Vodafone’s newest gadget is a TV field with a distinction – this is what it is providing

Vodafone is launching a streaming TV service which you may get as a part of a bundle alongside your cellphone deal. It brings collectively reside TV and streaming providers together with Netflix, HBO Max in addition to Amazon Prime Video and compatibility with apps by the Google Play Store.

We don’t but know the way properly the system will work with different non-partner providers – will they be totally built-in with the interface, for instance?

And crucially we additionally don’t know the way a lot Vodafone TV will value for both new or current subscribers, which is a large challenge when making an attempt to match it to different providers. We do know the service might be out there from October, initially to current Vodafone prospects with a cell or broadband plan.

The field is predicated round Freely (primarily the streaming model of Freeview) so you may get acess to over 150 reside channels. There’s no aerial connection, so it’s utterly based mostly round streaming, even should you’re watching conventional terrestrial channels. As such, it’s extra just like Sky Stream fairly than EE TV and TalkTalk TV – these platforms would normally mix a standard aerial alongside streaming choices.

Similar to Sky Stream, Vodafone is pitching itself as an answer to the plethora of platforms and subscriptions in our lives, bringing reveals collectively right into a constent interface.

The Vodafone TV field is a small puck-style streamer, that gives 4K alongside Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos if the content material you’re watching helps it. The field additionally has sensible search to provde you with personalised suggestions relying on what you’ve watched and since the platform is Google-based, there’s assist for Google Assistant.

The bundled distant has a devoted Google Assistant button in addition to devoted buttons for Freely in addition to for Prime Video, HBO Max, and Netflix.