Peacock TV

Fun fact: do you remember NBC’s colorful logo? That’s where the Peacock comes from! Peacock TV is NBCUniversal’s streaming service. You might be here for The Office, but stay for so much more: there are more than 80,000 hours of content ready to be enjoyed, ranging from news, sports, movies, and TV shows to exclusive NBCUniversal content.

Main features of Peacock TV App

• Wide range of content: get access to NBC exclusive content, live sports coverage and more.
• Ultra HD Quality: watch select content in impressive 4K.
• Personalized profiles: create up to six personal profiles, and get recommendations based on your watching history.
• Parental control: supervise content accessible to children.
• Offline watching: download your faves to watch with no internet connection.

Service availability

Before plunging into the supported devices list, there’s something you should be aware of. Peacock TV is only available for devices in the US. In fact, if you’re anywhere else and access their website, that’s the first thing they tell you: “For US customers: Your device must physically be located in the US to stream. For other international audiences: Peacock is not yet available in your territory.” If you’re lucky enough not to be a member of the “other international audiences”, go on reading!

Supported devices and platforms

Peacock TV is a very young streaming service, growing strong since 2020: it has now more than 30 million paid subscribers who access its content through a huge variety of devices, such as:

• Mobile devices
  • Android phones and tablets (available in the Google Play Store for devices running Android 6.0 or later)
  • iPhones and iPads (available in the Apple App Store for devices running iOS 13/iPad OS 13 and above)
  • Fire Tablet devices (available in Amazon’s App Store for Android)
• Streaming devices
  • Amazon Fire TV
  • Android TV
  • Apple TV 4K and
  • Apple TV HD with tvOS 13 or above
  • Chromecasts including Chromecast with Google TV
  • Roku devices
• Smart TVs
  • Hisense VIDAA-powered devices
  • LG Smart TVs with LG WebOS 3.5
  • Samsung Smart TVs from 2017 and later
  • Vizio TVs with SmartCast 2.0 or 3.0 from 2016 and later
• Gaming consoles
  • PS4 and PS5
  • Xbox One, Series X and Series S

Subscribe…

Peacock TV is available in two subscription-based, monthly or annually billed tiers: Peacock Premium and ad-free Peacock Premium Plus.

Bear in mind that Peacock Premium Plus only removes ads from non-live content, so it isn’t completely ad-free. You’ll still have to put up with ads in live events, channels, and some shows. That said, a good thing for Premium Plus subscribers is that you can stream your local NBC affiliate channel.

…and get the binge-watching game on

There’s life beyond The Office! On Peacock you can find many popular shows like Parks and Recreation, Downton Abbey, Law and Order, SNL, Yellowstone, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and the list goes on.

Feel like watching a movie? You can choose from hundreds of films from Hollywood studios such as DreamWorks and Universal.

Interested in sports? Peacock offers live coverage of Premier League, NFL and PGA Tour. Additionally, it has an exclusivity deal with WWE, having become the exclusive U.S. distributor of the network. And even more importantly, NBC’s coverage of the Olympics!

Conclusion

Peacock TV’s streaming service’s been on a path of steady growth since its launch not so long ago, and it’s certain to keep on improving, working to find its way into everyone’s lives. I think there are more than enough reasons to love Peacock TV and consider it a must-have service for cinephiles, TV fans and sports aficionados. Go ahead, and give it a go!