One of the best free streaming services available right now is Tubi, a platform to watch movies and TV shows without paying that's owned by the Fox Corporation.
Tubi launched over a decade ago and's grown quickly in that time, expanding from the US to plenty of other countries, and moving from solely offering third-party content to creating its own originals too.
Like rival free streamers Plex, Pluto and The Roku Channel, Tubi is a tempting option for streamers purely by virtue of the fact that you don't need to pay to use it. It's totally free!
Instead, content is supported by commercials, but you won't see any more than on the ad-supported tiers of Netflix, Disney Plus or Paramount Plus.
How to use Tubi — what you need to know before starting
What is Tubi?
Never even heard of Tubi?
Tubi is a 'free streaming service', which means a video library which you can watch films and TV shows off without paying any kind of a subscription fee. Tubi has movies and shows but channels and sports only in select regions.
Where is Tubi available?
While Tubi originated in the US, it's slowly been rolling out to other countries. Now its country list includes, but is not limited to:
- Australia
- Canada
- Latin America
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- United Kingdom
- United States
The library between each country is slightly different, depending on licensing for each show and movie. The same is actually true of Tubi Originals too.
Another thing that'll change per country is, naturally, the adverts or commercials you'll see in each region.
What devices is Tubi available on?
Tubi TV is available on just about every major platform you could ever want to watch it on. That includes the most prevalent — Roku and Roku TV, as well as Amazon Fire TV.
You're also able to watch Tubi on Android and iOS devices, Apple TV (fourth generation and up), NVIDIA Shield, PlayStation 4 and PS5, Xbox One, Series S and Series X, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub, Cox Contour set-top boxes, and sat TVs from Vizio, Hisense, Sony, and Samsung.
And that's just for starters, of course. You also can watch Tubi in a web browser.
Do you need an account to watch Tubi?
You can create an account via the Tubi website or app, but you don't need to if you don't want to, as anyone can watch content whether or not they're signed in.
Creating an account gives you extra options though. It'll let you save your place in a show or movie between devices and create watchlists of shows and movies you want to watch in the future.
What's on Tubi — what movies and shows can you stream?
What kind of content does Tubi have?
Tubi has free movies and shows from a host of studios, with new content coming in all the time. These are largely indie or B-movies but you can always find a smattering of older movies and even recent ones with big-name actors.
Tubi also serves up a number of curated collections as another way to sift through the content. That includes things like Award Winners and Nominees, Black Cinema, Bollywood Dreams, Cult Classics, Good Eats (as in food, not the Alton Brown show), Get Fit, Ganadores y Nominados (Spanish award winners and nominees), Not on Netflix and more.
Then there are the usual sort of genres, like Comedy, Action, Foreign films, LGBTQ, Science Fiction and so on. Tubi adds new movies and shows every month, so you'll definitely want to check out their "Recently added" section.
In some regions, Tubi offers live streaming content through constantly-live channels. Channels you may recognize from traditional television include A&E, BabyFirst TV, Complex Networks, CONtv, Docurama, Dove Channel, FilmRise Classic TV, Fox, Full Moon Features, Lifetime, Shout! Factory TV, So ... Real, and more.
Tubi Originals
In the last few years, Tubi has begun making its own productions, called Tubi Originals, which are available to watch for free.
These are largely hlow-budget horror movies and true crime or paranormal documentaries, with TMZ and Vice producing shows for the latter.
It's really been stepping up production recently with multiple original movies each month.
What sports are on Tubi?
The free sports on Tubi are very region-specific, but there are some.
In the US, for example, Tubi shows live matches from several sports leagues like the UEFA Nations League, CONCACAF and the NBA G_League. It also has a few live sports channels which air select sports from loads of other companies.
In Latin America, lots of live soccer is shown from Premier League and CONCACAF.
Tubi also sometimes airs matches after they air, for example it uploaded FIFA World Cup 2022 matches half an hour after they aired.
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