Redbox Instant Comes To Android & iOS In Private Beta

(10:54 am PDT, Dec 19th 2012)

Redbox Instant Comes To Android & iOS In Private Beta

Redbox Instant, a joint-venture between Redbox and Verizon that hopes to compete with services like Netflix, has today made its debut on Android and iOS in the form of a private beta. The new app allows subscribers to stream unlimited movies to their devices for $8 a month. Here’s how to get on the waiting list.

The Redbox Instant apps can be downloaded from the App Store and Google Play, but you’ll need to gain access to the private beta to use them. You can sign up to that on the Redbox Instant website, and you’ll get an email when your invitation is ready.

Subscriptions start at $8 per month, and for that you get unlimited access to movies via your mobile devices, plus up to four DVD rentals. If you’d prefer Blu-ray, it’s $9 per month. It’s unclear exactly how many titles are ready for digital streaming, but Redbox promises you’ll find titles from Warner Bros. and EPIX. Unfortunately, there’s no access to TV shows — at least not at first.

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In addition to Android and iOS, Redbox Instant will be available on certain Blu-ray players from Samsung, on Google TV, LG Smart TVs, and sets with SmartHub built-in.

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  • http://twitter.com/PhonePaysMe Manny Rodriguez

    How are they going to compete. I’m a Netflix user and I don’t see why I would leave Neftlix for the same thing here. Now renting movies at the Redbox once in a blue moon makes sense.

    • Actionable_Mango

      By getting content deals for new releases long before Netflix does.

  • http://www.facebook.com/stephen.houser1 Stephen Houser

    So the only way I see myself leaving netflix or paying an extra $8 for this service is if I can stream unlimited movies over my Verizon 4G LTE without it hurting my data plan. Also, I must either be able to use the HDMI out or airplay or this is a no go

  • Actionable_Mango

    “Streaming as easy as Redbox”

    So in order to stream, I have to go to a grocery store once and wait in line at a Redbox, then go back to a grocery store the next day?

    Hopefully streaming would be EASIER than Redbox.

  • TomasHunter

    Thanks
    for posting this news, Killian. I just sent the link to a few of my coworkers
    around my office at DISH. I also went and signed up for the beta to find out
    how this new service ranks compared to my Blockbuster @Home service from DISH.
    Each offers DVDs, video games, blu-rays and streaming. The big difference may
    be in how I get my disks. I like how Blockbuster delivers through the mail,
    because I don’t have to wait outside in the cold and in the snow while standing
    in line to use the Red Box.

  • http://www.facebook.com/mikaelbpetersson Mikael Petersson

    Does anyone know if Redbox Instant will allow streaming from any Android device to a TV screen using a standard MHL / HDMI out from the phone? Netflix allows this and most everyone else except for Hulu+ and HBO from what I have seen. Without having the ability to watch movies on any TV in the house using my Galaxy S 3 phone the service doesn’t make that much sense….

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Killian BellKillian Bell is a freelance writer based in the UK. He has an interest in all things tech and also writes for TechnoBuffalo. You can follow him on Twitter via @killianbell, or through his website.

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