Roku and Google’s new partnership will make ...

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. For those who’ve received a Google TV, all that content material is about to change into so much simpler to search out.

Roku has announced that within the coming weeks, content material from the Roku Channel shall be extra discoverable for customers on Google TV. What this implies is that in case you use the search operate 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, advisable content material from Roku shall be featured on Google TV’s dwelling display too.

“Customers will be capable to seek for leisure, flick thru motion pictures 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 dwelling to over 500 free ad-supported (FAST) channels, which can now pop up in Google’s TV’s stay tab, and you’ll see Roku content material straight on the Google TV dwelling display. That is 80,000 exhibits and films now extra accessible than ever.

Specifically, I believe Roku’s integration with Google TV’s stay tab is the perfect a part of this replace. 500 FAST channels is so much, and there’s a lot content material to choose and select from, whether or not its sports activities, cooking, DIY, music or the information. In response to Statista, 57 % of TV viewers within the U.S. watched a FAST platform resembling Roku, Pluto TV, and Tubi in 2023. With that many People watching a FAST platform in 2023, making it extra accessible definitely looks as if a win-win for Google and Roku.

Roku’s replace on Google TV is alleged 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, in case you’re trying to find a sure Christmas present or film on Google TV, and it occurs to be on Roku, it would 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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