# HLS Player - M3U8 Streamer

> Play live m3u8 streams instantly. The fastest HLS video player for your links.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.hcmfactory.android.hlsplayer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.hcmfactory.android.hlsplayer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.hcmfactory.android.hlsplayer`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** darkSide
- **Category:** VIDEO\_PLAYERS
- **Downloads:** 22,456
- **Version:** 1.0.26
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-25
- **First published:** 2023-02-24
- **Publisher country:** KR
- **Size:** 25 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hcmfactory.android.hlsplayer)
- **Website:** [https://hcmfactory.blogspot.com/](https://hcmfactory.blogspot.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sites.google.com/view/hlsvideoplayer](https://sites.google.com/view/hlsvideoplayer)

## Description

✨ HLS Player - M3U8 Streamer brings smooth HLS and M3U8 playback directly to your Chrome browser. It provides adaptive streaming, fast loading, and hardware-accelerated decoding to minimize buffering for live and VOD content.

Key features include direct URL playback, recent history, and the ability to create custom playlists, an intuitive user interface with full-screen mode, playback speed control, and secure HTTPS connections with optional proxy support for restricted networks. Perfect for IPTV channels, live sports, news streams, and on-demand videos, this extension delivers reliable HLS/M3U8 performance in the browser, with developers and testers benefiting from consistent, browser-based streaming.

## Rankings

- #413,874 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_BASIC_PHONE_STATE`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.hcmfactory.android.hlsplayer.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.hcmfactory.android.hlsplayer)