{"id":1231132,"date":"2022-10-21T17:39:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T17:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/21\/older-samsung-and-hisense-devices-no-longer-have-access-to-dstv-app\/"},"modified":"2022-10-21T17:39:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T17:39:39","slug":"older-samsung-and-hisense-devices-no-longer-have-access-to-dstv-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/21\/older-samsung-and-hisense-devices-no-longer-have-access-to-dstv-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Older Samsung and Hisense devices no longer have access to DStv app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_104\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/16x9\/800?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/c8ca2f50-88b1-558a-a3af-95172ce0f8e9\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"\/><\/p>\n<p>MultiChoice has removed the DStv app from Samsung models from 2015 and 2016 and Hisense models that use U2.5.<\/p>\n<p>According to DStv, the these no longer meet the technical requirements of the app.This change affects Android mobile\/TV app versions lower than v2.4.6, iOS app versions lower than 10.19.0, and tvOS app versions lower than 1.15.0.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to MyBroadband, DStv said that it will consider accommodating older models of TVs if manufacturers update their devices in a timely manner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMultiChoice is aware of the major inconvenience incurred by customers whose devices can no longer support the DStv app. If a device is no longer able to meet the technical requirements to run the DStv app, it won\u2019t be available on that device, as previously communicated to manufacturers,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n<p>Customers were its top priority, the company was reported saying, so if manufacturers took the necessary steps to upgrade their devices within a reasonable time frame, DStv would consider accommodating them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we continue to improve the DStv streaming experience, we release regular app updates. The new version of the app allows for better security controls and allows you to enjoy the best of our new features,\u201d said the broadcast satellite service in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a Twitter question about the app\u2019s removal from older Samsung models, DStv stated, \u201cThe DStv Streama is suitable if you want to stream your content and does not require an active DStv subscription unless you wish to stream DStv content. A separate subscription is required for some of the apps. Connection to the internet is via built-in WiFi.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-94f6e495f03f1eaa9b478c91906f1a35\">IOL Tech<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/technology\/gadgets\/older-samsung-and-hisense-devices-no-longer-have-access-to-dstv-app-c3d5439a-7ee2-4b83-8681-dd733510c169\">Source <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MultiChoice has removed the DStv app from Samsung models from 2015 and 2016 and Hisense models that use U2.5. According to DStv, the these no longer meet the technical requirements of the app.This change affects Android mobile\/TV app versions lower than v2.4.6, iOS app versions lower than 10.19.0, and tvOS app versions lower than 1.15.0. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1231132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-celebrity-gossip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1231132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1231132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1231132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1231132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}