AT&T WatchTV Software

So I have been using the app for about a month now and I read a lot of reviews before I downloaded the app as I did not want to waste my time with commercials streams pausing and lagging out for lack of a better term and at first it made me question the app but I said hey I’m paying for the top plan where I get free TV so why not the biggest complaint that I have seen from reviews is that there are too many commercials.........PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!!!!! it is live TV and I actually did the math behind the time and you’re only about 45 seconds behind the live stream at home versus watching from your phone it goes on regular commercials as you would watch a TV end it actually shows the same exact commercials as it is showing on the TV just as I said 45 seconds behind so the app is great if you’re on the go and you’re watching TV it will feel like you are at home with a real feel of watch I recommend download!!!!

The app is ok when it works. I’m using it on Apple TV and it’s got a couple of very annoying issues. First, if you stop watching an archived program before it’s over and choose the resume option later, it always goes back to the beginning and won’t let you fast forward. Either fix the resume option or enable fast forward option in all archived content. Second, in those archived programs that let you fast forward if you try to go to where you left off you’ll often get up to 3 minutes of commercials even if it just played them a few minutes ago. They increase the amount of commercials the farther you get into the program. Just do 2 commercials every break and not one the first break building up to 5+ by the end of the program. Third, almost every commercial is played a ridiculous amount of times during a program. I will not purchase anything from any advertisement that is forced upon me endlessly. It could be a good app with even a modicum of investment.

I’ve pretty much used this app and phone plan since ATT first offered it. This review is strictly for the WatchTV platform. When it works it’s fine, but there is always troubleshooting involved, such as reinstalling app, rebooting phone and restarting program. Occasionally in the last 30 seconds of a live program the WatchTV default page will pop up prematurely before the show is actually over. There are decent movies available but very limited and they only change every few weeks. Some networks don’t have commercials during the movies, but TNT has a ton of commercials which is the network that offers the most movies. It’s hard to make it through half a movie before just turning it off. For Discovery channel, there used to be a ton of shows that were offered at anytime, now what’s live is the only thing available for that network. Bottom line this app is very limited as to what is offered and when. If you just consider it a resource that comes with your phone plan, it’s adequate, but it is in no way on par with OnDemand or Netflix. At least, the functionality should be resolved.