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Android TV: Free vs Premium features

July 12, 2026 23 views Barry Murphy
What you get free forever vs Premium on BetterSTR TV — plus how the 3-month free trial works.

Every BetterSTR TV device is free for its first 3 months — on any number of devices, with every feature unlocked. After that you can keep the core welcome experience free forever, or unlock everything with Premium.

How the free trial works

  • Your first 3 months are free, with all Premium features switched on, so you can try the whole experience.
  • We’ll email you 7 days before the trial ends. You’re never charged automatically.
  • If you don’t upgrade, the device simply drops to the Free plan — it keeps working, just with our default look and the core features below.
  • Premium is $3 per device / month (with Premium Guidebook), or $4 without.

What’s included on Free

The Free plan keeps the essentials that make a great first impression, but locks the customisation to our defaults:

  • Branded welcome home screen
  • Welcome guests by name
  • Check-in / check-out times on screen
  • One-scan Wi-Fi QR + casting (Google Cast & Apple AirPlay)
  • Local activities, background music, the photo-frame screensaver and app tiles — all shown, but locked to our defaults (you can’t customise them on Free)

What Premium unlocks

  • Digital guidebook on the TV
  • Multiple theme choices
  • Plex movies & TV, and Live TV / IPTV
  • Weather
  • On-screen & emergency messages
  • Clear app data at check-out
  • TV power controls & advanced settings
  • Choose which HDMI / TV inputs guests can use
  • Full customisation of the activities, music, screensaver and app tiles above

See the full comparison

There’s a complete Free vs Premium table near the bottom of the BetterSTR TV page.