Perhaps the most useful thing about the new Google TV platform is the ability to aggregate and organize content from a variety of different sources. Which ones, though? Here’s a full list of streaming services that Google TV supports at launch.
Of course, Google can pull content from its own services such as YouTube TV and also Google TV (formerly Play Movies). Beyond that, however, are quite a few third-party services. Major players like Disney+, Hulu, and HBO Max are included, and NBC’s Peacock. The full list of services can be found below as provided by Google.
- ABC
- Amazon Prime Video
- AMC
- A&E
- CBS All Access
- Crackle
- Comedy Central
- DC Universe
- Disney NOW
- Disney+
- Epix Now
- Fox Now
- Google Play Movies (now Google TV)
- Hulu
- HBO Go
- HBO Max
- History
- Lifetime
- MTV
- NBC
- Peacock
- Pluto TV
- Showtime
- Showtime Anytime
- Sling TV
- Starz
- TBS
- The CW
- TNT
- Tubi TV
- VH1
- YouTube TV
This list of supported streaming services will likely expand over time, so we’ll keep an eye out for changes on Google TV and update this article accordingly.
Update: Apple TV went live on Chromecast with Google TV earlier this month, and as such Google TV does have some limited integration with the service. The new Chromecast now shows Apple TV+ originals such as Ted Lasso and For All Mankind with a button to launch the show/movie directly from search. You can also add this content to your watchlist.
Apple TV+ integration on Google TV is limited to Chromecast, though. Using the Google TV app on a phone still shows any Apple TV+ content as “unavailable.” As Apple TV+ content is fully original too, Google’s aggregation features don’t go through the library either. We’ll update this article if the situation changes.
The Google Play Movies & TV app that this new platform replaces had a similar function to Google TV by finding content on a variety of different services, but it wasn’t very widely used. By integrating with your account-wide Google watchlist and being placed directly on your TV, Google TV has a much better chance to support this function.
Google TV is available on your TV first on the new Chromecast and is rolling out now on Android smartphones.
More on Google TV:
- Everything you need to know about Google’s new Chromecast and where to buy it
- ‘Google TV’ app integrates your streaming services and a watchlist, will replace Play Movies
- Android TV as you know it today will be replaced by Google TV over the next two years
Author: Ben Schoon
Source: 9TO5Google