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Peacock
Stream iconic movies, shows, and live sports
As of 30 August 2026, Peacock has a free plan and paid plans start at $5.99/month. Peacock is NBCUniversal's streaming service featuring original series, iconic movies, sports, news, and popular TV shows. Softwr lists it under Entertainment. Peacock is made by NBCUniversal, launched in 2020, available on Web, iOS, Android, TV and console.
Overview
What Peacock does
Peacock is NBCUniversal's streaming service featuring original series, iconic movies, sports, news, and popular TV shows.
What people use it for
- Streaming
- Sports
- News
Related searches
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Peacock.
- Geographic restrictions prevent US access verification
Cross-shopped
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Pricing
What Peacock costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- Limited content
- Ads
Premium
$5.99 /mo
- Full library
- Ads
Premium Plus
$11.99 /mo
- Ad-free
- Downloads
Capabilities
Features
Streaming
Live sports
News
Original content
Smart TVs
Integration with Smart TVs
Mobile devices
Integration with Mobile devices
Parental controls
Parental controls security feature
Profile PINs
Profile PINs security feature
Web support
Available on web
Ios support
Available on ios
Android support
Available on android
Smart-tv support
Available on smart-tv
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
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What is Peacock's pricing?
Peacock pricing information is not available. The website shows geographic restrictions and states the service requires US physical location for domestic customers.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Peacock
- Company
- NBCUniversal
- Based in
- New York, NY
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Compare Peacock with
- Apple TV+
- Castro
- Overcast
- Castbox
- ESPN+
- Paramount+
- HBO Max
- Netflix
- Spotify
- TikTok
- Jellyfin
- Kodi
- MUBI
- Roku
- Hulu
- Showtime
- Netflix
- Hulu
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