WEBVTT - Google Searches Streaming Services

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<v Speaker 1>Google has a new way to help you find where

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<v Speaker 1>movies and TV shows are streaming free.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm rich Dmarrow. This is Rich on Tech Daily.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the side effects of all this cord cutting

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<v Speaker 1>is that it is confusing. A lot of us are

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<v Speaker 1>subscribed to a bunch of different streaming services, and sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>you just don't know where to start when you want

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<v Speaker 1>to watch something. We've got lots of them available, Netflix,

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon Prime, all the individual apps from ABC, NBC, the

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<v Speaker 1>assorted cable channels. It kind of makes finding something to

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<v Speaker 1>watch kind of tricky, and sometimes I find myself just

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<v Speaker 1>paralyzed in saying, you know what, I'm just not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>watch anything, and I end up just looking at my phone.

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<v Speaker 1>The one thing you don't want to do with all

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<v Speaker 1>these subscriptions you're paying for is double pay for something

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<v Speaker 1>that you're watching. So let's say you want to watch

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<v Speaker 1>Wonder Woman, so you're rented on iTunes, but you don't

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<v Speaker 1>realize it just started streaming.

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<v Speaker 2>For free on HBO. Google is trying to help.

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<v Speaker 1>They have a new feature inside their Google Play Store

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<v Speaker 1>and the Google Play Movies and TV app. Basically, when

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<v Speaker 1>you're browsing for things to watch and you select one.

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<v Speaker 1>Not only are you going to see how much it

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<v Speaker 1>would cost to rent or buy that movie from Google,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's a new drop down box, and this lets

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<v Speaker 1>you know if your movie or TV show is streaming

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<v Speaker 1>on a service for free.

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<v Speaker 2>How handy is that?

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<v Speaker 1>So, for instance, if you search for a movie like

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<v Speaker 1>Ride Along two, which I just did on my phone,

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<v Speaker 1>it says you can rent it for three dollars buy

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<v Speaker 1>it for ten dollars, But then there's a drop down

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<v Speaker 1>box that says it's also streaming on max Goo, which

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<v Speaker 1>is the app from Cinemax. Then from there, just one

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<v Speaker 1>more tap and you can install the app if you

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<v Speaker 1>don't have it, or you can just launch right into

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<v Speaker 1>the show or movie if you have the app. Google

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<v Speaker 1>says they have support for more than two dozen apps

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<v Speaker 1>right now, including ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, Hulu, HBO Now,

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<v Speaker 1>HBO Go.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know why those two are separate.

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<v Speaker 1>Showtime, Amazon Prime, Disney Now, HGTV, b ET, Comedy Central,

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<v Speaker 1>and more. The one thing that's missing from that list

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<v Speaker 1>right now is Netflix, but I don't think this is

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<v Speaker 1>on purpose, because Netflix data is available through other apps,

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<v Speaker 1>So I think it's just a matter of time before

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<v Speaker 1>Netflix and Google cut a deal to have their info

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<v Speaker 1>on there as well. Google's also adding some new ways

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<v Speaker 1>to browse for stuff to watch. You can also add

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<v Speaker 1>videos to a wish list, which is handy I find

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<v Speaker 1>if you want to see when the movies you want

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<v Speaker 1>to watch pop up on a service that you pay for,

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<v Speaker 1>So a lot of times I will basically bookmark the

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<v Speaker 1>movies I want to watch, but I'll just wait until

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<v Speaker 1>they hit HBO Go.

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<v Speaker 2>Or something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>You can also get new recommendations by using the thumbs

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<v Speaker 1>up and thumbs down to rate titles. Now you're probably

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<v Speaker 1>thinking yourself, wait a second, I've already seen this in

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<v Speaker 1>other places. Google is not the only one to do this,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're right. Roku does something similar. They have something

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<v Speaker 1>called Universal Search, which is really great. Searches across all

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<v Speaker 1>their apps so you can see where things are streaming.

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<v Speaker 1>Apple TV also does this, and on the iPhone, if

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<v Speaker 1>you have the TV app or on iPad, you can

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<v Speaker 1>search for things as well. Just keep in mind that

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<v Speaker 1>none of these services are perfect. A lot of times

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<v Speaker 1>you'll find the information as outdated, maybe it's incorrect, or

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<v Speaker 1>it's incomplete. Sometimes some will be streaming somewhere, but Apple

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<v Speaker 1>say it's not. So. For instance, I searched for Right

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<v Speaker 1>Along Too, which was the same movie we searched in Google.

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<v Speaker 2>I searched this in.

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<v Speaker 1>Apple's TV app, and guess what, I only got the

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<v Speaker 1>option to rent or buy from iTunes. So either Apple

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<v Speaker 1>is not getting that information from Cinemax, or it's just

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<v Speaker 1>not on their database, or who knows.

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<v Speaker 2>Now. I search for Rio.

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<v Speaker 1>Two on the TV app on Apple and it says

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<v Speaker 1>it's streaming on FX now and Fox Now. So you're

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<v Speaker 1>really just gonna have to kind of see which one

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<v Speaker 1>of these services works best for you. If you're on

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<v Speaker 1>an iPhone, you're probably gonna use the TV app, If

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<v Speaker 1>you're on Android, you're probably gonna use Google. If you're

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<v Speaker 1>on Roku, you're probably gonna use Roku's. One thing I

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<v Speaker 1>have noticed, though, is a little quirk on Apple TV.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're using that, you really want to always search

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<v Speaker 1>with Siri, because that way it will tell you when

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<v Speaker 1>things are on different streaming services.

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<v Speaker 2>So Apple TV does a really nice job of this.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll say, hey, do you want us to open this

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<v Speaker 1>in you know, Netflix or Amazon or whatever, But you

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<v Speaker 1>have to be searching with Siri. If you search using iTunes,

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<v Speaker 1>your old, I'm gonna find movies that are on iTunes.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's a little quirk, a little bit different, but

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<v Speaker 2>you just have to be aware of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Now. If you want a dedicated third party app for

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<v Speaker 1>all of this, the one that I like is called

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<v Speaker 1>just Watch, and it searches across pretty much all the

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<v Speaker 1>major services including Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Hbo, and more.

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<v Speaker 2>There you have it.

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<v Speaker 1>Never pay double for a movie or TV show ever. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks so much for listening. If you like this podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Rich Dimiro links to everything I mentioned here at

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<v Speaker 2>I'll talk to you real soon.