![]() Then I copied it back to the TV box and installed it without issue. I found it on, but obviously this will change after each update. and then find the apk somewhere on the web. If you are outside the UK, when this happens you’ll need to check the version number in Google Play… “This item isn’t available in your country”, and the VPN service is running, so it does not help for that part… So I would recommend you make sure you update the app before leaving the UK. No problem, just click on the UPDATE link to launch Google Play, and …. Let’s start BBC iPlayer app pre-installed on EBox T8 V. The important part is that it should be good for streaming SD videos. Note that this can’t be used to determine the actual performance of the VPN, as the bottleneck could be anywhere on the way between South East Asia (where I stay) and the UK. I have a 20/10 Mbps broadband service, and through VPN connected, OOKLA reports 5.79/4.74 Mbps when connected to a London server. Let’s see the performance of the connection over Internet using OOKLA speedtest. That was rather easy, I only add to make sure the app was updated. I went to Google Play, and found out the app was not the latest version, so I updated IPVanish, and I could connect straightaway through a server located in Glasgow, United Kingdom. However, the “Connection status” would just switch between “Reconnecting” and “Authenticating” in a never ending loop. I selected United Kingdom for my purpose, and clicked Connect. Now click on “County” in “Quick Connect Preferences” to bring the list of countries that starts with Albania, and ends with Vietnam. You should be in IPVanish configuration showing your IP address and country of residence. I think it’s safe to skip it for most people. The tutorial basically explains you need to select a country, and click connect. The next page asks you whether you want to go through the tutorial, but the app is so easy to use, it’s not really necessary. ![]() Now that I’ve got a temporary account, I reconnected the TV box, launched IPVanish Android app, and logged in with my email and password. VPN is just illegal in several countries whatever your purpose, most recently in China, so by using such services in the wrong country, you may end up in jail and/or have to pay a fine. ![]() One example of valid use case would be a retiree living in the UK for 9 months of the year, and 3 months in his vacation home in Spain. You need to be a UK resident and pay your yearly TV license to watch BBC iPlayer.So there’s no guarantees it will always work. While I’m using BBC iPlayer, VPN services should work with other application or website that us IP geolocation to limit where users can access their service or data, but such services can always decide to block IP addresses originating from VPN service.However since they are free downloads, it would be easy to reproduce the setup of this review. However, IPVanish contacted me a few days after EBox T8 V review, and I asked whether I could get a test account for their VPN service to try it in EBox T8 V, especially since both IPVanish and BBC iPlayer apps are pre-installed in the device. Normally, you can work around this using a DNS or VPN service, but it’s not something I really need so I did not investigate further. For example, BBC iPlayer would throw the following error message each time I tried to play a video. However this time I did not spent that much time on the IPTV / streaming apps, as I had already checked out in EBox T8 4 TV box review last year, and many apps and/or TV programs required an IP address in the UK to work. A few days ago, I completed the review of EBox T8 V Android TV box geared towards the UK market and/or people who want to watch UK content.
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