XUMO joins VIZIO SmartCast line-up

XUMO, a live and video-on-demand (VOD) over-the-top (OTT) service, has joined the VIZIO SmartCast app line-up.

The VIZIO SmartCast experience is now further enhanced with access to content from XUMO’s broad collection of more than 70 premium OTT channels such as Time Inc’s People/Entertainment Weekly Network (PEN) and Sports Illustrated, Tastemade, Refinery29, FailArmy, The Pet Collective from Jukin Media, Funny Or Die, Outside TV Shorts and more.

The service joins other VIZIO SmartCast-enabled apps like Vudu, Crackle, Hulu, Pluto TV, iHeartRadio, FandangoNOW and Google Play Movies & TV, whose content catalogues can be searched at once via the VIZIO SmartCast app. Users can look for their favourite shows, films and more across multiple apps, and then tap to stream from their mobile device to a VIZIO SmartCast display. In addition, the VIZIO SmartCast app also allows users to adjust settings and control displays from any room in the home.

The VIZIO SmartCast app has been recently updated to provide users with a more streamlined set-up and faster overall experience, allowing users to simultaneously search and browse content across multiple apps by genre and text or voice search. Once users find a title, they just tap on the desired service to begin streaming the content directly to their VIZIO SmartCast display. Users can then continue using their mobile devices for other activities without interrupting the stream to the big screen.

“The VIZIO SmartCast app gives consumers instant access to an ever-expanding library of content options available through our partners,” said Matt McRae, CTO,*VIZIO. “We’re excited for our latest integration with XUMO which offers VIZIO customers even more entertainment options from the app’s premium collection of OTT channels.”