NBC’s Peacock streaming service nonetheless isn’t obtainable on Amazon Fire TV units eight months after launch, and even some of us at Peacock appear exasperated by the stalemate.
As Scott Porch first identified, Peacock’s social media staff has been encouraging Fire TV customers to sideload the app over the previous week, significantly in response to WWE followers left stranded by the community’s transfer to Peacock final week. Across Twitter and Facebook, I’ve discovered quite a few instances through which the corporate suggests sideloading Peacock on Fire TV as a workaround, although the corporate stops wanting offering directions.
Jared Newman / IDGThe sideloaded model of Peacock works on Fire TV, however the icon could not.
What if Peacock wants an replace?
Having written this sort of tutorial earlier than, I do know that when Peacock updates its Android TV app, it could possibly generally forestall your older sideloaded model from operating. I’ll attempt to hold this story updated, however you too can replace the app your self by the next steps:
1. Head to the Peacock web page on APK Mirror, scroll all the way down to “All versions,” and click on the choice that reveals the newest date.
2. On the following web page, right-click (or long-press) the “Download APK” button and replica the hyperlink.
Jared Newman / IDG3. Head to the AFTVNews URL Shortener, paste your hyperlink into the URL field, and hit “Shorten.”
4. In Downloader, use the newly generated numeric code rather than the one seen within the steps above.
Hopefully sideloading received’t be mandatory for an excessive amount of longer. But a minimum of Peacock’s reps have one thing to reference within the meantime.
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