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Fubo Android App Review: Comprehensive Sports Streaming With Notable Limitations

by fuboTV

2.4
ANDROIDSports
Fubo delivers extensive live sports coverage with 350+ channels and cloud DVR functionality. The Android app faces significant usability challenges despite recent improvements to playback controls and navigation.

Detailed Review

Fubo: Watch Live TV & Sports positions itself as a comprehensive streaming solution for sports enthusiasts, offering access to over 350 live TV channels with particular emphasis on professional and collegiate sports coverage. The Android application serves as a gateway to NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and international soccer leagues alongside news and entertainment content, making it one of the most extensive sports-focused streaming platforms available. The application's core functionality revolves around live streaming with multi-device support, unlimited cloud DVR storage, and specialized sports navigation features. Subscribers can access simultaneous streams across devices, utilize picture-in-picture mode for multitasking, and leverage the platform's dedicated sports interface that organizes content by league, team, and game status. The cloud DVR functionality allows recording unlimited hours of content with extended storage duration, addressing a key pain point for sports viewers who cannot watch events live. User experience presents both strengths and challenges, with the interface organized around sports-centric navigation but hampered by inconsistent performance. The playback controls, particularly the skip and fast-forward functionality, have been subject to user complaints regarding excessive steps required for basic operations. Real-world usage scenarios reveal that while the content organization works well for finding live games, the interface can become sluggish during high-demand events such as championship games or simultaneous multi-sport broadcasts. User feedback indicates a pattern of technical issues followed by gradual improvements, as evidenced by Mark Gottschalk's December 2023 review update noting that previously reported bugs had been resolved. The review history shows the skip function required multiple presses to activate fast-forward controls, though recent updates appear to have addressed these navigation frustrations. This pattern of iterative improvement suggests ongoing development attention but also highlights persistent quality control challenges in the Android implementation. The application's primary strength lies in its unparalleled sports content aggregation, particularly for international soccer and less mainstream sports, while its limitations center on interface responsiveness and control intuitiveness. Ideal use cases involve dedicated sports fans prioritizing comprehensive league coverage over flawless user experience, particularly those following multiple sports across different time zones who benefit from the robust DVR capabilities.

Key Features

  • Unlimited Cloud DVR allows recording every game with extended storage, eliminating scheduling conflicts for sports viewers
  • 350+ live TV channels including every Nielsen-rated sports channel provides comprehensive coverage across major leagues
  • Dedicated sports navigation organizes content by league and team, streamlining access to preferred games
  • Multi-device streaming enables simultaneous viewing on mobile, tablet, and connected TV platforms
  • Picture-in-picture mode supports multitasking during live games without interrupting the viewing experience

Why Users Love It

Extensive sports content library
Unlimited cloud DVR storage

Perfect for: Sports enthusiasts requiring comprehensive league coverage and recording capabilities

Screenshots

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Ranking History

Track Fubo: Watch Live TV & Sports's performance in Sports over the last 30 days

Top 5
Top 10
Top 15
Below 15

Current Rank

#8

+2 from last week

Best Rank

#8

All-time high

Average Rank

#14

30-day average

User Reviews

Mark Gottschalk
Dec 6, 2023

Update: the app has been slowly fixed and all of the bugs that I reported here previously are fixed. changed rating to five stars. OLD REVIEW: The skip function has been made worse. what used to be a single press is at a minimum two or three presses. one to get the fast fwd scroll bar to appear, a second to actually skip fwd or back. why? also, the guide is messed up and the description for long programs doesn't move, so that if you go to the next hour or so it's just blank where the description should be.

Mark Gottschalk
Dec 6, 2023

Update: the app has been slowly fixed and all of the bugs that I reported here previously are fixed. changed rating to five stars. OLD REVIEW: The skip function has been made worse. what used to be a single press is at a minimum two or three presses. one to get the fast fwd scroll bar to appear, a second to actually skip fwd or back. why? also, the guide is messed up and the description for long programs doesn't move, so that if you go to the next hour or so it's just blank where the description should be.

Mark Gottschalk
Dec 6, 2023

Update: the app has been slowly fixed and all of the bugs that I reported here previously are fixed. changed rating to five stars. OLD REVIEW: The skip function has been made worse. what used to be a single press is at a minimum two or three presses. one to get the fast fwd scroll bar to appear, a second to actually skip fwd or back. why? also, the guide is messed up and the description for long programs doesn't move, so that if you go to the next hour or so it's just blank where the description should be.

Mark Gottschalk
Dec 6, 2023

Update: the app has been slowly fixed and all of the bugs that I reported here previously are fixed. changed rating to five stars. OLD REVIEW: The skip function has been made worse. what used to be a single press is at a minimum two or three presses. one to get the fast fwd scroll bar to appear, a second to actually skip fwd or back. why? also, the guide is messed up and the description for long programs doesn't move, so that if you go to the next hour or so it's just blank where the description should be.

Mark Gottschalk
Dec 6, 2023

Update: the app has been slowly fixed and all of the bugs that I reported here previously are fixed. changed rating to five stars. OLD REVIEW: The skip function has been made worse. what used to be a single press is at a minimum two or three presses. one to get the fast fwd scroll bar to appear, a second to actually skip fwd or back. why? also, the guide is messed up and the description for long programs doesn't move, so that if you go to the next hour or so it's just blank where the description should be.

App Details

Developer

fuboTV

Platform

android

Rating

2.4

Last Updated

10/7/2025