In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Tea TV on FireStick. The steps provided in the guide apply to all the available Fire TV devices, including Fire TV Stick 4K, 4K Max, Fire Stick Lite, and Fire TV Cube.
What is Tea TV?
Tea TV is a third-party streaming service that offers on-demand content, including movies, shows, and more. TeaTV offers a professional-looking interface, navigational fluidity, and incredible ease of use. The app always has a solid media library.
I recommend TeaTV on FireStick as one of the most suitable apps for FireStick for films and series. Tea TV is a complete media house and rivals popular apps like Cinema HD, CyberFlix TV, Bee TV, Nova TV, and more.
Note: Tea TV developers have made it mandatory to use an external player called TPlayer. You must install this player separately. I have provided the instructions to do so with the steps to install Tea TV.
Attention, FireStick Users!
Governments and ISPs constantly monitor your online activity, and accessing copyrighted content on your Fire TV Stick could lead to serious trouble. Currently, your IP is visible to everyone. I strongly recommend getting the best FireStick VPN to mask your IP address and securely stream your favorites.
I personally use ExpressVPN, the fastest and most secure VPN available. Not only is it easy to install on any device, it comes with a risk-free 30-day money-back guarantee. Plus, if you're not 100% satisfied, you can always get a refund. ExpressVPN is currently also offering a whopping 3 extra months free on their annual plan!
Read: How to Install and Use Best VPN for FireStick
Is Tea TV Safe and Legal?
I have been using Tea TV for years. I have never found anything unsafe about it yet. However, I am no security expert.
Let’s see how Tea TV APK fared in the antivirus scan. I used Virus Total, a reputed online tool. Virus Total ran the APK with over five dozen security vendors. Not even a single vendor flagged the file as malicious. Here is the result of the scan.
Whether or not Tea TV is legal remains undetermined. This app sources video streams from a wide range of providers across several countries. FireStickTricks.com can’t check and verify each provider’s credibility.
To avoid any legal trouble, watch content in the public domain. You must also use ExpressVPN to ensure your video streaming activities are encrypted and hidden from authorities.
TeaTV on FireStick: Installation Methods
Tea TV is a third-party app and not part of the Amazon Store. Therefore, it has to be sideloaded to your FireStick device.
Unlike regular Android mobiles or tablets, FireStick doesn’t let you download the APKs of the apps directly through popular browsers. Sideloading on FireStick requires special apps. Here are the two apps we will use in this guide:
- Downloader (recommended)
- ES File Explorer (not recommended as the app costs $9.99 per month)
Legal Disclaimer: This tutorial is purely educational. FireStickTricks.com doesn’t own, host, operate, resell, or distribute any streaming apps, addons, websites, IPTV or services. The page contains some unverified services, and we are not certain whether they hold legal licenses to distribute the content. FireStickTricks.com does not verify the legality of each app/service in all regions. Do your due diligence if you use any of the unverified apps/services, and stream only content that is available in the public domain. The end-user shall be solely responsible for the media accessed.
Install Tea TV on FireStick Using Downloader
Downloader is an app that facilitates sideloading on FireStick. I consider it one of the FireStick essentials. It is one of the first apps I install while setting up my device.
1. To download this app, go to your FireStick home screen. From the home screen, select Find > Search.
2. Look up Downloader and install it by following the online instructions.
I will get on with the installation method. But, before that, you must enable FireStick to accept third-party apps by allowing the Downloader app.
3. Open Settings from the FireStick home screen (menu bar on the top).
4. Click MyFireTV.
5. Open Developer Options.
The Developer Options is hidden on certain devices. However, you may unhide it by following our guide.
6. You may see one of the following two depending upon the device version:
- Install Unknown Apps: Click it and go to the next step (step 7).
- Apps from Unknown Sources: Click and enable this option. Then, skip the next step and go directly to step 8.
7. Switch ON the Downloader app (if your device displays Install unknown apps in the previous step).
8. Downloader is a frequently used app. You may want to create its shortcut on the home screen for quick access.
Run Downloader and click the text field on the right side of its home screen (the app opens with the left Home tab selected by default).
9. Type in the following URL when the onscreen keyboard appears and click GO: firesticktricks.com/tea
Note: FireStickTricks.com does not host any APK file on its server. The above URL downloads the APK from the original source. We are not associated with the developers.
10. Downloader app will connect to the server URL it is pointing to and begin downloading the TeaTV APK on FireStick.
11. When the APK download is done, the Downloader app initiates the installation. You should now see the following prompt asking you to confirm if you wish to install TeaTV on FireStick. Click Install.
12. It will take a few moments to install TeaTV on FireStick. When done, the following window is displayed with the App Installed confirmation.
TeaTV is installed. You can click Open on the bottom right corner and run it if you want. But I suggest clicking Done so you can go back to the Downloader app and delete the TeaTV APK.
Why delete APK? Because APK is of no use after the installation of the app. Clear up FireStick storage by deleting unnecessary files.
Note: Keep reading to install TPlayer (required with Tea TV).
13. Click Delete
14. Click Delete again
15. Now, click the address bar/text field again.
16. Type firesticktricks.com/tplayer and click GO.
17. Wait for the APK to download.
18. Click Install.
19. Click Done when the app has been installed.
20. Click Delete and then Delete again to remove the APK.
This is how you use the Downloader app to sideload TeaTV on FireStick.
Before you start streaming with TeaTV on your Fire Stick, I want to warn you that everything you stream on TeaTV is visible to your ISP and Government. In addition, streaming copyrighted content (free movies and TV shows) might get you into legal trouble.
Thankfully, you can hide your online streaming/browsing activities with a VPN. A VPN, a.k.a Virtual Private Network, helps bypass ISP throttling, Government Surveillance, and content geo-restrictions.
We do not encourage the violation of copyright laws. But what if you end up streaming content from an illegitimate source unintentionally? It is not always easy to distinguish between a legit and illegal source.
I am using ExpressVPN on my Fire Stick, mobile, and PC. After trying several paid and free VPNs, I say ExpressVPN is the fastest and most secure VPN. Here’s how to start using ExpressVPN on your FireStick and keep your streaming activities hidden from prying eyes.
Step 1: Subscribe to ExpressVPN HERE. It comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Meaning, you can use it free for the first 30-days and if you are not satisfied with the performance (which is highly unlikely), you can ask for a full refund.
Step 2: Power ON your Fire TV Stick and go to Find followed by Search option.
Step 3: Now type “Expressvpn” (without quotes) in the search bar and select ExpressVPN when it shows up in the search results.
Step 4: Click Download to install the ExpressVPN app on Fire TV / Stick.
Step 5: Open the app and enter the login credentials that you created while buying the ExpressVPN subscription. Click Sign in.
Step 6: Click the Power icon to connect to a VPN server. That’s all. Your connection is now secure with the fastest and best VPN for FireStick.
You can also read more detailed info on using ExpressVPN with Fire TV / Stick.
TeaTV on Fire TV Stick Using ES File Explorer
ES File Explorer is another app used as a side-loader for FireStick. Again, you can download this app from Amazon Store. Just look up the Search option on the FireStick home screen.
Note: ES File Explorer does not offer the sideloading feature for free anymore. You need to pay $9.99 per month. Use the Downloader app if it is available in your region. It is free. You may ignore this section if you have already installed Tea TV using the Downloader method outlined above.
After installing ES File Explorer, follow the steps below:
1. Launch ES File Explorer. You will see a menu bar on the left with expandable options. Scroll down and click Tools. Clicking will expand it. Now, click the first option, Download Manager.
2. Now navigate to the right side of the ES Explorer, and on the bottom, click +New.
3. The following dialogue box must show up with the two fields:
- Path
- Name
4, Enter the following in the above fields:
- Path: https://www.firesticktricks.com/tea
- Name: teatv
In the Name field, you may enter any name you like. It will be inconsequential. Click Download Now.
5. Wait for ES File Explorer to connect to the server and download the TeaTV APK on Fire TV Stick or Cube.
6. When that’s done, click Open file when prompted.
7. Next, click Install.
8. Now, you are guided to the installation prompt. Click Install to proceed.
Now, all you need to do is wait for FireStick to install TeaTV, which should not take more than a minute or two. You will see the following confirmation message when the app is installed.
9. Click Open and run the app. Click Done to return to ES File Explorer. You may run the app later from Your Apps & Channels (which I will tell you how in the next section).
How to Use TeaTV on Fire TV Stick
All your apps are kept in Your Apps & Channels. Here is how you can visit this section:
- Press and hold the Home button on your remote for a few seconds
- When you see the pop-up menu, click Apps
- This opens Your Apps & Channels
When you are here, scroll down, select the TeaTV app icon and click it to open the app. That’s how you access the apps from Your Apps & Channels.
You can move the Tea TV icon to the home screen for instant access.
Let’s now run the TeaTV app on FireStick. When you open the app for the first time, click Allow to grant permission.
The following disclaimer is displayed. Click Accept to proceed.
You are now prompted to choose your preferred subtitle language. Click the language of your choice to continue. You may change it later in the app Settings.
Here’s how the home screen of TeaTV appears on FireStick. As you can see, TeaTV offers a slick, easy-to-use interface. You will find the trending content on the opening screen. Additionally, you can use the filter option to choose from various genres and categories to watch more.
You may also use the search function in the top-right corner to look up any movie by name, artist, director, etc. You can also lookup for TV shows and episodes.
Wrap Up
TeaTV is a top-rated entertainment app that brings you a host of on-demand movies and shows for free. In addition, TeaTV offers plenty of active scrapers from some high-quality servers. This lightweight app is just the right solution for all your on-demand needs. In this guide, you learned to install TeaTV on FireStick. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to let us know in the comments section below.
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- How to install Morph TV on FireStick
- How to jailbreak Fire TV Stick
- How to install Kodi on Fire Stick
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Thank you so much for helping me reinstall tea tv app which I uninstalled due to not wanting to install tv player all good now so very very happy
Hi Junaid. I’m glad to hear we were able to help!
i can’t watch live channels
Hi Ricky, the live channels on TeaTV are currently unavailable. Please try one of our top live TV Kodi addons.
My Tea TV has updated several times and now the app appears 3 times in my apps list. Every time I open Tea TV I get a notification that says I need to uninstall the older versions of Tea TV. If I uninstall the older versions, will that also uninstall the newest version? I really don’t want to go through the rigamarole of re-installing this app. I use it daily.
Hi Kim, if you have multiple instances of the app in your list, uninstalling the older version will not remove the newer version.
Juat bought fire cube 4k and when I downloaded teatv, it just freezes my screen every 20 seconds until I delete the app, which is hard when its freezing every 2 seconds. And help would be appreciated. Again it does not even begin to load teatv it just goes black and freezes that way.
Hi Rob, yes, TeaTV is acting up. You may try some other apps. Here is our list: https://www.firesticktricks.com/amazon-fire-stick-apps.html
Teatv update 9.7 seems to have bugs and links not ready apart from some do work but plastered with adverts all over the movie every minute for gambling ads. Uninstalled and reinstalled earlier version but it won’t let me continue without installing update v9.7 which is crap. Any tips? Won’t let me choose cancel or coninue unless I install latest version. Any way round this? Yes I have express vpn.
Hi, yes, Tea TV isn’t doing that great. Riddled with lots of commercials. You may want to try one of the other apps from our list: https://www.firesticktricks.com/amazon-fire-stick-apps.html
app loads ok but shows invalid service?
Hi Robert, it is displaying ‘Invalid Request’ at the bottom while pulling the streams. However, it is still working and playing the videos.
Anyway to get rid of the ads that are now playing before a movie will start? Or the ad banner on tea home screen?
Hi, TeaTV does not offer a paid/premium version. Sadly, you can’t get rid of the ads.
Hi I downloaded Tea Tv and when I try to get a movie all it does is spin forever and then it say no player link. Is it down?
Hi Pam, it worked fine for me. Please try again. You may have run into temporary trouble. Also, the streaming apps work better with a VPN as they help bypass internet throttling by your ISP.
You may explore other apps like Tea TV. Here is our list of best apps for FireStick: https://www.firesticktricks.com/amazon-fire-stick-apps.html
Hey I followed everything and it’s all downloaded but whenever I try and play something it jsut loads forever and then says no playable link I’ve tried quite a few movies and shows but nothing yet
Hi Ricky, I just tried and it works fine for me. Perhaps it was a temporary issue. Please try again. Also, have you tried using it with a VPN? VPN will unblock any streams blocked by your ISP
Good
Is this link not working anymore? I have tried for two days and it still won’t work.
Hi Jenn, I just tried and it works fine. Try again.
TV Play box appears when initiating Teatv but I don’t want to install it However yr software doesn’t allow left movement to Cancel button just sits on Install.
Hi, first press left and then press down button to highlight Cancel on the Tplayer prompt.
After kodi went down we didnt have anything but Netflix I wasn’t really looking into finding anything to work but my girls insisted we have something they were tired of not being able to see there favorite movies so after forever this mama finally gave in and did some research I actually seen other suggestions before coming across teatv but thanks to you I was able to install quick and easily hopefully it last I’m not really into fixing this crap every week but I’m thankful for your help my girls are happily watching and not bugging me lol so yay 🙂 6 and 7 year olds are very demanding but so far its working great easy to use I think my girls will even get the hang of it so that’s a win we are on a roll here I like the different sections even the paperview selection is nice husband is going to like to see the fights another win…. enough of me rambling thankyou agian for taking time to make this easy for me it really means a lot for this busy mama
I tried to install the mx player it keeps saying “all not installed”
Hi Anita, MX Player also works for me. I just tried and it installed. Please try again.
I just installed tea tv and when I get error message “no player link available at this time. Please try again later. It won’t let me report to remove the message I have to use the home button. This has been going on for an hour.
Hi Anita, I just reinstalled Tea TV and it works fine for me. Looks like you ran into a temporary problem. Uninstall and reinstall the app. This might help. Also, I have noticed that Tea TV app doesn’t work without VPN in certain regions. If that is the case with you, here is what I use https://www.firesticktricks.com/expressvpn-review.html
When I open the Teatv app it is asking me to update but will not select update.
Hey Pam, I have updated the latest version in this guide. If the automatic download is not working, you can simply uninstall the app and then reinstall using the guide above.
Latest version 8.5r seems to have killed the internal player on Firesticks so that when you attempt to Play anything it instead starts to Download it. You can go to Play with External Player option and it plays fine with MX player etc. but you’ll need to have this loaded on your Firestick first. Hopefully they’ll fix the internal player in the next release cos it work fine. Tea TV still rocks though and easily the best movie/tv app out there.
I followed your instructions, but when the “confirmation” screen appears, it says app not installed. It shows that it is there on my home screen & I can open it, but when I try to play a movie, I get a message saying, “no player is available, try again later”. What am I missing? I went through the entire process a couple more times, but the end result remains the same! Help, please?
The error message actually says, “No player link available at this time. Please try again later!”
Is it possible that I missed getting a component installed somehow? I get this message on everything I try to play.
Hi Susan, I just installed Tea TV on my FireStick and it played videos fine. I suggest you to install a supporting app called MX Player on FireStick from the following link: http://bit.ly/mxfire
You can enter this link in the Downloader app and install MX Player.
I am confident this will resolve the issue. If it doesn’t, let me know.
Was able to download with your great instructions but can’t get anything to play. Suggestions??
Hey Ro, Tea TV is acting weird these days. Did you try Cinema APK? It is doing really good these days. Here’s the link if you want it – https://www.firesticktricks.com/cinema-apk-firestick.html
BTW, I also checked TeaTV for you. I tried a couple of streams and all worked for me. I suggest you restart your TV/FireStick and then try again.
I just installed tea tv and it isn’t letting us watch any movies.
Hi Maegan, are you getting any error message? If TeaTV app is prompting you to update the app, first install the update. I couldn’t play either, but when I updated it all worked fine.