Phil Nickinson / Digital Trends
If you were to require about the biggest trend in streaming video of late , luck are it ’d be something foretell riotous . That ’s brusque forfree , advertizement - supported telecasting . It ’s everywhere . And if you ’re looking to watch something without experience to pay yet another monthly fee , it ’s got you cover .
Sling TVhas its own FAST service , called Sling Freestream . As the name implies , it ’s loose . In fact , you do n’t even have to have a Sling TV account to watch .
Sling Freestream features more than 400 live ( as in linear , which mean that you ’re watching the same affair at the same time as everyone else ) channels and more than 40,000 on - demand shows and movies . It ’s very much in the same vein as what you ’d get with other FAST options , like Tubi , Amazon Freevee , or Pluto TV . Only this one ’s from Sling , and produce an story is not required .
While Sling Freestream does n’t require an account statement , you might still view make one because you ’ll get a few extras . If you have a Freestream news report , you ’ll be capable to designate favorite channel , add shows to a watchlist , make drug user profile , and add parental controls . ( That last part is especially important for FAST servicing . )
Sling Freestream is middling separate from the nucleus Sling television set experience , but it ’s not entirely come off . If you ’re a Sling TV indorser , you ’ll find the Freestream channels in your live guide , under its own Freestream filter . You ’ll need to have at least one of the Sling TV track for this , though , but it works whether you only have Sling Orange or Sling Blue or both .
One thing that Freestream does n’t have is the ability to rent film . Sling says , “ We ’re actively working on it . ” That ’s far from a deal - breaker , though , as Freestream ’s contention does n’t rent motion-picture show , either . Well , unless you numerate Amazon Freevee , we suppose . The bottom line is that these are FAST services and not traditional rental services . So you ’ll open up up Freestream , watch whatever ’s on , then go about your twenty-four hour period . If you require to watch the up-to-the-minute and greatest and do n’t mind yield a few bucks to lease it ? That ’ll still take a unlike serve . That ’s just the way it is .
It ’s worth reiterating that this is all separate from ( but also a part of ) the full Sling TV experience . You do n’t have to have a subscription to Sling Orange or Sling Blue to utilise Freestream . But if you do , you ’ll determine those channel integrated in the guide . It ’s just another entry in the long origin of services that give you a good bit of message for nothing more than a few minutes of your care by way of advertising .
