Hulu just extended its live TV favorites and picture-in-picture features to its browser app.
Hulu’s TV bookmark system “My Stuff” consolidates your on-demand and live TV favorites into one place. Picture-in-picture lets you keep watching your programming while you navigate through the Hulu interface.
My Stuff and PiP are part of what Hulu calls the “new Hulu experience”. They integrate Hulu’s live TV beta service with the company’s existing on-demand service.
You can see it for yourself in Hulu’s walk-through video:
Hulu Experience Supported Devices
The Hulu Experience is now available on the web as well as on all the following platforms:
- Mobile Platforms
- Android phones and tablets
- iPhones and iPads
- Amazon Fire Tablets
- Streaming Devices
- Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick
- Roku and Roku Stick (most models)
- Apple TV (4th and 5th Generation)
- Chromecast
- Consumer Electronics
- Samsung TV (2017 models and later)
- Gaming Devices
- Nintendo Switch
- Xbox 360
- Xbox One
Hulu Experience Still Not Available On Some Devices
The Hulu app that runs on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 game consoles can get the new experience interface, but still can’t stream Hulu’s live TV service. Other platforms that only get the “classic” Hulu experience include:
- Streaming Devices
- Android TV
- Apple TV (2nd and 3rd Generation)
- Roku (version 2 or earlier) and Roku Stick (model 3500 or earlier)
- Consumer Electronics
- Sony and Vizio TVs and Blu-ray Players
- Samsung TVs (2016 or earlier)
- TiVo
- Gaming Devices
- Wii and WiiU
It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that older technology falls low on Hulu’s list of priorities. The PlayStation 4 and Android TV, however, are the glaring exceptions. Sony’s game console has an install base as large as Microsoft’s. Supporting Android TV, small as its market share is, ought to be an easy adaptation of the mobile software.
Despite these omissions, Hulu has one of the strongest lineups among all the streaming services. Not bad for a beta program.
Chris Casper is a former tech industry product manager who escaped from California for New Mexico. Now he writes about science and tech while searching for the perfect green chile sauce.
