Sony LIV

Sony LIV Sony LIV is a feature-rich video streaming app with movies, TV episodes, and originals. Browse by genre, use quick search, save favorites, set up profiles, and watch offline.

Sony LIV

Sony LIV is a widely used video entertainment app with a huge catalog of movies and TV shows across many genres—such as thriller, suspense, action, and historical fiction. You can quickly locate what you want by searching with keywords or narrowing results by category, making it easy to match your mood and viewing preferences.

The app offers 11+ audio and resolution options to help you stream in a comfortable way. It also helps keep the experience cleaner by blocking ads and pop-ups. You can save your favorite titles to a favorites list and get notifications when new updates are released. Sony LIV also receives ongoing improvements, with more content and new viewing tools added over time.

Key Features

Movie Nights Sorted

• Discover Bollywood and regional picks in categories like action, romance, thrillers, comedies, and historical dramas.
• Find festival favorites and sleeper hits as well as newly added titles.

TV Favorites, Old and New

• Watch episodes from popular series such as CID, Crime Patrol, Wagle Ki Duniya, Baalveer, and more.
• Revisit classics you remember—or start something new.

Reality That Hooks You

• Enjoy entertainment formats like Shark Tank India, Indian Idol, MasterChef India, India’s Got Talent, and KBC.

Five Profiles, One Account

• Create up to 5 profiles under a single account.
• Each profile gets its own recommendations—ideal for families or roommates.

Watch Your Way

• Stream with Premium for ad-free viewing.
• Use the app to download episodes and movies for offline watching.



• Continue watching across devices with a consistent experience.

Super Simple Navigation

• Use clean menus, fast search, and well-organized categories.
• Go from deciding “What should I watch?” to starting playback in seconds.

Originals You’ll Talk About

• Explore genre-mixing thrillers, heartfelt dramas, and comedy series.
• Popular examples include Rocket Boys, Maharani, Scam 1992, Scam 2003, Tanaav, and Undekhi.

What You Get (Functions)

Regional Language Content

Sony LIV provides titles in Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, and more. You can browse by language groups, which makes it easier to find shows and films that match your preference—especially helpful for multi-language households or viewers who switch languages frequently.

LIV Originals and Classic Indian TV

The app includes exclusive Originals along with beloved long-running Indian TV content. Expect a mix of thrillers, historical dramas, comedy, romance, action, reality, and sci-fi. As you move through categories, show pages show clear details to help you decide what to watch next.

Personalized Viewing and Profiles

• Premium subscribers can watch ad-free.
• Support for up to five custom profiles on one account.
• Recommendations adapt based on what each profile watches, so everyone gets a more tailored feed.

Smart Notifications and Watchlist

• Save content using a watchlist to track what you care about.
• Use smart notifications to stay updated when new episodes or relevant content arrives.
• As you add items, the app may suggest related titles to make discovery faster.

User Feedback

• Some users ask for an option to stretch video to fill the screen, noting that modern phones may not use letterboxing and wide-angle playback can leave unused space on the sides.

• Another complaint mentions a white line at the bottom during full-screen playback after a recent update, similar to an issue reported on Hotstar in the past.

• Users also request the pinch-to-zoom feature in the Sony LIV app, saying it isn’t available yet.

• One review states the app is better than other live-stream apps, sharing that they started watching complete episodes on Sony LIV instead of unfinished YouTube uploads. The reviewer also supports ads, arguing they help content creators earn revenue.

• After about two months of Premium, a user says the included channels and content can be strong—especially BBC Earth documentaries—though they want more shows and movies to choose from.

• One Android user reports an issue after a recent release: on mobile, playback pauses every second even with fast internet (90+ Mbps). They report HD loading still happens, but playback stutters; the same problem does not occur on PC or Fire Stick, and it does not appear in Netflix, Disney+, or Prime Video on the same device.