NBCUniversal launched Peacock in mid-2020 with limited support for streaming devices. The gaps have since been closed — with one glaring exception.
What Devices Work with Peacock Right Now?
Peacock’s device support is pretty comprehensive with all the major platforms supported.
- Living room devices: Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Roku, Cox Contour, Xfinity X devices, Xfinity Flex
- Smart TVs and Blu-ray players: Certain televisions from LG and VIZIO as well as smart TVs based on Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Roku.
- Mobile devices and tablets: Android and iOS.
- Game consoles: Microsoft Xbox One, Series X, Series S; Sony PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
- Desktop browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari.
Why use Peacock?
It’s free and comes with some great content. Seriously, NBC has a sixty-year track record when it comes to producing high-quality TV content. Peacock combines that with NBC’s sports and news operations as well as the NBCUniversal cable channels like E! The Universal side of the house has been around for more than a century. You can learn more about Peacock’s channels here.
By using an ad-supported business model, Peacock is going to market with free access to all of that content. CBS and Disney, by contrast, charge for access to their archives. Learn everything about this streaming service in our Peacock review.
Chris Casper is a former tech industry product manager who escaped from California for New Mexico. Now he writes about science and tech while searching for the perfect green chile sauce.
Eric Liston is a content writer based in Columbus, Ohio. Since 2015, he’s been writing about technology, cord-cutting, and helping everyday people save money. He also has expertise writing about medicine, dentistry, insurance, and a variety of other industries. No matter what he’s writing, his focus is always on simplifying complex concepts and making them approachable for everyone. When he’s not slamming away on his keyboard at his home office, you’ll find Eric reading sci-fi novels, improving his disc golf game (he just hit his first 400-foot drive) and playing video games on his gaming PC.
