Peacock is already one of the best streaming services for its breadth of content, offering everything from Evil to Minions, plus SNL, Bravo shows, cult favorites like The officeand a wide range of live content, from NBA to NFL, with WWE in between. Now it’s deepening its ties with Dolby to ensure what you stream looks its best.
Announced at CES 2026, Peacock dives deeper into Dolby’s technology across both picture and sound, adding support for Vision and Atmos even on live sports streaming – something Peacock continues to dive headfirst into in 2026 with the upcoming Winter Olympics in Milan along with the NBA, NFL and even wrestling.
This means that 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 remove judder in movies, but also the dreaded soap opera effect – when your TV’s processing applies too much motion smoothing – and will help preserve detail in both extremely dark and extremely bright scenes. My colleague Matthew Bolton, TechRadar’s managing editor for entertainment, had a chance to demo Dolby Vision 2, and it was impressive.
I’m eager to see it roll out and make an impact for Peacock subscribers, helping the content shine. It’s an impressive technical boost, but we won’t know until we know where we’ll be able to watch Dolby Vision 2 movies and TV – but now we know Peacock will support it across both on-demand content and live broadcasts.
Dolby AC-4, meanwhile, is the new audio codec used to deliver Dolby Atmos, replacing the AC-3 codec used for streaming today. Not only does it enable more efficient streaming, but it also allows you to customize the audio mix to your needs, potentially adding options such as dialogue enhancement in the original audio, rather than your TV handling it. I’ll be curious to see how Peacock rolls this out.
However, we don’t know exactly when this will roll out, or which movies and shows will use the more advanced capabilities of Dolby’s next-generation technology.
All in all, it’s an exciting development to see a major streaming service fully embrace Dolby with support for Vision 2 and Dolby AC-4 – and hopefully one that other streaming services will follow.
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