The recently launched HUAWEI Video streaming service app has South Africans enjoying thousands of hours of some of the best content available. The new platform is the latest example of the growing ecosystem of features available on HUAWEI Mobile Services. HUAWEI Video can be viewed on Huawei smartphones and launches with a library of more than 30 million videos and short clips, including just over 10,000 hours of free content.
“HUAWEI Video is committed to building a content ecosystem based on the global layout of the Huawei Mobile Services (HMS), and to attracting more high-quality partners, thus providing all Huawei users with well-rounded and superb sensory experience locally and around the world,” comments Vice President of HUAWEI Consumer Group, Middle East & Africa, Likun Zhao. “The app is seen as a central market place for subscription services, with the emphasis on the user choosing what they would want to consume. At HUAWEI, we are hard at work to secure relevant local content for the South African market.”
The platform has successfully operated in Mainland China since 2016. HUAWEI Video provides free and paid content that includes AVOD (Advertising Video on Demand) and SVOD (Subscription Video On-demand) iving users the option to purchase paid content with Huawei’s In-App Purchases (IAP) service, and will soon have a live TV section that will host over 200 top regional and international channels.
HUAWEI Video offers an online streaming video service where users can browse, search, playback and cache online videos. Viewers can also opt into online promotions through the app. The HUAWEI Video app is already re-installed on all HUAWEI Devices with EMUI 8 and above. In order to access the streaming services, users should update to the latest version of the app available from HUAWEI AppGallery.
Users are greeted with a Home Screen that highlights recommendations as well as new content and the ‘best of’ from other channels. Viewers can get the latest breaking news from the BBC, there is a section for trending videos with Dailymotion, thousands of hours of long-form content provided by other dedicated channels such as FilmBox Movies, Mango TV and TVB, whilst Qello Concerts and the Explorers Documentary Channel will each come with a 7 day free trail.
HUAWEI Video offers a high level of customisation allowing users to create an easily accessible favourite videos section. Sophisticated parental controls provide protection for younger viewers, while the ability to download content and view it offline means it can fit around your life. So, whether you are commuting or keeping the kids busy, you will always have something to watch. While watching a video, users have an extensive range of options to select their preferred playback quality and speed, change brightness or even share with others. Meanwhile the VIP Experience provides gold color vision, ad-free and SVOD/VIP titles access. Huawei is working with well-known labels and producers to provide even more content for users such as video on demand and live TV.
To enjoy this new service users simply have to login into HUAWEI VIDEO with their HUAWEI ID.
