How do I watch the 2022 Winter Olympics on iPhone and iPad?
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will take place from February 4 to 20, 2022. It involves a total of 109 competitions in 15 sports, including alpine skiing, bobsleigh and curling. It is 7 hours later in Beijing than in the Netherlands and Belgium, which means that most games will take place in the morning and afternoon. Of course we hope for many medals. According to research agency Nielsen, the Dutch can count on 21 medals, 12 of which are gold. Three of these are intended for short track star Suzanne Schulting. Russia and Norway have even better chances and, according to the analysts, will go home with even more medals.
- How can I watch?
- Put the Olympic Winter Games in your calendar
- Opening Ceremony
- Watch live
- Keeping up with standings and news
Beijing is divided into three zones: Central Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou. Curling, ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating and short track are on the agenda in Central Beijing, along with big air snowboarding and big air freestyle skiing. At 80 kilometers from Beijing we find Yanqing, where the following sports competitions are played: alpine skiing, bobsleigh, skeleton and luge.
Zhangjiakous is the zone where snowboarding, freestyle skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, ski jumping and the Nordic combination take place. This year’s seven new events are monobob (women), freestyle skiing big air (women and men), mixed team short track relay, mixed team ski jumping, mixed team freestyle skiing aerials and mixed team snowboard cross.
Here you will find the schedule of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
When is the opening ceremony?
The opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Games will take place on February 4 at 1 p.m. Dutch time, so two days after the first curling competitions have already started.
Put the Olympic Winter Games in your calendar
If you don’t want to miss a single match, you can put all matches in your calendar. Through SchedJoules allows you to play all matches of all countries in your agenda. Note: first create a separate agenda in the Agenda app, otherwise the matches will be between all your other important appointments. You can easily enable and disable a separate calendar.
Also check out our tip about adding external calendars to your iPhone for more information about this feature.
Watch Winter Olympics on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV
All live matches of the Olympic Winter Games can be followed on Discovery+ and Eurosport. You can also watch all kinds of summaries on NOS. If you want to stay informed of the positions and results, there are also all kinds of other apps. Including the official Olympic app from the IOC. We discuss them all below.
- TV apps
- TV provider
TV apps for the Winter Olympics
We start with an overview of apps with which you can watch the games. These are not connected to a provider such as Ziggo or KPN. So you can always use them, regardless of where you have your subscription at home.
- Discovery+
- Eurosport
- NOS
- NPO
- NLSees
Discovery+
Discovery+ has exclusive rights, also for biathlon and ski jumping. You are the director and decide which live feeds you want to see. Most matches feature Dutch commentary by well-known Eurosport presenters. For example, Herbert Cool will show up for the biathlon, Haya Leenards will comment on figure skating and you will hear Leo Oldenburger and Ron Berteling at ice hockey. You can also stream all Eurosport studio programs live or on-demand via Discovery+.
You can watch this:
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Medal Zone (07:30 – 16:00): all the highlights of the Winter Olympic Games. Switching programme, every day on Discovery+ and Eurosport 1. Live action and all medals, with a lot of switching between the different sports and moments.
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The Final Round (16:00 – 17:00 hrs) : all peripheral matters of the Olympic day with Herbert Cool and a changing panel of sports enthusiasts. Can be seen daily at Eurosport, on Discovery+ and can be listened to as a podcast.
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Beijing Today (5:00 PM – 6:30 PM): The late afternoon Olympic update. All the highlights of the Dutch athletes and other key action from the day with commentary from analysts, former athletes, Eurosport commentators and changing guests in the studio.
You watch Discovery+ on your iPhone, iPad or Apple TV. You can also stream via AirPlay or watch via your Android TV and Samsung TV. To be able to watch, you need the Entertainment + Sport bundle, for which you pay € 29.99 per year in the first year.
Eurosport
Eurosport Player is an international online streaming video service from Discovery, Inc., the parent company of Eurosport. It shows the two channels of Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2, as well as several live sports channels where Eurosport has acquired the broadcasting rights at the time. On Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 you can watch the live programs Medal Zone and Beijing Today every day. In it you will get all the highlights from the matches presented by Sander Kleikers, Koen Weijland and Tessa Veldhuis. The finals, medals and ceremonies are also shown.
NOS
The NOS will broadcast summaries of the 2022 Winter Games. The NOS provides daily updates on the results and standings, with an emphasis on Dutch sporting achievements. In the app you will find all the news in the sports section. You can also watch sports via the NOS app on the Apple TV.
NPO
Did you miss something? You can watch all kinds of moments from the Winter Olympics via the NPO app. Unfortunately, the app doesn’t have a dedicated section for sports, so you’ll have to find an event yourself. Popular events, on the other hand, are put on the front page if they are searched for a lot. The NPO app is also available on Apple TV.
NLSees
Don’t have a regular TV subscription, but would you find it useful now? Then you can consider a subscription to NLZiet. This online service costs €7.95 per month and is free for the first month. So you could watch the Winter Olympics for free. The service works together with the NPO, among others, so it is especially useful if you would like a separate TV app for the Winter Olympics and do not want to do everything via the NOS app.
Olympic Winter Games through your TV provider
With most TV providers you can follow the Winter Olympics live via the normal providers where many people already have a subscription. Ziggo, KPN and T-Mobile all have their own apps.
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Ziggo GO (Free, iPhone/iPad, iOS 12.0+) – Ziggo GO
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KPN TV (Free, iPhone/iPad, iOS 12.0+) – KPN Interactive TV
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T-Mobile TV Anywhere (Free, iPhone/iPad/TViOS 9.0+) – T-Mobile TV Anywhere
Also check out our guide to apps for watching TV with your iPhone. A handy overview for anyone who has not yet chosen a service.
Winter Olympics 2022 news and standings follow
Are you unable to follow the Winter Olympics live, do you need a second screen during the broadcast or do you want to check information and news? We recommend these apps for the Winter Olympics, in addition to the NOS app that we mentioned earlier.
- Olympics
- NU.nl
- YouTube
Olympics
This is the official app for the Winter Olympic Games. The app is published by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and uses a variety of useful features. You will of course find news about all athletes and events and you can find all information about the competition schedule. During events, the app provides live updates on the standings. Also handy: you will find the rules of all sports in video and text. This way you can talk about the scoring as if you have learned for it.
In the Olympics app you can create an account with your Apple ID. You add up to 8 favorite sports and you indicate what kind of notifications you want to receive. Of course you can specify your favorite country. This country will then be shown on the home page, so you can quickly see which events are coming up and how many medals have been won.
NU.nl
The NU.nl app has the option to turn on or off notifications for sports news. The general sports section of NU.nl will be filled with news about the Games throughout the entire period.
YouTube
On the IOC YouTube channel you can watch all kinds of fun videos during the Winter Olympics. Watch match replays, short documentaries, explanations, interviews and previews. You can enable notifications in the YouTube app if you don’t want to miss anything.
