How to activate Pluto TV [January 2020]

Unlike many streaming services on the market, Pluto TV is completely free and offers thousands of TV shows and movies, organized into a coherent and logical channel system. Although Pluto TV does not require registration to enjoy all its benefits, registering allows you to personalize your experience.

The only reason it offers registration is to hide and show channels, favorite channels and set your Android device as a remote control. Registration ensures that your preferences are stored in your free account. In this article, you’ll see how to install and activate your Pluto TV service on a wide variety of devices. Let us begin!

As part of the effort to make Pluto TV a solution for everyone, the service has been adapted and made compatible with a wide variety of platforms. Current facilities include the following:

• iPad and iPhone: get the app here.
• Android phones and tablets, as well as Android TV: you can download the official app from Google Play.
• 4^th New generation Apple TV devices: you can find the application at itunes.
• Various Amazon Kindle and Fire tablets, as well as Fire TV and Fire TV Stick: you can download the official app here.
• Several Vizio, Samsung, and Sony smart TVs have the app pre-installed, if available.
• Windows PC and Mac computers: Download the app for your operating system here.
• PlayStation 4: The app is found here or through the Playstation Store on the device.
• Playstation 3: The application can be downloaded from here or through the Playstation Store on the console.
• Xbox One: the app is available here or through the Xbox Games Store (formerly Xbox Live Marketplace) on the game console.
• Browsers: The app requires no installation when accessed via Pluto TV website on PC, Mac or mobile devices.

In addition to availability in the US, Pluto TV is available in other countries. However, negotiations for the rights to broadcast specific content may limit the accessibility of some channels and content from one country to another. International viewers can download the desktop app from the “International Desktop App” section here.

Sign up for Pluto TV

Registering on the platform is simple. You can do it by following these steps:

Step 1

Visit the Pluto TV website to log in or use the app on your phone. Click on the ‘Register‘ option.

Step 2

Fill in the required information and click ‘Sign up free.’

Step 3

Are you ready! You can download the app to watch great shows at no cost.

Do you need to activate Pluto TV?

Pluto TV is great because it is free and offers many features. Fortunately, some of those features include using your smartphone as a remote control and to add favorites. To use the extras, you will need to activate your Pluto TV account on the devices you choose to watch the content on.

Technically, in 2021 it is not necessary to activate the service. Pluto TV has an actual sign-up process, but currently offers no benefits or features. They mention that an account is used to hide and show channels, mark channels as favorites and remove them from favorites, and use your Android device as a remote control.

However, those features have been temporarily disabled and are not available. It’s hard to say when those options will be available, but for now registration is not required. If you decide to set up an account anyway, you’ll receive notifications of any updates as they occur. For now, all “My Pluto” features are not visible, except that the heart icon is still present and tappable on Android, although it does nothing at the moment.

You can watch Pluto TV on multiple devices without limits.

How to activate Pluto TV

Although it is not necessary at this time, you may want to activate the service for when the features are available. To activate Pluto TV follow these steps:

Step 1

Sign in to Pluto TV by visiting My Pluto TV website.

Step 2

Locate the 6-digit code needed to activate the service.

Step 3

You can activate using the app on your phone or by visiting the Pluto activation site and following the instructions.

Chromecast Pluto TV

There are two ways to cast Pluto TV to your Chromecast. You can access Chrome on your computer or you can use the Pluto TV mobile app. Let’s take a look at how it’s done.

Chromecast from the web

Follow these steps to stream Pluto TV through Chrome.

Step 1

Launch Chrome on your computer.

Step 2

Visit the Pluto TV website and log in if necessary.

Step 3

Click the “More” icon in the upper right corner of the browser window.

Stage 4

Select the “Transmit…” option from the menu.

Step 5

Select Chromecast. If you are already connected, an icon will appear indicating your active status.

Chromecast from mobile devices

Follow these steps to stream Pluto TV via your mobile device. This guide works for both Android and iOS devices.

1. Launch Pluto TV on your device.
2. Go to the channel you want to stream.
3. Tap the “Cast” icon in the top right corner.
4. Select Chromecast from the list of available casting devices.

Toggle closed captions

Here’s how to enable subtitles on various platforms.

Android

This guide is for Android phones and tablets.

1. Launch Settings.
2. Select Accessibility.
3. Tap “Subtitles.”
4. Tap the slider switch to turn on subtitles.
5. Start Pluto TV.
6. Touch the screen.
7. Tap the “CC” icon.

Select the language you prefer.

Amazon

Here’s how to turn on subtitles on Amazon devices.

1. Enable Fire TV accessibility settings.
2. Navigate to the “Subtitles” section and activate it.
3. Go to Pluto TV and press the Menu (center) button on your TV remote.
4. Select the language to display subtitles.

roku

Here’s how to turn on closed captioning on your Roku TV device.

1. Launch Pluto TV on your Roku device.
2. Play something.
3. Press the “*” (asterisk) button on the remote control. This will launch the Options menu.
4. Go to “Subtitles.”
5. Press the “Right” and “Left” arrows to select from the list of available subtitles.

Is there a search feature on Pluto TV?

Tragically, and almost inexplicably, there is NO search function on Pluto TV. You can’t search the channel guide, all you can do is browse. This is, of course, a small inconvenience, but be sure to explore some of the things you can do with Pluto TV for more information. Additionally, there is a third-party solution available called Just look which has a section for Pluto TV where most, if not all, of the site’s content is broken down and searchable.

In closing, the number of channels available and the amount of on-demand content is increasing rapidly on Pluto TV. Considering that it’s gaining new users at an incredible rate, it’s safe to assume that Pluto TV is here to stay.