{"id":45446,"date":"2021-09-17T10:27:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T02:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=45446"},"modified":"2021-09-17T10:27:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T02:27:32","slug":"smart-introduces-gigaplay-app-to-offer-free-exclusive-content-to-subscribers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2021\/09\/17\/smart-introduces-gigaplay-app-to-offer-free-exclusive-content-to-subscribers\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart introduces GigaPlay App to offer free, exclusive content to subscribers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has launched GigaPlay, a new and handy streaming app especially developed to bring a suite of sports and entertainment content to subscribers for free.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now downloadable on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, GigaPlay especially curated live and on-demand content that are optimized to stream seamlessly on the country\u2019s fastest mobile network.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The app is available to all Smart Prepaid, Smart Postpaid, TNT, and Smart Bro subscribers, who only have to connect to their mobile data, select the video they want on the GigaPlay app, and watch it to their heart\u2019s content anytime and anywhere.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe Filipinos know what we want when it comes to streaming and through GigaPlay, we want to make it simple and easy for Filipinos to access and watch what they love, powered by the country\u2019s fastest mobile network. GigaPlay builds on our efforts to enable our subscribers to live the GigaLife, with all their digital needs and the latest technology right at their fingertips,\u201d said Jane J. Basas, SVP and Head of Consumer Wireless Business at Smart.      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to watch on GigaPlay     <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For its initial salvo, GigaPlay will feature the Philippine-exclusive stream of the annual iHeartRadio Music Festival 2021, which includes performances by Billie Eilish, Coldplay, Dua Lipa, J Cole, Khalid, Maroon 5, and other top artists on Sept. 18 and 19, from 10:30 am onwards on both days.      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

GigaPlay will also feature yet another Philippine-exclusive stream of the upcoming KCON:TACT HI 5 virtual concert happening on Sept. 18 to 26, which includes performances by today\u2019s biggest K-Pop artists, including MAMAMOO, AB6IX, PARK JIHOON, ATEEZ, and many more, as well as the weekly Korean music show M Countdown every Thursday at 5:00 PM.      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For avid basketball fans, GigaPlay is set to stream the ongoing 46th season of PBA Philippine Cup and the forthcoming NBA season via NBA TV live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new streaming app will also broadcast the next seasons of the UAAP games and the PVL.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aside from live concerts and sports, Smart subscribers may also stream on-demand content like the Hallyu Hangouts featuring Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin, reruns of key events from the recent Tokyo Olympics, FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers and Olympic Qualifying Tournament, and the recently concluded PVL Open Conference. Subscribers can also catch NBA content 24\/7 with access to NBA TV Philippines inside GigaPlay.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To download GigaPlay, click http:\/\/smrt.ph\/gigaplay<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boost your streaming lifestyle with the GigaLife App    <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GigaPlay is best experienced when you have all your digital needs via the GigaLife App, where all of Smart’s latest data offers, perks, and privileges are but a few taps away.        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also available on Google Play Store and the Apple App Store, the GigaLife App makes its most comprehensive data offers easily accessible to subscribers so they can avail of promos that suit their passions and lifestyle. GigaLife App also lets users conveniently check their account and promo balance, keep track of their data usage, and transact seamlessly with GigaPay, its latest in-app payment feature.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philippines’ fastest mobile network      <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GigaPlay is powered by the fastest 5G network in the Philippines as reported by Ookla\u00ae, the global leader in internet testing and analysis.  Smart also recently reaffirmed its dominance as the country\u2019s fastest mobile network for the fourth year in a row, based on analysis by Ookla of tests taken with Speedtest\u00ae covering the Q1-Q2 2021.*          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, Smart also scored a rare sweep in the April 2021 Philippines Mobile Network Experience Awards** by independent analytics firm Opensignal, beating the competition across all metrics in three essential aspects of service: Coverage (4G Coverage Experience, 4G Availability), Speed (Download and Upload Speed) and Experience (Games, Video and Voice app).        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Know more about GigaPlay and Smart\u2019s latest offers by following its official account on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now downloadable on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, GigaPlay especially curated live and on-demand content that are optimized to stream\u00a0seamlessly on the country\u2019s fastest mobile network.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":45447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[302,416,2199,343],"class_list":["post-45446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apps","tag-apps-2","tag-mobile-apps","tag-mobile-apps-development","tag-smart-communications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}