We are at a peak time for platforms that offer series and movies in streaming, since every day more renowned companies such as Apple, Disney ... that want to join the open market by Prime Video, Netflix or HBO emerge.
But today we are going to focus on the best free alternative that we have to be able to enjoy the best catalog of streaming multimedia content, directly on your TVsmart or not.
How to install Octostream on your TV
In order to enjoy this free platform we will need to have one of these three options:
- Android TV Box
- Chromecast or similar
- Smart TV with Android system
For any of these three options we must download the Octostream application and follow a series of steps that vary depending on the unit you have.
Option 1. Use Amazon Fire TV Stick
The first two options turn your ordinary television into a Smart TV in a simple way and also for very little money. There are more options like the Amazon Fire TV Stick or Chinese alternatives with the most varied results.
Option 2. Android TV Box
Focusing on the installation process, we will begin by explaining the necessary steps to do it through an Android TV Box. Obviously this application will not be found in the Google Play Store, so we will go to other means.
- The first thing we must do is open the browser in the menu of our «box» on the TV Box and open the Google search engine, where we must write «Octostream», then multiple results will appear with direct download links, explanatory websites for its installation.
- You can even access their channel Telegram, I'll leave it here for you in case you need help or consult something both for its installation and for questions and doubts.
- Returning to our task, we will see different results in the browser to download the apk, whether in Mediafire, Mega, Aptoide... If you want to save yourself the decision about which one to choose, you can choose to download it from here, where you will find the latest version available today .
- Now, file download will begin. Keep in mind that you can do it from your personal computer, save the file on a USB stick, and proceed to the direct installation on the TV Box, if you want to do it directly.
- Once downloaded, click on the option «Open«, Then click on«Install»OctoStream APK for Android TV Box, the process will begin and voila, click on« Open »and you have Octostream at your disposal for your enjoyment.
You can enter the application in two ways, either as a guest user (the most comfortable option), or through Trak.Tv a free service that will keep track for you of the episodes and movies that you have already viewed through OctoStream.
It is a very useful tool that will prevent us from finding out which chapter is the next one that we had to see, of that series that we had pending for weeks.
chromecast
If you have a Chromecast or similar Through which you can send content from your mobile, your tablet or PC to the TV to which it is connected, so you will have to do the same previous process, but on your smartphone or tablet (for PC there is another way of installation).
Once installed on your device, you will only have to open the application, clicking on the image icon and once your Chromecast is configured from the Google Home application, it will begin to send content directly to our television.
This solution is the simplest and cheapest you can find, and it will also give your old television a new life.
SmartTV
With regard to Smart TVs, These must have the pure Android system to be able to carry out the installation that we have explained, since en televisions with a WebOs or Tizen system (one of the most widespread nowadays) it will be impossible to download an apk on your system.
However, there are alternatives such as the Smart IPTV app Which we will talk about in another moment, but which will also allow you to view multimedia content of all kinds.
Other devices
As a point we can say that other devices such as the Xbox One, Play Station 3 or 4, without the need to have a Chromecast, since you can activate the server mode in OctoStream, for which we simply need to have a modern browser installed on the console, have a good internet network, to avoid cuts and a malfunction of the application.
Obviously, both the television and the other device must be connected to the same network, and to be able to watch the series or the film without any problem, have a contracted quality Internet connection with good speed.
OctStream on your computer
For install OctoStream on your PC and with any version of Windows installed we must have from the emulator Nox Player App.
Now you have to download the APK of OctoStream for PC, download the file containing the extension .exe, and subsequently run it on your computer normally.
Next, an installation window will open in which you must choose where to save it, press the OK option and the installation of OctoStream will start. Now we can only wait for the download to complete and press the Finish button.
We already have OctoStream installed on Windows, now we just have to perform the task of registering.
You will have series and movies available on your PC to spend hours in front of the screen enjoying some good popcorn.