The latest major streaming service has landed with NBC’s Peacock now available to everyone. Read along with our comprehensive guide on how to watch Peacock for free on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and the web, what’s available on the service, what you get with paid plans, how to cancel, and more.
What is NBC Peacock Television?
Peacock is NBC’s streaming service that competes with Hulu, Disney +, Apple TV +, Netflix and more. Peacock includes a variety of on-demand and live content, from TV shows to movies, sports and news.
There are three different levels of service with a completely free and ad-supported option that is sure to entice many to try Peacock. And if you are already an Xfinity or Cox subscriber, you can get the premium plan for free.
How to watch Peacock for free on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and the web
- Download the Peacock app on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV (or go to the Peacock web registration page)
- Create a free account (no credit card required) with your email and password
- Check the box to accept the terms and conditions and touch “Start watching” (or “Create account” on the web)
- You are ready to watch for free!
- If you are an Xfinity or Cox cable subscriber, you can get Peacock Premium for free (link your Xfinity account here, Cox account here)
The first time you watch Peacock on an Apple device, you will receive a message asking if you want the Apple TV app to connect to the service. While you can browse Peacock through the Apple TV app, just like Disney +, it seems like playing content takes you to the Peacock app.
What will be in Peacock?
As you will guess, there is a slight downside if you look at the free Peacock plan: it doesn’t allow access to all live and on-demand content from the streaming service. But it does offer a fair amount of content (including both on-demand and live) at no cost.
Content that is only available with Premium or Premium Plus will be marked with a purple peacock feather in the upper left corner of the thumbnails.
Some popular content available include:
- Parks and Recreation
- 30 rocks
- The office (in 2021 when the Netflix deal closes)
- Saturday night live
- Tonight’s show starring Jimmy Fallon
- America has talent
- Blind point
- Downton Abbey
- Law
- Friday night lights
- Shrek
- Jurassic Park
- Matrix Serie
- Bourne’s identity Serie
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- Curious George
- Where’s Waldo?
All in all, NBC says Peacock has hundreds of movies, thousands of television episodes, sports, news, children’s content, as well as Peacock originals like Brave New World based on Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel.
How much does NBC’s Peacock streaming service cost?
If you try Peacock’s free plan and want to access everything you have, you have two paid options:
- Peacock Premium priced at $ 4.99 / mo
- Includes a 7-day free trial
- “A full access pass to everything Peacock has to offer: every movie, every episode, every season, all of our live sports.”
- Peacock Premium Plus priced at $ 9.99 / mo
- Includes a 7-day free trial
- “Get everything included in Peacock Premium, plus ad-free streaming *. * Peacock’s channels, events, and some shows and movies will continue to contain ads. “
If you want to upgrade, you can find the option in settings. In the iOS app, from the bottom “Trends” tab, tap the account profile icon in the upper right corner, then under the Plans and payment tab choose which premium plan you would like.
How to cancel Peacock Premium or Premium Plus
If you upgrade to one of Peacock’s paid premium plans and want to go back to the previous version of the free plan:
- Go to your account profile as shown above
- Select the Payment and Plans tab at the top
- Choose Change of plan
- Select Peacock free
Please note that your plan will change once the current billing cycle ends. For details on how to completely delete your Peacock account after canceling a paid plan, follow the NBC support article here.
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