How to Watch PBS Documentaries on Google Chromecast
You can stream PBS Documentaries on Google Chromecast. Here’s how to sign up, download, install, and start streaming PBS Documentaries using your Google Chromecast. Learn how to get the most out of your Google Chromecast while using PBS Documentaries.
PBS Documentaries
Get access to the past 50 years of documentaries with the Amazon Prime Video add-on channel, PBS Documentaries. The ad-free streaming service provides over 1,000 hours of programming, which is mainly PBS’s original documentary films and television shows and features.
Google Chromecast
Google Chromecast is a streaming device that can be used to watch Live TV Streaming Services and On Demand Streaming Services.
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Can you stream PBS Documentaries on Google Chromecast?
How to Sign Up and Download PBS Documentaries on Google Chromecast
PBS Documentaries is available natively using Google Chromecast. Additionally, you may be able to stream to your Google Chromecast through Google Cast.
PBS Documentaries app on Google Chromecast
- Click here to sign up for PBS Documentaries.
- Once you’ve signed up, go to the Home Screen on your Google Chromecast.
- Launch the app store and search for “PBS Documentaries” on your Google Chromecast.
- Select “Download” to install the app.
- Once installed, log in using your PBS Documentaries credentials.
- You can now stream PBS Documentaries on Google Chromecast.
Google Cast
- Click here to sign up for PBS Documentaries.
- Install the PBS Documentaries iPhone/iPad app or Android Phone/Tablet app.
- Once installed, log in using your PBS Documentaries credentials.
- Make sure your streaming device is connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your Android Phone/Tablet or iPhone/iPad.
- Start playing the content in the PBS Documentaries app and select the Google Cast icon.
- Choose your Google Chromecast and it will start displaying on your streaming device.
How to Sign Up for PBS Documentaries on Other Streaming Devices
If you have other devices, you can learn how to sign up for and use PBS Documentaries on Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Roku, Android TV, iPhone/iPad, Android Phone/Tablet, Mac, Windows, PlayStation, Xbox, LG Smart TV, Samsung Smart TV, Sony Smart TV, and VIZIO Smart TV.
What features are available on PBS Documentaries?
Up to 6 Profiles
PBS Documentaries allows you to create up to 6 user profiles.
Parental Controls
Prime Video’s parental control tools apply to PBS Documentaries. You can designate certain accounts as Kids profiles.
Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Disney+, Max, Hulu, Netflix, Paramount Plus, Peacock, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME, and STARZ also have parental control features.
Up to 3 Devices
PBS Documentaries allows you to stream on up to 3 devices simultaneously.
Offline Downloads
PBS Documentaries allows you to download certain content for offline viewing.
TV Shows
Popular docu-series include “Finding Your Roots,” “First Peoples,” “Muhammad Ali: A Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McMahon,” and many more.
Movies
Users will access a robust library of critically acclaimed, thought-provoking documentary series and movies like the entire Ken Burns collection as well as “NOVA,” “Frontline,” “American Masters,” “Nature,” “American Experience,” “Independent Lens,” “POV,” and more.
Popular titles on the channel include Stanley Nelson’s “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,” “For Sama,” “Your Inner Fish” and “Last Days in Vietnam.”