

(Sling TV includes on-demand series and movies as well.) To use the app on their Echo Show, users will need to subscribe to one of Sling’s live TV packages, which start at $35 dollars per month.Īmazon confirmed to The Verge that Sling TV will arrive on all Echo Show devices in the US soon. Sling TV is an entertainment company offering A La Carte TV, a live streaming service that allows clients to personalize channel lineup for just 20 a month. Once the app becomes widely available on Echo Show devices, users will be able to ask Alexa to tune in to their favorite channels. Support for Sling TV will make the Show work more like a traditional television, particularly in rooms like kitchens where space might be tight. Support will also extend to the new wall-mounted Echo Show 15, which could change the way users interact with their devices. Second, Sling TV’s customizable add-ons make it a service in a league of its own. First, the channels they do offer are very good. During its big hardware and announcement event today, Amazon revealed some exciting news for those of us who prefer linear viewing: Sling TV is coming to all existing Echo Show devices.Īmazon said during the event that the Echo Show will soon have support for live and linear viewing through the Sling TV app. Sling TV is one of the cheapest ways to stream live TV online, but with one main disadvantage: too few channels. Sling TV is an American streaming television service operated by Sling TV LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dish Network.Unveiled on January 5, 2015, at the Consumer Electronics Show, the virtual multichannel video programming distributor aims to complement subscription video on demand services for cord cutters, offering a selection of major cable channels and OTT-originated services that can.
