Foxtel Play

watching afl on your play back is the worst i seen the abc could do a better job the picture can go fuzzy were the digital tv that channel 7 have then at breaks we have nothing I turn over and watch rugby

Do not recommend – My uncle passed on a tv to me and I have all the apps which I was excited about! I signed up to foxtel play on the website which worked and then to log into my tv I was getting an error code, turns out my uncle had previously used foxtel play and apparently I could not log in and could not use my 'free trial' because someone has already logged in… Read more

which is so ridiculous as I am using my own email. I even spoke to someone on the online chat and she told me she can only remove the free trial so I can use it, So stupid that you can't log in more than once, makes no sense??

Absolute rubbish – Slow load times, does not remember watched programs , fast forward max 8x , it’s no good All other providers interface much better and 1/2 the price . I’d highly reccomend not using this service

What wrong with your reviews people – I have only adsl2 in my area. And im streaming on my samsung smart tv with no buffering, no issues. Full resolution. Its great. Not sure how you can have 20mbps and be buffering? Weird. All in all... its awesome

Actually loving this – Another Game of Thrones fan who signed up to Foxtel Play in time for the new season. I was skeptical, given our ADSL internet connection, but thought I'd take up the 2 week free trial and 3 month discount for Showtime (the add-on you need to purchase to access GOT). I've only watched with a Samsung smart tv so can't comment on other platforms,… Read more

but we haven't had a single drop out or buffering during a show. The picture and sound quality is good. I'm really surprised as our average download speed tends to sit just below the 3mb per second Foxtel recommend as a minimum requirement.

I've found a lot of other things I want to watch so plan to hit it pretty hard during the 3 month discount period, then cancel. Not sure I could justify the $$$ longer term.

Won't replace your IQ box, but when no satellite or cable available this WORKS! – We live in an apartment complex with no Foxtel access via satellite or cable. Very very annoyed when this was realised! But we went down the Foxtel Play path via our Xbox 360 in the lounge & the laptop in the bedroom. Seamless operation, in the lounge room the Xbox is controlled via a Logitech Harmony remote...too easy! Pic quality is good,… Read more

not HD but about on par with standard free to air. Our internet is ADSL2+ on iiNet & we can run 2 different Foxtel Play stream simultaneously plus surf the net with no issues & maintain best possible pic quality.

Suffers from no record function. And no HD. But, does fill the void capably.

Useless – Overpriced rubbish just finish free trial can’t watch properly as keeps on buffering Foxtel completely lost the plot the last 10 years so expensive for absolute rubbish product/service / price avoid at all cost or do a trial and see for youself

The Buffering Service – I have Netflix, Stan, Amazon and Disney. I thought I'd give Foxtel a shot too, because why not? You would think with so much competition (all of which is cheaper it must be said) Foxtel might at least try to make a competitive product. They didn't get this advice apparently. I spend more time watching the TV buffer and pause than I do actually… Read more

watching what is on. I wish I were speaking figuratively. 90% of the time Foxtel is utterly unwatchable, at which point I put on any of the other streaming services available with no problem. This is a Foxtel specific problem, and the reason they'll no longer recieve my money. Do yourself a favour and sign up to any other streaming service, which as mentioned, are all cheaper too.

No other app buffers like foxtel – The only reason I pay ALL THAT MONEY is for live AFL, super annoying. Trying to steam replay and can't even get it to load.. Haven't watched a single show without an issue..

Foxtel inferior commentary – Foxtel sports afl commentators so biased for Victorian teams & underdogs. Only see them for their efforts but not the poor umpire decisions against the other team. They r biased in their views, barracking for the underdog. Foxtel commentators are inferior, one eyed, some of which never played afl.

Worst than terrible. Wasted my time setting up – If it works would be nice. Why bother offering something doesnt work. I should have known being regular Foxtel customer, which was already disappointing service now this one is worst.

COMPLETELY TRASH – Plays up ALL the time, you can't even search TV series, you gotta go online and find the names of individual episodes on TV series to search on Foxtal Play!!

Horrible – Crappy service that wont allow you to play directly from your tv anymore. What idiot thought of that? I think they would lose a lot more customers now. Stupid crap that changed it.

Trash fire. Poxtel is the worst thing about GOT ( including Ed Sheeran) ...Half a star – Barely functional app. Menus and navigation are ludicrous, nonsensical and don't work with the hardware that they are installed on. Fast forward and rewind don't work properly and forget about scrubbing. Foxtel seem to have no regard for their customers other than being targets for their weird propaganda shows.

Foxtel Play is Crap! – Useless, hard to navigate iPhone app. Why no AppleTV app? Also no app that I can download to my smart tv from the Opera store. I also get constant buffering (even though I'm getting 12Mbps download speeds). Overall, it's useless!

Garbage – Hardest app I've ever used. No option to navigate a season of a TV show, you have to search episode by episode. Doesn't even have a break down by category.

Disappointed with dodgy channel packages – My partner had Foxtel Play to watch F1 races and I selected the documentaries package. This was about $49 a month. We recently split up so I signed up for Foxtel Play but the packages have changed. I’m not a sports fan but I knew I’d have to get some kind of starter pack and then add docos. I thought I was just not looking properly when I was… Read more

trying to add the documentaries package at sign up. I couldn’t find it but thought once I signed up it might be easier to add and remove packages. Ahhh no. It’s not. They’ve changed the packages so in order to had Kids or Documentaries, you must have the three premium packages: Sport, movies and drama. So.. all the channels for $104 per month. Are you serious Foxtel? You have Netflix, Stan to compete with, you have ads, the streaming service was a great plan but what on earth are you doing? I will be cancelling after first month.

Horrible system. Rubbish company – Horrible app that is hard to navigate one episode to another. Instead of a entire box set folder for a show they separate season after season. I ask any person to find Season 1 of Game of Thrones or Girls. And then find the season afterwards. Horrible app. Terribly expensive. Not worth it

Absolutely garbage – Complete and utter trash. Offers me the ability to stream on my xbox one, which is nice. But only allows me to stream certain recent episodes. It's an arbitrary limitation added for absolutely no reason. Signing in through a browser I can watch every single episode of Fear the Walking Dead. On this absolutely trash app, I can watch season 4.… Read more

That's it.

Why in the absolute f is streaming limited on an app while perfectly fine through the box or through the laptop version? That's like if logging in to netflix on xbox meant you couldn't watch any of their originals for absolutely no reason. It's a nonsense limitation and warrants a 1-star rating on it. The complete lack of usability of the product warrants even less stars.

Stay far, far away from this garbage.

Thank goodness it was only a trial – Compared to Netflix and Stan, Foxtel play is utter crap! Keeps crashing, can’t fast forward to the part I was actually up to. Erode it crashed cause it keeps on crashing! Doesn’t allow you to like shows or add them to a favourites list to make it easier to go back to what you were watching.... Need to really improve your service Foxtel! Won’t be signing up that is for sure!

So many things make this horrible – I have never written a proper review before but I felt it was 100% necessary to write about how horrible this is. The streams constantly drop for no reason, the frame rate is horrible, I use Foxtel go mainly to watch motorsport and it's almost unusable because everything is so jumpy with the terrible frame rate, it constantly glitches and tells me… Read more

I have to deregister a device, but for some reason it registers the same device twice, the most frustrating thing is that it has been broken for so long and there is no aim to fix it, I have been using this service for over 2 years and it has not improved at all, if there was another service available to watch all my love motorsport I would swap over in a heartbeat, I pay for this service and we deserve better than this, fix your stupid service Foxtel.

Why no HD – Why can't watch AFL in HD in this day and age should not to put up with this sub standard display. TELSTRA TV displays in HD so why can't FOX PLAY.

Crashes my Sony Bravia TV – Absolutely rubbish, crashes my Sony Bravia android TV every time I use the app. Other apps work perfectly. Good job it’s a free trial, I won’t be signing up.

Rubbish – This app never resumes correctly and most of the time it starts from the beginning when trying to resume. The resolution is crap even though I have a 4K TV with an average of 150mbps when connected to my hotspot. The menus are clunky and slow and for some reason they have video streaming in the background of the menu. I will be canceling my subscription shortly.

Absolute crap software platform – Foxtel play platform is so crap, especially on the samsung smart bluray player app. But foxtel play do not allow you to create personal profiles, this is really annoying, it doesn't keep or remember your previous viewing data, only the last program you watched, it does not allow you to set favourites, and the crappy live tv box in the menu drives… Read more

you nuts while trying to select your next program, so you have to mute the tv so you can concentrate. Absolute crap basically, i cant wait until Australian licencing allows other services to have add ons like: starz, showtime, hbo, like in the usa with amazon and hulu.

Netflix and stan have a better software platform in australia. Unfortunately they have limited access to programs due to a greedy Murdoch monopoly.

Horrible. Why can’t we give no stars? – This is a horrible service and I would advise everyone to stay away. This review is based of the ps4 and Xbox apps. I have nbn 100/40 and it still buffers like I’m on dial up. Picture quality goes from average which is the standard to poor constantly. Drops out completely and requires a restart or at least backing out to the main menu… Read more

constantly. I watched the F1 practice session and it required three restarts in the 90 minutes of viewing.

Frequently get a something went wrong pop up and the app fails to start.

The apps are poorly designed and not easy to use. Often requiring you to log in and often not taking you where you select. I will select TV guide and it will take me to channels or settings randomly.

When Foxtel are notified of these problems I get no useful help regarding the problems. Simple troubleshooting which I’ve already performed 100s of times. Uninstall app, tester so, reset modem etc.. when questioned on picture quality they told me that is the quality is fine it must be my internet connection tried at other locations with the same results.

Absolutely horrible service. Disgrace that we have to pay such a high amount for sport and have such terrible service.

Horrible! – I had the free trial and I cancelled it within few hours. The constant buffering and the quality looks like an old VHS cassette! Utter disaster! Not to mention it’s way to pricey for a bad picture quality...all in all, worthless and a rip off, not worth the money!

Piece of crap – Biggest piece of crap. Slow and designed poorly. Restarts required often. Login required every use. Nothing good about it. Waste of time and money.

Foxtel Play – Foxtel have done nothing to improve the Foxtel Play app you get sucked in subscribe it works ok for a few weeks then the streaming process is total crap. Most TV's do not use chrome as their internet access to the app. So you end up hooking a pc to the TV and then you might actually get to watch the programme before it bombs out, the streaming… Read more

picture quality is also rubbish. I am junking my subs as soon as the walking dead S8 completes, Not prepared to fork out a further $99 bucks to robber FOXTEL for their Foxtel Now puck box. I love Netflix and they just poop over Foxtel Play/Now as a streaming service. Wonder what CBS via Chanel 10 will play out like.