NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service is out - What you need to know (Updated) - Android
Update: July 15, 2020: We have updated the article to show that Peacock is now widely available in the US. We also tell you how to get the Peacock Android app since a search of the Google Play Store does not currently show it in the search results.
The video streaming service boom continues. NBCUniversal, owned by Comcast, has fully launched its new streaming service, which is called Peacock.
So what does the Peacock steaming service bring to the table, and will it be able to stand out from the already crowded list of premium video streaming services? Here’s everything we know so far about Peacock.
As we mentioned, Peacock is the new premium video streaming service run by NBCUniversal. The Comcast-owned media company announced plans to launch a streaming service a number of months ago. It is the home for classic and recent shows from NBCUniversal’s various broadcast and cable networks, along with films from Universal Pictures, Dreamworks Animation, and Focus Features. In addition, Peacock will launch a number of exclusive new TV shows and movies for the service, which will include reboots of a number of well-known properties.
Peacock will be led by Matt Strauss, who previously was the head of Comcast’s Xfinity cable products.
Using the name Peacock as the label for the NBCUniversal streaming service is a nod to the early days of television. As the 1960s began, most TV shows were still broadcast in black and white. However, the NBC TV network was, at the time, owned by the electronics product maker RCA, and it wanted consumers to purchase its new color televisions. To encourage this, Forward.com reports that RCA commissioned a new NBC logo that would play in front of its shows, showing a stylized peacock that showed off all of the primary and secondary colors in its “feathers”.
The logo for the new Peacock streaming service still has the same colors featured in the old NBC logo as dots on the right side.
Peacock is now widely available in the US.
So far, NBCUniversal has revealed that for the July 15 launch, Peacock will be available on iOS and Android mobile devices. It will also be available on Android TV smart televisions and set-top boxes, Apple TV boxes, and Microsoft’s Xbox One game console. The app will also be available on select Vizio SmartCast TVs and LG Smart TVs and will be supported on Chromecast dongles and TVs. The week of July 20, a Peacock app will launch on Sony’s Playstation 4 game console.
At the time of this writing, there are currently no plans to launch Peacock apps for the popular Roku and Amazon Fire TV set-top boxes, sticks and smart TVs. We will update this post when more platform information is revealed.
At the time of this writing (July 15) the Peacock app for Android cannot be found by searching for it in the Google Play Store. The good news for Android users is that it’s there, but you have to download it via a direct link. That link is available below:
There are two tiers of Peacock subscriptions. The first one, Peacock Free, will be completely free to access, with ads. The other, Peacock Premium, will have more content but will have a price tag for most customers.
Peacock Free: The free, ad-supported versions of the service give subscribers over 13,000 hours of programming. Current freshmen shows will have their new episodes available to watch the next day after they are broadcast on Peacock. This tier will also have complete classic TV series to watch, along with a selection of popular movies. The tier will include curated daily news and sports programming including the Olympics, and some Spanish-language content. The free tier gives subscribers a few episodes of Peacock original shows to watch.
Peacock Premium: This tier has over 20,000 hours of content for subscribers. Subscribers get access to all Peacock exclusive shows, along with more sports coverage and next-day access to current seasons of returning broadcast series. Fans of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and Late Night with Seth Myers, can watch new episodes of those shows via Peacock at 8 pm ET and 9 pm ET, respectively. That’s a few hours before those episodes debut on NBC.
Peacock Premium normally costs $4.99 a month, with ads. However, if you are a Comcast and Cox cable subscriber, you get the ad-supported Peacock Premium for free. If they want to get rid of the ads for most shows, those users can spend $5 a month. Everyone else can get the ad-free version of Peacock Premium for $9.99.
Android and Android TV users will be able to access the ad-based version of Peacock Premium for free from the launch date of July 15 to October 15.
Unfortunately, Peacock does not yet support streaming its TV shows or movies in 4K resolution. A post in its Help Center page hints that support may be added in the future.
Peacock supports up to three concurrent streams at once on one account.
In terms of TV shows, it will be the new exclusive streaming home for the US version of The Office. Currently, all nine seasons of the workplace sitcom are available on Netflix, where it has become the most popular TV series on any streaming service, according to NBCUniversal. However, The Office won’t make its move to Peacock until January 2021.
The new service is the home for another highly popular classic workplace sitcom, Parks and Recreation. It’s currently available to stream on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video, but all of its episodes will move exclusively to Peacock, starting in October 2020.
Other classic and more recent TV shows that are available on the service include:
In addition, new episodes of two of NBC’s late night talk shows, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Myers, will be streamed on Peacock a few hours before they are broadcast on NBC. The Tonight Show episodes will drop at 8 pm Eastern time
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