Conveniently watch your favourite series, discover exciting documentaries, or stream live TV on your tablet – the possibilities are many and varied. Our tips will help you enjoy trouble-free streaming.
Video streaming has many faces. A huge selection of films and series is available, for instance by Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+. The TV channel media libraries also offer shows, documentaries, and often even live streams of the current TV programme. YouTube, TikTok and other streaming portals rely on their users' diverse formats and ideas. What they all have in common is streaming videos over the internet – and the FRITZ!Box is their ideal video streaming partner.
Fast internet connection with the FRITZ!Box
The prerequisite for undisturbed video streaming is a fast internet connection. For a single stream in full HD a connection with 16Mbit/s is generally sufficient; more bandwidth is required for the best image quality with 4K resolution. Families and shared living spaces often want to open multiple streams in parallel and should therefore seek faster connections.
Be it DSL, cable or fibre – there's a FRITZ!Box for every connection. Your FRITZ!Box distributes the video stream fast and efficiently throughout the home network and also offers the most important element for video streaming enjoyment: powerful Wi-Fi.
FRITZ!Repeaters for the best streaming
Streaming sticks and boxes are ideal for video streaming on the TV set. If reception is not sufficient at the planned playback location, a FRITZ!Repeater can help – with Mesh convenience from FRITZ! of course. How to bring your Wi-Fi into the last corner of your home is explained in our ‘How to get the best Wi-Fi performance’ guide.
Did you know that you can also integrated devices into the Wi-Fi network by connecting them with a FRITZ!Repeater via LAN cable? Yes, and it can be quite practical. Then you don't have to enter any long Wi-Fi password, because the FRITZ!Repeater is integrated into the Mesh at the touch of a button. With clever positioning of the extender and a LAN cable, you can optimize Wi-Fi reception.
For this, connect the streaming stick to the FRITZ!Repeater via LAN cable and position it so that it has good reception. The streaming stick then connects to the internet via LAN cable while the FRITZ!Repeater amplifies the Wi-Fi for other devices.
Offline mode for relaxed video streaming
Many video streaming services also offer an offline mode. Then the film is sent via Wi-Fi to the memory on the smartphone or tablet. This can be useful at home, because it means no more interruptions during peak loads on the internet connection, for instance, when another user in the home network starts a large download. It also means you can always view in the highest image quality, because no automatic adjustment of image quality is necessary for downloads.
FRITZ!Box streams the TV signal
With the FRITZ!Box Cable models you can stream live TV to your tablet or smartphone. All you need is cable internet and the FRITZ!App TV. The simple steps for configuration are explained in our Stream your cable TV signal wirelessly anywhere in your home’ guide.
