Tag: Vizio
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Vizio Snags Design Award for its Auto-Adjusting Elevate Sound Bar
Vizio’s stylish Elevate sound bar snagged another design award recently, earning a Red Dot Award for Product Design. In a press release, the company pointed out this marks the 17th award or recognition for its fancy, auto-adjusting speaker. Announced back in January at CES 2020, the Elevate’s signature feature is a pair of drivers that…
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VIZIO is Offering a Free Preview of CuriosityStream & A VIZIO TV Giveaway
VIZIO is taking away the paywall for CuriosityStream and making the app free for SmartCast TV customers from now until March 31st. A CuriosityStream subscription is normally $2.99 per month or $19.99 per year. For the rest of this month, SmartCast users will have free access to the app’s immersive experiences featuring personalities like Stephen…
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VIZIO Announces 5 New SmartCast TV Apps
Today, VIZIO announced 5 new apps coming to VIZIO SmartCast TVs in partnership with the Matchpoint Blueprint platform. These new apps include CONtv, Dove Channel, Bambu, Comedy Dynamics, and Docurama. “We’re pleased to have Cinedigm’s Matchpoint Blueprint platform as a means for content owners and distributors to quickly and easily develop applications for VIZIO SmartCast,”…
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TIDAL is Now Available on Vizio Smart TVs
Music fans, you can now stream music from TIDAL on Vizio SmartCast TVs. Today, the music sgtreaming service announced that it will be available on Vizio SmartCast TVs beginning today. Subscribers will now be able to access over 60 million tracks, 250,000 videos, and original content directly from their TV. Vizio users can find the…
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VIZIO Announces a New Line of Smart TVs & SmartCast 4.0
Today Vizio announced a new lineup of Vizio smart TVs and a update to its smart TV OS the SmartCast 4.0. VIZIO’s 2020 lineup includes SmartCast 4.0, the latest version of VIZIO’s smart TV platform. According to Vizio the 2020 update will add to SmartCast’s existing feature set, bringing faster, more personalized experiences to VIZIO…
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Roku TV is the Top Smart TV OS of 2019 (Cordie Awards 2019)
We’ve covered the top streaming devices of the year, but not everyone wants to have a separate device for streaming. Many choose a smart TV with their preferred operating system and stream straight from their TV. We asked Cord Cutters News readers what their favorite smart TV OS for the year has been and the…
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Netflix is Ending Support for Older Roku Players, Vizio TVs, & Samsung TVs Tomorrow
If you own an older Roku player, Vizio, or Samsung smart TV, you may be looking for a new streaming player tomorrow. Netflix has announced that starting tomorrow, December 1st, 2019, they will be ending support for older Roku Players, Vizio TVs, and Samsung smart TVs. Now it is important to note that these are…
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Disney+ is Now Available on Select VIZIO Smart TVs With Chromecast
When Disney+ launched, one of the big surprises was the fact that VIZIO Smart TVs with Chromecast could not play Disney+. Earlier this week VIZIO announced that they will add Chromecast support for Disney+ in early December, but it seems that the update was ready to go early as some VIZIO SmartCast TVs have been…
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VIZIO Updates SmartCast TVs With New Features & Faster Performance
Today VIZIO announced that they are updating their VIZIO SmartCastTM platform to bring new speed improvements and features. VIZIO is rolling out this update to VIZIO SmartCast TVs dating back to 2016. “We know consumers want to upgrade their entertainment experiences this holiday season,” said Bill Baxter, Chief Technology Officer, VIZIO. “These SmartCast performance updates,…
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Disney+ is Coming to VIZIO Smart TVs With Chromecast in Early December
When Disney+ launched, one of the big surprises was the fact that VIZIO Smart TVs with Chromecast could not play Disney+. This left many VIZIO TV owners unhappy as they had expected to be able to watch Dinsey+ using the built-in Chromecast. Now VIZIO has announced that they will add Chromecast support for Disney+ in…