Plex is the latest entry to the free streaming service genre that had a few big and emerging players like Roku Channel and Tubi. It offers tons of movies and TV shows from a wide variety of production houses including MGM, Warner Bros, Lionsgate, and Legendary, among others. You as a user doesn’t have to spend a dime to access these contents. The entire platform is ad-supported and that is it, there is no subscription that you need to be part of.
Offering its service to over 220 countries, it is indeed among the most widely spread streaming service provider. As far as its support goes, it works on all devices that support Plex and you could see the same from the sidebar. You could altogether hide this sidebar as well if the ads are something that you cannot live it and rather prefer to shell out some bucks and use services like Netflix. With that said, let’s check out the app on its usability front and how to get Plex streaming service free of cost on your preferred devices.
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What is Plex Streaming Service
You could call Plex as a combination of two things: a free media server software and a collection of free clients apps. The first one could easily be run on your PC or Mac set up. The latter helps various devices like Smart TVs, Apple TV, Roku, gaming consoles, Amazon Fire TV among others access its free media service contents and get it delivered right to you.
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Plex’s User Interface
Talking about its UI, the Plex streaming service seems to have borrowed a page or two out of Netflix’s book. There are large thumbnails for each of the contents that it provides. Likewise, there are many different types of hubs or categories as well. These include Plex’s own recommendations (known as Editor’s recommendation) and then a personalized content section, which will obviously be different for each user. The latter will be curated based on your watch history and the type of movies or series you most interact with. Apart from that, there’s also a popular, trending, and genre-specific content section.
