"Watch Directv everywhere!" Not really!

Update May 22, 2017. The app Just does not work when or where you really want it to like when traveling in a foreign country. Netflix works, Amazon prime works, PLEX works, with same wifi connection. But Direct TV doesnt work with same connection. What more is there to say about this useless and frustrating Directv app ??

Part of the problem is that when your outside the USA ( including Puerto Rico) DIRECTV blocks the streaming from the app. Do they tell us this anywhere ? Do they tell you when the program fails to start after loading. No ! Just a cryptic error msg without telling you what the real problem is or tells you to try again later, or that your DVR receiver is in use. All not the actual reason for the problem! AT&T just leaves you hanging not knowing why it will not stream your live TV, causing a lot of confusion and frustration.

THE SOLUTION: When outside the USA : run a VPN app SUCH AS THE FREE App "WhaleVPN" in back ground on you iPhone, then start Directv. If nothing else is wrong, then the live TV programs will stream through! To your phone in a foreign country. Why does AT&T need to play this game with paid subscribers to their service? Why do they not disclose it very clearly ??

Update: 1 August 2016. The new app plays back more channels and replaces Genie Go. But tonight I tried watching two live tv shows. And right in the middle of both shows it just stopped and locked up. Left me hanging with no way to see the rest of the shows. Who needs this? Why would I want to try again and have the same thing keep happening. Why would you? AT&T Get it fixed please.

---------------- review from a few years ago:

The phrase " Watch Directv everywhere" in the app is misleading and should say: watch Directv everywhere in your home only when your connected to the same local network that your Directv receivers (HD-24 and higher only) are connected to also.

As it currently reads in the app and on descriptions of the app user probably will take the claim literally and try to watch a channel "out of home".

Well Ive never been able to do that with this app While Im "out of home" I.e. While NOT connected to my home LAN network.

Am I missing something ?

Please clarify the language used so its clear what this app can actually do, so as not to frustrate the user with different expectations than it can actually do.

PerryKing about DIRECTV, v4.9.603