Roku and Google’s new partnership will make free streaming manner higher

The Roku Channel is Roku’s free streaming app which has an enormous library of over 80,000 free movies and TV shows to look at. In the event you’ve obtained a Google TV, all that content material is about to change into rather a lot simpler to seek out.

Roku has announced that within the coming weeks, content material from the Roku Channel might be extra discoverable for customers on Google TV. What this implies is that should you use the search perform on Google TV, content material from the Roku channel will robotically pop up with out having to open up the Roku app particularly to seek for it. Moreover, really useful content material from Roku might be featured on Google TV’s residence display screen too.

“Customers will be capable of seek for leisure, flick through films and TV sequence suggestions from Google TV, stay TV, featured rows, and extra – all from The Roku Channel. Better of all, it’s free,” Roku stated in a blog post.

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What this implies for Google TV customers

Much more free content material proper at your fingertips

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Roku’s announcement may appear small, however its implication is very large. The Roku channel is residence to over 500 free ad-supported (FAST) channels, which can now pop up in Google’s TV’s stay tab, and you can see Roku content material immediately on the Google TV residence display screen. That is 80,000 exhibits and flicks now extra accessible than ever.

Particularly, I believe Roku’s integration with Google TV’s stay tab is the perfect a part of this replace. 500 FAST channels is rather a lot, and there may be a lot content material to select and select from, whether or not its sports activities, cooking, DIY, music or the information. In line with Statista, 57 p.c of TV viewers within the U.S. watched a FAST platform equivalent to Roku, Pluto TV, and Tubi in 2023. With that many People watching a FAST platform in 2023, making it extra accessible definitely looks like a win-win for Google and Roku.

Roku’s replace on Google TV is claimed to be occurring “within the coming weeks,” so hopefully it arrives simply in time for these Christmas film watch events. Due to this new replace, should you’re trying to find a sure Christmas present or film on Google TV, and it occurs to be on Roku, it’ll now pop up robotically with out having to particularly go to the Roku app. I am at all times a fan of updates like this that merely make life simpler. Kudos Roku and Google.

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