Hulu rolling out new redesign on Google TV and other platforms with sidebar navigation

Hulu has simply confirmed the launch of a model new redesign for its TV interface that lastly brings sidebar navigation to Google TV, Apple TV, and other platforms.

If you’ve booted up the Hulu app on your TV platform of alternative right now, you may need seen issues look a little bit completely different. Hulu is rolling out, fairly extensively, we would add, a new interface for its varied good TV apps.

The new replace for Hulu lastly brings sidebar navigation to the service’s TV app, one thing that’s as a result of commonplace throughout Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, and other competing streaming providers. Hulu welcomes new customers to the redesigned UI with a immediate on the first startup that provides a short clarification of what’s new.

The new sidebar in Hulu’s TV app contains the next sections:

• Home
• TV
• Movies
• Sports
• News
• My Stuff
• Hubs
• Settings

All of those choices existed within the earlier Hulu app, however had been discovered inside a prolonged checklist on the homescreen, with none separation between the varied sections. In enjoying round with the new replace on Google TV, we discovered that it’s a lot simpler to seek out what we’re on the lookout for, particularly on the subject of getting again to the “My Stuff” watchlist.

While this replace doesn’t seem like accessible to all customers simply but, Hulu has confirmed that it’s rolling out to TechCrunch. The firm says the up to date UI technically began rolling out yesterday, however will likely be accessible to Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Roku, and others. As talked about, we’re seeing it on Google TV (which suggests Android TV can also be getting it). Our Kyle Bradshaw additionally studies seeing it on a Samsung Smart TV. Hulu says that LG Smart TVs and Vizio TVs may even get the replace “in the coming months,” however we’d take that with a grain of salt – the corporate additionally included Android TV and Samsung TVs in that very same checklist, and these are stay now.

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