How do I download a video to watch offline?
Anything that isn’t live (the videos and episodes in your lists) can be saved to watch offline from the player on your phone, except on websites whose terms of use don’t allow it:
- While you’re watching, tap the download arrow in the player’s top bar.
- Choose the quality in the sheet that opens, with the size of each one.
- Leave “Wi-Fi only” on if you don’t want to use data: on mobile data, the download waits for Wi-Fi.
- Tap “Download”.
It keeps going even if you close the player, and the notification lets you pause or cancel it. Downloads go one at a time; the rest wait in the queue. When it’s done, you’ll find it in “My downloads” on Home, and it plays offline.
On your phone, you can download with Whatplay Premium or while you have ad-free time left: if you have neither, tapping the arrow offers to earn time with a video or to go Premium. A download that has already started finishes even if that time runs out, and what you’ve downloaded keeps playing.
If you don’t see the arrow, that item can’t be downloaded: live streams, DRM-protected content and what’s already on the device, among others. From a web page, only the video can be saved, and only if the site’s terms of use allow it; never the page itself. Only download what you have the right to keep.