Disney+ Has Arrived, Here’s Everything You Need to Know

November
12, 2019

4 min read

This story originally appeared on Engadget

It’s November 12th, and Disney has thrown the doors open on its streaming service Disney+. If you live in the US, Canada or the Netherlands, then you can get unprecedented access to the Disney vault as well as some interesting new original content. That includes most of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Mandalorian and more. Original shows on Disney+ won’t drop all at once, so plan your binge-watching accordingly. Several new series premiered tonight, and they’ll each add new episodes every Friday from now on.

While Disney, Pixar, National Geographic and Marvel all present tantalizing options, a last-minute surprise is the news that all of the Star Wars movies streaming right now are available in 4K Ultra HD, a first-ever for the first seven movies in the series. Other selections that are available for the first time with 4K and HDR include Hocus Pocus, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Toy Story 1-3.

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The price for all that is $6.99 per month or $69.99 per year — there is a 7-day free trial — while a bundle option for those who want to add ESPN+ and Hulu (with ads) to the subscription is available for $12.99 per month.

If you’re looking for the apps, these are the devices supported at launch: Amazon FireTV and FireOS, Apple iOS, Android/Chromecast, Roku, Xbox One, PS4, LG webOS smart TVs and Samsung Smart TV.

As we’d heard earlier, Disney’s apps are launching with many of the features we’ve seen its competitors slowly add over the years. Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio are here, along with support for downloading on up to ten mobile devices, up to four concurrent streams on each account, plus individual profiles so everyone can have their own queue.

What can you watch? Here’s a partial list from Disney covering some of the “nearly 500 films and 7,500 episodes” available for viewing right now:

• Timeless animated films from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Walt Disney Signature Collection, created or inspired by the imagination and legacy of Walt Disney — including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Beauty and the Beast, Pinocchio, Bambi, The Lion King, Lady and The Tramp, Peter Pan, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella and more.
• Three of the four highest-grossing films of all time: Avengers: Endgame,  Avatar and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
• Thirty seasons of the 11-time Emmy Award-winning series The Simpsons.
• Hit films from Marvel Studios, including Avengers: Endgame, as well as Captain America: Civil War, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Captain Marvel, Iron Man, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Iron Man 2, Thor, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: The First Avenger and Ant-Man.
• Thousands of episodes from hit Disney Channel and Disney Junior series such as The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Kim Possible, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, PJ Masks and Jake and the Never Land Pirates along with more than 100 Disney Channel Original Movies including Descendants, High School Musical and Camp Rock.
• 18 of Pixar Animation Studios’ groundbreaking fan favorite movies including Wall-E, Up, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Toy Story, Inside Out and Brave, as well as all of Pixar’s beloved theatrical shorts such as the Academy Award-winning Bao and Sanjay’s Super Team.
• Over 400 hours of content from National Geographic, including the critically-acclaimed and award-winning documentary Free Solo and the streaming debut of Science Fair.
• All six of the original classic Star Wars films released between 1977-1999, in addition to recent blockbusters Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. By the end of 2020, the entire Skywalker saga will be available on the service.
• Marvel television series from the 1970s to present day including X-Men, Spider-Man and Marvel’s Runaways.