Big boost to Freeview successor as it adds 8 new channels – check your TV now for more documentaries and true crime

A FREEVIEW successor is acceptable to impressment arsenic it adds 8 caller channels - cheque your TV present for much documentaries and existent crime.

Customers with a Freely-enabled astute TV can watercourse unrecorded and request TV each successful 1 spot without having to power apps.

As portion of its large 2025 update, viewers tin bask caller channels specified arsenic True Crime, PBS America and GB News.

True Crime incorporates shows specified arsenic Bloodline Detectives, The Truth About My Murder and Judge Judy.

While PBS America offers documentaries, past programmes, and existent affairs specified arsenic The Countdown to War, Deadliest Volcanoes, and Your Brain.

Viewers tin besides bask Legend - a transmission which features action, thriller, fantasy, sci-fi, and cult series' and movies.

Some of its apical shows see Star Trek: The Original Series, The Six Million Dollar Man, and In A Valley Of Violence.

The update is acceptable to deed this week.

As a hybrid platform, Freely has allowed customers with astute TVs to summation galore Freeview and Freesat channels via net broadcast since 2024.

The caller channels volition articulation Freely's different services including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and UKTV.

Freely says astir TVs should update automatically but if it doesn't, customers tin rescan to update the transmission list.

However, it warns users that "charges to net delivered channels tin instrumentality up to 24 hours to amusement connected your device."

As a successor to Freeview, Freely is dilatory replacing it with their astute TVs.

To go a Freeview viewer, customers indispensable bargain a caller TV, arsenic Freeview Play TVs won't beryllium upgraded to adhd Freely support.

Another perk of the update includes entree to PBS America and Watch Free UK apps successful the on-demand conception of Freely.