![]() ![]() Sometime in 2017, the app will be available for Roku, Amazon Fire tablets, and smart TVs. The picture quality is better than that of my Dish Hopper. It’s also available on both Apple iOS and Android apps for phones and tablets. If you have problems finding DIRECTV NOW in the app store, do a voice search for it. When streaming over cellular, the data usage for streaming video on DIRECTV NOW does not count towards the 15 GB monthly data limit.ĭIRECTV NOW can also be streamed to apps on a Apple TV, Chromecast (from Android then iOS to follow in 2017), and Fire TV. That is, the company charges for a subscription to stream but the customers can watch as many of the shows they want and not get charged overages. ![]() The combination of AT&T cell service and streaming live TV is smart marketing. If not, the service does not require a contract and you can quit anytime. Certainly AT&T will iron out the problems in the coming weeks. While the app stops and shows error messages frequently and I’d recommend waiting, AT&T is offering some tempting incentives of lowered pricing and free hardware. The mostly subscription service offers live and video on demand TV channels similar to those offered by Sling TV and Playstation Vue. DIRECTV NOW launched today with apps for iPhones, Android, Apple TV, Fire TV and Chromecast. In the past year, the company has let it be known that they wanted to offer DirecTV programming OTT (“over the top” aka online). they are on the Google Play Store, are easy to use and rather reliable.When AT&T acquired DirecTV in June 2015, they had plans beyond simply offering satellite TV. there are plenty of apps that offer a legal open source version of AirPlay. Apple licensing AirPlay to Roku is no big deal as Roku is a tiny player but Apple IS NOT going to do so with real competitors like Amazon and Google.īut. However AirPlay is a proprietary protocol and standard whose use you have to license from Apple. It would be interesting if Google included Airplay too. Although it features a similar set of functions to past Chromecast hardware, the new device features a new dongle-like design and comes packaged with a remote. The company unveiled its $150 Chromecast with Google TV device back in September 2020. Google has rolled out support for Apple's TV app and its Apple TV+ streaming service to its Chromecast with Google TV hardware, meaning users can now watch Apple originals on the Google hardware. It is part of a long-term Google strategy to pivot away from Android proper while still retaining the Android apps - and even some of those will be transitioned to PWAs - but again another story for another day. Google TV retains the OS - which again works fine - but is an entirely new platform/brand/strategy. There is a story behind it but rather than bore you with it - it is irrelevant anyway - just suffice to say that Android TV (while working fine as an OS) is a failure as a platform, brand and strategy. Android TV is going away in favor of Google TV. Why isn't it called Android TV? That is the "technically" part. The primary mode of operation is having Netflix, Apple TV+ and other apps directly installed and executing on the device just as a Roku, Apple TV and Fire TV primarily work (with screen mirroring over AirPlay and DLNA being secondary). While Android TV devices like this do have Chromecast capability it is a secondary feature. ![]() This is (technically) an Android TV device. ![]()
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