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How to Play and Watch AVI on Android Smartphones/Tablets

Want to play AVI on Android but only to find that AVI is not supported by Android devices? Oh, it's a pity that Android phones and tablets can't play AVI directly while AVI is the most popular and widely used format. Luckily, there are still some ways to play AVI files on Android. Now let's have a look at efficient ways to play and watch AVI movies on Android without any troubles.

The best way is to play AVI movies on Android is to change AVI to Android friendly MP4. To do this, you can use an Android video converter called Aimersoft Video Converter Ultimate to convert AVI files to MP4 for Android in Windows 8/7/XP/Vista. Besides AVI, you can also convert WMV, MKV, FLV, VOB, MTS, ASF, TS, MPEG and more to Android supported formats fast while keeping the high video quality. For Mac users, Aimersoft Video Converter for Mac will be useful in transferring AVI video clips to Android phones and tablets on Mac OS X (Mountain Lion). Now download the program and follow the tips to put and watch AVI files on Android-OS devices.

Download Video Converter:

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Steps to convert AVI to play on Android devices

The main interface of the software is as below and you can finish the conversion in 3 simple steps: (Here the screenshots of the Android converter for Windows are used. The way to convert AVI clips for playing on Android on Mac is the same. Just make sure you get the right version.)

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1> Add video files: Click Add Files or directly drag videos to the item bar to load movies for converting.

2> Click Output Format and choose MP4, Android or your Android device model as the output video format.

3> Click the Convert button to start converting the added AVI videos for watching on Android devices.

Done! After the conversion, you can click Open Folder to get the converted Android compatible videos. And then you can play and enjoy them on your Android phones or tablets without any problems. See, in a few mouse clicks, you've make Android play AVI files smoothly. Ready to download the program and have a try?

Below is the video tutorial on how to convert AVI to Android tablets:

Download AVI video converter:

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Other method: Install a free Android AVI player

Android-based devices natively don't support AVI. However, you can still play AVI on Android without a video conversion program. Thanks to the developers, now there are many free AVI players for Android available in the market, letting you play AVI files on Android without conversion.

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Some of the most popular Android AVI players include YX Player, MX video Player, Rock Player, ArcMedia Player, Mobo Player, iMPlayer, etc. When downloading them, please have a look at the detailed features to make sure they can run on your Android OS.

Well, this is a great way to watch AVI on Android for free. However, some other formats are still unplayable. It's highly recommended that you convert the video files for Android. Anyway, it depends on what way you like. Just enjoy your AVI movies on your Android devices and have fun!

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