How to watch Super Bowl 2025: Every streaming option

DirecTV Stream has gone through an amazing number of name changes. In the past, it's been AT&T TV, AT&T TV Now, and DirecTV Now. Whatever you call it, you'll get your local Fox station on even its cheapest package: the $74.99 Entertainment package. The service also offers Telemundo for its Spanish-speaking NFL fans.

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DirecTV Stream's other packages offer additional channels, with prices from $79.99 to $154.99 per month. DirecTV recently started offering 4K streaming, and it's available on all its packages at no additional charge. 

In addition, DirecTV Stream includes generous unlimited Cloud DVR storage. At home, you can watch the game or any other show on up to 20 streaming devices at once on your home network. Away from home, you can share your stream with three other devices.

Fubo, formerly FuboTV, is best known for its sports coverage. But it's not just sports. It's also a full-fledged streaming service with all the usual networks, including the one that matters for the game: Fox. For Spanish speakers, Fubo also offers Telemundo and FOX Deportes.

The streaming service, as you might know, was recently acquired by Disney. As a result, Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery have dumped their plans for Venu, a super-streaming service that would have incorporated pretty much all sports. What this will mean in the future is unclear, but, for now, Fubo is still a service in its own right and a good choice for watching the Super Bowl. 

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Fubo's starter plan, Pro, has 210 channels and 1,000 hours of cloud DVR storage. You can stream to up to 10 screens at once on your home network and three screens at once away from home for $74.99 a month. One big plus about FuboTV is that it offers 4K streaming as part of its base package.

Fubo's other packages -- Elite, $89.99, and Premier, $99.99 -- include additional channels. 

This service also encourages new users to sign up for the big game with a free seven-day trial. Fubo is convinced you'll stick with its service once you've tried it.

Hulu with Live TV offers Fox on all its packages. The least expensive option is Live TV, which is only $76.99 a month. You can watch the game on Telemundo or FOX Deportes if you speak Spanish.

You could get one of the service's bundles with Disney+ and ESPN+, albeit all with ads bundled. For $79.99 a month, that's a good deal. Or if you can't stand ads (like me), you can pay $89.99 and avoid most ad spots.

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With any of these packages, you can stream two sessions at once. For another $10 a month, you can play as many streams at once at home. But you're still limited to three screens while away from home. 

Another nice plus is you can store unlimited videos in your cloud DVR archive for up to nine months. One thing you can't do, however, is watch or store the Super Bowl in 4K. While you can watch many Hulu shows, such as Only Murders in the Building, Kindred, and Reboot, in 4K, live TV shows, including the Super Bowl, aren't available in 4K. Sorry. 

Last year, Sling TV was a no-show for the big game. This year, it's back. Sling TV offers the most budget-friendly option, with Sling Blue's monthly packages starting at $45. Spanish speakers, you'll need to subscribe to its $14.99 per month "Spanish Plus" add-on package. Or, you could subscribe to its standalone Spanish-language plan for $34.99 monthly, including FOX Deportes.

However, it's crucial to note that Fox is only available in select markets with Sling, so potential subscribers should verify coverage in their area before committing to this service. 

With Sling TV, subscribers automatically get 50 hours of free DVR storage, but you can extend that to 200 hours of storage by adding DVR+ for an additional $5 a month. With Sling Blue or Sling Latino, you can watch TV on up to three screens at once. If you also subscribe to Sling Orange, $40 monthly, you can add one more screen for a total of four. 

With over 100 channels, YouTube TV offers more of the most popular channels than its competitors. By CNET's count, out of the top 100 networks, YouTube TV offers the most channels, 78, of any streaming service.

YouTube TV enables you to watch your local ABC, CBS, Fox, PBS, and NBC channels in most areas. That means, of course, you can easily watch the Super Bowl on the service with its lowest-priced plan, the YouTube TV Base Plan, for $82.99 a month. 

Spanish speakers, however, must pay $14.99 per month for the "Spanish Plus" add-on package to get FOX Deportes along with several other Spanish-language channels, such as ESPN Deportes, Discovery en Español, and CNN en Español. Or, if your family's first language is Spanish and you can live without English shows, YouTube TV also offers a standalone Spanish-language plan for $34.99 per month, which includes FOX Deportes and over 28 other Spanish-language channels, but without English streaming services.

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YouTube TV also offers a new feature that can make watching the game more enjoyable. All TV broadcasts come with delays between the live action and what you see on your TV. As you may know, live broadcast delays on streaming services are longer than OTA's delays. They can range from six to 60 seconds. This latency is due to transmission slowdowns between the cameras and your screen. 

Now, some YouTube TV apps come with the option of reducing this delay, 

The new option is available in the YouTube TV app under the "More" menu > "Broadcast Delay". You can choose between "Default" and "Decrease for 48 hours." If you choose to decrease, you'll see the game a few seconds faster. But, Google warns, "The lower the broadcast delay, the less buffer the video player will have. With a lower broadcast delay, you're more likely to experience playback interruption."

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That means the game may freeze at times, or you may experience choppy video. I fear the big game's load on the internet makes it more likely than not that you'll see a lot of bad playback. The choice is yours. Personally, I plan to try it because if the video goes south, I can always switch back to Default.  

YouTube TV also has unlimited cloud storage, and you get six accounts to share with your household. You can use this service on three screens at once. Super Bowl watchers can also watch the game in 4K, but you must pay an additional $9.99 for 4K Plus to get that resolution. Therefore, the total monthly cost for YouTube TV with 4K streaming is $92.98.