Football fans can stream Super Bowl 51 live with Fox Sports Go on iOS, Apple TV

Fans looking to watch the spectacle of Super Bowl 51 — to be played Feb. 5 in Houston, Tex. — can turn to Fox Sports Go, an app available on numerous platforms, including Apple's iOS and the Apple TV.

The live coverage will include all of the football game's national advertising along with local spots from some 170 affiliate stations, Fox said. In some past, internet broadcasts these ads were missing, despite the draw of the expensive budgets and unusual premises of some of the national-level campaigns.

As the Fox stream will be free, people will also be able to watch without authenticating a cable or satellite subscription.

Beyond Apple platforms fans will be able to watch via Android, Windows, Chromecasts, Amazon Fire devices, and the Xbox One. On iOS, Fox Sports Go is a free download and runs on any device with iOS 8 or later.

Apple TV owners likely won't be able to take advantage of Siri's live tune-in feature, as Apple has yet to add support for Fox Sports.

Super Bowl 51 pits the New England Patriots against the Atlanta Falcons. The half-time show will be headlined by pop superstar Lady Gaga.

Editor's note: This article was originally published in January, and had been republished in advance of Sunday's big game.

24 Comments

SpamSandwich 19 Years · 32917 comments

About 7 years ago

Sounds good to me. Authenticating is a bummer.

eightzero 14 Years · 3149 comments

The FoxSportsGo app is the worst one for authentication: it has to be done daily.

And the "live" streams aren't. They have a minimum 30s delay. Much better to watch OTA if possible.

mike1 10 Years · 3437 comments

AppleInsider said:

Apple TV owners likely won't be able to take advantage of Siri's live tune-in feature, as Apple has yet to add support for Fox Sports.

Isn't this the responsibility of the app developer rather than with Apple? Or is it a combination of the two?

Vergilius 8 Years · 11 comments

eightzero said:

The FoxSportsGo app is the worst one for authentication: it has to be done daily.

And the "live" streams aren't. They have a minimum 30s delay. Much better to watch OTA if possible.

I agree. If the Super Bowl is important to you, you won't rely on Fox Sports Go. I tried watching Cincinnati Reds' games with it last summer and never managed to actually watch a single game, though I tried numerous times. Authentication didn't work right and I never got more than 30 minutes into a game before I'd get a message saying that technical difficulties prevented continuing with the streaming, please try another time.

cali 10 Years · 3494 comments

I have DirecTV Now and hate the fact it doesn't count as a "provider" so I can't use any app other than the horrendous DirecTV Now app that constantly kicks me off live TV.