Google TV now features more than 1,100 free channels directly on its home screen

Since its launch in early 2023, Google TV has rapidly expanded its list of available free channels on the home screen, and it now offers over 1,100. 

Through the "Live" section on Google TV's home screen, users have been able to access a wide range of live-streaming content from select services. In April 2023, Google introduced free channels, integrating them with the "Live" section, all of which are ad-supported.

Google's own Free Play service has also seen an increase in the number of channels available, now offering nearly 160 channels, which is almost double the number available at launch.

In addition, Google’s partners—Pluto TV, Plex, HeStack News, and Tubi—offer access to hundreds more channels. Initially, Google had mentioned that over 800 channels would be available, but this number has grown significantly since then.

According to our count, Google TV now provides access to over 1,000 free channels on the home screen. Specifically, when combining Free Play, Pluto, Plex, HeStack, and Tubi, there are 1,134 channels. Some overlap may exist, but this still reflects a significant addition of hundreds of new channels over the last 18 months. We derived this updated number by counting the channels under the "Live" tab and its various categories. Notably, Google still mentions on its website that it offers only "800+" free channels.

Many of the recent additions come from international, Spanish-language, and local channels primarily provided by Pluto, Plex, and HeStack.

For any channels not included directly in Google TV Free Play, users will need to download the respective apps to start viewing, though a comprehensive guide is available via the "Live" section.

Google continues to develop the free channel functionality on Google TV, with a new Free Play app expected to be relaunched soon. However, this service is currently only available in the United States, even though many of the channels are accessible in other parts of the world.

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