NewPipe
The facts below are what the maker publishes about NewPipe, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From NewPipe's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| NewPipe | Free | Android app · Android 6+ |
The facts
Each one read from NewPipe's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- 4K playback
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Background player
- The app can play audio in the background and supports playlists.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Crash reports
- Users can review the generated crash report data and choose whether to send it by email to the project.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Format support
- MPEG-4,3GPP,WebM,M4A,MP3,MP2,Opus,Ogg,AIFF,WAV,FLAC,ALACchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Funding
- NewPipe is free to get, and donations support development work and other project costs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Installation limit
- The app is for Android 6 and later, and Android may prevent updates across builds signed with different keys.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- NewPipe is covered by the GPL 3.0 license.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License model
- freechecked 21 Sep 2026
- Offline playback
- Users can download video, audio, or captions and choose a file format and resolution.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Popup player
- The popup player can be resized and moved while videos continue playing.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The app says it uses no proprietary Google APIs and stores user data offline on the device.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- NewPipe is an open source streaming client for Android designed to provide privacy friendly access to streaming services.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The project says its self hosted service data is stored on a dedicated server with encrypted disks and encrypted backups.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Subscriptions
- Users can subscribe to channels and import or export local subscriptions between devices.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Subtitle support
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Support
- The project points users to its FAQs and tutorials for help with installation and updates.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported services
- The site lists YouTube, PeerTube, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, and media.ccc.de as supported services.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- Androidchecked 21 Sep 2026
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