From live TV to on-demand movies and shows, Xumo Play stands out
And the best part? You don’t even have to sign up to watch everything Xumo Play has to offer.
Lots of people sleep on free streaming services. There’s that old saying that you get what you pay for. Well with Xumo Play, you get what you don’t have to pay for – and it’s pretty good! From live TV channels to movies and binge-worthy TV shows, Xumo Play delivers a surprisingly rich mix of entertainment without the price tag. Whether you’re flipping through its live TV channels, diving into a holiday movie, or catching up on your reality TV backlog, Xumo Play has something for everyone. Best of all, you won’t need to worry about adding yet another subscription to your budget. Here’s everything you need to know about Xumo Play.
Everything you need to know about ‘Xumo Play’:
What is Xumo Play?
Xumo Play is a free, ad-supported streaming service that brings together live TV streaming, on-demand movies, and TV shows into one easy-to-use platform. With about 290 live TV channels, it offers everything from breaking news and sports coverage to lifestyle programming and kids’ entertainment. For on-demand content, Xumo Play boasts several movies and TV shows across genres like comedy, drama, action, and documentaries, along with a solid selection of holiday movies.
What sets Xumo Play apart is its curated selection of live TV channels, including sports-focused options like NBC Sports and beIN Sports Xtra, lifestyle favorites like Outside TV, and news channels like NBC News NOW and ABC News Live. If you’re someone who loves flipping through channels to see what’s on, Xumo Play brings back that classic TV experience while staying completely free.
Another unique feature of the platform is that it doesn’t force you to sign up or create an account. Just head to the website or download the app, and you can start streaming for free in seconds. When every website under the sun wants your email address these days, this is a nice change.
Xumo Play
Xumo Play is a free video streaming service that includes on-demand access to several movies and TV shows. Xumo Play offers 290 free virtual channels, including those focused on reality TV, vintage TV, and game shows.
How much does Xumo Play cost?
Xumo Play is totally free to use. It’s an ad-supported streaming service, so it makes money by serving ads during playback. Unlike many other “free” services that paywall their most popular content, that’s not the case with Xumo Play. All of its content is actually free, all the time.
What live TV streaming channels can you watch on Xumo Play?
From news to sports to classic movies, there’s a good chance Xumo Play is streaming something you want to watch. You can watch old episodes of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” live news on CBS News or Newsy, sports on channels like PGA TOUR and beIN SPORTS XTRA, or free western, sci-fi, comedy, docs, and action movies on dedicated movie channels.
One of their most popular streaming channels is NBC News NOW, which gives you 24/7 live news coverage, delivering breaking news, in-depth reporting, and exclusive interviews from NBC News. There’s also Bloomberg Television, which provides news, political analysis, commentary, and more from the nation’s leading political commentator.
For true crime fans, there’s Dateline 24/7, which gives you true crime stories from the “Dateline” archives, along with current-season episodes. And for Hallmark fans, you get access to Hallmark Movies & More, with movies & series from the Hallmark family of channels.
Click here for a complete list of Xumo Play’s live TV streaming channels.
What movies and TV shows can you watch on Xumo Play?
Xumo Play has a ton of free movies and TV shows to stream on-demand, organized into categories like “Holiday Hub,” “Xumo Originals,” “Not So Silent Night,” “Editor’s Picks,” “Action,” “Sci-Fi & Fantasy,” “Crime,” “Comedy” and more. For thriller fans, you can catch Ryan Gosling in “Drive.” The critically acclaimed film follows a reserved stuntman / part-time getaway driver (Gosling) who becomes entangled in a violent underworld after stepping in to protect his neighbor and her family from dangerous criminals.
For dramedy fans, you can catch Steve Carell in “Dan In Real Life,” which follows a widowed advice columnist whose carefully controlled life is upended when he falls for a woman who turns out to be his brother’s new girlfriend during a wild family reunion. And If you need a reality TV fix, Xumo Play offers on-demand TV series like “Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares,” “Blue Collar Millionaires,” “Duck Dynasty,” and more.
Xumo Play even has original movies, like “Unforgettable Christmas” (‘tis the season!). This movie tells the story of a princess who yearns to be a fashion designer rather than ascend the throne. But when she develops amnesia and unknowingly collaborates with a rising designer on a Christmas Eve gala collection, she finds both her true passion and unexpected love.
Check out some of the other popular titles available on Xumo Play:
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Bring It On
August 25, 2000The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that’s sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain Torrance, the Toros’ road to total cheer glory takes a shady turn when she discovers that their perfectly-choreographed routines were in fact stolen.
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The Unthinkable
June 20, 2018Sweden faces a mysterious attack while Alex tries to reunite with his youth love, Anna.
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12 to Midnight
August 16, 2024A detective, despondent after the murder of his wife and forced to resign, is brought back to the force when a serial killer appears to be taunting him and turns out to be superhuman.
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The Evil Next Door
October 23, 2020A dad moves into a new house with his son and girlfriend. When he’s out of town working, the son makes a new “friend” next doors.
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Unforgettable Christmas
December 26, 2023If Princess Colette were to get a Christmas wish, she would rather be a fashion designer than heir to her country’s throne, but when she works for designer Wilson James on a collection, she finds both her true calling and her true love.
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
October 1, 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson’s Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide’s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Dateline
March 31, 1992Dateline NBC, or simply Dateline, is a weekly American television newsmagazine series. It was previously the network’s flagship newsmagazine, but now focuses mainly on true crime stories with only occasional editions that focus on other topics.
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Drive
September 15, 2011Driver is a skilled Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Though he projects an icy exterior, lately he’s been warming up to a pretty neighbor named Irene and her young son, Benicio. When Irene’s husband gets out of jail, he enlists Driver’s help in a million-dollar heist. The job goes horribly wrong, and Driver must risk his life to protect Irene and Benicio from the vengeful masterminds behind the robbery.
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Dan in Real Life
October 26, 2007Advice columnist Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls in love with is actually his brother’s new girlfriend.
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Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
April 27, 2004Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares is a television programme featuring British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. The BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning programme debuted on Channel 4 in 2004.
In each episode, Ramsay visits a failing restaurant and acts as a troubleshooter to help improve the establishment in just one week. Ramsay revisits the restaurant a few months later to see how business has fared in his absence. Episodes from series one and two have been re-edited with additional new material as Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares Revisited; they featured Ramsay checking up on restaurants a year or more after he attended to them. In October 2009 Ramsay announced that after his four-year contract expired in 2011 he would not continue with Kitchen Nightmares and would instead work on his other shows.
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Blue Collar Millionaires
July 15, 2015This docuseries profiles big personalities who have gotten rich by getting their hands dirty.
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Duck Dynasty
March 21, 2012At first glance the Robertsons look like a typical Louisiana family who lives for duck hunting season. A closer look, however, reveals they live very well because of duck hunting season. The Robertsons own and operate Duck Commanders, which specializes in fabricating duck calls and decoys out of salvaged swamp wood. The company has grown from a mom-and-pop operation to a multimillionaire sporting empire, established in 1973 by family patriarch Phil (aka the Duck Commander) and now run by his business-savvy son, Willie. “Duck Dynasty” follows the Robertsons and their booming business, which also employs Willie’s wife, Korie, his brother Jase and Uncle Si, a Vietnam vet and colorful character who keeps the guys in the workshop occupied with his many stories.
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Unforgettable Christmas
December 26, 2023If Princess Colette were to get a Christmas wish, she would rather be a fashion designer than heir to her country’s throne, but when she works for designer Wilson James on a collection, she finds both her true calling and her true love.
What platforms can you watch Xumo Play on?
Xumo Play is compatible with Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast (Google Cast), Roku, Android TV, iPhone/iPad, Android Phone/Tablet, Mac, Windows, LG Smart TV, Samsung Smart TV, Sony Smart TV, and VIZIO Smart TV.