Play Movies

Zaph

Play Movies has just appeared on my phone. Oddly, apart from a free Shaun the Sheep short there's nothing listed under any of the categories yet.

Edit: Actually the store appears to be slowly filling with titles.

Mimikyu

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AlmightyCushion

It's showing on my Nexus 5 as well. First time I went into movies category the play store force closed but when I reopened it, it asked me to accept a new user agreement or whatever they're called. Looks like we've finally got movies here.

Makes sense seeing as the Chromecast is officially available here now.

pizzahead77

Same here on both my devices

Mantis Toboggan

Finally, we are no longer a 3rd world country

Edit; doesn't seem to have Chromecast support!

Ste-

Same here.

ThisRegard

Looks like it has gone live alright.

marcbrophy

Sweet as a nut :pac:

Sonics2k

Thought I noticed it earlier tonight, but Play kept crashing when I tried to click on it. Working like a charm now

Professey Chin

And all go here too!

Atomic Pineapple

All looking good here for movies too, some decent pricing as well, some not so decent but good to finally have it!

BionicRasher

Have a UK account on my devices and it looks like we are just missing Newsstand now from the Irish accounts.
Good to get the Movies though so that's a start.

ED E

Had a new ToS message for the playstore tonight, but no movies yet.

marcbrophy

BionicRasher wrote: »

Have a UK account on my devices and it looks like we are just missing Newsstand now from the Irish accounts.
Good to get the Movies though so that's a start.

We have (or at least I have) newsstand in Ireland!

Ste-

Hopefully paves the way for android tv aswell.

Mimikyu

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marcbrophy

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Irish account, yes! I've had it for many months, maybe before the new year.
I'm talking about an app called play newsstand, that replaced google currents.

Are we talking about the same thing?

irishgeo

marcbrophy wrote: »

Irish account, yes! I've had it for many months, maybe before the new year.
I'm talking about an app called play newsstand, that replaced google currents.

Are we talking about the same thing?

I got it as well as I rebuilt my phone. Thought I'd broken the damn thing.

Sully

irishgeo wrote: »

I got it as well as I rebuilt my phone. Thought I'd broken the damn thing.

I have it but I mainly use the older Google News apo.

Mimikyu

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Sully

Play Movies doesn't allow for rentals, just purchases, right?

marcbrophy

Captain Morgan wrote: »

Completely forgot about the Newstand app.

I thought you meant Newstand content in the Play Store.

Yes, I thought you might have been talking about that alright, sorry if I was misleading!

You mean the ability to buy magazine subscriptions and the like?

Zaph

Sully wrote: »

Play Movies doesn't allow for rentals, just purchases, right?

It's a mixture. Some things you can rent or buy, others you can only buy. There also seems to be some you can buy in either SD or HD.

ABICOCK

Had this for a while now here in the UAE.
Now sorry to rush off, but I need to finish building the new terminal in Dubai Intl Airport.

Turtwig

It'd be so awesome if they offered a subscription akin to play music.

moonboy52

A pleasant surprise. Thank you Google. Choice is king.

BionicRasher

marcbrophy wrote: »

We have (or at least I have) newsstand in Ireland!

App yes but I can't get magazines on my Irish account. UK account allows me to subscribe to different magazines etc

rotun

No TV section yet?

BionicRasher

rotun wrote: »

No TV section yet?

Just spotted that ommission too

vicwatson

If I buy say the lego movie for 13.99 can I just watch this on my tablet? ! How can I get to see it on my tv?

Professey Chin

vicwatson wrote: »

If I buy say the lego movie for 13.99 can I just watch this on my tablet? ! How can I get to see it on my tv?

Thats what chromecast is for

Mantis Toboggan

Surprised there isn't Chromecast support.

Has anyone tried using local cast?

Ste-

Professey Chin wrote: »

Thats what chromecast is for

Or casting to a mircast enabled tv.

28064212

If you purchase a movie, can you transfer it to your laptop and watch it there using, say, VLC player? Or to a NAS drive and watch it using XBMC?

Ste-

28064212 wrote: »

If you purchase a movie, can you transfer it to your laptop and watch it there using, say, VLC player? Or to a NAS drive and watch it using XBMC?

Afaik they have drm on them. You could play it back using your other google devices tho.

28064212

Ste- wrote: »

Afaik they have drm on them. You could play it back using your other google devices tho.

And the movie industry wonders why there's so much piracy :rolleyes:

Tom Dunne

So just to clarify - is Chromecast supported? I was thinking of buying one.

Mimikyu

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leche solara

When I open the App I get told Play Movies is not yet available in your country. Is there anything I need to do to make it available?

Nyum Nyum

leche solara wrote: »

When I open the App I get told Play Movies is not yet available in your country. Is there anything I need to do to make it available?

Same here

Ste-

leche solara wrote: »

When I open the App I get told Play Movies is not yet available in your country. Is there anything I need to do to make it available?

Took me a while to get rid of that one.
I uninstalled updates and wiped data. did that a few times and eventually I got it working.

droidman123

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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where are the free movies? I cant see them:(

Mimikyu

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droidman123

Captain Morgan wrote: »

I had Transformers from when the Nexus 7 came out (iirc) and got Shaun the Sheep free last night when the movies became available.

Did they just show up in the play movies or did you have to search for them?

corkie

I also have transformers from when I bought the Nexus 7(2012)

Shaun The Sheep - The Big Chase (7 mins) was also offered to me today when I clicked on my movies.

Don't see any method to download videos, so you have to be online to watch even films you buy.

How to download movies for offline viewing

Chromecast worked from play movies on my Nexus 7.

Mantis Toboggan

Jeez, they could have come up with something better than shaun the sheep.

marcbrophy

Looks like a few of us have Transformers from the Nexus 7 days

I've never watched it though :pac:

Atomic Pineapple

I can't even get Shaun the sheep for free to test it out

Ste-

Atomic Pineapple wrote: »

I can't even get Shaun the sheep for free to test it out

Should be there once you get the play movies app from the play store.

droidman123

Ste- wrote: »

Should be there once you get the play movies app from the play store.

I got the play movies yesterday,but no free movies.I am on my nexus 10,haven't checked it on my nexus 7 yet,but I guess it will be the same.

droidman123

droidman123 wrote: »

I got the play movies yesterday,but no free movies.I am on my nexus 10,haven't checked it on my nexus 7 yet,but I guess it will be the same.

My mistake,it wasn't there when I went to play movies via the play store,but when I launched the actual app it was there,very impressed with the quality,but does anyone think the movies to buy are a bit pricey?