Is Tubi Right for You?
Tubi is a free, ad-supported streaming service with a library of over 20,000 movies and TV shows. With no credit card required, you instantly get access to content from studios like Paramount, Lionsgate, MGM, and more. On Tubi, you can watch titles such as: Zookeeper, Divergent, The House Bunny, Click, Dennis the Menace, Now You See Me, The Lost Boys, Little Nicky, Scary Movie 4, Date Movie, The Outsiders, The Butterfly Effect, and more.
Learn more about how to download the Tubi app to start streaming here.
What do you need to get Tubi?
Tubi is a free online streaming platform. For maximum enjoyment viewers will need a reliable internet connection.
As for devices and equipment, there are multiple ways to access Tubi on your television. One is the dedicated app on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, or Chromecast. Tubi is also available on PS4 and Xbox as well as through TiVo and Comcast. It will also work with Samsung and Sony Blu-ray players and on your web browser via tubitv.com.
It’s also available on mobile platforms through the Apple and Google Play store so viewers can enjoy their streaming experience on an Android or iPhone device.
Keep in mind that the streaming resolution on Tubi is capped at 720p, so you don’t need the biggest, highest-resolution television to enjoy the streaming content. Tubi also doesn’t limit the number of concurrent streams available to a viewer, allowing them to watch on unlimited devices.
What do you get with Tubi?
Tubi's service offers over 20,000 older TV shows and movies for free from studios like Paramount, MGM, and Lionsgate. It also includes content from A&E, Lifetime, and Starz but it has yet to reach the mainstream status of other streaming entertainment providers.
The content ranges from reality shows like Hell’s Kitchen and Duck Dynasty to anime and classics. They have a most popular category that shows what’s trending, which at the time of this writing includes a mix of movies and TV shows including:
- The Nanny
- Queen of the Damned
- Columbo
- Paddington
- Blow
- Click
- The Flinstones
- Free Willy
- The Corpse Bride
- Curly Sue
- Lego Ninjago
Browsing through Tubi is familiar with categories like drama, comedy, and reality, but it also features collection including a weekly watch list and themed collections like “Hot Christmas,” “007: James Bond,” and “Black Cinema.”
More about Tubi
Tubi is one of many free streaming service providers in an expanding marketplace. New viewers may wonder if Tubi's free content is legal, and the answer to that is, yes.
Their business model runs on ads, so while the viewers pay nothing to watch the content, advertisers are paying for ad spots in the programming. Viewers can expect to see ads before, after, and during their programming, and for the ads to appear often at about 12 to 15 minute intervals.
There is no way to skip ads or to upgrade and watch ad-free.
Tubi's library is the product of partnerships of over 250 providers with a mix of content ranging from cooking shows to anime. One of their most interesting offerings is the “Not on Netflix” category that features movies that viewers won’t find on Netflix.
The platform does not include any live tv coverage or original programming and viewers are not able to download content to a device to watch on the go.