Quibi is here!  We’ve waited for months and the new kid in town has arrived to join Netflix, Hulu, HBO and Disney+.  Quibi, however, is made specifically for mobile devices.  Now, everyone can keep up on their favorites, especially helpful during times so many are at home sharing space whether you are an iPhone or Android family, or perhaps like mine, you are a house divided.

The name Quibi actually comes from “quick bites” of content – a reference to the fact that the episodes will last 10 minutes or less. Check out this Hot Off the Mic about the launch of Quibi. PCMag offers a sneak preview of the launch lineup in their dedicated article. You’ll be able to watch Quibi using the iOS or Android app. You can switch between horizontal and vertical viewing while it runs which is called “turnstyle” and a mode to move the progress bar for Lefties. 

New and exciting for certain, but  remember the issues you’re having with other streaming video platforms? Does stuttering, buffering or even disconnects sound familiar?  Before this turns into a frustrating situation,  read on to see how you can easily avoid Quibi buffering problems and enjoy your quick bites of content!

First off – check out Quibi’s Twitter page for any announcements about outages or issues. If everything is fine there, time to investigate on your side. This means:

• your ISP – they can have temporary network issues, do maintenance work or deliver sub par Internet. If the Internet is slow on other platforms as well, contact your ISP.
• your modem / router – a restart is always welcome and might save you a lot of time and head aches.
• your smartphone – there might be software conflicts or other apps running that hog the bandwidth.

Your Internet connection is the common denominator for all of these. If it’s too slow or unreliable, Quibi will not be able to cope with it and will begin buffering. Or even worse – be disconnected!

Faster Internet is not always available from your ISP. You may already have the best plan or it would make no sense to spend more. So what can you do then?

Introducing Speedify – the app that will help you get faster, more reliable Internet right on your iPhone or Android smartphone. Speedify is a fast bonding VPN that uses channel bonding technology to combine Wi-Fi and cellular together simultaneously on your smartphone. This way, you will get the combined speed of both Wi-Fi and mobile data, as well as failover protection, should Wi-Fi turn bad.

Plus – Speedify has a dedicated Streaming Mode, which prioritizes video streams over other apps. You will get quality of service for your streaming videos. No more stuttering, buffering or disconnecting videos on Quibi and any other streaming platform for that matter.

The best part about Speedify is that it requires no added hardware to provide you with that extra bandwidth and stability. You just have it installed on your smartphone and can use it while at home, traveling, commuting, on holiday. And because it also encrypts all traffic between your device and Quibi servers, your privacy will be protected on public Wi-Fi networks. Anywhere that is, whether on trains, buses, airports, local cafes, etc.

So, remember – if you want to avoid Quibi buffering, get Speedify and enable Streaming Mode. You’re welcome!