When President Joseph Biden addresses members of Congress during his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday, there will be no shortage of free streaming options to access the speech live and on-demand.
The four major broadcast networks — ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC — will each make Biden’s State of the Union address available through their free, ad-supported streaming channels, which are available across a wide number of streaming platforms and video services on smart TVs, phones, tablets and desktop computers.
Starting at 6 p.m., the State of the Union address will be available on:
- ABC News Live (free on YouTube, Xumo Play, Sling TV, Samsung TV Plus and the ABC News app; also available on YouTube TV, Hulu, Hulu with Live TV, Fubo TV, Vidgo)
- CBS News Digital (free on YouTube, Xumo Play, Pluto TV, Sling TV, Samsung TV Plus and the CBS News app; also available on Paramount Plus)
- LiveNow from Fox (free on YouTube, Xumo Play, Pluto TV, Tubi, Samsung TV Plus; also available on YouTube TV)
- NBC News Now (free on YouTube, Xumo Play, Pluto TV, Tubi, Samsung TV Plus; also available on YouTube TV, Fubo TV and Peacock)
Looking for balanced, facts-first coverage of the State of the Union address? Check out Scripps News (formerly Newsy), which will offer straightforward pre- and post-speech coverage along with an unedited feed of the State of the Union address when it starts at 9 p.m. Eastern Time (6 p.m. Pacific Time). Scripps News is free to stream on the Scripps News website, via the Scripps News app for smartphones, tablets and smart TVs, on Pluto TV, Xumo Play, Tubi and Samsung TV Plus. Scripps News is also available on Sling TV, YouTube TV and Fubo TV.
Prefer to watch international coverage of the State of the Union address? Sky News will cover the event live, with streams available on YouTube, Pluto TV and Peacock. BBC World News will also cover the State of the Union, and is available on Philo as part of the service’s seven-day free trial (afterward, $25 a month). Al Jazeera English will offer pre- and post-speech coverage of the State of the Union, streaming for free on YouTube and within the Al Jazeera app.
News junkies who want access to a variety of streams and on-demand coverage can download the free Haystack News app, which will offer live coverage of the State of the Union address from ABC News Live, CBS News Digital, Bloomberg News, Al Jazeera English and Scripps News from within a single app. Haystack News is available as a free download on all popular smartphones and tablets, on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV (Google TV) and Apple TV.
Last, cord-cutters who want to watch C-SPAN’s coverage of the State of the Union address can sign up for a free trial of Level News, which offers the three C-SPAN channels along with Nexstar’s NewsNation, Bloomberg News, Euronews and a handful of other channels. To check out Level News, click or tap here.