Disney Is Shutting Down the Hulu App. Here’s Everything You Need to Know

The Hulu app won't be around too much longer, but the service will live on, Disney announced Wednesday.

Disney will be "fully integrating" Hulu into its Disney+ service, the company revealed at its quarterly earnings meetings. The "unified" app will roll out in 2026. 

Hulu will exist as a tile on Disney+, similar to how Pixar, Star Wars and others do currently. Beginning this fall, it will also replace the Star tile on Disney+ internationally after previously being a U.S.-only app. 

“Today we are announcing a major step forward in strengthening our streaming offering by fully integrating Hulu into Disney+,” CEO Bob Iger and CFO Hugh Johnston said, via Variety. “This will create an impressive package of entertainment, pairing the highest-caliber brands and franchises, great general entertainment, family programming, news and industry-leading live sports content in a single app.”

Wednesday's announcement a long time coming

Today's news isn't a surprise, as Disney has been working on absorbing Hulu into Disney+ for some time. In June, the media behemoth completed an agreement with Comcast to buy out NBCUniversal‘s one-third stake in Hulu.

Additionally, in 2024, Disney began integrating Hulu content on Disney+. Now, all that's left is the full merger.

“Work is already underway to continue enhancing our technology, and over the coming months, we will be implementing numerous improvements within the Disney+ app, including exciting new features and a more personalized homepage,” Disney said Wednesday, via Deadline. “All of this work will culminate with the unified Disney+ and Hulu streaming app experience that will be available to consumers next year."

In addition to today's Hulu/Disney+ announcement, Disney also shared that it will no longer reporting streaming subscriber numbers for Disney+, Hulu and ESPN. 

Also, the launching of the official ESPN stand-alone app, which will cost $29.99 a month, will take place on August 21.