FamilyFilterTV
Download FamilyFilterTV
FamilyFilterTV goes on the television you actually watch — your Android TV or TV box — and on the phone you set the filter from. Most of them install it from Google Play. A few TV boxes don't offer Play at all, and those install the same app directly.
Not offered on your TV? Install directly
This is the same app, signed and built from the same source, distributed as a plain APK instead of through the Play Store.
Android TV, using the Downloader app
- On the TV, install Downloader (by AFTVnews) from the Google Play Store.
- Allow it to install unknown apps: on Android 7, Settings › Apps › Security & restrictions › Unknown sources; on Android 8 and later, Settings › Apps › Special app access › Install unknown apps, then enable it for Downloader.
- Open Downloader and enter this address:
familyfiltertv.com/apk - Choose Install when it finishes downloading.
- Open FamilyFilterTV. If it asks to install unknown apps too, allow it — that's what lets it check for and install its own updates later from its Settings screen.
Phone
- Open this page on the phone and tap Download APK above.
- When Android or your browser asks about installing unknown apps, allow it for this one install.
- Open the downloaded file to install.
Good to know
- You can't switch between the Play version and the direct version by updating over the top of one another — they're signed differently. Uninstall one before installing the other.
- The direct build checks for updates itself — open FamilyFilterTV, go to Settings, and use Check for updates any time, or wait for it to check automatically.
- To verify a downloaded APK yourself, compute its SHA-256 (for example
shasum -a 256 FamilyFilterTV-direct.apkor an equivalent on-device tool) and compare it to the value shown above.