Airtel Xstream Box, Xstream Stick Launched in India: Price, Plans, and Everything Else You Need to Know

Airtel Xstream Box, Xstream Stick Launched in India: Price, Plans, and Everything Else You Need to Know

Airtel on Monday propelled its Xstream Box and Xstream Stick in India, as a feature of the rebranding of its Airtel TV stage to Airtel Xstream. Close by, the organization point by point the Xstream application's invigorated UI, and said clients will probably get to the spilling administration on the Web too. The rebranded dispatch comes only in front of the Jio Fiber business dispatch – which packages the Jio Set-Top Box for OTT application access and 'comfort like gaming encounters' on TVs. Peruse on for more insights regarding the Airtel Xstream Box and Xstream Stick, incorporating their cost in India, details, membership plans, and highlights.

Airtel Xstream Box

Otherwise called the Airtel Xstream 4K Hybrid Box, the Airtel Xstream Box cost in India is set at Rs. 3,999. Existing Airtel Digital TV clients anyway get a limited cost to move up to the new set-top box – it will be accessible at Rs. 2,249 for them. The Airtel Xstream Box accompanies a 1-year membership (worth Rs. 999) to Airtel Xstream application content, just as a one-month membership to an HD DTH pack. 

The Airtel Xstream Box will be accessible by means of Airtel retail locations, Airtel.in, web-based business locales (like Flipkart and Amazon), just as retail chains like Croma and Vijay Sales. Airtel is touting the Xstream Box set-top box to join both satellite TV and OTT content, something its Airtel Internet TV set-top box (propelled in 2017) as of now advertised. 

Purchasers of the Airtel Xstream Box will have the choice to look over more than 500 TV stations, and can likewise access content by means of the preloaded Airtel Xstream application (said to include more than 10,000 films and shows). OTT substance accomplices incorporate ZEE5, Hooq, Hoi Choi, Eros Now, HungamaPlay, ShemarooMe, Ultra, and Curiosity Stream. Clients will likewise approach more than 6 million melodies from Wynk Music's library. 

The set-top box runs Android 9.0 Pie, and gives clients access to the Google Play Store, giving them a chance to download applications, including amusement contributions, for example, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, and YouTube. Similarly, as with the Airtel Internet TV set-top box, the Airtel Xstream Box accompanies Wi-Fi availability and an implicit Chromecast, aside from Bluetooth network. There is a general remote with Google Assistant-based voice search usefulness separated from Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube hotkeys. Finally, the organization is additionally touting access to the Airtel Store for "cutting edge gaming with top of the line designs" on the Xstream Box, an undeniable response to the much-touted Jio Set-Top Box. It likewise supports gushing in 4K.

Airtel Xstream Stick

Next up, is the Airtel Xstream Stick, which offers the vast majority of the highlights of the Airtel Xstream Box, without access to DTH channels. Rather, it is constrained to computerized spilling administrations, with the preloaded Airtel Xstream application giving access to the equivalent OTT accomplices as named above, just as Google Play Store bolster that gives clients access to Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and YouTube likewise. It depends on Android 8.0 Oreo. 

The organization guarantees the Airtel Xstream Stick offers worked in Chromecast, highlights a "top tier" 1.6GHz processor, and a voice search-empowered remote with Bluetooth v4.2 usefulness. The Airtel Xstream Stick cost in India has been set at Rs. 3,999, while Airtel Thanks Platinum and Gold clients get complimentary access to the substance membership plan, while others get the principal month free, and from there on the need to pay Rs. 999 for a yearly membership. The Airtel Xstream Stick will be accessible online solely through Flipkart, aside from Airtel.in. Disconnected, intrigued shoppers can get it through Airtel retail locations, just as Croma and Vijay Sales outlets.

Airtel Xstream App, Web Interface

Presently, we get to the Airtel Xstream application – which is a patched up rendition of Airtel TV application. The rebranding was spotted a month ago, and Airtel says the update brings another UI that focusses on substance revelation and suggestions. It gives access to 400 live TV stations, just as more than 10,000 motion pictures and shows. Airtel Xstream application endorsers can likewise access benefits on the Web, by visiting Airtelxstream.in.