Horizon (service)

### Products

Horizon Streaming, Horizon News, Horizon Weather, Horizon Sports, Horizon Social, Wave

### Services

Live and on-demand streaming, news, weather, sports, social media, music and radio

### Native client(s) on

Web browser, Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, WatchOS, Wear OS, Roku, Fire TV, tvOS, Google TV, Samsung Smart TV, Xbox, PlayStation, Oculus, visionOS (coming soon)

Horizon (service) is a web portal and super app that offers a variety of online services, including live and on-demand streaming, news articles, weather outlook, sport stories, social media, music and radio. The Horizon service was first launched in 2020 as a video app with a free and paid streaming subscription and was revamped in 2023. Horizon has become one of the largest standalone media apps with 300 million active users. Horizon has been described as America's biggest media app because of the range of high-quality programming content, audio, news, and social media that's combined together.

## Features

### Horizon (streaming)

A free and paid live and on-demand streaming service that allows users to watch thousands of movies, TV shows, documentaries, concerts, and other videos from various genres and categories. Users can also create their own playlists, watch with friends, and interact with other viewers and creators.

Horizon Stream has original content produced by Horizon Studios. Horizon Stream also features shows, movies, and specials from highly notable figures, alongside popular online influencers. Horizon Stream also offers live channels that live exclusively on the free/paid Horizon streaming service, such as Horizon News, Horizon News Locals, Horizon Weather, O Zone (Horizon’s kids channel), Left/Right (Horizon’s political channels), and channels based on genres, and popular show franchises.

Horizon Stream also features interactive features, such as being able to vote and influence the outcome of the content they watch in some series and having Q&A sessions to ask creators questions regarding their favorite shows and movies.

### News

*See also: Horizon News*

A news service that provides users with the latest and most relevant news from around the world. Users can customize their news feed based on their preferences, location, and interests, and access perspectives, and formats, such as articles, videos, podcasts, and live channels. Horizon News also features interactive and immersive content, such as polling data, maps, and VR.

Horizon News offers video news experiences, such as in video where viewers can watch live news coverage in horizontal and portrait modes on phones because of its powerful artificial intelligence software. On tablets, desktops and TVs, the live feed would be expanded to become more interactive with the content being offered on its live stream. The feature offers more information of major breaking news events, alongside other news that they can get that may not even be featured on a Horizon News program. Users can also follow along with a story as it is being aired at that time, and live.

Horizon News also offers Now, a feature that allows users to make and receive a customizable newscast based on their time, their location, topics, and more. Users can also receive alerts based on topics and categories that they are interested in or want to stay updated on.

### Weather

A free weather service that gives users accurate and timely weather information and forecasts for any location in the world. Users can also view weather maps, graphs, and animations, and get alerts and notifications for severe weather events. Horizon Weather uses data from various sources, such as NOAA, NASA, and WMO, and employs advanced algorithms and AI to provide reliable and personalized weather information.

Horizon Weather also has a live 24/7 channel that offers a Local on the 8s style weather forecast for local weather set by the user, rolling weather coverage, especially for severe weather, and more. Users can watch and interact with the weather experts and reporters. Horizon Weather also features special segments and documentaries on various weather topics, such as climate change, natural disasters, and extreme weather.

### Sports

A service that allows users to follow and watch highlights of their favorite sports, teams, and athletes from around the world. Users can access live and on-demand coverage of highlights and analysis of various sports, such as soccer, basketball, cricket, and tennis, and leagues, such as NFL, NBA, IPL, and ATP.

Horizon airs Thursday Night Football, the weekly NFL game that features two teams competing on Thursday nights. Users can watch the game and enjoy features that enhance the viewing experience, users insights and tips on the game, such as the strategies, tactics, and strengths and weaknesses of the teams and players, real-time game analytics, being able to view replays of a game as needed, and being able to have live score, stats, and updates of the game on the screen, and being able to customize the display and layout of the information.

### Social

Horizon offers a social media platform that enables users to connect and communicate with other users and Horizon personalities. Users can create and share their own content, such as photos, videos, stories, and discover and follow other content that matches their interests and tastes. Users can also chat and join groups and events. Horizon Social also integrates with other Horizon services, allowing users to share and comment on the content they watch, read, or listen to.

Horizon Social is known to be the heart of the Horizon media ecosystem, as it allows creators of popular Horizon content to interact with fans, and viewers to post on it, or anything unrelated to it, like on Twitter. Journalists who work for Horizon News can use it to post reports and can be integrated to live update pages on breaking headlines at horizon.news. It can also be used to share from Wave, an audio service from Horizon, articles from Horizon News, Weather, and Sports, in a seamless embed format.

Social allows users to view popular and relevant topics and hashtags on Horizon Social, based on their location, interests, and preferences. Users can also explore and join the discussions and debates on the trending topics and see what other users and creators are saying about them. Users can also follow topics and lists and have a custom homepage to include it, in addition to having default home feeds for accounts they follow, recommended accounts based on user habits and AI oversight, and trending posts that other users are reacting to and posting via nearby location.

Users can also create and share short-lived content, such as photos, videos, and texts, that disappear after 24 hours. Users can also add filters, stickers, emojis, and music to their stories, and see who viewed and reacted to them. Users can also watch and reply to the stories of other users and creators they follow.

Users can also broadcast and watch live video streams on Social and interact with the streamers and viewers in real time. Users can also watch and join the live streams of other Horizon services, such as Horizon News, Horizon Weather, and Horizon Sports, and see what is happening around the world.

### Wave

A free and paid music and radio streaming service that allows users to listen to millions of songs, albums, playlists, and podcasts from various genres and artists. Users can also tune in to live and on-demand radio stations. Wave allows users to listen to music and be able to switch to music videos of the same song they are listening to, and watch them on their TV, mobile, or web devices. Users can also browse and discover new music from various genres and artists and create and share their own playlists rather if its audio or video types of music.

Users can integrate with Horizon Social and share their music preferences and activities on the platform. Users can also view stories and popular posts from artists on Wave via social and interact with them and other fans. Users can also follow and join music communities on Social and discover and connect with other music lovers and creators.

## Platforms

Horizon is available on various platforms and devices, such as Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox; iPhone, iPad, and Android; Roku, Apple TV, Google TV, Fire TV and Samsung Smart TV; Xbox and PlayStation, and Oculus. Horizon says support for Apple Vision Pro will be available at launch of the device.