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After what feels like the longest wait in television history, the final season of Game of Thrones began last night, on April 14. No spoilers! The past seven seasons have been building towards what looks to be a truly monumental Game of Thrones season 8, and each Sunday night you can join our Game of Thrones Season 8 watch party, where we talk about each episode beginning with a preshow discussion at 8:30ET/5:30PT.
If you missed last night’s Game of Thrones season 8 premiere, it’s not too late. In fact, thanks to modern on-demand streaming, it’s never too late.
If you have HBO through your cable provider, you probably already have access to HBO Go, which means you shouldn’t have any problem catching the Game of Thrones premiere if you missed it last night. Most of the bigger cable companies offer HBO Go with a traditional, $14.99 HBO television subscription, but check with your cable provider first to make 100% sure. Best to find out now rather than after you sign up.
Beyond the original HBO streaming service, you can also sign up for HBO Now, which doesn’t require cable television at all. Plus,there are several ways you can get yourself streaming HBO access, outlined below.
The final season of Game of Thrones started April 14, 2019, which was last night. Here’s how to ensure you can stream the premiere of Game of Thrones as soon as possible, to avoid spoiling it.
Where to Stream Game of Thrones Season 8
Stream Game of Thrones on Amazon Prime
If you already have Amazon Prime, adding an HBO subscription to your Prime Video channels is $14.99 a month. Perhaps the biggest advantage Prime has versus the HBO Now subscription is a much cleaner user interface. For example, if you’re binge watching previous seasons of Game of Thrones, it’s much easier to skip the intro through Prime Video. The Prime subscription itself is $12.99, but if you’re a new subscriber you get 30 days of Prime for free. That’s more than long enough to catch the premiere and even watch previous seasons to catch up.
Stream Game of Thrones on Hulu + HBO
Hulu subscribers can add HBO streaming to their packages for an additional $14.99. If you don’t have Hulu, the base Hulu subscription rate is now just $5.99 per month, making it a tremendous bargain in its own right. Start by selecting your package: either the $11.99 no-ads option or the $5.99 base Hulu subscription, then create an account and finally add HBO to your package.
All done? Great. You can now watch HBO on any device with Hulu support. That means you can watch Game of Thrones season 8 premiere from the comfort of bed on your Nintendo Switch.
Stream Game of Thrones on HBO Now/HBO Go
The original HBO streaming app is the easiest, but you don’t save any money. It’s $14.99 whether you get stand-alone HBO Now or add it to your Prime or Hulu packages. HBO Now runs on most internet-connected devices, letting you watch new episodes as soon as they start airing, as well as catching up on the old ones and watching everything else HBO has to offer.
HBO Go is basically the same as Now, but you use it through your cable company. If you sign up for HBO as part of your normal television cable package, you can also use HBO Go on your internet-connected devices through most providers.
How to Stream Game of Thrones Season 8
Now you know the where, it’s time to focus on the “how.” Chances are you have a device capable of running any of apps needed for HBO.
Supported Devices for Streaming HBO on Hulu
- Android devices
- 4th gen or later Apple TV
- Chromecast
- Amazon Echo Show
- Amazon Fire tablets
- Amazon Fire TV and Fire Stick
- iOS devices (iPad and iPhone)
- LG TV
- Nintendo Switch
- PlayStation 4
- Roku Players, Roku TVs, and Roku Streaming Sticks
- Samsung Smart TVs
- Windows 10 Hulu App
- Xbox One
Supported Devices for Streaming HBO on Amazon Prime
- Android devices
- Apple TV
- Amazon Echo Show and Echo Spot
- Amazon Fire tablets
- Amazon Fire TV devices
- iOS devices (iPad and iPhone)
- Nvidia Shield
- PlayStation 4
- Roku Players, Roku TVs, and Roku Streaming Sticks
- Smart TVs
- TiVo
- Xbox One
Supported Devices for Streaming HBO on HBO Now/HBO Go
- Amazon Fire TV devices
- Android TV devices
- Apple TV
- iOS devices (iPad and iPhone)
- PlayStation 4
- Roku Players, Roku TVs and Roku Streaming Sticks (Roku 2 and up)
- Samsung Smart TVs
- Xbox One
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