Peacock is already one of the best streaming services for its breadth of content, offering everything from Wicked to Minions, plus SNL, Bravo shows, and cult favorites like the officeand a wide range of live content, from the NBA to the NFL, with WWE in between. Now, it’s deepening its ties with Dolby to help ensure that whatever you’re streaming looks better.
Announced at CES 2026, Peacock is delving deeper into Dolby technology in both picture and sound, adding support for Vision and Atmos even in live sports streaming, something Peacock will continue to dive headfirst into in 2026 with the upcoming Winter Olympics in Milan, along with the NBA, NFL and even wrestling.
That means whether you’re streaming a AAA movie, the latest episodes of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, or even live sports like the NBA (National Basketball Association) or NFL (National Football League), you’ll be able to take advantage of Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.
Dolby Vision 2 will help eliminate judder in movies, but also the dreaded soap opera effect (when your TV’s processing applies too much motion smoothing) and help retain detail in both extremely dark and extremely bright scenes. My colleague Matthew Bolton, TechRadar’s chief entertainment editor, had the opportunity to demo Dolby Vision 2 and it was impressive.
I’m looking forward to seeing it roll out and make an impact for Peacock subscribers, helping the content really shine. It’s an impressive technical advance, but we didn’t know how far we’ll be able to watch Dolby Vision 2 movies and TV, but now we know Peacock will support it in both on-demand content and live streams.
Meanwhile, Dolby AC-4 is the new audio encoder used to deliver Dolby Atmos, replacing the AC-3 codec used for streaming today. Not only does it allow for more efficient streaming, but it also lets you customize the audio mix to your needs, potentially adding options like dialogue enhancement to the original audio, rather than having your TV take care of that. I’ll be curious to see how Peacock implements this.
However, we don’t know exactly when it will be rolled out or which movies and shows will use the most advanced options of Dolby’s next-generation technology.
Overall, it’s an exciting development to see a major streaming service fully adopt Dolby with support for Vision 2 and Dolby AC-4, and hopefully one that other streaming services will follow.
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