Disney is slowly preparing to end support for Hulu as a standalone app and it looks like Nintendo Switch users will be one of the first to fully lose app support.
Key Takeaways
- Disney plans to shut down the standalone Hulu app in 2026, fully transitioning the Hulu experience into the Disney+ experience.
- Nintendo Switch will be one of the first platforms to lose Hulu support, with the app already removed from the eShop and full support due to end on February 5, 2026.
- Once the standalone Hulu app is discontinued, users will continue to be able to access Hulu content through the Disney+ app.
Ever since Disney assumed full control of Hulu, the company has been continually blurring the lines between Disney+ and Hulu. More specifically, the Hulu experience has continually become more visible within the existing Disney+ experience.
That’s not going to change in 2026. In fact, it is going to ramp up, with the understanding that, at some point in the year, the standalone Hulu app will completely cease operations.
While it remains unclear when exactly in 2026 the Hulu app will come to a complete end, it is expected that the app will end support for some platforms and devices before others.
One of the first platforms now officially confirmed to be losing support in 2026 is Nintendo Switch. The Hulu app was officially removed from the Nintendo Switch eShop on November 6th, removing the ability for Switch users to download the app.
While this still meant those with the app already downloaded on their Nintendo Switch could continue to use the app, that will also change early next year.
Beginning February 5, 2026, Hulu will no longer be supported on Nintendo Switch devices.
As this is part of a wider move to bring the Disney+ and Hulu libraries together under the one Disney-branded streaming hub, those losing access to the Hulu app on their supported devices will still be able to access Hulu content.
It is just they will need to access it through the Disney+ app instead.
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