HBO's arrival in Spain was a bit bumpy and perhaps the result of the rush. Although it is true that it offers all the users of its platform the possibility of being able to enjoy all its content through the different mobile ecosystems, there was no application for Smart TVs, which forced users to connect their devices to television in different ways if they wanted to enjoy HBO content on the big screen at home. But it seems the wait is over, as the streaming firm has just launch a dedicated app for smart TVs, but only for Samsung models.
While it is true that Samsung is the king in sales of this type of device, LG, its greatest rival, also has a significant market share in this segment, but does not have a native application to enjoy, among others, the Game of Thrones in a big way. According to HBO, this application is compatible with all Samsung Smart TVs manufactured since 2012 until logically these days. To be able to use it, we only have to update the television software so that it appears in the form of an application.
At the moment it seems that plans to launch an application for LG are not contemplated or at least the company has not announced anything about it. There is also no news about the launch of an application for the Sony and Microsoft consoles. At this time only users of the Apple TV, Vodafone TV, iOS and Android They have a native application to be able to enjoy the service directly on their devices.
Then they will say that if Netflix has a dominant position, that if it monopolizes the market, that if this, that if the other ... Netflix like Spotify offer applications to enjoy their content via streaming on any platform that you can imagine and that, obviously, has the possibility of doing it. If you launch a service of this type and want it to become popular, you must bear in mind that if you do not offer the means, it is very complicated.
Well, little by little it will appear on the other smart tv's. For now we have to settle for what there is.
It seems incredible that a service of such magnitude is not capable of starting with all the duties done. There is no way to watch anything without connecting a device (not the ps4) to the TV
The content is attractive, but as a user of LG TV and PS4 I find it hard to believe that I have to go back to the year 2000 and have to connect the computer by cable to the TV to watch an HBO series or movie.
I am in the trial month and of course I will cancel it as soon as it is finished. I have seen absolutely nothing, because this is not the time to be wired and connecting computers. That is the past.
Hi, can you tell me how to download Spotify on my new LG television with WEBOS 3.5? As indicated in the news, it says that it is available like Netflix, but I can not find it.
Thank you.