VLC for Android
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v3.7.0 by Videolabs
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VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework. Owned by the non-profit organization VideoLAN.About VLC
VLC (Package Name: org.videolan.vlc) is developed by Videolabs and the latest version of VLC for Android 3.7.0 was updated on February 25, 2026. VLC for Android is in the category of Video Players & Editors with the feature Multiple languages and Portable, etc. You can check all apps from the developer of VLC for Android and find 200 alternative apps to VLC for Android on Android. VLC for Android is listed in Top 10 Apps to Boost the Volume of Your Android Device. Currently this app is for free. This app can be downloaded on Android 4.2+ on APKFab or Google Play. All APK/XAPK files on APKFab.com are original and 100% safe with fast download.
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.
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
––––––––
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
––––––––––––
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.
VLC 3.7.0 Update
* New equalizer* Better setting export/import
* Support for 16k alignment devices
* Move the Android Auto settings to the mobile app
* Behavior, UI and crash fixes
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VLC Features
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Video Players & Editors
Multiple languages
Portable
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Ad-free
Customizable
Internet Radio
Lightweight
Google Drive integration
Music Library
Audio Recording
Support for Themes
Apps with Chromecast Support
Media Streaming
Create PlayList
Open Source apps
Support for subtitles
Automatic Tagging
Integrated codecs
Built-in Media converter
Replay Gain
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Variant
Arch
Version
DPI
13070008
March 11, 2026
VLC for Android
3.7.0
(13070008)
Requires Android: Android 4.2+
Architecture: x86_64
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: 3d6044e2a1160905cfeecb94c8babb9dac9b0469
Size: 49.01 MB
What's New:
* New equalizer
* Better setting export/import
* Support for 16k alignment devices
* Move the Android Auto settings to the mobile app
* Behavior, UI and crash fixes
* Better setting export/import
* Support for 16k alignment devices
* Move the Android Auto settings to the mobile app
* Behavior, UI and crash fixes
x86_64
Android 4.2+
nodpi
13070007
March 10, 2026
VLC for Android
3.7.0
(13070007)
Requires Android: Android 4.2+
Architecture: x86
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: ae1d4d5c67d9859297a865ed69c080f17d223741
Size: 45.99 MB
What's New:
* New equalizer
* Better setting export/import
* Support for 16k alignment devices
* Move the Android Auto settings to the mobile app
* Behavior, UI and crash fixes
* Better setting export/import
* Support for 16k alignment devices
* Move the Android Auto settings to the mobile app
* Behavior, UI and crash fixes
x86
Android 4.2+
nodpi
13070006
February 25, 2026
VLC for Android
3.7.0
(13070006)
Requires Android: Android 4.2+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: 69e0b2419692ba43db1f5d55d2125de5cd3ae56a
Size: 47.65 MB
What's New:
* New equalizer
* Better setting export/import
* Support for 16k alignment devices
* Move the Android Auto settings to the mobile app
* Behavior, UI and crash fixes
* Better setting export/import
* Support for 16k alignment devices
* Move the Android Auto settings to the mobile app
* Behavior, UI and crash fixes
arm64-v8a
Android 4.2+
nodpi
13070005
March 2, 2026
VLC for Android
3.7.0
(13070005)
Requires Android: Android 4.2+
Architecture: armeabi-v7a
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: 1b276e61a3657d16a1bcc175de05605f8e572fad
Size: 45.02 MB
What's New:
* New equalizer
* Better setting export/import
* Support for 16k alignment devices
* Move the Android Auto settings to the mobile app
* Behavior, UI and crash fixes
* Better setting export/import
* Support for 16k alignment devices
* Move the Android Auto settings to the mobile app
* Behavior, UI and crash fixes
armeabi-v7a
Android 4.2+
nodpi
Requires Android: Android 4.2+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: bea2f69fe2bdf268589a2ca210fedb03ed01151a
Size: 47.47 MB
Variant
Arch
Version
DPI
13060509
June 5, 2025
VLC for Android
3.6.5
(13060509)
Requires Android: Android 11.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: 2585ca12e4a86355fb862fe48d7473afa325151c
Base APK: org.videolan.vlc.apk
Split APKs: config.arm64_v8a, config.mdpi
Size: 93.34 MB
What's New:
* New bookmark navigation
* Improve the playback speed feature
* Fix AV1 playback
* Fix some subtitle download issues
* Lots of behavior and crash fixes
* Improve the playback speed feature
* Fix AV1 playback
* Fix some subtitle download issues
* Lots of behavior and crash fixes
arm64-v8a
Android 11.0+
nodpi
13060509
July 21, 2025
VLC for Android
3.6.5
(13060509)
Requires Android: Android 11.0+
Architecture: x86
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: 0c865fbadd9f0fa74d9fe1f5064159e00cab055d
Base APK: org.videolan.vlc.apk
Split APKs: config.mdpi, config.x86
Size: 98.87 MB
What's New:
* New bookmark navigation
* Improve the playback speed feature
* Fix AV1 playback
* Fix some subtitle download issues
* Lots of behavior and crash fixes
* Improve the playback speed feature
* Fix AV1 playback
* Fix some subtitle download issues
* Lots of behavior and crash fixes
x86
Android 11.0+
nodpi
Variant
Arch
Version
DPI
13060508
May 15, 2025
VLC for Android
3.6.5
(13060508)
Requires Android: Android 4.2+
Architecture: x86_64
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: bec7dd77e6745dc2f3118c69029621364f90ebb3
Size: 47.32 MB
What's New:
* New bookmark navigation
* Improve the playback speed feature
* Fix AV1 playback
* Fix some subtitle download issues
* Lots of behavior and crash fixes
* Improve the playback speed feature
* Fix AV1 playback
* Fix some subtitle download issues
* Lots of behavior and crash fixes
x86_64
Android 4.2+
nodpi
13060507
May 13, 2025
VLC for Android
3.6.5
(13060507)
Requires Android: Android 4.2+
Architecture: x86
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: bff07c9ad0c936328e7e167296d0de2e1b8b953c
Size: 46.32 MB
What's New:
* New bookmark navigation
* Improve the playback speed feature
* Fix AV1 playback
* Fix some subtitle download issues
* Lots of behavior and crash fixes
* Improve the playback speed feature
* Fix AV1 playback
* Fix some subtitle download issues
* Lots of behavior and crash fixes
x86
Android 4.2+
nodpi
13060506
May 12, 2025
VLC for Android
3.6.5
(13060506)
Requires Android: Android 4.2+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: a438c34f9c8e6dff7590c0c37e7bf408f1d982a0
Size: 45.11 MB
What's New:
* New bookmark navigation
* Improve the playback speed feature
* Fix AV1 playback
* Fix some subtitle download issues
* Lots of behavior and crash fixes
* Improve the playback speed feature
* Fix AV1 playback
* Fix some subtitle download issues
* Lots of behavior and crash fixes
arm64-v8a
Android 4.2+
nodpi
13060505
May 12, 2025
VLC for Android
3.6.5
(13060505)
Requires Android: Android 4.2+
Architecture: armeabi-v7a
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: c93046d1aa2de3b29bc71011ae985187aa16dea8
Size: 45.01 MB
What's New:
* New bookmark navigation
* Improve the playback speed feature
* Fix AV1 playback
* Fix some subtitle download issues
* Lots of behavior and crash fixes
* Improve the playback speed feature
* Fix AV1 playback
* Fix some subtitle download issues
* Lots of behavior and crash fixes
armeabi-v7a
Android 4.2+
nodpi
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Update Date:
2026-02-25
Latest Version:
3.7.0
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Requirements:
Android 4.2+
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