{"id":52636,"date":"2013-10-15T16:42:21","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T14:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=52636"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:05:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:05:50","slug":"how-to-watch-your-favorite-video-content-on-your-mobile-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-watch-your-favorite-video-content-on-your-mobile-device\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch video content on your phone or tablet"},"content":{"rendered":"

As online video streaming and downloading\u00a0continues to rise in popularity<\/a>, the availability of mobile apps to watch online content might be a deciding factor when choosing which service you use to watch your favorite movies and TV shows, especially if you are paying a monthly subscription fee. Here, I’ll take a look at the most accessible services for watching online content on your mobile devices.<\/p>\n

The heavy hitters<\/h2>\n

A recent survey shows the most popular services among Americans to watch content online is\u00a0Netflix, with 63% of Americans using the service to stream content online, <\/strong> followed by 48% using websites from specific TV networks like ABC, NBC and CBS. Hulu comes in third with 35% of Americans using the service.<\/p>\n

\"\"Source: Statista<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Notably, the top three online sources for watching content use streaming<\/strong> as opposed to downloading. So, how do these streaming sites compare in their availability on mobile apps?<\/p>\n

\"\"Netflix:<\/strong> Not surprisingly, as the leader in online video streaming, Netflix is available for most major platforms including iPhone and iPad<\/a>, Android<\/a>, Windows Phone<\/a> and Windows 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n

TV Networks<\/strong>: Most national broadcast TV networks like ABC<\/strong>, CBS<\/strong> and NBC<\/strong><\/a> have mobile apps for iPhone and Android that let you stream content from their sites, although these tend to be more popular for sports or news. \u00a0Paid-subscription networks like HBO and its mobile app\u00a0HBO GO<\/strong>, available for iPhone<\/a>, iPad<\/a> and Android<\/a>, are more accessible for online streaming; these networks generally have higher quality content and tend to have a more loyal following.<\/p>\n

\"\"Hulu (Plus):<\/strong> Hulu has apps for Android<\/a>, iPhone<\/a> and Windows Phone, although these apps are for Hulu Plus<\/strong>, which requires a paid subscription with the service to get access on your mobile device. This isn’t too uncommon, however, when you consider services like Pandora Radio<\/a> and Spotify<\/a>, which require payment for full access to their music libraries on mobile devices.<\/p>\n

Although streaming may use a lot of data, there are apps like Hola Accelerator & Unblocker<\/strong>, available on Android<\/a>, which can significantly reduce data usage on your mobile device.<\/p>\n

The classics<\/h2>\n

While downloading (as least legally) may not be as popular as streaming among Americans, it’s certainly an option if you have a Wifi connection or want to transfer programs from your PC to your mobile device.<\/p>\n

\"\"Everyone’s favorite,\u00a0iTunes<\/a>, is high on the list and lets you rent or purchase TV and movie content, and although in-app downloading \u00a0may be limited to devices running iOS, there are third party apps<\/strong> like Synctunes<\/strong> which let you sync the iTunes library on your PC with your Android device<\/a>; the Windows Phone App for desktop<\/a> works similarly and lets you sync iTunes with your Windows Phone.<\/p>\n

Amazon Prime<\/strong>, another popular downloading and streaming service, has the Amazon Instant Video<\/strong> app that lets you app to stream content, although it’s only available for iPhone<\/a>, iPad<\/a> and Kindle devices.<\/p>\n

The alternative options<\/h2>\n

There are alternative options for watching content on your device, aside from YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0that are widely available, mainly for transferring files onto your device (which you can watch using VLC’s iOS<\/a> or Android<\/a> apps) or streaming from third-party sites.<\/p>\n

\"\"One option is to transfer files already on your PC to your mobile device. What’s the easiest way to do this? Cloud services are a great option.<\/p>\n

Dropbox<\/strong> is a popular cloud services that is available for iPhone<\/a>, iPad<\/a>, Android<\/a>, Blackberry<\/a> and Kindle Fire. Megacloud<\/strong> is a similar service which offers 8GB of free storage and is available for iPhone<\/a>, iPad<\/a>, and\u00a0Android<\/a>, offering an extra 1.5GB of space when you download the app.<\/p>\n

\"\"BitTorrent Sync is another option, an app that lets you <\/span>sync files between your PC and your mobile device <\/strong><\/strong>or between two different mobile devices using P2P file sharing. BitTorrent Sync is available for <\/span>iOS<\/a> and <\/span>Android<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you prefer streaming from third party sites, a good option is Hubi<\/strong><\/strong>, which lets you stream flash videos<\/strong>, as well as download content, from some of the most popular free video streaming sites. Hubi is available on iOS<\/a> and Android<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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How do you watch video content on your mobile device?<\/h3>\n

See also: How to stream your favorite US content while abroad<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As online video streaming and downloading\u00a0continues to rise in popularity, the availability of mobile apps to watch online content might be a deciding factor when choosing which service you use to watch your favorite movies and TV shows, especially if you are paying a monthly subscription fee. Here, I’ll take a look at the most … Continue reading “How to watch video content on your phone or tablet”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2039,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-52636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331991,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52636\/revisions\/331991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52636"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=52636"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=52636"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=52636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}