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Samsung TV Plus Launched in Australia [Free to Stream 30+ Channels for Select Samsung Device Owners] - VPN Req for Android App

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scar4ace on 04/12/2020 - 23:10 samsung.com (7851 clicks)
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Launched in Australia few days ago.

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News Article

30+ Channels free to stream for eligible Samsung device owners (Samsung Smart TVs 2018-2020 and on Samsung Mobile devices from Galaxy S9 onwards. 100+ Channels available free on US region - tested via VPN on mobile app).

Some of the channels in Australia include Bloomberg TV+, Made In Hollywood, Timeline, Wonder, Horse and Country, Gusto TV and many more. May or may not include Foxtel Binge. Service likely to expand available content, for example in USA allegedly includes Netflix and Disney+ for free. (Netflix/Disney+ is not verified and NOT available via the mobile app over vpn)

TV App will appear automatically on eligible Samsung Smart TVs - gradually being rolled out.

Android (eligible Galaxy devices) App not yet natively available in Aus Google Play/Galaxy app store. Can be sideloaded from Apkmirror link thanks Wilder94. Note - A US vpn is required to stream via mobile app which provides the US catalog. On demand content also available for streaming.

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  • SuBw00FeR on 04/12/2020 - 23:15
    +8

    We saw this the other day on our main TV, pretty cool, has some decent stuff and quality is great on the stuff we've watched.

      • digitalbath on 05/12/2020 - 10:54
        +18

        What?

      • dji1111111 on 05/12/2020 - 11:44
        +8

        Someone smoked too much of something this morning

      • Zackeroo on 05/12/2020 - 23:48
        +1

        I find myself turn on the TV only when I miss ad.

        oof

        Lemme draw out a few possibilities here:
        1. You sometimes get the urge to watch ads. You miss them and turn the TV on for a few minutes to get that instant satisfaction
        2. You have a special connection to Abu Dhabi (AD), and turn the TV on when you start missing this wonderful location
        3. AD (Anno Domini) could possibly be missed… This doesn't make too much sense, as we are currently in AD (AD 2020)
        4. You have a long lost family member / ex / child / enemy named 'ad' who you often just happen to miss

        • scar4ace on 06/12/2020 - 01:34
          +1

          Jokes aside , have you considered op identifies as a TV? Whenever he misses his partner television set (ad) he gets it in the mood and turns him on

          • Zackeroo on 06/12/2020 - 16:17

            @scar4ace: Now that you've said, "Jokes aside" I don't know what to reply lol

            No I haven't considered that, I guess I should of hmmm

      • ExtraSalt on 07/12/2020 - 12:06
        +1

        what ryu talking about?!

  • cheapo999 on 04/12/2020 - 23:15

    Too bad no more lockdown.

    • jv on 04/12/2020 - 23:34
      +40

      Hotel quarantine about to start again…

      Give it a few weeks…

      • King Steuart on 05/12/2020 - 06:22
        +2

        What are you talking about? It never stopped

        • sheepdog on 05/12/2020 - 06:47

          Starts Monday for Victoria.

          • King Steuart on 05/12/2020 - 06:56

            @sheepdog: It's a revamped program but returned travellers quarantining in hotels never stopped.

            • sheepdog on 05/12/2020 - 06:59
              +1

              @King Steuart: I'm a bit confused on that point given you quarantine at your port of entry and Victoria hasn't been accepting international travellers for months. Do you mean interstate travellers? In which case: 1) Considerably lower risk and 2) We never closed our domestic borders besides to SA recently.

  • Mahip on 04/12/2020 - 23:17
    +1

    The actual link to the app?

    • Speedz on 04/12/2020 - 23:22
      +3

      It's loaded to the device itself, in my case the TV.

    • Wilder94 on 04/12/2020 - 23:22

      Android app only works with a VPN for the time being it seems

  • Stevo-ozbargain on 04/12/2020 - 23:21
    +2

    I've tried downloading the app on my note 9 and keep getting the message that the app is not available in your country so not sure how we can access it on the phone

      • DrLobster on 04/12/2020 - 23:51
        +3

        'The service isnt available in your country'

        edit: works on USA VPN. Thanks for the APK!

      • scar4ace on 05/12/2020 - 00:37

        Thanks adding to OP

      • Kevin Coleman on 05/12/2020 - 09:14

        Thanks the APK worked for me after I accepted the warning before installing. The thing is though do I want to watch 30 year old movies, very retro. Will still give it a try over time. All content is live so you have to go with whats on at the time.

        • MasterScythe on 05/12/2020 - 11:03
          +2

          The thing is though do I want to watch 30 year old movies,

          Why not? The age of the movie doesn't suggest its quality.

          I mean, as a random one that springs to mind: Jack and the Beanstalk by Abbott and Costello is ancient (and public domain now!) And is still one of the absolute best musical comedies.

  • ChillBro on 04/12/2020 - 23:24
    +2

    Apparently it's ad supported so that's how they get their revenue

      • ChickenAdobo on 05/12/2020 - 01:47
        +27

        Hand in your ozbargain membership. Only a fool pays for foxtel to help the Murdoch empire.

        • Iwantthebestprice on 05/12/2020 - 01:54
          +8

          But I got foxtel at $25 a month for 3 months on ozbargin:(

          • scud70 on 05/12/2020 - 05:59
            +20

            @Iwantthebestprice: Paying per month and getting ads is the problem, getting 'free' service that's supported by ads isn't the exact same :)… If you use your foxtel service there's nothing to be sad about just enjoy it haha

            • Iwantthebestprice on 05/12/2020 - 16:49

              @scud70: Thanks Scud :) all very true, $25 a month for 3 months is not the worst.. $104 I can see why people are like wtf and ads!

        • CookieJacker31 on 05/12/2020 - 08:12

          As opposed to supporting Elon Musk? The (profanity) that run Uber? The CCP?

          • HandsomeMonkey on 05/12/2020 - 09:02
            +5

            @CookieJacker31: Why the 🦆 is everything related to CCP? There's always one delusional individual with an anti China comments. FFS this post is about Samsung offering free streaming service. Stay on topic!!

            • CookieJacker31 on 05/12/2020 - 09:36
              -1

              @HandsomeMonkey: Yes the CCP are racists, but in this case I was thinking of their journalists standards, which are somehow even lower than Murdoch's.

              • entropysbane on 05/12/2020 - 10:04
                +3

                @CookieJacker31: I think the default position when dealing with any journalist at all, from any employer (including theirABC) is to automatically assume they are narcissistic scum.

                Do not trust any of them.

      • tabboo on 07/12/2020 - 15:10

        the difference is this is a FREE service…
        when you PAY for foxtel, but have more ads than a FREE service…

        murdoch is a greedy mf, and deserves no support from anyone.

        • xoom on 07/12/2020 - 15:18

          Exactly this. Free service has to make money somehow. And that's through ads.

          Foxtel already make money from subs. When they run ads they are effectively double dipping.

          • tabboo on 07/12/2020 - 15:21

            @xoom: and when they have more ads on Foxtel than Free TV, you know they're just taking the piss.

            I only have Foxtel Go, and that's because family pay for foxtel (even though i tried to move them away from it) so why not use it

    • DrLobster on 05/12/2020 - 13:42

      For the channels I have watched I havent got any actual ads. It just loops for a few minutes intermitantly on a Samsung TV plus animation where im guessing the ads may be eventually.

      • ChillBro on 05/12/2020 - 13:49

        I noticed that too on some channels (e.g. a cooking one). Some were actually showing ads while I haven't noticed anything at all on movie channels/free movies (in the discover tab).

  • scar4ace on 04/12/2020 - 23:24
    +1

    Yea I could only get the app via USA store. For TVs the app is being pushed out gradually on the eligible devices.

    • Stevo-ozbargain on 04/12/2020 - 23:30

      How did you download it to the phone via the us store?

      • scar4ace on 04/12/2020 - 23:31

        have google account in USA region.

      • Kevin Coleman on 05/12/2020 - 09:15

        Download it to your PC then send it to your Gmail drive & install it. You don't need to use a VPN.

  • AmazingJas on 04/12/2020 - 23:35
    +1

    I installed apk manually, worked fine for US stuff via vpn, but didn't work when I tried to access AU stuff.

  • MuddyClear on 04/12/2020 - 23:50
    +3

    Australian free channels has no Netflix or Disney+ so nah right now

  • [Deactivated] on 04/12/2020 - 23:57
    +1

    So Failarmy is the best channel?

  • marrow on 05/12/2020 - 00:06
    +4

    2016-2020 Samsung tv :(
    My 2015 tv is still going strong …
    Missed it by that much ………

    • AussieZed on 05/12/2020 - 01:30
      +1

      Description says 2018-2020? Guess that rules out my 2012 Samsung plasma? :(

      • scar4ace on 05/12/2020 - 01:48
        +1

        And my 2010 Sammy plasma

        • heal on 05/12/2020 - 05:46
          +14

          And my 1988 Samsung CRT

          • King Steuart on 05/12/2020 - 06:25
            +20

            @heal: And my axe!

          • Jackson on 05/12/2020 - 07:29
            +1

            @heal: Oh, that's was the "World Best" advertised one. What a joke that was

    • paulinspace on 07/12/2020 - 09:52
      +3

      Its a sad, disposable world where we praise a tv that is still working after 5 years.

      • xoom on 07/12/2020 - 11:48

        My Sony bravia died after 14 years of use. Will be glad if its replacement panasonic oled last as long.

  • Sam4dealz on 05/12/2020 - 00:14

    Thanks OP for the apk. Works in Note8, activation needed vpn connection to US.

    • RedHab on 05/12/2020 - 06:44

      Apk works on Pixel 3, then cast to my dumb TV via Chromecast.

      Thank you!

      • Mahip on 05/12/2020 - 07:47

        Can you share the apk? I installed on my OnePlus 7 pro but says can't installed

      • splats on 05/12/2020 - 13:10

        Got a pixel 3 and it won't install.
        Did you do anything special to get it to install?

  • xoom on 05/12/2020 - 00:25
    +2

    Just installed the apk. Fired up the vpn. Connected to a US server. Samsung TV plus works fine.

    • pennypincha on 05/12/2020 - 16:46

      Free Disney +and netflix for you then!

  • Kiwi131313 on 05/12/2020 - 00:30
    +2

    Other than screen mirroring, is there any way to cast to Chromecast from the mobile app?

    • TheKLocker on 05/12/2020 - 07:48
      +5

      I haven't tried with this app specifically but Chromecsasts are stuck using Google DNS which is how they stop you casting overseas Netflix etc to your Chromecast, even if it's working on your mobile device and VPN combo. It can be done, apparently, if you have a router and firewall that can kill the Google DNS queries and force it over to another service but it all ended up in my too hard basket when I tried.

  • petry on 05/12/2020 - 00:31
    +1

    maybe someone should post what devices without a vpn its supposed to work on….

  • hashtagbargain on 05/12/2020 - 00:52
    +4

    Me sitting here with my lg TV :|

    • [Deactivated] on 05/12/2020 - 09:14
      +1

      Me with my Samsung…

      You’re not missing much.

  • profeeder55 on 05/12/2020 - 00:53
    +1

    Couldn't find any information on the Samsung website that this includes Netflix and Disney +

    • scar4ace on 05/12/2020 - 01:00
      +1

      Actually this was the article https://mumbrella.com.au/samsung-launches-its-free-streaming…
      Maybe some content is available on demand.

      Don't have Samsung smart tv to try but mobile streaming content works ok

      • chromotype on 05/12/2020 - 20:21
        +1

        I'd be surprised if Samsung was giving away free Netflix or Disney+ without any marketing or PR.

        Like @profeeder55, I can't find any mention of Netflix or Disney+ anywhere else other than the mumbrella article.

        What I guess happened is that some journo saw the Netflix and Disney+ apps next to the Samsung TV+ app, and wrongly assumed Samsung was giving free subs for those two services.

  • DarkSide on 05/12/2020 - 01:15
    +1

    i own a s9+ how do i get the app

    • michael9865 on 05/12/2020 - 01:27
      +21

      To get it working, you will need to first attend school so that you can read all the comments above and learn to follow simple instructions

      • tadasu on 05/12/2020 - 06:09
        +1

        School would've taught manners as well I thought, unless someone didn't go to school.

        • rifter on 05/12/2020 - 08:44
          +1

          Rules without enforcement are just guidelines.

          • petry on 05/12/2020 - 16:13

            @rifter: Rules without enforcement aren't rules - full stop.

      • strangeloops66 on 05/12/2020 - 12:11
        +1

        Surprised there are 11 negs for this. Surprised that there are any negs for this.

    • scar4ace on 05/12/2020 - 01:47
      +12

      Apk link provided in OP for sideload until app published in Aus play store

      • DarkSide on 05/12/2020 - 02:02
        +12

        thanks for being polite

    • [Deactivated] on 05/12/2020 - 09:01
      +2

      Upvoted

    • Assyria on 05/12/2020 - 10:45
      +5

      Poor guy's getting downvoted for asking a simple question?

      Upvoted.

  • pacificstorm on 05/12/2020 - 01:51
    +7

    Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders channel is in there?

    • ChillBro on 05/12/2020 - 02:11
      +2

      Lol yes it is.

  • rollin on 05/12/2020 - 06:43
    +2

    This came on my TV automatically the other day with Bloomberg blasting out.

    Seems to have loads of TV trailer trash to me. Is there anyway to get free to air TV on it?

  • RogerLoger on 05/12/2020 - 06:46
    +1

    Aussie installable App is not loading on Samsung S9 phone via Google Play. I don't have VPN. Presumably, this means the article by OLIVIA KRUIMEL is factually incorrect (a Journalist being wrong would not surprise me in the slightest). Either that or the app is yet to be updated to allow Aussie access.

    • Wilder94 on 05/12/2020 - 10:48

      Only Aussie TVs are getting it at the moment, there's a blurb on the US app store saying the app is only available in USA

      • RogerLoger on 05/12/2020 - 17:06

        Fortunately, I am patient.

        Content is likely to be 'popular' (as opposed to quality) US drama in any case.

  • Slo20 on 05/12/2020 - 07:12

    I bought the TU8000 just over a week ago. Been watching Samsung Plus Tv since. I didn’t realise it was such a new feature.

    • MuddyClear on 05/12/2020 - 07:49

      How often ads come on? Like regular free to air tv?

      • Slo20 on 05/12/2020 - 09:09

        I haven’t seen one ad that’s not already built into the channel. For example Bloomberg will have their usual ads about trading platforms or failarmy will promote their fail army app. Looking at the privacy policy on the tv it says “Most of our ads appear on the launcher menu”.

        Update: I flicked to some random channel I never watch and there was an ad about some Xbox game.

  • Willco88 on 05/12/2020 - 07:58
    +1

    Came up automatically on my 1 year old RU7100 😁

  • DaiShan on 05/12/2020 - 08:03

    How do I get free Disney +? I'm confused

    • unhuman on 05/12/2020 - 08:12

      Apparently need VPN , I tried and can see around150 channels. But no Netflix and Disney.

      • DaiShan on 05/12/2020 - 08:20

        I have my US VPN activated. The app works but can't see Netflix or Disney. Must be doing something wrong

    • scar4ace on 05/12/2020 - 09:31

      Updated OP to make clear. No Netflix/Disney seen on mobile app - may be a USA TV feature as different markets support different TV models eg USA supports from 2016 models, S Korea from 2013.
      The mobile app provides 100+ channels with on demand content too.

      • DaiShan on 05/12/2020 - 17:57

        Thanks for the response!

  • punkindrublic on 05/12/2020 - 08:05
    +2

    Does this work on non-Samsung devices too, such as the Nvidia Shield? Or is it locked to their products?

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