I was frustrated with the nine now ap that I felt like throwing the remote to the TV. Trying to watch Clarksons Farm 4 in the continued watching, it took me back to the start of series 3. There was nowhere to look at other episodes to pick the right one, used the search engine and it came up with there is no Clarksons Farm, the only way to get to… Read more
the series I wanted was to fast forward through each series then sit through six different adds each time. I do not recommend nine now to anyone it is trash.
this st^pid f****** nine removes the movies so if you disconnected and the movies finished live you can't reconnect as the movie is removed and it becomes a preview. go to bilibili
I think they used the same web developer as the BOM! It’s gone from great to garbage! Takes forever to load, co tent all Over the place, hard to navigate and a giant step back
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Do not waste your time or energy with this app. If you want to watch ads then this is for you. The same 4 ads every 10mins. No skipping
Cannot even watch Today Extra episodes! Very annoying. Google says they get uploaded. There are none uploaded. Only clips, which are unrelated. Would like to catch up on episodes from the show being in Disneyland.
Dont Sign Up with 'NINE Now' – what a crap network, as bad as 7, all adds and garbage talk/current affairs always pushing their own stereotypical objective. i need to watch DiDly Squat farm (JC) Nine advise to join up to their free to air site to view all episodes, So i did,, then i was advised that i could not view Jeremy's DS Farm as its was not for viewing in my GEO area. What a total Waste Of Space NINE Are !
Channel 9 has to explain why Olympic programs cannot be watched from Samsung 4K Smart TV – I have 2017 top of the range Samsung 4K Smart TV and 9Now with Olympic logo icon was on the screen together with all small display windows of "Olymic Games Paris 2024", "Olympic Open Ceremony", "Epic 20th Season Block Isaland" etc., programs that normally the window can be clicked and it would played. But on second day of Olympic opening, the 9Now… Read more
app was no longer working. It popped out a window when clicked, saying "This 282679 has been terminated and is no longer avalable. Do you want to delete the selected item(s)". I delected the 9Now app and reinstalled the app, the whole TV screen went black and popped out a window saying "Unable to connect to Samsung server, Please try latter. (AS415). This is ridiculous. I have everything working a night before. This is not acceptable, since all other TV free to air of other channels, including Netflix, prime, Youtube, Samsung TV etc are all working on my 2017 Tv. This is a Tv well fit to current NBN speed, transmission format, internet protocal. Channel 9 has to explain to the public why 9Now app not working when they have the transmission right of Olympic event and Channel 9 has no right to deprive a section of Australian public who has 2017 TV to watch Olympic program.
Deliberate crashing – Almost always towards the end of a program, it will freeze on ad 5 out of 6. Never earlier in the reel and almost never during the actual program. The only option is to back out and restart, you then get the “punishment ad” for restarting, before it commences back at ad 1 of 6 meaning you then watch 12 ads. Quite often in the last ad break it will… Read more
fail twice (again always at 5/6) so to watch the end of the program you have to sit through 17 consecutive ads during the last break alone, making 29 ads in the about the last 11 minutes of the program. It happens too often to not be deliberate.
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Constantly freezes. Voice and speech don’t coincide. Deleted app and reinstalled constantly with no improvement
Follow-up · Our internet isn’t the best but I take that into consideration. The device is a television. Yes freezes when it wants.
Positive reviews
Winter Olympics coverage was generally excellent. Unlike my review on 9Now for the Summer Olympics in 2024, 9Now has done a great job with the Winter Olympics. The hosts spoke just about the right amount of time before throwing to actual sports. When broadcasting a sport, 9Now kept with that sport for a good period of time and we got good… Read more
context for the event. The only reason this isn’t a 5 star review is that the advertisements were repeated very frequently and almost always the same ones. I think we saw the same ads about 300 times over the 2 weeks!
I love channel 9 and watch it most of the time. I feel that The Adams family has been on long enough, the show has run through too many times. I would really love to see the Partridge Family in it's place. I grew up watching and loving this show and I'd love my kids to watch and experience The Partridge Family.
Totally positive television – Para Olympic trials, what a fabulous, educational program, totally inclusive, Australia could learn a lot from the coverage of the swimming trials and this is only day two completed. Congratulations channel 9 for the best program on any channel for a very long time
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Negative reviews
I moved to 9 because 7 news was apalling. 9, not only do they have far to many ads, they are now advertising realestate and other non news events, just to make a $. You're making money on advertising, but for your advertisers to profit, you will need an audience. Cheers
Worst streaming app, period. If you like missing big chunks of the State of Origin because it keeps freezing for no reason, love not being able to pause etc, and prefer standard resolution over HD, then this is the app for you.
The app is absolute garbage for live sport. Constant stuttering, frame drops, buffering, and random quality loss. Trying to watch State of Origin on this feels like streaming through a potato. Meanwhile every other streaming service I use runs perfectly fine, even in 4K, so the issue clearly isn’t my internet. If you’re going to lock major sporting events behind your app, at least make the app functional.
Recent reviews
TOTALLY FED-UP BY ANNOUNCERS RETURN Why bring back the announcer that has a voice that sounds like a dirty old man. I was ready to commend channel 9 for finally removing the incongruent announcer re the past couple of months, but no, It looks like it's back with a vengeance. This time I won't bother with muting or changing channel because I'm… Read more
right on the verge of deleting 9 from my menu on this issue for good. A channel that once had class has turned into a channel that now programs local smut with some announcements that has my grand kids in tears. I was surprised to learn via a casual conversation at my local that I was not alone here as others were also muting the disgusting announcements! This will be my last Communication with 9!
Frustration is an understatement trying to watch "Power", what an absolute joke of a streaming service, starts with an add, plays 30 seconds of the show 6 more adds show starts 3 seconds and drops out back to live TV. Restart show and repeat absolutely peed off glad I made it to the last episode no more Nine Now for me, should be called Nine later or Nine never wish I could give 0 stars or minus 10
Way too many ads. It's a real comedown after using abc iview and 7+. Don't ever dare to pause a show, you'll either have to search and start again or sit through another barrage of annoying ads with now way to tell how long they have to go.
Worst out of all streaming channels, you pause and walk away for 2mins and it glitches and goes back to beginning of the episode and then when you fast forward to get back to where you were it pends for minutes and then you have to watch another 4 adds. Worst streaming channel ever
Absolute rubbish! Trying to watch resident alien season 4. What a joke. 6 adds in a row every few minutes, freezing and after watching maybe 5 minutes of one episode then freezing on the adds it then starts up again on the following episode! I wanted to throw the TV out the window but it's not the tv's fault. I'm really pi#@ed off right now! Useless. Totally. Efing. Useless!
I would give them 0 stars if I could. I’m absolutely disgusted to see you promoting Stan’s ‘Turned On’ series. Not everyone wants to be exposed to what feels like borderline pornography on national television. It’s degrading, inappropriate, and a very poor reflection of your standards and judgement. You have a responsibility to consider the… Read more
broad audience you reach, and this kind of content feels completely out of touch with that. Really disappointing to see this direction.
And don’t get me started on FLEX what mind numbing stupidity that no one asked for or cares for.
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Completely baffled. Really hoping they will fix this, cant rewind or fast foward without being put into ads constantly. Rarely stops and plays when at the right spot, usually skipping right to the end or back to the beginning.So disappointed that if wanting to stream a show I get 2x the length of show in ads especially if I try to fast forward which is near impossible to do. Completely wrecks the viewing experience.
It's a joke watching nine now. Program freezes all the time, they know there is problems and do nothing to improve. Watching married at first sight and this is definitely ground hog day - keep watching repeats 3 times , it is worse than 2025 season. Not impressed. I think they want people to go to stan but I won't be doing that. Extremely frustrating
Channel 9 News in Sydney at 6pm got it wrong agin ! The most important news of the day was about football. Come on we have wars going on people dying and you they wan to talk about football for what seemed to five to ten minutes and then talk about it again when it got to sport news. I think they need to get their priorities in order. 14/03/2026
If I could rate the Nine Now app truthfully it would be -minus 5. The dropouts and difficulty in navigating are basic issues anyone with app creation skill 101 could resolve. It’s a joke that a national carrier can’t get beyond their own ego to provide a worthwhile service.
This is honestly so frustrating. Trying to rewind is impossible! It either takes forever to go back or skips half the episode. Then when I finally try to get back to where I was, it just throws me straight into ads again. So annoying. Do better, 9Now
t absolutely baffles me that, with so many streaming apps out there, Channel 9’s app manages to be one of the worst. The navigation is clunky, it’s incredibly unstable, and it crashes constantly — both on the iPhone and on smart TVs. With the Olympics on, Channel 9 had a perfect opportunity to make a positive impact and grow their streaming… Read more
audience, but the experience is so slow, disorganised, and unreliable that it’s just disappointing. Try streaming any show and skipping forward more than a few times — it jumps ahead by 30 minutes, and getting back to where you were takes ages. You can only rewind in tiny 10-second increments, and sometimes the app even forces you to watch ads while you’re just trying to find your spot. This isn’t new either. I stream the Today Show every morning, and it crashes at least once every time. It’s honestly ridiculous — the app feels broken beyond repair and really needs a complete rebuild.
Very disappointed, only channel 9 can charge Australian to watch Olympics. Olympics 2022 was free on channel 7 catch up, but this year you need to subscribe Stan. You only can see some highlights on Nine catch up TV.
This app is just so annoying and troublesome. You are constantly logged out and asked to login. I don't have this problem with other on demand platforms like SBS, ABC 7 plus etc. Channel 9 need to resolve this issue.I'm not the only one who feels this way everyone I know who uses it has the same complaint. Show details
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