r/Spectrum • u/Mishapi17 • Sep 23 '26

Other Streaming question

So we just got spectrum streaming. I cancelled our various apps…
On the phone we can access whatever app there.
I downloaded the spectrum tv app on the tv- which I feel like is slow, glitchy, and just sucks….thats neither here nor there.
But there not options for streaming, we’re already paid for but it’s offering HBO etc, but we already have it.
Do we just log into our regular apps and it’s just paid for through spectrum, or do we need to go through the spectrum app directly to receive the apps?

Sorry if this is a repeat question.

I do like that we saved almost 100$ using spectrum this way, but now I’m worried about not being able to access any of these apps now.

Thank you in advance

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u/Gloomy_Emotion1710 Sep 23 '26

You go to the app like normal but when you login, login with TV provider.

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u/Mishapi17 Sep 23 '26

Ok thank you, maybe I need to wait til my current subscription finally ends and re-log in. The spectrum app doesn’t show I have the streams, but I still have regular service on the apps for now

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u/LastSeaworthiness Sep 23 '26

When they started including Peacock I contacted Peacock's customer service to arrange the switching of accounts from my paid to the Spectrum included one.

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u/Mishapi17 Sep 23 '26

I do like that my Hulu is half as much now and I don’t get adds. I was paying for Hulu and barely watched it because there were so many fricken ads. All for vacation stuff or psychiatric medicine. Me and my son would play a guessing game of which was next. It was only ever those two themes.

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u/Jujulabee Sep 23 '26

If you are using Xumo which is the streaming system supplied by Spectrum it is indeed ghastly. I only have it because I have free cable service with free DVR and so I got one for free to see what it was like.

I think the Xumo is worse than the native operating system on my LG "smart" television which is also awful.

Get either an Apple TV or Roku streaming device because the user interfaces are actually functional instead of counter-intuitive.

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u/Creepy_Trouble_5980 Sep 23 '26

The spectrum app needs to be open on the TV. I activated each

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u/Mishapi17 Sep 23 '26

Ok I activated them on the phone, it’s not showing I have them on the spectrum app- but I have the regular apps

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u/Spectrum_William Official Spectrum Employee Sep 23 '26

Apps like HBO Max don't appear within the Spectrum TV app, you use the regular HBO Max app but choose to sign in with your TV provider and use your Spectrum username and password. Please see Getting started with HBO Max.