In this post, we talk about what Airtel TV is and how to use it. Airtel is an Indian multinational telecommunications services company based in New Delhi. It operates in 18 countries across South Asia and Africa (Uganda inclusive), as well as the Channel Islands. Airtel provides; 2G, 4G LTE, 4G+ mobile services, fixed-line broadband, and voice services depending upon the country of operation.
Airtel is the second-largest mobile network operator in the world. What is airtel TV? Stick around and find out.
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What is Airtel TV?
From the name, you can easily guess that with it you are watching tv. But which kind of tv? Because it is not an actual physical tv that you are going to buy from an electronics and appliances store. It is more of an application that has video content that Ugandans can watch and enjoy.
a) With it, you get to enjoy tv channels as well as 3,000 apps directly on your tv.
b) Ugandans are also streaming directly from the airtel stream app, prime video, Netflix, and youtube. With these options, you get to enjoy engaging content whenever you want.
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c) Additionally, asides from TV, you get to stream content using your phone, tablet, and laptop. Each of these can be cast to TV if Chromecast is supported by both the device and TV.
d) It also has a voice search where you can say the channel you would like to watch and it puts itself on. It’s that easy.
e) You can also download the Airtel Smart Remote App to use your smartphone as a remote. The remote can also be used as a game controller.
f) You get to also experience mobile gaming on TV with direct access to Google Play & Airtel Games.
How to use Airtel TV?
- Firstly, get yourself an Airtel Uganda SIM and subscribe for the service, if you are an existing customer all you need is to activate any data bundle.
- Secondly, download the Airtel TV App from the Google Play Store for Android or Apple Store for iOS users.
- Thirdly, open your Airtel TV app and enter your Airtel number to register. You will be sent an SMS requesting you to activate the account. This SMS process will validate that you are an Airtel subscriber.
- Fourthly, when registration is completed, you will be directed to the home page which has mainly popular movies and TV shows.
- You can now stream and watch all channels available on the app.
- Endeavor to manage your data bundle and data usage.