The number of Android Apps for watching TV on the smartphone have proliferated over the years, enabling people who wish to watch TV on the go, a luxury impossible just a few years back. But alas, not all these Apps are consistent in delivering a great TV experience or showing the best content worth watching. Many of these Apps come from Televisions biggest players, as they are the ones with the best content and variety. YouTube surprisingly does not make the cut as it scores fairly low on production quality and navigation.
The TOP 5 APPS
HBO GO
This is the best app available right now. With all the HBO movies at one’s disposal and over 1400 TV shows, this app can be downloaded and streamed free of cost. The latest TV shows are up for grabs within 24 hours of their live telecast on TV. This app also support HD, thereby giving TV junkies their entertainment’s worth. This app also provides a behind-the-scenes videos of TV shows, commentary on episodes and well, pictures from the sets.CRACKLE
The best thing about this app is that it is free to download and free to stream or watch. The number of TV shows at present does not compare with Netflix or Hulu but Crackle is adding 20 TV episodes and movies every month. Crackle also remembers the last TV program one had been watched and connects one back again to the same channel. The downside of this app is that one, has to watch advertisements in between the TV programs, which can be a drag.HULU PLUS
With an estimated 1700 TV shows featuring 43,000 episodes at a small monthly subscription, Hulu plus is one of the best apps in this genre. It literally whets the TV appetite of the voracious TV viewers. Unlike Netflix and some others, Hulu Plus app offers current TV programs like MTV, National Geographic, ABC, FOX, etc. The major drawback of this app is that it does not support all the devices that run Android. Another drawback is that advertisements are aired during shows.SKY GO
Sky Go allows Sky subscribers to access live all 5 sky sports channels, 11 Sky Movie channels, ESPN, Sky New, Sky Atlantic, etc. The iPhone version has been on offer for some time, and it has decided to make this service available on some Google Android devices. The sky number has been increasing in popularity in recent times.NETFLIX
Netflix is undoubtedly one of the biggest players in the TV to smartphone market. The number of titles in its content, are a staggering 60,000 which includes their movies apart from a host of TV shows. Downloading the app is free, but one has to pay a subscription for live streaming. As far as picture quality and sound are concerned it is the best of the lot, and one can pick up watching where one has left off due to interruptions. The downside is the amount of scrolling one has to do in order to beat the queue, there is no button which instantly takes one to the programed of one’s choice. Another drawback is that latest programs are not available, one has to be content with last season’s TV shows. But the sheer number of TV shows available make the Netflix app for Android great.CONCLUSION
With the advance of technology one is sure to witness even better TV experience in the years to come. These apps have demonstrated the innumerable ways a smartphone can be put to use. Watching movies, TV shows, Sports and cultural programs, etc., has a new meaning on the smartphone, something which one can hold close to one’s eyes and heart.
Written by Danial Munsif
I am a Creative Blogger who is addictive to writing on latest topics on Technology, Smartphones, Graphics, Web development and Android
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