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Pluto TV is one of the best places to find and stream on-demand classic movie content, as well as live TV shows for free - without any subscription. The service is available in select regions, and it offers a massive library of free content - interesting ones you'd love to watch over and again.
While Pluto TV looks all good and exciting to everyone - because it can be gotten on any device, from mobile devices to streaming devices, PCs, TVs, and gaming consoles, it has a limitation that keeps bothering its users. The limitation is the “Search” function. Well, that was previously.
So, how to search on Pluto TV now? Currently, it is easy to search for movies and TV shows on the Pluto TV website and applications. Read on to find out how.
1. How to Search on Pluto TV (The Old Ways)
Previously, when Pluto TV launched newly, there is no "Search" feature available across its apps, and even on the web version. Thus, for you to stream a TV show or on-demand title, you have to find your way - scrolling through an enormous library of on-demand titles to finally select, open, and stream the one you wanted to watch.
Well, users laid complaints to the company and developers, and pretty much, the complaints were heard. Currently, in 2022, there is a big "Search" bar on the web version of Pluto TV, which allows you to quickly look up TV shows or on-demand titles instead of browsing through the massive libraries.
Before this search function was integrated; there were tricks adopted by early Pluto TV users to narrow the search for their favorite Pluto TV movies and shows, which they want to stream. Hereunder are those tricks and tips.
1.1 Select a Service
Pluto TV offers two services: Live TV and On Demand. You can switch between the two from the top of the website's interface. So, choose Live TV if you're looking for a particular live show, but toggle to the On Demand section if you're looking for a title to watch.
1.2 Search with Genres and Categories
When browsing through Pluto TV's On Demand section, you'd notice that the titles are arranged into genres and categories: sitcoms, comedy, trending, reality TV, action, etc. If you know the category the movie you're searching for falls into, simply expand the category and keep scrolling to find the movie.
This search method is recommended when you don’t know the title of the movie, but can easily identify it when you see the cover art or anything similar. It may take time to find a title using this method.
1.3 Always Add to Watchlist
If you're streaming on Pluto TV and come across a show you find to be very interesting, the first thing to do is to add the show to your "Watchlist." That way, you can always come back to watch the show by looking it up from the watchlist instead of searching a whole library or category.
Well, if you forgot to add the show to the watchlist, you're forgiven, the modern interface of Pluto TV now supports searching for live TV shows and on-demand titles quickly.
1.4 Search on Google
This method only works if you know the title of the show. For example, you go open your browser and search for the show on Google, following this format: the Equalizer on Pluto TV. This way, you’re instructing Google to bring up the Equalizer movie page on Pluto TV; so, you’d just click on the link and get started with the movie.
2. The New Way to Search on Pluto TV
Finally, in 2021, Pluto TV added the "Search" feature which has been the main topic of debate regarding the service. So, from April 2021 till now, you don't have to follow those procedures mentioned above; the new way to search on Pluto TV is dead-simple; it works just as the search feature on any app or website you've ever used.
So, when you launch the service, look beside the “On Demand” option, and you’d find the new “Search” bar there; simply tap/click on the bar and enter the movie name you want to search for.
Below is an example of how Pluto TV search results would appear on your device. We searched for “The Equalizer” movie.
As you can see, the on-demand title, “The Equalizer” appeared first on the search, followed by many other similar titles, including Live TV programs. You can quickly search on Pluto TV by going to https://pluto.tv/en/search and typing the title of the show or movie you want to stream.
However, this search feature is not yet rolled out for all devices that support Pluto TV streaming. The company assures that the feature would soon be available across all of its versions.
Web-version users and PC streamers are already enjoying this feature. However, the search feature still requires improvement to allow users to filter search results based on different parameters.
Final Wrap-up
This article has comprehensively detailed how to search for shows on Pluto TV, both in the past and present day. It is now pretty easy to find what you are looking for on the platform than it used to be.
Moreover, in case you are interested in downloading your favorite Pluto TV content to watch on your trips where no internet is available, you may use a 3rd-party StreamFab Pluto TV Downloader software.
