Roku quietly added 9 free channels that embody reside sports activities, anime and extra

If there’s one factor Roku undoubtedly deserves credit score for, it is how persistently it updates The Roku Channel, its free streaming service, with new content material. If you happen to’re on the lookout for one thing new to look at in your TV with out swiping your bank card for yet one more month-to-month subscription, it is not a foul various in any respect.

The Roku Channel now gives greater than 500 free reside TV channels — sometimes called FAST channels (free ad-supported TV) — spanning nearly each style you possibly can consider, together with information, sports activities, comedy, drama, sport reveals, anime, and extra. In January, Roku added six new channels to the service, and for February, it is again at it once more, this time rolling out 9 extra new channels (through Cord Cutter News).

Highlights from Roku’s February channel replace embody a devoted Pokémon channel streaming episodes of the traditional TV collection across the clock, an America’s Funniest Movies channel that includes the long-running comedy present which showcases humorous clips of individuals, and Willow Sports activities, a reside sports activities channel targeted on cricket.

Listed below are all 9 of the brand new channels Roku has added, together with the channel quantity yow will discover them at utilizing the reside TV information in your Roku:

• 197 Willow Sports activities
• 371 Felicity
• 372 Gas TV
• 429 Pokémon
• 496 MeatEater
• 822 America’s Funniest Movies
• 823 The Bernie Mac Present
• 829 Cougar City
• 832 Blossom

Find out how to watch these channels without spending a dime in your Roku

It’s also possible to obtain the Roku app if you do not have a Roku streaming system

Luckily, testing any of the brand new channels Roku simply added is fairly easy. Begin by heading to your Roku house display and opening the Reside TV Information tile (as seen within the picture above). It’s also possible to get there from the Reside TV tab. From there, you may see a full channel information itemizing all out there channels, which feels very cable-like and is straightforward to scroll via.

If you happen to already know the channel quantity you are on the lookout for, simply press the star button in your distant, choose “Leap to channel,” and enter the quantity utilizing the on-screen keypad. And when you’re looking the information and stumble throughout a channel you want, press the star button once more and select “Favourite this channel.” This can add it to your favorites, making it simpler to search out sooner or later.

Even when you do not personal a Roku streaming system, you are not locked out from testing Roku’s free channels. The Roku Channel can also be out there on different platforms, together with Fireplace TV, Apple TV, Android TV, and choose good TVs from manufacturers akin to Samsung. It’s also possible to watch it on-line through the Roku website or in your telephone with the Roku app, out there on iOS and Android.

And when you’re nonetheless longing for extra free TV past The Roku Channel, there are many stable FAST apps value testing, together with Plex, Tubi, and Pluto TV — all of which you’ll be able to obtain without spending a dime from the Streaming Retailer on Roku gadgets.

Personally, the brand new channel I am most wanting ahead to testing in Roku’s February channel drop is Pokémon, as it will likely be a enjoyable journey down reminiscence lane to revisit the collection, since I have never seen any of these episodes in a really, very very long time.