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The Pocophone F1 can't stream HD video from Netflix, Hulu or Amazon as it turns out
Aug 30th 2018, 19:00

Here we go again - the Pocophone F1 does not have Widevine L1. Technical details aside, this means that you won't have access to HD quality videos from streaming services - Netflix, Amazon Video, Hulu, BBC, all the major players rely on it. Widevine is a DRM system that ensures a video stream cannot be copied illegally. There are three levels, but essentially any stream with 720p resolution and above requires L1. The phone does come with L3, which enables 540p streaming, but even on a mobile screen it doesn't look great. Widevine is not something you can just install, even an OTA update...

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