AT T TV Hands-on: Nationwide Service Starts Streaming At 50 A Month
id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> AT&T TV combines an Android TV with AT&T's newest streaming service. Sarah Tew/CNET AT&T has a lot of TV services. There's satellite broadcaster DirecTV, cable service U-Verse, live TV streaming services AT&T TV Now (formerly DirecTV Now) and AT&T Watch TV and on-demand streamers HBO Now and HBO Go, as well as soon-to-launch Netflix competitor HBO Max. Now you can add another, called simply AT&T TV. After a limited launch in 13 markets including New York, Seattle and El Paso, AT&T TV is available nationwide on Monday. AT&T TV is designed to replace DirecTV or traditional cable TV with a package of live TV channels -- including locals such as ABC and Fox, as well as cable channels such as ESPN, TNT, Nickelodeon and HGTV -- streamed over the internet.
Unlike DirecTV the service won't allow you to subscribe to NFL Sunday Ticket, but HBO is included with all packages and customers will be upgraded to HBO Max at no additional charge when that service launches in May. And just like similar premium live TV services aimed at cable TV cord-cutters, Horrorfield Eagle View Download such as YouTube TV, Gibbets: Bow Master APK Mod it starts at $50 a month. It has plenty of similarities to cable, however, starting with the fact that it requires that you sign a two-year contract.
And that enticing $50 price is only for the first year; after that, the monthly cost jumps to $93 for the base package. As usual, you can opt for more expensive packages that have additional channels. Now playing: Watch this: AT&T TV goes nationwide, but for many it's still not... 3:13 While AT&T will be pushing AT&T TV as its new option, Samorost Hack APK people who already subscribe to one of its many other TV services will still be able to keep using their current service and all will still accept new customers.
In other words, AT&T isn't shutting DirecTV down. Yet. Sarah Tew/CNET Hello, new (required) Android TV box AT&T TV subscribers will need at least one of the service's set-top boxes connected to a TV to watch. Like Comcast's Flex TV box for Xfinity customers and standalone streamers such as Nvidia Shield, the AT&T TV box is powered by Google's Android TV system. In addition to AT&T TV, AZ Screen Recorder (Premium Unlocked) Cheat the box will also run other apps like Netflix or Disney Plus.
You can also issue Google Assistant voice commands by speaking into the included remote, allowing you to call up things like weather reports on-screen or control smart home devices like lights and appliances -- as well as search for TV shows and movies. The AT&T TV remote has a microphone button for the Google Assistant. Sarah Tew/CNET The box is 4K- and HDR-capable and can stream apps like Netflix in the higher resolution.
At launch there are no live 4K AT&T TV channels, though the company says it may add them in the future. Unlike a standard satellite or cable set-top DVR the Android TV box doesn't have a hard drive built-in.
