How to Play AVI on Android Phones like HTC, Moto, Google Nexus one, Samsung Galaxy series, etc?

Brief Review

"I just got an Android phone that is Samsung Galaxy, while when I tried to transfer and play AVI, files on my Android phone; I find my Android phone cannot support it. So is there any solution to solve it?"

Ever encountered the similar playing AVI on Android issues? Wondering how to play AVI files on Android phones like Google Nexus, HTC, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG, Acer, Sharp and more? Want to find an easy way to play AVI on Android Tablets like Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, Amazon Kindle Fire, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet, and Motorola XOOM, etc?

If so, you come to the right place. After investigation, it can be concluded that Android phones only support a limited types of videos like H.263, H.264 AVC, MPEG-4 SP.So in order to successfully play AVI on Android, usually there are two methods: Method 1: Install an AVI Android Player; Method 2: Convert AVI to Android more supported video format. We will introduce these two methods in detail in the following article:

Method 1 Install AVI Players on Android Phones or Tablets

To directly transfer and play AVI on your Android devices, you may install one of the following AVI Android players like VLC Media Player Nightly, YX Player, Rock Player, Mobo Player, ArcMedia Player, and iMPlayer, etc

Method 2 Convert AVI to Android more supported video format

If you do not want to install AVI player on your Android phone or tablets, you may convert AVI to Android supported video format on your Windows or Mac computer.

iDealshare VideoGo is right the AVI to Android Converter recommended in this passage. It can batch convert AVI to Android phones more supported MP4. Besides converting AVI to Android video format, It also can convert Xvid, DivX, MKV, WMV, RM, FLV, SWF, ASF, VOB, WebM, MPG, MOV, MPEG, HD, MTS, M2TS, TS, MXF, AVCHD, R3D, ProRes, DV, etc. on Android phones. With this app, users are allowed to play AVI or any video format on Android based devices like Samsung i7500, Samsung Galaxy, HTC Hero, HTC Legend, HTC Desire HD, HTC Wildfire, Motorola Droid, Motorola Flipout, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, LG Ally and so on.

Aside from working as a converter, iDealshare VideoGo acts as an ideal AVI editor, editing AVI like trim or crop, merge or split, add special effect like Black and White, Oil Painting, Line Drawing, Woodcarving, Negative, Embossment, Carving, etc., add watermark, add or delete subtitles, etc.

Simply Convert AVI to Android Video Format

Free download and install the professional AVI to Android Converter (for Mac, for Windows), install and run it, the following interface will pop up.

Step 1 Add AVI file

Click "Add File" button to import AVI file which you like to play on Android.

Step 2 Set Android video format

Click the "Profile" drop-down button to choose Android phones from "Android" or "Android Pad" category or select Android supported MP4 from the "General Video" category.

Step 3 Finish converting AVI to Android

Click the BIG ROUND button at the right bottom side to finish the AVI to Android format conversion. Then, you will be able to play AVI on your Android phones or tablets.