Daydream and Stream: Netflix and HBO VR apps now available in the Google Play store

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Netflix and HBO encourage you to get off the Gear

Previously only available on the Oculus store for Samsung Gear VR users, the Netflix VR app is now available to download on the Google Play store. 

Additionally, HBO has also dropped two new Daydream-supported VR apps on the Google Play store, with new HBO NOW VR and HBO GO VR apps offering subscribers of those two services a virtual theatre to watch Westworld and other violence and nudity-laden shows in.

Get your own private Westworld screening room with HBO's VR apps.

Get your own private Westworld screening room with HBO's VR apps.

With the exception of the Netflix VR app, which was already available to Gear VR users, these apps are aimed squarely at Daydream View owners and as such will only support that particular headset. With that said, we expect compatibility for other headsets to open up in the (hopefully not-too-distant) future.

Also worth noting – the Netflix VR app is separate to the regular Netflix app, so you’ll need to download the VR-specific app if you want to watch all of your favourite Netflix shows on a massive virtual screen within a luxury virtual environment.

With Netflix VR, you too can have a Kublai Khan portrait hanging on your wall!

With Netflix VR, you too can have a Kublai Khan portrait hanging on your wall!
Stephen Lambrechts
Stephen Lambrechts
Senior Journalist, Phones and Entertainment

Stephen primarily covers phones and entertainment for TechRadar's Australian team, and has written professionally across the categories of tech, film, television and gaming in both print and online for over a decade. He's obsessed with smartphones, televisions, consoles and gaming PCs, and has a deep-seated desire to consume all forms of media at the highest quality possible. 

He's also likely to talk a person’s ear off at the mere mention of Android, cats, retro sneaker releases, travelling and physical media, such as vinyl and boutique Blu-ray releases. Right now, he's most excited about QD-OLED technology, The Batman and Hellblade 2: Senua's Saga.