---
title: "Guides and tips · Kanema blog"
description: "Guides and tips for Kanema, the player for your own IPTV subscription on Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro."
url: https://kanema.app/blog
updated: 2026-10-30
---

# Guides and tips

How to set Kanema up on each Apple device, and how to get more out of the features you already have.

1. **[How to add an M3U playlist or Xtream Codes login to Kanema](https://kanema.app/blog/add-your-playlist)**

   Adding your IPTV playlist to Kanema on Apple TV, iPhone, iPad and Mac: which kind to choose, typing it on your phone, the guide address, and what happens next.

   22 October 2026
2. **[Watching live TV on iPhone Duo](https://kanema.app/blog/watching-live-tv-on-iphone-duo)**

   How Kanema plays your own IPTV subscription on iPhone Duo: closed, open, and half open with the channel on one half and the rest of your channels on the other.

   22 October 2026
3. **[Catch-up and the TV guide in Kanema](https://kanema.app/blog/catch-up-and-the-tv-guide)**

   How Kanema’s TV guide works with your provider’s listings or your own XMLTV address, how to fix a channel showing the wrong programmes, and how to watch catch-up.

   17 October 2026
4. **[Your playlists and progress on every Apple device](https://kanema.app/blog/icloud-sync)**

   Kanema syncs your playlists, favourites, Watch later and where you got to through your own iCloud account, with no Kanema account. What syncs, and what to check if a device is missing.

   17 October 2026
5. **[IPTV on iPhone and iPad: getting set up](https://kanema.app/blog/iptv-on-iphone-and-ipad)**

   How to add your own M3U playlist or Xtream Codes login to Kanema on iPhone and iPad, manage playlists from a browser, and find your way round the player.

   17 October 2026
6. **[Multi-view: watch several channels at once](https://kanema.app/blog/multi-view)**

   Kanema’s Multi-view plays two or four live channels side by side on Apple TV, iPhone, iPad and Mac, with the sound from whichever screen you choose.

   17 October 2026
7. **[How to pause and rewind live TV in Kanema](https://kanema.app/blog/pause-and-rewind-live-tv)**

   Kanema keeps the live channel you’re watching on your device, so you can pause and go back: up to an hour on iPhone and iPad, two on a Mac, half an hour on Apple TV.

   17 October 2026
8. **[Siri, the Top Shelf and widgets in Kanema](https://kanema.app/blog/siri-top-shelf-and-widgets)**

   Ask Siri to play a channel or carry on watching, see what’s on from the Apple TV Top Shelf, and keep your guide in a widget on iPhone, iPad and Mac.

   17 October 2026
9. **[Looking for a UHF alternative? Here’s Kanema](https://kanema.app/blog/uhf-alternative)**

   Kanema is an IPTV player for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro. What it does, what it and UHF both list, and where each fact comes from.

   17 October 2026
10. **[How to watch IPTV on a Mac](https://kanema.app/blog/watch-iptv-on-a-mac)**

    Kanema is a Mac app for your own IPTV subscription: live TV with a guide, catch-up, films and series, keyboard shortcuts, a menu bar icon and widgets.

    17 October 2026
11. **[How to watch IPTV on Apple TV with Kanema](https://kanema.app/blog/watch-iptv-on-apple-tv)**

    Add the M3U link or Xtream Codes login from your own provider to Kanema on Apple TV, typing it on your phone if you like, and watch with the Siri Remote.

    17 October 2026