If you have a mobile or fiber and mobile tariff with Movistar, you must also have Movistar Plus+, the company’s on-demand television and content platform. This platform visible from the decoder which is usually included in every new registration, with Movistar Plus+ applications and even with third-party applications. We explain all the methods and what you need for the task.
The content catalog offered by Movistar is one of the largest on the market; It is not for nothing that football has everything apart from other sports, own series, films and even television channels created expressly for Movistar Plus+. The entire timetable catalog is accessible via the decoder if you are a fiber customer, but this is not the only access point.
Movistar Plus+ via apps
This is the most common thing when you are not at home or want to watch something at home and another person is using the TV: you can use your cell phone, tablet or computer to access everything you have contracted with Movistar Plus+. You can even access it with a Smart TV other than the one you have in the dining room, the key to this is the relevant apps.
Movistar Plus+ can be played on almost any screen with Internet access and provided that the device has an application store or, failing that, comes with a full Internet browser. In practice this is a huge variety of devices, here is what the list looks like:
- Android 5 or higher. Requires at least a Dual Core processor and 1 GB of RAM.
- Smart TV with Android TV and Google TV since 2015. With Android TV 6.0 or higher operating system.
- Samsung smart TVs since 2012. Profiles, personal records and passwordless access are available on models from 2016).
- LG smart TVs since 2012. Profiles, personal records, and passwordless access are available on 2016 and later models.
- Hisense smart TV since 2020. Powered by VIDAA OS version 4.0.
- Amazon Fire Stick TV. All models are compatible with Movistar Plus+.
- Chromecast with Google TV. In both models, 4K and HD.
- Web browsers. Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari and Opera allow you to access the Movistar+ site on a computer.
All of the above devices offer the Movistar Plus+ app in their respective app stores: go to the store, search for the app and install it (the one for Android, Android TV and Google TV can be downloaded from this link). Once the app is installed, simply open it. And two things can happen here: that you do not need a user because you are connected to your Movistar router
If you connect to the Movistar router you do not need passwords
All connections you make to Movistar Plus+ while you remain connected to your account’s router will not require a user: The platform detects that you are using the IP address of the address and automatically authorizes you. And it doesn’t matter which device or application you use: if you connect through your Movistar router, you will avoid connecting manually.
What will you watch Movistar Plus+ away from home? Next you need a username and password, let’s see how to get both data.
How to request Movistar Plus+ codes
All fiber and mobile rates include Movistar Plus+ Inicia, a platform that gives you access to DTT as well as certain Movistar channels. In case you have subscribed to Movistar Plus+, either through your tariff or outside Movistar, you will have a much wider catalog of content that includes the TNT, premium channels and video on demand. In any case, you can use Movistar applications regardless of the device you are going to use (as long as it is compatible).
In case you do not have the Movistar Plus+ codes, you must follow the following procedure to request them:
- Access your profile on the Movistar website.
- Identify yourself with your Movistar username. If you have not yet become a user, take the opportunity to create one.
- Once in your personal space, go to “My profile”.
- Click on “Movistar Plus+ on devices”.
- Enter the email with which you registered with Movistar. This is your Movistar Plus+ username.
- Once you enter the email, you will receive a temporary password. Use it to access Movistar Plus+, then replace it with your own password.
You now have everything ready to watch Movistar Plus+ without a decoder, on any compatible device and both outside and inside the home. But Is there a way to access all content without using Movistar apps? Well yes, there is: use the Kodi application. Of course, we recommend using official apps, they will always be safer than using an independent app.
You can access your Movistar Plus+ using Kodi
The most versatile content player available also offers the ability to play the content you have subscribed to at Movistar Plus+. To do this, you need to install the Movistar Plus+ add-on on Kodi which you can find in this open source project on GitHub.
Once the add-on is installed from the zip file and started with your Movistar Plus+ username and password, you will be able to organize channels and on-demand content on your Kodi so you have access to what you want. interests the most. Remember that the add-on only allows you to see what you have contracted: If you do not have an active subscription to Movistar Plus+, it will be of no use to you.
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