV on the computer
Run
ares-setup-deviceand choose add, then enter a name for the TV such as tv, its IP address, port 9922 and user prisoner.Link the computer to the TV
Press Key Server in the Developer Mode app, then run
ares-novacom --device tv --getkeyand type the code shown on the TV.Install the app
Run
ares-install --device tvfollowed by the path of the IPK file.
- Developer Mode is temporary. The time left is in the Remain Session field, and the EXTEND button adds to it while the TV is on the network.
- Developer Mode turns off when the time runs out, or when the TV restarts 10 times with no network. The apps installed through it are then removed, and you repeat the steps.
Samsung Tizen
The app has been submitted to the Samsung TV app store and appears there once approved. This way is for developers: you need Tizen Studio on a computer, and a Samsung certificate tied to your TV. If you are not a developer, the browser way is easier.
Turn on developer mode on the TV
Open Smart Hub, then Apps, and in App Settings enter 12345 with the remote. Switch Developer mode on, enter your computer's IP address, then restart the TV.
Set up Tizen Studio
In Tools > Device Manager, open Remote Device Manager, add the TV by its IP address and switch Connection on. Then in Tools > Certificate Manager, create a Samsung certificate for TV and add the device ID (DUID) to it.
Ask for the app file
Samsung requires every app to be signed with a valid certificate before it is installed. Email us once the two steps are done.
We send the file on request, by email.
Ask for the file by email
- The computer and the TV are on the same network, and Samsung advises updating the TV's software first.
Other systems
If your TV has a web browser, the browser way works on it.
Titan OS
The app has been submitted to the Titan OS store and appears there once approved.
VIDAA and others
There is no Nafza app for these systems today. Use the browser way if the TV has a browser.
Roku
Roku says its devices do not browse the internet, so they cannot show Nafza screens today. The Nafza remote works with them from the phone.
Company and system names are trademarks of their owners. Nafza is not affiliated with any of them. The steps are taken from each company's own documentation, and menu names may change with TV updates.
Related pages
- The Nafza TV app
What the app does and where it stands in each store.
- Supported TVs
The brands and systems Nafza works with.
- Support
If a step does not work.
Turn your phone into a TV remote
The app is free. No account, no sign-in.
App Store and Google Play for the phone app, Amazon Appstore for the TV app.