How to Convert AVI to Android Formats to Play AVI on Android Phones or Tablets?

The Most Ideal Way to Convert AVI to Android to Solve "Android Won't Play AVI" Issue

Jun 11, 2014, Posted by Shirley White

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Android is an operating system based on the Linux kernel which powers more than a billion phones and tablets around the world. For example, Android Phones include Nexus, HTC, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG, Acer, Sharp and etc and Android Tablets contain Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, Amazon Kindle Fire, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet, and Motorola XOOM, etc. It's customizable, yet easy to use, and since it's made by Google, it works seamlessly with all your favorite Google apps.

Can Android Play AVI Smoothly?

AVI is well known as a multimedia container format and still takes up a large proportion among the famous video formats just like MP4, MOV, and WMV today. Unfortunately, such a popular format is unsupported by Android Phones or Tablets so far. According to Android Official Website, only MP4, 3GP, MKV, WebM are the compatible formats with Android. Is it impossible to play AVI on Android? No, of course not. There is still a silver lining - convert AVI to Android supported formats for playback with Faasoft AVI to Android Converter.

How to Play AVI on Android without Limit?

Faasoft AVI to Android Converter is an ideal and powerful video converter and editor and plays a crucial role in the following aspects:

  • Play AVI on Android Phones including Nexus, HTC, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG, Acer, and Sharp, etc;
  • Play AVI on Android Tablets including Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, Amazon Kindle Fire, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet, and Motorola XOOM, etc;
  • Play nearly all kinds of video formats like WMV, MOV, OGV, AVCHD, FLV, WTV, MXF, MTS, M2T, M2TS, TOD, SWF, MPG, DivX, FLV, MVI, and ASF, etc on Android Phones or Tablets;
  • Play almost all kinds of audio formats like MP3, AU, WAV, AC3, FLAC, AIFF, CAF, 3GA, AAC, OPUS, DTS, M4A, and WMA, etc on Android Phones or Tablets;
  • Edit AVI and other video and audio files: trim, crop, merge files into one, split by chapter, rotate, adjust sound volume, add or remove subtitles, add effect/watermark to video files, adjust video/audio bitrate, codec, channels, frame rate, sample rate, resolution, aspect ratio and etc;
  • Convert Android Phones or Tablets formats to other video or audio formats.

How to Successfully Convert AVI to Android?

Follow the step by step guide to convert AVI to Android compatible formats with Faasoft AVI to Android Converter.

Step 1 Import AVI to Faasoft AVI to Android Converter
After launching Faasoft AVI to Android Converter, simply drag and drop AVI to the main interface of the program and then the file will show soon.

Step 2 Select Output format
Click "Profile" drop-down button of Faasoft AVI to Android Converter to choose output format from "Android" or "Android Pad" category.

Step 3 Convert AVI to Android
When the output format is set well, just click the big "Convert" button of Faasoft AVI to Android Converter to start and finish AVI to Android conversion.

Another Solution - Android AVI Players

If you want to play AVI on Android without conversion, just download some Android AVI Players like YX Player, Rock Player, Mobo Player, ArcMedia Player, VLC Media Player Nightly, and iMPlayer, etc to have a try. Most of them are free and easy-to-use.

Still, most people choose to convert AVI to Android supported formats with Faasoft AVI to Android. One of the reasons is that these Android AVI Players only support some special video formats and not all video formats are playable.

Another reason is Faasoft AVI to Android Converter has an advantage over these Android AVI Players in the followings:

  • Supports almost all kinds of video and audio formats without limit;
  • Performs as a powerful inbuilt editor to let you beauty your files as demand;
  • Acts as an idea YouTube Downloader to download YouTube videos in a minute;
  • Works both on Windows (Windows 8 included) and Mac (Mavericks included);
  • Is professional yet easy-to-use and totally safe and clean.