Tailscale

Reach your home server from a TV anywhere.

Tools Sideload

Tailscale — Android TV

Tailscale puts the TV on your private network without opening ports on the router. Point Plex, Jellyfin or Kodi at the home server's Tailscale address and it works from a hotel or a second home.

The Android TV build has no always-on VPN slot on most boxes, so it connects as an app-level VPN and stays active while the process lives.

How to install

Sideload the Tailscale Android APK
Sign in with the same account as your home server
Point your media app at the server's 100.x address

Worth pairing with

Jellyfin Free, self-hosted media server with no account and no tracking. Plex Your own media library, streamed to the TV with posters and subtitles.