In this guide, you will learn how to install the Local Now app on Roku and Firestick for streaming free news, weather, Live TV, and movies.
By installing Local Now, you will be able to watch all the news around you very easily with the help of local channels like Newsy, Cheddar News, Bloomberg, and more.
Before knowing how to install the Local Now channel on Roku and Fire TV, let’s know a little bit about it.
A Little Information About Local Now
Local Now is a streaming service that lets you watch free local news, and weather from channel partners, and local TV stations in your area. Along with this it also brings you 1000s of movies and TV shows.
You can access the most exclusive stories from US 200 cities with the Local Now “My Stream” features. So that you stay updated with your local news coverage.
There is something here for everyone in the On-Demand movie library, and you can find your choice of films by selecting different genres including Drama, Comedy, Thriller, Romance, Kids Movies, Cult Classics, Documentaries, and more.
You will find all types of shows of the entire season here from Comedy, Sitcoms, Reality TV Shows, Documentaries, Classic TV Shows, Kids Shows, and more.
Let us now first know how to install Local Now on Roku?
How To Install Local Now on Roku or Roku TV?
Installing Local Now on Roku is very easy as you will find it in the Roku Channel Store.
Apart from this, you can install it on your Android Mobile or tablet from App Store and cast content from it on your Roku devices by Screen Mirroring.
Without Jailbreaking your Roku Player, you won’t be able to mirror your mobile screen to it, and cast content.
Now you will know how to install Local Now from Roku Channel Store.
Steps to Install Local Now on Roku
- Go to the home page of your Roku device
- Select Search icon
- Type Local Now and search
- Select this channel from the searching list
- Click Add Channel
- Open it to launch on your device
It was a matter of installing Local Now from the direct Roku Channel Store. If you want to cast content from this app using your Mobile device by Screen Mirroring option. So know what you have to first for that.
First, you have to connect your Mobile to your Roku device, then you download the Local Now app on your Mobile and install it.
Once your Mobile and Roku devices are connected, you will be able to cast content from your mobile to your Roku TV. For the complete guide visit this link “Roku Screen Mirroring”
Local Now official site click here
How To Install Local-Now on Firestick?
The app Local channel can also be installed very easily by Fire TV users from Amazon App Store.
- Go to the home screen of your Firestick device
- Select Search icon
- Type Local Now
- Select it from searching list
- Click Go to start downloading
- It will be installed automatically
- Once the installation will finished, Open the Local Now app and enjoy
I hope you understand well how to install the Local Now channel on Roku and Firestick devices. For information about other streaming apps, go to the category “Apps” given above and find the content.