March Madness streaming: live action, CarPlay and more

Ahead of March Madness starting in a few days, a few features are coming to the NCAA March Madness iPhone app. Most importantly, the NCAA March Madness Live app supports Apple’s new Live Activities feature this year…

March Madness 2023 streaming, apps and more

The March Madness app’s live activities allow you to watch live game results right on your iPhone’s lock screen or on your iPhone 14 Pro’s dynamic island. To start live action, you must manually open the March Madness app and tap a game. These new features were announced in today’s press release from Warner Bros. Discovery Sports:

NCAA March Madness live will greet users with an updated Home screen for better discoverability of live broadcasts, articles and other content, ensuring a smooth experience for new and old users. For the first time, users can take advantage of Apple’s Live Activities feature in iOS 16.1+, which enables interactive notifications and faster access to live games directly from the lock screen of their mobile devices.

Additionally, the March Madness app supports live game audio streaming via CarPlay this year. This means you can start playing game audio with the March Madness app through the CarPlay interface.

Almost 98% of new cars in the US are equipped with both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. For the first time, NCAA March Madness Live will receive powerful product integration into these services with live game audio supported by Westwood One’s national news channels to keep fans informed on the go.

On the web, you can stream up to four games simultaneously on the NCAA March Madness website. You can only stream two games at a time on Apple TV and other connected TV devices. However, there will be picture-in-picture support on iPhone, iPad and the web.

According to Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, all games will be streamed in 1080p with 5.1 surround sound. Based on Engadget, The video player has been improved with some improvements to “provide better performance on many devices, including older ones.”

Finally, when it comes to watching this year’s March Madness games, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports has cleared up a few things. First, you can stream any game that airs on CBS itself for free through Paramount+. In fact, you don’t even need to create an account to view the games.

On the flip side, you need a cable subscription or something like YouTube TV to watch games on TBS, TNT and truTV.

You can download the NCAA March Madness Live app from the App Store today. The first matches start on March 14.