To download a Dailymotion video on Android, copy the video's link, open downloadxAI in Chrome, paste the link, and tap Download. The MP4 saves straight into your Downloads folder, progress shows in your notification shade, and the video plays in any player you like. No app to install, no APK to sideload, no account. Here's the full walkthrough.

A word before the steps

You might be tempted to search the web for a "Dailymotion downloader APK" and sideload it. Please don't — and we'll explain why in detail below. The short version: everything those apps do, your browser already does, without asking for a single permission.

And the usual reminder: stick to videos you're allowed to save — your own content, Creative Commons material, or anything the creator permitted. If that line feels fuzzy, read our plain-English breakdown of Dailymotion download legality first.

Step by step: Dailymotion to Android

  1. Open the video in the Dailymotion app or in Chrome. Find the video you want to keep and let it play for a second so you're sure it's the right one.

  2. Copy the link. In the Dailymotion app, tap Share → Copy Link; if you're already watching in Chrome, just copy the URL from the address bar. The link is now on your clipboard.

  3. Open Chrome and go to downloadxAI. No extension, no install — the tool runs entirely in the browser tab.

  4. Paste the link into the box and submit. The tool resolves the video and lists every available quality, from lightweight 288p up to 1080p when the source offers it.

  5. Choose a quality and tap Download. For most phones, 720p hits the balance between sharpness and file size; pick 480p if you're low on storage or data.

  6. Track the download in your notification shade. Pull down from the top of the screen and you'll see Android's download progress; when it finishes, tapping the notification opens the video immediately.

  7. Find the file later in your Files app. Open Files by Google (or My Files on Samsung) and tap Downloads — your MP4 sits there alongside everything else Chrome has saved.

  8. Play it with whatever you like. Google Photos handles MP4 out of the box, and VLC for Android is a great free fallback for the rare odd-format file.

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Android-specific things worth knowing

Why we keep saying "no APK." Downloader APKs from random sites are one of the oldest malware delivery tricks on Android. They ask for storage, contacts, sometimes even accessibility access — permissions a video downloader has zero legitimate use for. Because downloadxAI runs in Chrome's sandbox, it can't touch anything beyond the file you chose to save. That's not a marketing claim; it's just how browser tabs work.

Chrome's download manager is better than it looks. Tap the three-dot menu → Downloads and you get a searchable history of everything you've saved, with pause/resume for flaky connections. If a big download dies at 90% on hotel Wi-Fi, resume it from there instead of starting over.

File sizes, roughly. Expect about 40–80 MB for ten minutes at 480p, 100–200 MB at 720p, and 250 MB or more at 1080p. Android won't stop you, but your storage might — Files by Google has a handy Clean tab if you're running low.

Tablets and foldables are the same flow. Chrome on a Galaxy Tab or a Pixel Fold behaves identically — same Downloads folder, same notifications. The bigger screen just makes the 1080p option more worthwhile.

Other browsers work too. Samsung Internet, Firefox, Brave — the steps are the same because Android's system download manager does the heavy lifting underneath them all.

Moving videos off your phone. Saved MP4s are ordinary files, so they're easy to relocate. In Files by Google, long-press the video and tap Move to shift it onto an SD card if your phone has one — handy for keeping a watch list on a long trip without eating internal storage. To copy videos to a computer, plug in a USB cable and choose File Transfer on the phone's prompt, or just drop them into a cloud drive folder from the share menu. No converter, no special software, no sync app required.

Rename files you'll keep. Chrome saves videos under the title we hand it, but trimming that to something short ("iceland-720p.mp4") makes the Downloads folder far easier to scan, and most file managers let you rename with a long-press.

Team iPhone? Apple routes downloads through the Files app instead, and getting a video into the camera roll takes one extra step. Our iPhone download guide covers the exact taps.