March 15, 2016January 10, 2019

PlayStation Video App Launches on Android Devices Today

Starting today, we’re launching a new PlayStation Video app for Android phones and tablets that will let you stream previously purchased video content from PlayStation Store to your Android device. With the app, you can also purchase your favorite movies and TV shows, including PlayStation original content like Powers, straight from your phone or tablet.

Also be sure to check out The Hateful Eight, Concussion, and Point Break, which will be available for purchase later today!

We hope you enjoy the PS Video app on your Android device and remember to check the app regularly for upcoming promotions on movies and TV shows.

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49 Comments

dammit2hell
March 15, 2016 at 9:04 am PDT

Any insight as to when Vue will be coming to Android?
- MisterAxle
  March 15, 2016 at 11:02 am PDT
  
  The banner at the top of the blog post is a PlayStation Vue logo… pretty misleading if this app can’t stream Vue content. ( ﾟдﾟ)
- earth_inheritor
  March 15, 2016 at 12:23 pm PDT
  
  Yeah im sorry i had to laugh when i read that . You literally clicked on your answer to get to this message board.
- Beasthunt
  March 17, 2016 at 6:46 pm PDT
  
  Shame it’s not included in this app. There is a place for it but nothing shows up when I click on Vue.
FeistFan
March 15, 2016 at 9:09 am PDT

I really hope this is the beginning of better support for Android. Bring remote play to more devices. Bring Vue to more devices. Update the Playstation App to do more – maybe even run party chat through the app, as an option.

You could really tie mobile to Playstation in a way that doesn’t distract from the Playstation brand, but really enhances it and expands it, so our Android devices become extensions of our PS4’s and other Playstation devices.

I got a shiny new Galaxy S7 – might have been an Xperia if you’d work with carriers better so we can get their financing deals – and I’m eager to use it with my PS4 is as many ways as practical. Help me out, Sony!
- remanutd5
  March 15, 2016 at 10:45 am PDT
  
  Very well said, I have an XperiaZ3 right now and I really want to get the newly announced Xperia X performance but sony needs to bring it to tmobile. They need to integrate their cell phones more with the ps4.
Butters360
March 15, 2016 at 9:12 am PDT

*Rock voice* FINALLY! Thank you so much for this because I use PS Video for a lot if TV and movies.
dmfarris90
March 15, 2016 at 9:17 am PDT

Yay! I totally called it! Good job buys keep up the awesome work, and I am loving to vue!
- dmfarris90
  March 15, 2016 at 9:20 am PDT
  
  Whoops miss read that….. :(
kitler53
March 15, 2016 at 9:17 am PDT

my biggest grip about video content via playstation was playstation was literally the only place i could view it. i don’t have android but it is a step in the right direction. please bring this to ipad and maybe i’ll start using the service.

seriously. psnow. psvue. psvideo. whatever. don’t create close system service or i won’t use it. be like netflix and support every device possible. anyways,.. with psvue going national this week i like what i’m seeing. keep it up!
- MasaMune0Y0
  March 15, 2016 at 9:42 am PDT
  
  That has a whole lot more to do with Apple than Sony, Apple is awful for creating a media garden where they force you to use Itunes or your forced to jailbreak your phone. Seriously there is a lot of things Sony can be blamed for doing wrong but if you bought an Iphone expecting total freedom you might as well have flown to North Korea for fine cuisine.
brolol07
March 15, 2016 at 9:20 am PDT

iOS PlayStation Video app coming soon hopefully?
Michaux-0
March 15, 2016 at 9:34 am PDT

Yes! Thank you. The timing is kismet for me as just last night out I had downloaded the PS Video app already available in Europe via an apk mirror service (risky, but I really wanted to be able to play my video collection on my Xperia Z5). Unsurprisingly, the non-native app installed and worked fine, but couldn’t sync with my US playstation account. Just deleted the sideloaded app and downloaded the new app via Google Play. Works seamlessly. Now encouraged to buy and rent more videos from the store. Good job, SCEA!
Xcaligamer1
March 15, 2016 at 9:51 am PDT

Yay.
Fuhr31
March 15, 2016 at 9:52 am PDT

How about just support Ultraviolet !!! Then I would have control over how and where I watch the content that I purchase. Until then, I will not spend a dime for any video content on PlayStation.
CrusaderForever
March 15, 2016 at 9:54 am PDT

Love this news! Started my trial of PSVue and I love it. Watching my sports on Amazon Fire TV right now! :)
gohan16ken
March 15, 2016 at 10:00 am PDT

Please support Ultraviolet. Sony Pictures is a member so I do not understand why PS Video is not supporting Ultraviolet.
- Skater_Ricky
  March 15, 2016 at 10:36 am PDT
  
  Agreed, I’d like to see Sony Pictures support UltraViolet with PlayStation Video. Having all my Digital HD Movies in one place would be perfect.
  
  Looking forward to seeing thing’s expand with PlayStation.
remanutd5
March 15, 2016 at 10:38 am PDT

Can you guys please let me watch the movies i got on my privilege plus account on my ps4? Thanks.
DominionANG
March 15, 2016 at 10:40 am PDT

How is this app different from the app pre-installed on Xperia Z phones. Pre-installed app was named Video Unlimited but changed to PS Video last year.
- Michaux-0
  March 15, 2016 at 1:04 pm PDT
  
  Except the app didn’t come pre-installed on Xperia Phones, and didn’t exist on the US Play store until today. Video Unlimited didn’t work on devices post Lollipop. Sony was trying to lure customers with Xperia phones exclusively being able to stream PS Video, at least on paper, except they didn’t support Xperia devices, until today, now that all Android users can get in on the action. Win Win. I could see the same thing happening with remote play. There’s no reason why all Android phones shouldn’t be able to remote play. Xperia phones are amazing devices, imho better in every possible way than Samsung’s (including the new S7s), but they don’t need exclusive Playstation content to sell their brand, just better marketing, distribution, and better relations with the carriers.
Mando44646
March 15, 2016 at 10:43 am PDT

How about Vue on Android?
- SatyR-H3LLiON
  March 15, 2016 at 10:59 am PDT
  
  I know right? I’ve been waiting for that. What I don’t get is that they have an iOS app to work with chromecast, which is a device from google, and google=android, but they don’t have the app for android yet? It’s kinda dumb; makes more since to have it out for android first, but hey! That’s the Sony we know and love…
sabot37
March 15, 2016 at 10:47 am PDT

This is awesome. One suggestion – please let us hide / delete movie trailers and BTS featurettes from our libraries. I downloaded a bunch back in the early days of PSN and now they’re clogging up my library. It makes for a poor browsing experience.
- greenbudman
  March 23, 2016 at 12:28 pm PDT
  
  Buddy I’ve been asking for that for ten years. I have some really old stuff in my library. I feel like a damn digital horder, cluttered, just terrible looking. SONY, WE WANT AN UPDATED LIBRARY WITH A DELETE BUTTON!!!
SatyR-H3LLiON
March 15, 2016 at 10:49 am PDT

So Android get this app before iOS and iOS gets PSVue mobile app before Android? I mean, like……………………….
TruePSIVWiiUFan
March 15, 2016 at 11:45 am PDT

Please say it will come to iOS devices very soon… I hope so…
SporkimusPrime
March 15, 2016 at 11:46 am PDT

Vue would be nice. Seriously contemplating buying it–but without an android app it’s hard.
joaryche
March 15, 2016 at 12:12 pm PDT

i like the new app.. thanks..
i am watching powers. subtitles work well… good definition of video.
good job.
DocEggman
March 15, 2016 at 12:52 pm PDT

Okay, now THIS is a reason to purchase content on PSN over competing services. Keep the support coming, guys.
Mattchewie
March 15, 2016 at 1:02 pm PDT

Sony : I really dig your services but your not going to win the mindshare you seek unless your apps are launching on IOS and Android THE SAME DAY!!
- Michaux-0
  March 15, 2016 at 1:17 pm PDT
  
  It will be a frosty day in hell when Apple lets this service on their platforms to compete with iTunes. Apple doesn’t even support FLAC for music. Apple has an NFC chip in their phones but they restrict it so it only works for Apple pay, and they refuse to unlock it for the true purpose of NFC, which is obviously bluetooth syncing & sharing. In many ways the current state of Apple reminds me of Sony in the early 2000s: the headstrong market leader, using proprietary technologies, restricting content with DRM, getting complacent that their customers will continue to buy their products every year without really experimenting or innovating. Okay, rant over…
- ShaunRW
  March 16, 2016 at 1:09 am PDT
  
  There’s already a Google Play Movies app, Amazon Video app, NOWTV, etc on iOS so no real reason why this wouldn’t come to iOS too
joaryche
March 15, 2016 at 1:37 pm PDT

now we need Instant movie collection and ps plus discounts
DarkShadow10209
March 15, 2016 at 1:38 pm PDT

Please, unlock Playstation Video outside of USA :D
swimquick
March 15, 2016 at 2:05 pm PDT

How is this different from the app of the same name that came preinstalled on my Xperia Z3v?
Elvick_
March 15, 2016 at 2:46 pm PDT

This is awesome news. Hope to see apps elsewhere too.
Superstone
March 15, 2016 at 6:21 pm PDT

How about Android apps on playstation devices…..like the Vita
Dunkelzahn
March 16, 2016 at 1:45 am PDT

Too bad it doesnt include androidTV or chromecast support.
- ClubNeon
  March 18, 2016 at 7:36 am PDT
  
  Yeah, I was excited until I saw that it wasn’t compatible with my Android TV, Nexus Player. Not even to Cast.
shane08
March 16, 2016 at 10:03 am PDT

When is Playstation Vue coming to android?!
ethresh
March 16, 2016 at 10:07 am PDT

I’m loving Vue and even cancelled my Sling tv subscription for it, but it really needs an Android app. I don’t want to be forced to transfer to DirecTV Now when it comes out… Keep me as a customer Sony.
plaztiksyke
March 16, 2016 at 11:28 am PDT

What are the average streaming bitrates for HD content in the app?

One of the major steps backward from PS3 to PS4 is the video quality of content from the store. On PS3, HD TV shows downloaded from the Store averaged around 6mbit/sec. This made it a no-brainer to buy TV shows from the Store instead of iTunes — PlayStation Video Store downloads look great on my large HDTV, and iTunes shows don’t.

On the PS4, videos only stream but not at nearly the same quality as they did on PS3. After buying hundreds of shows on the Video Store, we stopped. The video quality in Vue is even worse.

When will the video store quality get back to the standards set (and maintained!) on PS3? Once it’s fixed, I’ll happily buy season passes for Walking Dead, etc.
sixgunsam79
March 18, 2016 at 8:19 am PDT

Bring Android support and I’ll drop my cable and go Vue. But until then Sony, just keep kissing Apples I-ass. Not trying to sound like a ****, but your favoritism is showing…
TheDarkNite14
March 22, 2016 at 11:51 am PDT

This is great news…if I had an Android. Is this coming to iOS? PS Vue is on iOS. Would be great if I could watch my movies on my iPad. 95% of the movies I own are on PlayStation. Plz!!!
yi-wizz
March 23, 2016 at 3:38 pm PDT

Why no android support for chromecast at least. I dont even mind no remite play but ios only for Chromecast?? That doesnt even make sense. No one on ios even uses chromecast
bkdhem
March 27, 2016 at 5:29 pm PDT

We need PlayStation Vue on Android TV, please
nuckenfutz
April 6, 2016 at 10:33 am PDT

I have a Roku, Chromecast, PSTV and Android phone/tablet. I can only watch PS Vue on my PS3. I’m chokin’ on my own rage, here!
tech_boy_103
April 8, 2016 at 8:22 am PDT

Bring PlayStation video to iOS as well and also bring PlayStation vue to android