Safari Support Dropped
The latest streaming service launched by AT&T®, DirecTV Now® has become immensely popular among customers over the last few months. However, in a recent statement, the officials from DirecTV Now® streaming service warned users about their internet TV service by stating that they will stop support for Safari® browser on Mac® for streaming video contents by the end of this month.
The officials advised customers who are currently using Safari® to switch to the popular Google Chrome® browser if they wish to stream video contents through a browser on their Mac desktop devices. If you log into DirecTV Now® through Safari®, you will be able to notice a message from the service, which advises about the change in browser support. The message states that the streaming service, DirecTV Now® will only work “exclusively” with Google Chrome® to provide the “best streaming experience” to users.
The message says, “We will no longer be supporting Safari® or Internet Explorer® browsers after June. Of course, the DirecTV Now® app will still be your go-to when streaming on your mobile devices.” The message from DirecTV Now® concludes with two different links. One of them currently allows the user to stream video contents on Safari® while the second link takes the users to another page, where you can download Google Chrome®.
However, the support pages of DirecTV Now® have not mentioned any kind of browser support changes yet, although reports indicated that users will be notified of the changes in the support pages of DirecTV Now® in a week or two. The Help Center pages of DirecTV Now® currently state that the streaming service is compatible with Version 8 of Safari® or later, Google Chrome® from version 50, and Internet Explorer® version 11 or later for Windows®.
Online Streaming Support
A further note included in DirecTV Now’s Help Center pages recommends the internet browser, Google Chrome® for online streaming. However, they also suggest that users can use both Safari® and Internet Explorer® to manage their DirecTV Now® account. Reports indicate that the ability to access DirecTV Now® accounts through Safari® will still be available to users even though streaming support for Safari® will be dropped.
The parent company of DirecTV Now®, AT&T® is the best internet provider in several parts of the company, and they recently stated that they are very much content with the performance of their streaming service. Reports say that DirecTV Now® has managed to lure in more than 200,000 subscribers within a single month of launch. So, there are no surprises why the best internet provider is happy with DirecTV Now’s performance.
