Month: September 2021

Wondering which of your devices will let you catch up on the latest Disney Plus movies and shows? We’ve outlined exactly which devices you can watch on.

Since arriving in 2019, Disney Plus has proven itself as one of the biggest streaming platforms on the market, with over 200 million subscribers worldwide. With options ranging from classic Disney movies and cartoons, the epic battles of Star Wars, Marvel’s superhero epics, and the new Percy Jackson and the Olympians adaptation, there is something here for everyone. Before you can kick back and start streaming you’ll need to be sure you have a compatible device. Thankfully we’ve got all the details for you here. 

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There are myriad ways to watch Disney Plus, from downloading the Disney Plus app on your smartphone to streaming the latest MCU instalment in 4K. With a library ranging from classics like The Simpsons to new Disney Plus Originals and fascinating documentaries produced by National Geographic, there’s a lot to like. 

It’s incredibly easy to get your fix of Disney Plus. Just read on as we detail what hardware makes the cut for compatible Disney Plus devices.

What devices can I watch Disney Plus on?

Lots and lots! We lay out below which devices are compatible with Disney Plus and – space permitting – the particular models too.

Windows:

Chrome 75 or laterEdgeFirefox 68 or later

Mac:

Safari 11 or laterChrome 75 or laterFirefox 68 or later

Mobile Devices and Tablets:

Note that you have to install the application for Disney Plus first:

Android phones and tablets (requires OS 5.0 Lollipop or later)Apple mobile devices (requires iOS 14.0 or later)Apple iPad (iPadOS 14.0 or later)Amazon Fire Tablet (all models running FireOS 5.0)

If the Disney Plus app doesn’t come pre-installed, it will need to be downloaded from the relevant app store.

Smart TVs:

Android TV devices: Chromecast with Google TV, Dynalink TV BOX, Sharp, Sony Bravia, NVIDA SHIELD TV, Xiaomi Mi BoxLG WebOS smart TVsSamsung Smart TVs: 2016 or newer that use the Tizen OSPanasonic smart TVs: EZ or EX, FZ or FZ, GZ or GX, HZ or HX, JZ or JXHisense TVs: 2017 or newer using VIDAA 2.5 or VIDAA 4.01 or later

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Connected TVs, Game Consoles, and Streaming Devices:

Amazon Fire TV (Fire OS 5.0 or later)Apple TV (4th generation or later)Chromecast (Version 1 or newer, Nest Hub/Max, Vizio Smart TVs with built-in Chromecast)PlayStation 4 and 5Xbox One, Xbox Series X | S.Roku (a full list of compatible devices can be found here).Sky Q (Receiver, Mini, Sky Ticket TV Stick/Box)NOW (Smart Stick, Smart Box, Black NOW Box)Virgin TV Stream

We have full guides on installing Disney Plus on Roku, as well as Disney Plus on Apple TV, and a Disney Plus on Chromecast guide.

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What devices can’t I watch Disney Plus on?

Far fewer than there are compatible Disney Plus devices! But certain bits of tech haven’t yet been integrated with the Disney Plus app. And, as illustrated below, the older your device or OS, the less chance there is that it will be supported.

Nintendo gaming consolesSamsung smart TVs running the Orsay OSLG Netcast TVsRoku models 2400X, 3000X, 3050X, 3100X, 2450X, 2500X, 3400X, 3420X.Devices with the Linux OSMobile browser playback isn’t supportedNeither are browsers on smart TVs, gaming consoles, and streaming devicesOlder Apple TV models (1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation Apple TVs). However, you can use AirPlay to get around this.

How many devices can you have Disney Plus on?

You can download the streaming service’s app to as many of your devices as you want. But! A single membership will only let you stream from four devices simultaneously.

As our Disney Plus price comparison guide shows, that’s actually pretty brilliant considering the modest monthly fee ($7.99, or £7.99 in the UK, $11.99 in Canada, €8.99 in eurozone countries, and $11.99 in Australia). It’s more than either Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu or HBO Max allow, yet less costly than all but Hulu. Plus, the monthly fee could potentially be split four ways…

You can also download content to up to 10 mobile devices and watch offline, so you could squeeze even more value from the platform. As long as each device has sufficient storage space, there’s the potential for large households to have 10 members watching Disney Plus films or shows offline, downloaded over a Wi-Fi connection beforehand.

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Enjoy sports live or on-demand with ESPN Plus. It’s got UFC, MLS, MLB and more, and we have the details for you here.

ESPN Plus launched back in April of 2018, delivering a streaming platform built for sports fans to life. It features top-tier sports coverage that delivers on everything from live streams of baseball, soccer, UFC, hockey, and plenty more. If you’re planning to cut the cord but don’t want to miss out on your favorite teams big game, ESPN Plus offers a robust option for watching games without paying for traditional cable or satellite TV. 

Head straight to ESPN Plus’ website to sign up

Offered as a standalone streaming service to ESPN’s regular linear coverage, ESPN Plus hosts live games, access to what was formerly known as ESPN Insider content, as well as exclusive on-demand documentaries and shows.

Coupled with the fact you can bundle it in with fellow streaming services Disney Plus and Hulu too, and it becomes an even more enticing offering for existing cable subscribers and sporty cord cutters alike.

Keep reading to learn more about ESPN Plus. We’ll give you more of an idea about what’s included, how much it costs and where you can stream all of your favorite sport action on ESPN Plus.

What is ESPN Plus? 

ESPN Plus is one of the best streaming services for those looking to stream sport, offering a package from sports stalwart ESPN. The package brings together live events, on-demand content and original programming not found on any other ESPN network – and puts them alongside free content from ESPN’s mother service. 

It’s important to point out that while it’s separate in terms of content from anything else on ESPN, it shares a lot of the same attributes to the content you’re used to watching. Namely, its highly produced sports content that focuses on the biggest leagues, players and teams in the NHL, MLB, MLS, NFL and NBA. Subscribe to it, and you’ll often float between the different leagues, selecting teams to follow and watching highlights from their last game or predictions about what’s going to happen for them next. 

So you can think of ESPN Plus as an affordable, supplementary streaming service that gives you extra shows, behind-the-scenes content and, most importantly, an ad-free environment to watch the content you already love. While ESPN Plus may not offer exactly the same content you’ve come to love on standard ESPN, it brings you much more of the same type of content.

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What does ESPN Plus offer? 

Watch every out-of-market MLS match, alongside one NHL and MLB game per day during their respective regular seasons. You’ll also be able to watch live sporting events like golf’s PGA Tour, top-tier boxing matches and a whole ton of international soccer. 

But perhaps the biggest coup ESPN Plus has pulled off so far is the right to live stream all UFC events in the US. Every Fight Night and numbered PPV event is now shown on ESPN Plus – although the latter requires PPV-spends, of course.

Soccer

BundesligaEmirates FA CupLaLigaCopa del ReyCarabao CupEFL ChampionshipUS Open Cup

Combat

UFCTop RankPFL

College

Atlantic A10 ConferenceBig Sky ConferenceECAC HockeyOVCPatriot LeagueSun Belt ChampionshipThe Ivy League

Baseball

MLBWorld Series

Tennis

Australian OpenWimbledonUS OpenWorld Table Tennis

Golf

PGA TourMastersPGA Southern Hills

In addition to all the live sport on offer to stream with a subscription, ESPN Plus adds value to your monthly payment with plenty of original programming, too. For those MMA fans who are only in it for the UFC, there’s original content including Dana White’s Contender Series, UFC Destined, and Ariel & The Bad Guy, plus classic fights, replays, and there’s also the perk of fewer adverts. 

All that said, if you’re not a cable subscriber and the only service you buy into is ESPN Plus, you’ll be missing out on a fair amount of programming: While we were busy watching that English EFL Championship match, ESPN was playing Pardon the Interruption; ESPN2 had NFL Live and ESPN3 had a number of upcoming boxing matches. 

Without cable, you can’t tune into any of them – and because the services are so closely tied together, you’re constantly reminded of all the content you can’t watch. 

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ESPN Plus trial and plans at a glance

One of ESPN Plus’ biggest selling points is fairly affordable. With the ESPN Plus cost seeing a third price increase in October of 2023, you can now choose to pay $11.99 per month (from $10.99). 

Better still, you can save 20% when signing up for its annual plan, now costing $109.99 a year.

While we said farewell to the ESPN Plus free trial for new members back in 2020, this affordable rate allows you to check out the service and see if its catalogue of content is the one for you. You can also always check out our ESPN Plus coupon codes page to see if there are any savings worth snatching up.

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How to get the ESPN Plus bundle

If you can’t really justify yet another streaming subscription – and one that’s solely for sport – then there’s another option that might suit. 

ESPN is jointly owned by Disney, so there’s a bundle that lets you get ESPN Plus, Disney Plus and Hulu for a flexible monthly sum of a mere $14.99 – alternatively called the Disney Bundle Trio. You can sign up for the great value bundle by heading to Disney Plus’s website here.

This means that alongside all the sports content that ESPN Plus provides, you’ll also get access to a vault of Classic Disney Animations, Pixar movies, 31 seasons of The Simpsons, and documentaries from National Geographic plus the entire Marvel and Star Wars film library via Disney Plus. On top of that, get incredible entertainment from Hulu’s top notch library of originals like Nine Perfect Strangers and The Handmaid’s Tale.

What devices can I watch ESPN Plus on?

All things considered, ESPN Plus is pretty easy to tune into. That’s because ESPN Plus is built off the back of ESPN’s already robust omnipresence on PCs, tablets and the ESPN Plus app on smartphones. ESPN Plus is now available on Xbox One and PS4 consoles, too.

Specifically, you can tune into ESPN Plus on your web browser by heading to the service’s website and signing up for the service.

If you’re more of a mobile sports watcher, download the ESPN app from either the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and sign up for the service there. Or, if you like the traditional feel of sitting on the couch to watch the game, ESPN Plus is available on Apple TV, Chromecast and the Amazon Fire TV platform – and now on the Roku platform, too.

There’s no price difference between the platforms, and one account can be carried over to the other platforms just by signing in – which is pretty convenient. Speaking of convenient, because ESPN Plus ties into your existing ESPN account, you can use the same login info.

One last thing that’s worth pointing out here despite its very obvious nature, is that you’ll need access to the internet to watch ESPN Plus – i.e. even if you decide to cut the cord, you’ll still need to pay your cable company (or ISP) for internet access. If you’re reading this website right now, it’s something you pay for already – so just don’t cut your cable provider off entirely should you decide to cut the old cable TV cord.

Can I watch ESPN Plus in 4K and HD?

While you’re unable to watch ESPN Plus in 4K, the sports streaming service offers content that is mostly available to stream at 60fps 1080p. In other words, Full HD. In some circumstances, depending on the strength of your internet connection, etc. you can expect streams to downgrade to 720p when necessary.

How do I cancel ESPN Plus?

ESPN Plus is one of the better streaming services for commitment-phobes, especially for the shorter term monthly subscription.

As a sub only lasts 30 days, you just need to remember to cancel before it comes to an end – head to manage subscription on the ESPN website or app and confirm your cancellation and you can then walk away from ESPN Plus without difficulty. 

We really like the flexible nature of this service, which takes its cues from the likes of Netflix.

Its a similar procedure for yearly subscribers – if you looking to bail from the service, just remember to cancel before your 12 months are up.

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The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake is officially in development, and here’s everything we know so far.

A Star Wars: KOTOR Remake was announced back in 2021, alongside a new trailer with some pretty impressive, and clearly updated, visuals. Since then, we’ve not heard all that much, though for now the project is presumed to still be in development.

Set 4,000 years before George Lucas’ Star Wars movies, this RPG will see you fight against a menacing Dark Lord named Darth Malak, who is warring with the Galactic Republic. From what we’ve heard so far, the remake will stay true to the original story.

What to know more about this highly anticipated sci-fi RPG? Here’s what we know so far about the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake: cut to the chase

What is it? A remake of the classic Star Wars RPG

When can I play it? TBC

What can I play it on? PC and PS5 (as a timed console exclusive)

Star Wars KOTOR Remake release date and platforms

(Image credit: Aspyr Media)

A Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake release date hasn’t been confirmed yet. However, we don’t expect to get another look at this Star Wars RPG any time soon. The first developer Aspyr confirmed that the game was still in early development before its parent company Saber Interactive took over, so it seems unlikely to launch for a few more years.

The KOTOR Remake will launch on PC and as a timed console exclusive on PS5. That means it will likely come to Xbox Series X|S after a short while, though an Xbox release date or window hasn’t been confirmed yet.

Knights of the Old Republic Remake: trailer

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake was officially announced at the PlayStation Showcase 2021, with a brief teaser trailer. The trailer, seen below, has the voice of Bastilla Shan, one of the recruitable characters in the original title and shows off a pivotal character, Darth Revan.

We haven’t seen any more trailers since this first look, but if you want to keep your eye out for more, then check out PlayStation’s official Youtube channel.

Knights of the Old Republic Remake story and setting

(Image credit: Aspyr)

Set over 4,000 years before the events of the original Star Wars trilogy; you play as a Jedi fighting against the evil forces of Darth Malak, who has set out to destroy the Galactic Republic. 

It’s hard to overestimate just how big of a deal this game was upon its original release. The Bioware original game offered unparalleled choice when directing your characters’ story and personality. It felt like an incredible expansion of the Star Wars universe at a time when the franchise still felt like there were mysterious uncharted corners of lore to explore.

Knights of the Old Republic Remake gameplay

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The original Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic title was an RPG that saw players travel to different planets and choose various plot decisions that would slowly progress the narrative and allow you to collect either Light Side or Dark Side points. These points would eventually determine whether your character walked the path of the Dark Side or the Light Side. 

We haven’t seen any gameplay footage for the remake yet, but players can expect it to stay largely similar to the original. “We’re rebuilding one of the greatest RPGs of all time for a new generation”, Aspyr’s Lead Producer, Ryan Treadwell, said in a PlayStation Blog post, “while maintaining the integrity of the story and characters that we’ve come to cherish”.

Knights of the Old Republic Remake news

Who is making the Knights of the Old Republic Remake?
After what seemed like an indefinite pause in development under Asper, the parent organization Embracer Group has confirmed that Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake will be under new management. Embracer wrote in a blog post that the change was made to “ensure the quality bar is where we need it to be for the title.”

The responsibility has now passed up the chain to Asper’s parent company Saber Interactive to complete the development of the RPG. Saber Interactive was already reportedly overseeing the production of KOTOR Remake, so this switch hopefully means that we won’t see a massive change in direction for this anticipated sci-fi title. 

Check out our list of the very best Star Wars games while you wait for more news on KOTOR Remake.

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Stream a selection of star-studded shows on the go with the Apple TV Plus app. Here’s how on your iPhone or Android smartphone.

Apple TV Plus is the home to an ever-growing catalog of original shows and popular movies, including the award-winning Ted Lasso and The Morning Show. If you’ve already got the Apple TV app on a supported device, or you’re looking to sign up (and make use of the 7-day free trial) you’ll find out here how to access the streaming service on your iOS and Android device. 

Sign up now and stream get a 7-day free trial

Apple TV Plus launched in 2019 as an extension of the existing Apple TV app. While it has a smaller selection of original shows than the likes of Disney Plus, Amazon Prime Video, and Netflix, Apple TV Plus users can access a range of high-budget, star-studded comedies, dramas, and plenty more, that are all downloadable to your device.

Our guide below will explain how to watch Apple TV Plus on compatible iOS and Android devices. We’ll also include other compatible devices and all the shows you’ll have access to with Apple TV Plus.

Does Apple TV Plus have an app?

Yes, it does! Apple TV Plus is Apple’s dedicated streaming service with a selection of new series, movies, documentaries, and children’s programming.

To start watching a selection of shows, you can download the Apple TV Plus app on your iOS device, but you’ll need iOS 12.3 or later on either your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. 

By installing the app, you can download all of your favorite shows and stream on your device offline, which is ideal if you’re watching on the go. Depending on the channel that you download from, some shows will expire after 30 days.

Apple recently made the Apple TV Plus app available on the Google Play Store for Android TV devices. Unfortunately, Apple is yet to release an app for Android devices. However, Android smartphone users can still access Apple TV Plus via a supported web browser.

Keep on reading to find out how to access Apple TV Plus on both iOS and Android devices.

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How do I download the Apple TV Plus app on iOS devices?

If you’ve got an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, you may find the Apple TV app is already installed on your device. However, if you removed it for whatever reason (probably for that extra storage!) you’ll want to follow these steps to download the Apple TV Plus app on your device:

Open the App Store
Type ‘Apple TV’ into the search bar
Scroll to the correct search result (this should be near the top)
Click ‘Get’ (it’s free) to start downloading the app
Select the ‘Open’ option once it’s finished downloading

Once opened, you’ll land on the ‘Watch Now’ page where you’ll find ‘Apple TV Plus’ under the Channels section. There you’ll find a ton of shows to start streaming, but first you’ll need to be signed up. You can either do this through the app or head to directly the website to sign up with your Apple ID.

How to stream Apple TV Plus on your Android device

If you want to access Apple TV Plus on your Android smartphone, you’ll need to make sure you’ve signed up for a free Apple ID account and have a subscription to the streaming service. To watch Apple TV Plus shows you’ll need to follow the following steps:

Open your web browser 
Go to tv.apple.com

Sign in using your Apple ID (and sign up if you haven’t already)
Select whichever show you like and press play!

What can I watch on the Apple TV Plus app? 

You’ll find around 60 titles available to watch on Apple TV Plus, meaning there’s plenty to stream while making use of the 7-day Apple TV Plus free trial. All are Apple Original programs, with a wide variety of genres suitable for kids, families, and adults. 

Apple’s dedicated streaming service is the home to A-list actors and you’ll certainly recognize the faces featured in the popular drama series, The Morning Show, starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Anniston. 

With Apple TV Plus, you’ll find exclusive content both new and old, including the 80s TV series, Fraggle Rock, and Tom Hanks drama Greyhound. 

Newer additions include the American comedy-drama series Mr. Corman starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and the much-awaited season 2 of Truth Be Told.

If that didn’t sound exciting enough, Apple TV Plus has just announced the premiere date for comedian Jon Stewart’s return to TV with the documentary series, The Problem with Jon Stewart. 

There are plenty more shows, both new and old, waiting to be binge-watched, ad-free with Apple TV Plus. You’re also able to enjoy up to six simultaneous streams, and up to three streams on selected channels.

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What other devices can I watch Apple TV Plus on? 

If you’re not watching Apple TV Plus on either an iOS or Android device, the app is available on a number of other devices. Get Apple TV Plus on Roku, or on Fire Stick. There is also an Apple TV Plus PS4 app available.

Here’s a list of all the other compatible devices: 

Apple TV
Android TV
Google TV 
PS5
Xbox One and Xbox Series X / S consoles
Samsung TVs, Sony TVs, Vizio and LG Smart TVs 
Windows PCs/Laptops/Tablets (running Chrome or Safari)
iMacs and MacBooks (running macOS Catalina 10.15, macOS Big Sur 11.0, or later)

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