Mobile Data: If you are mindful of your mobile data usage, consider the quality settings when streaming or downloading. Lower quality settings can significantly reduce data consumption.

Let’s take a closer look at how much data some of today’s biggest streaming platforms actually use for live TV and your favorite shows.

The amount of data you actually need will depend on what you use your phone for. Streaming TV and downloading music will use more data than website browsing.

Although downloading will use a lot of data, it can be calculated and managed. Streaming games from the cloud will use a significant amount over time and can easily go way above data limits.

The growth of streaming services is indicative of consumers preferring legitimate streaming over pirated music, primarily for a superior, convenient, multi-device hassle-free experience.

Apple TV+ content is available in 4K with HDR on supported devices like the Apple TV 4K. 4K streams and downloads naturally use a lot of data.

Gamers are starting to wring their hands as they look at the potential data usages required to run Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 at its full potential.

HTTP downloads of all kinds (including one-click download sites like RapidShare) are also popular, and already account for more mobile bandwidth utilization than P2P file-sharing.

Take care streaming video on handheld gadgets using the phone networks though - you can get slugged with hefty data bills if your mobile plan doesn't have a large data allowance.

A new 720p "data-optimized" streaming tier on Google Stadia cuts data usage in half for each hour played on a cloud gaming platform.

T-Mobile US Inc said on Tuesday it will give customers a new option to stream video from services including Netflix Inc on their mobile devices without having it count against their data plans.