Does BBC iPlayer install OK from Play store on Z12?

We asking all new users to read the articles below, before creating their first posting or thread.

  • 4. Instruction Articles

      • Please note, in this forum are only English threads and postings allowed, without any exception!

      Please follow the forum rules, thank you for your understanding.

    I'm considering buying a Z12, and although both my smart TV and DVR box provide the BBC iPlayer app, I'd like to run it from the Z12 so watching BBC content will benefit from the sound and vision qualities that the Z12 delivers. And I assume also, the speed of app loading/performance!

    Can anyone in the UK tell me if iPlayer will successfully download and install from Play Store? I ask this because I read somewhere on the site (or it might have been the review video on YouTube?) that the Formuler boxes aren't registered for Netflix - because I think they run their own version of Android, and not standard Android TV? - and so when you try to download the app, it says it's incompatible. So you have to sideload it, and I really don't want to have to learn how to do that! Conversely, I read that Prime will install fine from the Play Store.

    And if anyone knows, are there any other major streaming apps that won't install from Play Store on the Z12?

    Thanks very much in advance for any help given! :smiling_face: