May 16, 2018
By: Richard Irving, VP of Product
A way to take screen shoots of hulu and netflixs without the black screen. A way to take screen shoots of hulu and netflixs without the black screen. I can't install Netflix on my rooted Android. It doesn't show up in the Play Store. Even if I find the.apk elsewhere, it doesn't connect to their servers. I've heard there's work arounds for it, but because of Samsung's asshole design, I can't do that either.
Summer is just around the corner and we’re just as excited as you are to get outside, enjoy the weather and make the most of your well-deserved time away from school or the office. But with the NBA Playoffs, NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, MLB season, The Handmaid’s Tale season 2 in full effect and the premiere of Hulu Original Castle Rock (we could go on and on… and on!), there is a lot of great TV you won’t want to miss. So just in time for summer, we’re optimizing the Hulu experiences that matter most to you when you’re on-the-go: mobile and web. With these updates, leaving your house does not mean leaving your TV behind.
We know your mobile phone is the most personal device you own. It goes with you virtually everywhere you go and we know it’s how you watch TV when you’re away from your big screen. In fact, we’ve seen that Hulu viewers are taking their TV with them more often these days: Our viewers are watching 84% more hours of programming a month on their phones compared to last year. We also know that your laptop is the other screen that travels with you when you’re on-the-go. To enhance both your mobile and Web experiences, we’re rolling out a handful of features that will get you to the programming you love more quickly, give you more control over your recommendations and let you share your TV moments when you’re away.
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First, to get you into live TV more quickly and with fewer clicks, we’re introducing a new dedicated live TV destination which will take you directly to live playback on your most recently watched channel. Just look for the lightning bolt icon on your navigation bar. Your mobile devices will also get a robust dynamic live TV guide that will allow you to easily see what’s on now, what’s coming up in the next 24 hours and switch channels.
We’ve also added a portrait player so you can see what’s on when you are watching something else – and easily switch between channels. When you’ve settled on your selection, enter full screen mode by rotating your phone horizontally. When you’re watching programming from our on-demand library, Hulu provides recommendations on what to watch next in portrait mode, so finding what to watch next is as easy as turning your wrist.
Being away from home can introduce a lot of unpredictable variables into your day. For those moments where life interrupts your TV time and you lose your place or just want to re-watch, we’re enhancing scrubbing and showing you a preview of the frame, so you can return to the exact spot where you left off.
More control over your recommendations
With more than 75,000 episodes of TV at your fingertips, it’s important our recommendations are tailored precisely to your tastes. That’s why we’re adding two new features that put you in greater control of your recommendations: “Stop Suggesting” programming and “Remove” from Watch History.
With the “Stop Suggesting” feature, you’ll be able to tell us when our recommendations in your Home experience don’t hit the mark. By selecting this action, you’ll remove the series, movie or sports league from being recommended to you again.
And for the times when you reluctantly agreed to watch something you wish you hadn’t— or maybe your babysitter forgot to switch profiles— we’re giving you the option to “Remove” items from your Keep Watching collection on Home and Watch History hub. Just select “Remove” on the program’s cover story in Home or within the context menu within the Watch History hub and our recommendation engine will forget it ever happened.
Watch on the big screen when you’re away from home
We know that two-thirds of Hulu viewers watch with family or friends at least once a week and most places you go, you’ll have access to a big(ger) screen. Even though you’re away from home, we want you to be able to enjoy the big screen experience with your friends that you love. So we’re adding HDMI support to iOS and enhancing your experience with Chromecast devices. This means you can watch Hulu on the big screen just by plugging in to an available HDMI port or casting to an available Chromecast device. Plus, our new portrait player lets you control Chromecast playback and channel-surf all in the same place!
For those moments in your life when your desktop screen is the biggest and best screen you have, we’re bringing you the built-for-Web experience we’ve been perfecting over the past year. Beginning next week, live TV subscribers will all have access to the new Hulu experience for Web – at http://new.hulu.com. Additional subscribers will start seeing the new hulu.com throughout the summer.
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The best news of all? All of these features will begin rolling out to Android and iOS next week! We hope that you enjoy these enhancements while you’re watching all of this summer’s can’t-miss live and on-demand content on Hulu. And for those of you who will be working hard through the summer, Hulu is there for you to keep up with the ballgame on your computer while you get your TPS report done.
As frequently as we replace our phones, some of our other electronic devices serve us until they simply won’t turn on anymore. For some people, this is true of their media streaming devices, which explains why Hulu found it necessary this week to announce that it will be eliminating support for a few older Roku devices.
As spotted by Ars Technica, Hulu updated its support documentation to note that multiple older Roku models will lose access to the streaming service on June 24th, 2020. If you have one of the affected devices, you’ll see one of the two following messages: “Hulu Plus is no longer supported on this device” or “Your user session has expired.” If you see either of these messages, you’re going to have to upgrade to watch Hulu again.
According to the Hulu Help Center, these devices will no longer be supported as of June 24th, 2020: Jw org com library.
If you want to find out the model number of your Roku, you can go to Settings > About on your device.
As the help center notes, these devices only supported “the classic Hulu app” prior to this change, which means that they weren’t able to access certain features, including Premium Add-ons or live TV. But as of June 24th, it sounds like they won’t be able to access the app at all, and will have no choice but to find another option.
Ars Technica notes that these devices went on sale in 2012, and chances are, if you’re reading this, you do not have one of these Roku streamers hooked up to your TV. Meanwhile, the latest version of the Hulu app is still supported by a wide variety of Roku hardware, as long as it has been updated to firmware version 8.1 or higher:
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Here’s what Hulu has to say about devices that no longer support its app:
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When our service is deprecated on a device, the Hulu app may no longer allow you to sign in or it may disappear altogether. In case the app does open, it may only display an on-screen alert similar to the messaging above. While we’d love for Hulu to be accessible to everyone, we occasionally have to discontinue our service on supported devices that are no longer capable of meeting our app’s minimum technical requirements.
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