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Description
NOTE: The Philo Android app is only available with participating TV Providers. Check out watch.philo.com to see if you're eligible.
Watch TV programs from your participating TV Provider on the Philo Android app.
FEATURES:
- Watch the live television including sports, news, and prime time shows
- Watch recorded shows on your Philo DVR
- Explore what's on now and in the future with our in-app guide
- Record your favorite shows from the app
REQUIREMENTS:
- A non-rooted Android device
- Participating TV Provider login
- Wi-Fi access in a supported location
Watch TV programs from your participating TV Provider on the Philo Android app.
FEATURES:
- Watch the live television including sports, news, and prime time shows
- Watch recorded shows on your Philo DVR
- Explore what's on now and in the future with our in-app guide
- Record your favorite shows from the app
REQUIREMENTS:
- A non-rooted Android device
- Participating TV Provider login
- Wi-Fi access in a supported location
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Reviews
2.9
104 total
5 30
4 12
3 12
2 15
1 35
Andrea Hubbard
Buffering The app buffers way too much. It makes watching live TV impossible and watching recordings are too frustrating. Its good if you have no other option but if it doesnt improve with the next update I will delet it. It could also possibly be because my school Wi-Fi isn't super great, but since you can only use the app with school Wi-Fi....
Brian Hogue
New Update After I requested the video fix, live footage runs perfectly without lagging or looping audio. Thank you for listening! I appreciate the improvements.
Daniel Reichl
No support for Chromecast
Roamel Henry
Works perfectly
John Watkins
Fix live tv The app is ok for watching recorded programs (it could be better) but the main problem is watching live. It will constantly freeze the screen and loop like the last 10 seconds of audio. Once the looped audio catches up the screen will resume but you end up behind. It is very annoying and makes it hard to watch.
Grace Sheldon
The App is Bad, but the Service is Great My school just purchased this service. The website works fine. But watching live TV on mobile is actually impossible to enjoy. The picture freezes nearly every 20 seconds and the audio will loop over and over again. It will loop several times until the audio synchs up with the frame it freezed on. Overall, this app is TERRIBLE when it comes to watching live television.
User reviews
Buffering The app buffers way too much. It makes watching live TV impossible and watching recordings are too frustrating. Its good if you have no other option but if it doesnt improve with the next update I will delet it. It could also possibly be because my school Wi-Fi isn't super great, but since you can only use the app with school Wi-Fi....
New Update After I requested the video fix, live footage runs perfectly without lagging or looping audio. Thank you for listening! I appreciate the improvements.
Fix live tv The app is ok for watching recorded programs (it could be better) but the main problem is watching live. It will constantly freeze the screen and loop like the last 10 seconds of audio. Once the looped audio catches up the screen will resume but you end up behind. It is very annoying and makes it hard to watch.
The App is Bad, but the Service is Great My school just purchased this service. The website works fine. But watching live TV on mobile is actually impossible to enjoy. The picture freezes nearly every 20 seconds and the audio will loop over and over again. It will loop several times until the audio synchs up with the frame it freezed on. Overall, this app is TERRIBLE when it comes to watching live television.
Where do the problems start The app is incapable of playing live TV without freezing every 5 seconds, the app makes it very hard to switch from looking at what is live now to TV guide mode, and the quality of the live video and recordings are only slightly better than a potato.
Completely worthless Every 30 seconds or so the video would freeze and the audio would repeat what was just said 10 seconds ago. When the audio catches up, the video restarts, only for the same thing to happen again. Completely useless to watch tv
Recordings work great live is a nightmare Live TV is so laggy and freezes so much. Fix it already
Video keeps freezing On both the desktop and app the video keeps freezing and skipping. I've tried reinstalling the app and it didn't work
Video freezes Video constantly freezes and audio repeats 10-15 second sections
Can't even log in to my college account Everytime I open the app I see the "Log in to (insert college here)" and then it just stays white. Please fix this
Can't log in with college account It won't let me log in with my college account through the app. It works just fine on my computer, but the app just doesn't work.
Good app Works great, love being able to catch all my shows commercial free
Can't even log in Every time I log in the app crashes with a message saying Philo stopped working
Would give 5 stars but... This app should be compatible with Google Chromecast. It constantly goes in and out. But it's a good concept that still needs some development.
Error instead of any video There's been a problem loading your video.
Great when I can open it The app works great, but I can rarely ever open it. It keeps having an error connecting to the server.
Behind the times Desperately needs Chromecast support. Watching on a tiny phone screen is useless.
Won't load Great app if it would actually work, when I click on a show its just an infinite loading screen. It works great for my gf with an iPhone tho
Glad to see this update make it work It works now, and the new update makes the app snappy, and nice looking. Great to get it finally.
Can't control time I can't make it start over and it starts recordings from the live time, so I have to let it run all the way through to watch anything I missed
Bad Buggy App, Less Features than Other Platforms This app is miserable. It doesn't follow the Android design guidelines (It uses gingerbread era graphics in many places). It's buggy, force closing often on my devices. And the worst part is that it's absolutely lacking in features compared to their version for other platforms - no guide, ability to record shows, or ability to pan through recordings or live TV. They say it's "because it's in beta", but I doubt it will get any better.
Audio/video desyncs Video frequently freezes while the audio continues. Toggling full screen and back seems to help. Looks like it forces the program to rebuffer.
Doesn't work It always gives me an error that my phone is rooted.
Rooted devices can't use Philo My experience was fast great and easy (which is why I gave it more than 1 star) ... Until I tried to play an actual recorded show and Philo and a notice popped up saying that Philo doesn't play videos if the device is rooted.
Cool idea, doesn't work I wish I could tell you about the viewing experience, but I can't, because every time I click "watch" the app crashes.
Great App I like it, needs to be more useful though. For example, being able to edit my recording (being able to both set and delete) from the app would be really nice
Absolute crap Doesn't work at all. In any way, shape, or form. It always crashes as soon as you try to do anything like oh say watch a video which is its main purpose.
Does not work This app would be really cool if it actually works, but it doesn't. So basically it is a useless app for my phone. I'm not sure if it is just my phone or all androids, but it is really annoying that is doesn't work.
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What's New
This release includes bug fixes and stability improvements to video playback
Additional information
Updated
November 11, 2016
Installs
10,000 - 50,000
Current Version
2.4.0-1
Requires Android
4.3 and up
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Philo, Inc.
