Easy-to-miss Roku trick gives you access to legal hidden trove of 200,000 movies and shows plus hundreds of channels
ROKU watchers can easily upgrade their TV libraries with a vast hidden collection of free content.
All you need to do is make a simple download – and you’ll be granded a huge selection of no-cost movies and TV shows.
It’s the Tubi app, which is a clever way to get around having to pay for streaming.
The legal app doesn’t charge you a penny, instead paying its bills by asking you to watch commercials.
So if you’re willing to sit through ads, you’ll be able to enjoy Tubi’s entire library.
According to Tubi, it has an enormous collection of “over 200,000 movies and TV episodes”.
It also delivers Tubi Originals created specifically for the platform.
And there are more than 250 live TV channels that you can tune into at any time.
“Tubi is a 100% free, 100% legal streaming service,” Tubi explains.
“Our app is free to install, and all of our content is always free to watch. We never ask for any credit card information and have no way of charging you for anything, ever.
“We stay free by showing short ad breaks during our movies and TV shows.
“Doing this pays for the content that our partners – studios like MGM, Lionsgate, and Paramount, as well as indies like Full Moon Pictures – provide to us. The ad content pays so that you don’t have to.
“When you use Tubi, you won’t receive any security warnings, pop-ups, malware, or redirects to malicious sites. You also won’t be asked to use a VPN because, unlike some other free video streaming apps/sites, we’re legal and safe.”
Tubi works on Roku, but it’s also available on a host of other devices too.
That includes:
- Apple TV
- Amazon Fire Sticks
- Xbox
- PlayStation
- Google TV
Google Chromecast - TiVO
- Android TV
- Xfinity
- Cox
- Samsung TVs
- Sony TVs
- Vizio TVs
- LG TVs
- Hisense TVs
- iOS
- Android
- Windows
- Web browsers
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- Tubi
- Amazon Freevee
- Plex TV
- The Roku Channel
- Sling Freestream (via Sling TV)
- FilmRise
- NewsON
- Fawesome TV
- Pluto TV
- Local Now
- Haystack News
- Red Bull TV
- Free Movies Plus
- PBS Kids Video
- PBS
- Xumo Play
You also don’t need to create an account to watch Tubi content.
However there are some perks that you’ll get if you decide to.
For instance, you can create a watchlist of movies and TV shows to stream later on.
And you’ll get personalized recommendations for content based on what you’ve been watching.
Stream swapping – the easy way to cut your bills?
Here’s what Sean Keach, The Sun’s Head of Technology and Science, thinks…
It’s no secret that TV streaming apps are costing more and more.
Not only are prices shooting up, but we find ourselves asked to pay for an increasing number of apps and services.
And when you combine those TV bills with your music streaming, mobile and internet fees, and every other drain on your bank account, it all starts to get a bit much.
One of the best ways to cut your TV bills is to simply cancel all of your streaming subscriptions and only sign up to one per month.
Pick an app like Netflix, Disney+, or Apple TV+ and smash through all of the content you want to watch on that app.
Then the next month, swap to something else.
And once you’ve done them all, you can cycle back to the start again.
It’s an easy way to avoid forking out for a rolling library of streaming apps with more content than you could possibly watch.
Also don’t forget that paid-for streaming isn’t the only game in town.
There are loads of apps that don’t cost a penny to enjoy, and downloading a few will unlock thousands of live TV channels plus tens of thousands of movies and shows.
Try apps like Tubi, Amazon Freevee, The Roku Channel, Plex, and Pluto TV to get some ad-supported television without having to pay any monthly fees.
Creating an account also unlocks parental controls, as well as the ability the ability to save progress if you haven’t finished a piece of content.
And one of the big perks is the option to sync your viewing across multiple devices.
Of course there are plenty of other free streaming apps that also work on Roku.
There’s the Roku Channel service that is available for free as standard.
And you could also try other free ad-supported services like Plex, Pluto TV, and Amazon Freevee.