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TL;DR
- Google TV has up to date its free channel app expertise following final week’s rebranding.
- The up to date FreePlay UI brings new screens for choosing channels and sorting by way of the channel information.
- Google TV has additionally added seven extra channels to its free channel library.
After rebranding Google TV‘s free channel choices final week, Google has now launched an up to date FreePlay app expertise. The corporate has additionally added extra channels to the library, bringing the entire to 157.
Most customers entry Google TV’s free channels by way of the Dwell tab, however the platform additionally has a little-known devoted app expertise free of charge channels. With the FreePlay replace, Google has introduced this expertise to the forefront and added a brand new “FreePlay” shortcut to the house display screen (through 9to5Google).
The FreePlay app expertise has additionally acquired a much-needed UI replace, and it now options new screens for choosing channels and sorting by way of the channel information. The redesigned UI kinds channels by style, and it even consists of new Favorites, Recents, and Common classes.
You’ll be able to add most popular channels to the Favorites class for fast entry or choose the Recents part to seek out channels you watched just lately. The Common class, as its title suggests, collates channels which might be trending on the platform.
Along with the redesigned FreePlay app expertise, Google TV has added seven extra free channels to its library, together with:
- The Bob Ross Channel
- Comedy Dynamics
- Canine Whisperer with Cesar Milan
- Dazn Ringside
- Dazn Ladies’s Soccer
- Dove Channel
- The Hill TV
You’ll be able to entry these channels within the new FreePlay app expertise or by way of Google TV’s Dwell tab. The previous just isn’t extensively out there in the intervening time, however it ought to attain all customers within the coming days.