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Whatever Foxtel is paying the good people at Streamotion, they need to double it. Both Binge and Kayo are the best streaming apps to come out of Foxtel. In particular, Kayo is a genuinely innovative sports streaming platform with clever features you won’t find on any other platform in Australia. It features over fifty sports, live and on-demand, SplitView for viewing up to four events at once, 20-minute highlight reels with Kayo Mini, stats and scoreboards, and key moments tagged on the playback bar. There’s even a spoiler-free view if you want to dodge any scores before catching the game. It’s available on smartphones, tablets, most browsers, Samsung and Android smart TV, Apple TV, Telstra TV, and Chromecast. As a niche service, Kayo is a little more expensive than Binge, costing between $25 (1 stream) and $35 (3 streams) per month and comes with a 7-day free trial. Like Binge, there’s no 4K available on Kayo, but other than that, you should be getting the same experience, provided your internet speed is up to snuff. Out of all the services listed, Foxtel Go is the most simple to explain. Foxtel iQ subscribers get a Foxtel Go login that allows them to stream most of the content included in their pay-TV plan on the go. All you need to do is download the Foxtel Go app on Android or iOS, or visit the Foxtel website in Safari or Chrome, and log in with your Foxtel ID details. Foxtel Go isn’t a standalone streaming service, more of an alternative way to access your traditional Foxtel subscription. There are no additional charges past what you already pay for your regular Foxtel subscription. Unlike Foxtel Go, Foxtel Now is an actual streaming service created to compete with Netflix and Stan without the same affordable price or reliability. Foxtel Now infamously tanked at crucial moments throughout the history of the service’s most popular show, Game of Thrones. The experience was so bad that it was immortalised by the massive spike in ‘Cancel Foxtel Now’ searches the day after Game of Thrones’ last episode aired. But for some reason, Foxtel just won’t quit on Now, even after releasing two comparatively well-received streaming services with Binge and Kayo. We’re not privy to the inner workings over at Fox, but the company continues to make bizarre, ill-informed decisions around the rollout and co-existence of Binge, Kayo, and Foxtel Now. Like removing Binge and Kayo from the Foxtel Now streaming box. These three services are all owned by the same company. They work out of the same office. But you’d be forgiven if you assumed they were bitter streaming rivals trying to undercut each other. Whatever is happening behind-the-scenes, you’re better off paying for Binge and Kayo rather than Foxtel Now, in our opinion. Foxtel Now’s channel packs start at $25 per month, but that’s just the basics. You can spend over $100 per month if you decide you want sports, lifestyle, kids content, and more. It’s essentially the same premium pricing model as Foxtel, without the PVR set-top box included. If you absolutely must, there’s a ten-day free trial of Foxtel Now that will cost you nada, which is precisely what the service is worth. If you’re a Telstra customer, you’ve got the option to take a 1-month trial of Foxtel Now’s most premium package until 30 June 2021, but Telstra customers can also bundle three free months of Binge.
