Apple TV and Peacock are bundling up

Apple TV+—er, I meant Apple TV—isn’t often bundled with other streamers, but Apple has just teamed up with Peacock to offer their respective services together, for less. 

Starting later this month, the Apple TV and Peacock Bundle will get you both Apple TV and Peacock Premium (the latter being Peacock’s ad-supported tier) for $14.99 a month, nearly a $9-a-month savings versus signing up for the two services separately. 

If you want to skip the ads, you can get Apple TV and Peacock Premium Plus for $19.99 a month, for close to a $14/month savings compared to signing up for the two streamers individually. 

Already signed up for Apple TV via the Apple One bundle? No sweat. Apple One subscribers on the Family and Premier plans will be able to sign up for Peacock Premium Plus at a 35-percent discount. 

The Apple TV and Peacock Bundle will debut on October 20, and you can sign up for the bundle on the Apple TV or Peacock websites or mobile apps once the offer goes live. 

Starting on the bundle’s launch date, existing Apple TV and Peacock subscribers will be able to sample each other’s content. Apple TV users, for example, will get access to three episodes each of Law & Order, Bel-Air, Twisted Metal, Love Island Games, Happy’s Place, The Hunting Party, and Real Housewives of Miami on Peacock, while Peacock subscribers will be able to stream three episodes of Apple TV’s Stick, Slow Horses, Silo, The Buccaneers, Foundation, Palm Royale, and Prehistoric Planet. 

Besides its catalog of TV shows, Peacock offers live sports, including Sunday Night Football, while Apple TV hosts Friday Night Baseball during the regular MLB season.

Before now, practically the only bundle that included Apple TV was Apple’s own Apple One bundle, which offers access to Apple Music, Apple Fitness+, Apple Arcade, and iCloud+. 

Apple TV is also available in Comcast’s StreamerSaver add-on, which boasts Peacock with ads, Netflix Basic with ads, and Apple TV for $15 a month, provided you’re an Xfinity Internet subscriber. 

Besides just changing its name from Apple TV+ to simply Apple TV, Apple’s streaming service recently foisted a price hike on subscribers, raising the price from $9.99 a month to $12.99/month, a 30-percent increase. That price hike went into effect August 21. 

T-Mobile subscribers on certain plans can get Apple TV included in the price of their smartphone service.