TED Talks: Watch and Learn

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This app may request the following permissions:

• retrieve running apps
• read your contacts
• read phone status and identity
• read the contents of your USB storage
• modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
• view Wi-Fi connections
• view network connections
• full network access
• run at startup
• draw over other apps
• control vibration
• prevent device from sleeping
• download files without notification
• receive data from Internet

Recent Reviews

Lana Benvenuti

3.0★

I love TED Talks but the app has something wrong with it. I've updated my software, restarted my phone and still have the same issues. Whenever I watch a video, it will randomly pause. This happens when I'm both watching videos from the app and when I turn my screen off. It doesn't pause the video right away after I shut my screen off but it always seems to pause when the video is nearing the end or the middle. Now when I'm watching a video, none of the buttons work. Like to save or share.

A Google user

3.0★

I really want to love this app but the download feature is AWFUL. It constantly fails to download playlists and will try for hours. And then, if you try to cancel it downloading a playlist because it is stuck it will undownload the WHOLE playlist. On top of that, even once you manage to get something downloaded, unless you're connected to WiFi or data it frequently won't play it. And sometimes even when you're connected it still won't play it and will freeze and spin forever even if you kill the app. Andddd furthermore, I couldn't find the setting that only allows it to stream over wifi. There's one for downloading only over wifi. But I've accidentally streamed over my data plan multiple times now. Which I wish I had more control over. Overall, the only reason I didn't give this app 1 star is because the content is worthwhile and the interface would be great if I could get the downloading to work smoothly. As it is, I feel like it's trash.

Oleg Laskin (Daggersec)

2.0★

This is not the Ted I used to know. What is with a 20-minute ads that are hard to skip? If you tried to listen to a playlist, it inserts ads that are 20 minutes long and then you have to click a button to skip. So unattended listening is dead. Sometimes it just skips the next video and starts at 20 minute add again. I don't mind short ads give it up to a minute and a half long. Thats fine. But 20 minutes long???

riddelable

2.0★

When full-screen, the pause button doesn't show up. It forces you to hit your own phone's back button if you want to pause, meanwhile the video is still playing as it minimizes the whole video. You have to press on the play bar to get the video up again, and only then the pause button is available. Aside from that, other streaming services allows you to customize subtitle size, but you can't on here, which is too big for the videos. I do appreciate the double language subtitles feature though.

Amber Smith

5.0★

Absolutely addicting and entertaining but also very informative and educational. So many different talks about a very broad spectrum of subjects, research, and so much more! Love it and I watch at least a couple of talks every day to unwind while also learning something new with each and every talk. Better than podcasts in my opinion. Always a 5/5 stars for me and I'd give it 20 stars if I could. Top 10 favorite apps!

A Google user

2.0★

The content and personalization features are great but any interaction with a video that is in progress causes the app to crash. if you try to rewind, change to portarit mode, skip ahead...video will stop playing. If it only occurred a few times there'd be no problem. But it happens every time. So if you're halfway through a video and it crashes you can restart it, but you cant skip ahead to the spot you were on last. Honestly I use the app to find great recommendations then find them on youtube