Hulu Quietly Adds 4K Streaming

One of the few digs against Hulu is that its original content, movies, and TV shows are not available in 4K. But that’s starting to change.

“We have good news!” the Hulu Support account on Twitter noted recently in response to a complaint about the lack of 4K support on the service. “4K streaming was just re-released today on select devices. You’ll be able to watch any of our Hulu Originals in 4K. We hope this helps!”

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It does help, but only with some Hulu content, and only on a very limited range of devices at the moment: The Hulu Support account on Twitter links to a Hulu Help site that offers more details.

Currently, 4K streaming is only available on the latest Apple TV and Google Chromecast Ultra. And the service notes that “while Hulu’s library of HD and 4K Ultra HD supported content continues to grow, at this time, it’s limited to a select list of programming, like all Hulu Originals.”

That’s good news for fans of The Handmaid’s Tale, I guess. But hopefully, Hulu will expand this service to more content and more device types over time. And to its Hulu + Live TV service, which is currently limited to 720p/60fps HD.

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  • Stooks

    13 July, 2019 - 6:36 pm

    <p>Can they quietly fix their absolutely HORRIBLE interface? They should get some kind of award for how bad it is. I thought Macbook design was bad, but the Hulu Interface, makes Johnny Ive look like a genius. </p>

  • chriswong13

    Premium Member
    14 July, 2019 - 11:01 am

    <p>Cool!</p>

  • glenn8878

    14 July, 2019 - 8:15 pm

    <p>Another reason to upgrade to 4K television. </p>

  • irfaanwahid

    15 July, 2019 - 2:28 am

    <p>My major issue with Hulu is worldwide availability. </p><p>While, I can access pretty good content both on Netflix and Amazon Prime in Kenya, Hulu is fixed to only handful of countries.</p><p><br></p>

  • mefree

    15 July, 2019 - 2:52 pm

    <p>Agreed with Stooks, horrible interface and their default of stereo sound in an era of ATMOS on Netflix, they really need to step up their audio game.</p>

  • novat

    26 October, 2019 - 7:19 am

    <p>4K quality videos are something I really love. Another reason to upgrade to 4K television to watch latest movies and TV shows. Nova tv also got it. You can install movie apps from <a href="https://cokernutxapp.com&quot; target="_blank">Cokernutx app</a></p>

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