TiviMate Multiview: how to watch several channels at once

Short answer

TiviMate Multiview shows several live channels on one TV at the same time. tivimate.com describes it as "Watch different channels simultaneously on the same screen", and the Google Play listing as "Watch multiple channels at once on a single screen". The developer does not publish the window limit, the layouts or the exact menu steps. What decides whether it runs smoothly is on your side: about 10 Mbps for each Full HD window, enough RAM in the device, and ideally an Ethernet cable.

TiviMate Multiview is worth knowing on match days, when two or three games run at once. This post separates what the developer actually says from what is guesswork online, then gives you the numbers you can plan with: internet speed per window, the devices with the most headroom, and the fixes when one window starts to stutter. If you are new to the app, start with what TiviMate Premium is and how the free app and the paid upgrade differ.

What TiviMate Multiview is

TiviMate is an IPTV player: it plays a playlist from your IPTV service and arranges it into channels and a TV guide. Multiview is the feature that splits the screen so you can keep several of those channels playing side by side. The developer lists it on tivimate.com and in the app's Play Store description, next to the TV guide, catch-up, recording and multiple playlists.

Every window in TiviMate Multiview plays its own live stream, so two windows use roughly twice the bandwidth of one, and four windows four times as much. That simple rule explains almost every Multiview problem: it is rarely the app, and usually the connection or the device running out of headroom.

Like the rest of TiviMate, Multiview plays only what your playlist provides, because the app "does not provide any content". With our service you load an Xtream Codes login or an M3U link, as in our guide to adding a playlist in TiviMate, and every channel in it can go into a window.

What the developer confirms, and what it does not

Search for TiviMate Multiview and you will find confident claims about window counts and button presses. None of them come from the developer. TiviMate publishes no help pages or menu guide, so we only state what its own site and store listing say.

On the Premium question: TiviMate Premium is the app's paid upgrade, a yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase sold only by the developer. The developer's site does not say feature by feature what Premium unlocks, so if Multiview does not appear on your device, open the app's Unlock Premium screen to see your status, as in our guide to activating TiviMate Premium. Our pages on TiviMate free vs Premium and how to buy TiviMate Premium cover the official route.

How to try TiviMate Multiview

Because TiviMate does not publish its menu names, we will not invent a button path. These steps get everything ready so that Multiview works the moment you open it, and tell you where to look.

1. Update TiviMate from Google Play, or with Downloader code 272483 or tivimate.com/apk on a Fire TV, so you have the latest version.
2. Add your playlist and let the TV guide load, as in our TiviMate EPG guide.
3. Start a live channel, then look through the options TiviMate offers while it plays for Multiview.
4. Add the other channels you want to watch, starting with two windows before you try more.
5. If Multiview is missing, check your Premium status on the Unlock Premium screen.

In short: update the app (Google Play or Downloader 272483), add your playlist (Xtream Codes or M3U), start a live channel and look for Multiview, then add a second window. Then try more, one window at a time.

Tip. Start with two Full HD windows. If both play smoothly for ten minutes, add a third. Jumping straight to four 4K windows is the fastest way to find the limit of your connection.

How much internet speed each window needs

On our service, one stream needs about 5 Mbps in SD, about 10 Mbps in Full HD and about 25 Mbps in 4K. TiviMate Multiview adds them up, so multiply by the number of windows and leave some spare for the rest of the house.

Measure the speed on the TV itself, not on your phone next to the router. Our IPTV speed test downloads a file from our own server and tells you how many Full HD and 4K streams your line carries at once. If the answer is lower than the windows you want, drop some windows to HD, or plug in a cable.

The best devices for several streams at once

Decoding several streams at once takes more work than one, so the device matters more for TiviMate Multiview than for normal viewing. TiviMate says the app "is designed for Android TV and remote control navigation", which points to a box or stick on the TV. The makers list these specs on their own pages.

The boxes with 3GB to 4GB of RAM and Gigabit Ethernet give TiviMate Multiview the most room. Our best Android TV box for TiviMate post compares them in detail. The Fire TV Stick 4K Max has 2GB of RAM and Ethernet only through an adapter, so it has less headroom than these boxes: start with two windows and add more only if playback stays smooth. Avoid the Vega OS sticks: the Fire TV Stick 4K Select, the Fire TV Stick HD (2026) (Wi-Fi 6, rounded corners, "Fire TV" printed on the stick) and the Fire TV Stick 4K - 3rd Gen (2026) (white box, "4K" printed next to the HDMI plug) cannot install TiviMate at all, as our best Firestick for TiviMate post explains.

• Latest TiviMate version installed
• About 40 Mbps free for four Full HD windows
• Ethernet cable, or 5 GHz Wi-Fi close to the router
• A device with 3GB or more of RAM
• Other streams in the house paused

Multiview and your IPTV plan

Our plans are counted by screens: one device means one screen watching at a time, and plans cover one, two or three devices. TiviMate Multiview opens several streams on one TV, so before you rely on it for several channels at once on a regular basis, message us on WhatsApp with the plan you have and how you want to use it.

Every plan carries the same channels in 4K, FHD and HD, so you can mix qualities across windows to save bandwidth: the main game in Full HD and the others in HD, for example. Compare the options on our IPTV plans for TiviMate page. Every plan is billed once, with no auto-renew, and comes with a 7-day money-back.

TiviMate Multiview stutters: 6 fixes

If one window freezes or all of them buffer at once, work through these in order. The first two fixes are the quickest to try.

1. Close a window

Go back to one window fewer and watch for a few minutes. If the stutter stops, you have found your limit for that quality.

2. Plug in Ethernet

Google's own advice for streaming devices is to "Use an Ethernet adapter to connect your streaming device to your router". A cable removes the swings that Wi-Fi has when several streams run at once.

3. Move closer to the router

No cable? Google suggests you "Move your router to within 20 feet of your streaming device", and a 5 GHz connection carries more than 2.4 GHz.

4. Restart the router and the device

Google's first network fix is "Restart your modem or router." On Google TV, restart the device under Settings, System, Restart; on a Fire TV, under Settings, My Fire TV, Restart.

5. Clear TiviMate's cache

On Google TV, go to Settings, Apps, choose TiviMate and select Clear cache, per Google's help. On a Fire TV, go to Settings, Applications, Manage Installed Applications, TiviMate, Clear Cache.

6. Use lower quality in some windows

Swap one or two windows to an HD channel where your playlist has one. Our TiviMate buffering fixes and the best TiviMate settings go deeper on single-stream buffering.

Good ways to use several windows

Multiview earns its place on busy evenings. A few ideas that work well with an IPTV playlist:

• Match days: keep two or three games on screen and switch to the one that heats up.
• News and sport: a news channel in one window while a live event plays in another.
• Family evenings: a kids channel next to a film, on the same TV.
• Catching up: combine a live channel with a programme you missed, using TiviMate catch-up and recording.

Set up the device first with our TiviMate on Firestick guide or the Android TV setup guide, and if Premium features stop showing, our TiviMate Premium not working fixes help.