Binge On™ from T-Mobile lets you stream unlimited video from select video streaming participants at no extra charge. If you're on one of our qualifying Simple Choice™ plans, you can experience video streaming optimized for your mobile device without using any of your 4G LTE data.
What is Binge On?
Binge On lets you get optimized video streaming on your smartphone or tablet at no extra charge, making high-speed data last up to 3 times longer. Binge On is already enabled and ready to go on your smartphone or tablet.
Disabling Binge On
If you decide to turn it off, your video streaming will no longer be optimized, resulting in 4G LTE data being consumed faster. Video streams at DVD quality (480p+) with Binge On. You may disable Binge On at any time, but you'll lose the Binge On benefits. To disable Binge On, you can do so with short codes, through My T-Mobile, or through our app. Read how to disable Binge On.
Data plans
What you get with Binge On depends on your account type. If your data plan is:
Less than 3 GB (including Simple Choice Pay in Advance) | 3 GB or higher (including Simple Choice Pay in Advance) | Unlimited LTE data on your smartphone (including Simple Choice Pay in Advance) | Other Pay in Advance (Prepaid) plans |
You get a 30% subscription discount per line for 12 months through Sling TV. Important: All video streaming DOES count against your high- speed data bucket. | You get a 30% subscription discount per line for 12 months through Sling TV. Video streaming through video content participants does not count against your high-speed data bucket (if Binge On is enabled). | You get a 30% subscription discount per line for 12 months through Sling TV. Video streaming through video content participants does not count against your high-speed data bucket (if Binge On is enabled). You get one free movie rental per month through Vudu, as long as Binge On has been enabled for the entire prior billing cycle. | You get a 30% subscription discount per line for 12 months through Sling TV. Important: All video streaming DOES count against your high- speed data bucket. |
Note: Only video streaming is included. Data used to load and browse content on streaming provider apps and websites, as well as any advertisements that stream prior to, or during, your selected video’s playback, also counts toward your high-speed data.
Participating video streaming services
Sling TV subscription discount
Beginning November 15, 2015, all T-Mobile customers automatically receive a 30% discount for video subscriptions through Sling TV for 12 months. If you have an existing Sling TV account, you'll receive a message letting you know when the 30% monthly discount has been applied to your account. The discount shows up as a credit on your Sling TV bill. Once the 12 month promotional period has expired, Sling TV will continue to bill your account for the full amount of their service.
If you're new to Sling TV, read how to sign up for your new Sling TV account, and you get to try it for free for 7 days.
Free movie rental with Vudu
If you're on the Unlimited LTE on your smartphone data plan, and you have Binge On enabled for the entire prior billing cycle, you'll get a promo code that can be redeemed for a free movie rental from Vudu. The promo code is valid for 30 days. Make sure you're signed up with Vudu to take advantage of this perk! Read steps on how to redeem your code for a free movie rental.
And all these participants too!
If you're on a data plan of 3 GB or higher, you automatically receive video streaming at no extra charge through these participating video streaming services.
*These services are also part of Music Freedom and include video which is now part of Binge On.
† DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket is not included in Binge On. ‡ Sling TV is not available in Puerto Rico.
What you should know about Amazon's streaming partners
Amazon Video is now a Binge On video streaming participant. Some additional video streaming services—such as Showtime and Starz—have partnered with Amazon to stream through the Amazon app. Streaming content through these services while using the Amazon Video app or website will continue to provide you with the same great free video streaming offered by Binge On for eligible customers.
Video streaming from non-Binge On content providers
When Binge on is enabled, only video streaming from participating video content providers doesn’t count against your high-speed data bucket. Video streaming from non-participating video content providers, and data used to load and browse content on streaming provider apps and websites are still deducted from your high-speed data bucket, but at a slower rate, stretching your high-speed data up to 3 times longer. When Binge On is enabled, all detectable video streaming (from participating services and others) is optimized to DVD-quality (typically 480p or better).
Binge On while tethering
Tethering means sharing the 4G LTE mobile internet connection from your smartphone, tablet, or mobile internet device with another device, like a laptop or tablet. Streaming video from included Binge On participants never touches your high-speed data allotment if you're tethering from a smartphone, tablet, or mobile internet device to a laptop, desktop, tablet, or handset. Other devices aren't currently supported.
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