Amazon is reportedly rolling out a dedicated ‘Live tab’ that showcases whether whatever that is is being played across a host of apps is a free offering like Pluto TV, a cable substitute like PlayStation Vue or an over-the-air broadcast picked up through a Fire TV Recast.
The new update will add a ‘Live’ tab to the main home screen, which “brings together your live sports, news, and channels from select OTT services, streaming apps (e.g. PlayStation Vue), paid subscriptions, and over-the-air antennas into one consolidated view.”
The tab is located on the TV’s main navigation menus, and the section will be grouping the channels that you have recently viewed. It’ll also be featuring a list of other channels “which share similar programming,” like sports or breaking news. The tab isn’t quite live just yet on which Amazon commented, “it’ll roll out to users in the next week. so it won’t quite replace the browsing experience you might be used to from conventional TV. However, that’s not necessarily a problem. It might do the trick if you’re a cord-cutter who just can’t wait for an on-demand video to start watching.”