Google TV launches live guide for 800 free streaming channels

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Google is bringing together more than 800 live streaming channels, including news channels from ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox, into one new guide in the Google TV interface.

Google TV is launching free built-in channels that users can watch without downloading or launching an app. In total, it now offers over 800 premium channels and programs, including the addition of free-to-air channels from Fox Corp.’s Tubi, Plex, and Haystack News, alongside Paramount Global’s existing lineup of channels from Pluto TV. Google TV also offers channels from all over the world, with programming in more than 10 languages ​​including Spanish, Hindi and Japanese.

Google TV is the internet giant’s entertainment interface that brings together video streaming services (including live TV), movies, shows, and other apps. It’s built into Google’s Chromecast streaming dongle and smart TVs from Sony, TCL, Hisense, and Philips. The company also plans to bring the new TV Guide and free channels to “eligible Android TV devices” later this year.

Google TV competes with streaming platforms like Roku, Amazon’s Fire TV, and Apple TV.

“From breaking news to blockbuster movies and everything in between, there’s something for everyone,” wrote Google product manager Nick Staubach in a blog post about the new Google TV live guide. “And with no subscriptions or fees, it’s never been easier to get in and start watching.”

Live Guide brings together all of a Google TV user’s channels and organizes them by topic and genre. Additionally, customers who have a premium subscription to live TV from YouTube TV or Dish’s Sling TV, or access over-the-air broadcast channels, can use the Live tab to also view program listings for those services.

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