Firestick iPlayer help

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Beavis

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#306136 30-Jun-2023 15:15

I just bought an Amazon Firestick 4K Max.

All going real well, but having an odd problem with BBC iPlayer. I side loaded the APK 4.170.0.28141 which installs OK, logs in OK, but can't navigate around the app. Doesn't highlight the icons, but can click on OK button and it actions things, but never what I want. I suspect it is behaving like the software is for an Android phone and expecting a touch screen? I have down loaded lots of APKs from different places & they all behave the same.

Don't think it is a "connection" problem as all OK on my android phone and Apple TV.

Help!

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Senecio

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#3097782 30-Jun-2023 15:25

BBC have gone really hard to prevent the use of iPlayer outside of the UK. To the point where you can no longer download the App from the Google play store on the Nvidia Shield as the app is built in at the system level instead. When signed into a UK Google account and logged into a VPN with a UK IP address you can't even enable it at the system level even though can download other UK apps like ITV and All4 from the App store.

I expect the APK you have is either the phone version or out of date and no longer supported.

The only box that gives a somewhat easy iPlayer experience is the Apple TV. I don't know why they haven't gone hard on Apple TV?

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#3097790 30-Jun-2023 15:48

@Beavis Lets not post too much about this in the open. I've added you to the private forum where you can look at existing threads and post there. If anyone else wants access (https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=178) then just sent me a DM.

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