DirecTV Now Now Supports Third-Party Login for WatchESPN, HBO Go, and Many Others

March 25, 2017

DirecTV Now has now begun to support third-party signing into network websites, mobile, and Apple TV apps.

AT&T’s cord cutting service, better known as DirecTV Now, has now begun to officially support logging into third-party apps such as ESPN, HBO Go, Disney, NatGeo, and much more. This now gives DirecTV Now subscribers the ability to access both archived and live content outside of the DirecTV Now app, a feature we considered one of the major missing pieces of the services since it originally debuted.

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Here’s the full list of mobile apps that are supported:

ABC
BTN2GO (Big Ten)
Bravo Now
Disney
Disney Jr.
Disney XD
E! Now
ESPN (WatchESPN)
FOX Now
FOX Sports Go
Freeform
FX Now
HBO GO (Requires premium subscription to HBO)
MAX GO (Requires premium subscription to Cinemax)
MSNBC Now
NatGeo
NBC
NBC Universo Now
NBC Golf
NBC Sports
Oxygen Now
Sprout Now
Syfy Now
Telemundo Now
USA NOW

I’ve personally tried it on both the ESPN and HBO Go app and have had no problems logging it. That said, it doesn’t seem like DirecTV Now supports Apple’s Single Sign-On function, a feature which would make this a much better experience.

Still, the fact that DirecTV Now added this is a big win in my opinion. Other services such as PlayStation Vue and SlingTV have had this for quite some time. It’s good to see that DirecTV Now is on board.