Next Player is a native Kotlin-based video player built with Jetpack Compose, delivering a simple, ad-free experience with Material 3 styling. It supports a broad range of audio, video, and subtitle formats, gesture controls, and Picture-in-Picture, all while remaining open source. With 100,000+ total downloads and 15K in the last 30 days, Next Player demonstrates solid growth in the MEDIA_VIDEO category.
Pros & Cons
Native Android app with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
Completely free and open source, with no ads or excessive permissions
Material 3 themed UI with You support and intuitive gesture controls
Broad media format support and easy audio/subtitle track selection
Competitors may offer broader format/codec support (e.g., MKV, HD, additional codecs)
Some advanced playback features common in larger players may be missing
About Next Player
Next Player is a video players & editors app developed by Anil Kumar Beesetti.
How many times has Next Player been downloaded?
Next Player has been downloaded 420 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 15 thousand times.
What is the rating of Next Player?
Next Player is rated 4.35 out of 5 stars, based on 3.4 thousand ratings.
Is Next Player free?
Next Player is free to download. The APK download size is 18.06 MB. The latest version available is 0.18.0. The last update was on September 12, 2026.
What are the requirements for Next Player?
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play since July 2023.
Description
Next Player is a native video player written in Kotlin and jetpack compose. It provides a simple and easy-to-use interface for users to play videos on their Android devices
This project is still in development and is expected to have bugs
* Native Android app with simple and easy-to-use interface * Completely free and open source and without any ads or excessive permissions * Material 3 (you) support * Audio/Subtitle track selection * Vertical swipe to change brightness (left) / volume (right) * Horizontal swipe to seek through video * Media picker with tree, folder and file view modes * Playback speed control * Pinch to zoom in and zoom out * Resize (fit/stretch/crop/100%) * Volume boost * External subtitle support (long press subtitle icon) * Controls lock * No ads, tracking or excessive permissions * Picture in picture mode
If you like my work, consider supporting me by buying me a coffee: - UPI: https://pay.upilink.in/pay/anilbeesetti811@ybl - PayPal: https://paypal.me/AnilBeesetti - Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/anilbeesetti
Recent changes: • Added local playlists and M3U playlist support • Added playback history • Added trash and restore for videos • Added SSH key authentication for SFTP connections • Added runtime decoder switching • Added software AV1 decoding • Improved secret folder navigation and biometric unlock • Improved network connections and TV navigation • Improved software decoder performance • Fixed software video rotation issues • Fixed media session command handling
Get a detailed PDF report for Next Player with download trends, rating history,
and key performance statistics — useful for competitive research or tracking your own app.
Learn more
Are you the developer of this app? Join us for free to see more information about your app and learn how we can help you promote and earn money with your app.
Please add a remining timing while watching video clock and batter remaining and add an audio player consider this review
★★★★★Rajvir· Jul 26, 2026
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Next Player is one of the best video players on Android. It has a clean UI, network video playback, playback speed, and a very useful Skip Silence feature. The only missing features are Audio Delay (Sync). Please add in a future update. This would make Next Player an even better video player. Thank you for this great app!
★★★★★Amung Us· Aug 15, 2026
One of the Best Player even Better than VLC and with new update you can hide your videos Absolute W, Just a little request to optimize the Download+Stream For Example im downloading a video.mp4 file It's not fully downloaded, but we can not play the video by opening it with NEXTPLAYER although I can play it by using VLC or My MI media Player Just Please if that helps so fix it Respectfully overall the App is 10/10 🥇💯👌🕊️
★★★★☆Anvith H· Aug 14, 2026
It's really great app... but if it had the option of creating a playlist, it would have been Awesome. Please add that feature. Thanks !
★★☆☆☆Hemayet Hossain· Jul 25, 2026
Fix those: 1. When swip or double tap to ff a buffering animation appears on mid-display it feels laggy playback, fix it 2. Add recently played video folder/options 3. Add video filters like warm, vivid, cool, high contrast etc., or add video scene adjusting options manually like contrast, gamma, saturation, brightness etc
★☆☆☆☆Anthony Alexander· Sep 20, 2026
What a dumb update. Now when you press the resume play button in the main page it only plays the video individually. Meaning, if you watch a TV show it won't go to the next episode, and it just loops. Now you have to manually go into the folder, press on the video you were playing for it to register that it's inside a folder and there are other files after it. Who comes up with these changes man? IDK why you guys make such unnecessary "updates". The app was perfect before.
Subscribe to see full ranking history in this country
AppBrain offers valuable information about your app and those of your competitors. Join AppBrain for free and claim this app to view more ranking data, view history etc.
Subscribe to see full permission and library details
Trust & Safety: Open-source project with no ads; requests standard playback permissions (INTERNET, ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, FOREGROUND_SERVICE, FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK, WAKE_LOCK, READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, READ_MEDIA_VIDEO) and DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION. Users should review permission scope on install.
Frequently asked questions about Next Player
Is Next Player free?
Yes. Next Player is free to download from Google Play.
Is Next Player still available?
Yes. Next Player is on Google Play, and the last update we saw was on September 12, 2026.
Does Next Player contain ads?
No. Google Play does not list Next Player as containing ads.
How large is the Next Player APK?
The Next Player APK is 18.06 MB.
Is Next Player suitable for children?
Google Play rates the content of Next Player as suitable for everyone.
How many times has Next Player been downloaded?
Google Play lists 100,000+ downloads for Next Player.
How do people rate Next Player?
Next Player scores 4.35 out of 5 stars, from 3,351 ratings on Google Play.
Who made Next Player?
Next Player was developed by Anil Kumar Beesetti. It is listed in the video players & editors category on Google Play.
Each subscription will automatically renew 3 days before the expiration date for
the same time period. Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time before the renewal.
