Super Bowl 2022 winner and result: Super Bowl LVI has concluded and Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp and Aaron Donald have led the LA Rams to a 23-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals . The information below may now be outdated - check out our Super Bowl highlights guide to watch the big game if you haven't already.
The Vince Lombardi trophy has been lifted, Sean McVay is the victorious coach and Cooper Kupp has been named the Super Bowl LVI MVP .
What follows is our article about how to live stream the game and watch from anywhere.
The Cincinnati Bengals were recently one of the NFL's worst-performing and worst-run teams, but they've improved no end and pulled off upset after upset to make the unlikeliest Super Bowl run in a very, very long time.
The Rams are their polar opposite, an all-glamor, all-star outfit that's gone all-out to win the big prize. This season they added superstar WR Odell Beckham Jr., three-time All-Pro linebacker Miller and veteran QB Stafford to a roster that already contained Donald, Cooper Kupp and Ramsey, and while it's taken time to gel they seem to be peaking at the perfect moment.
Super Bowl 2022 kicks off today at 6.30pm ET and 3.30pm PT. Whether you're looking for US cord-cutting options from Sling and the NFL Game Pass on Fire TV, Apple TV, Roku or Chromecast, or you're trying to tune in elsewhere to watch a free Super Bowl live stream, then read on for a fully comprehensive guide on how to watch the Super Bowl wherever you are in the world.
Watch the Super Bowl live stream online free today
Below, we take you through your full Super Bowl live stream options for a number of countries where the NFL is particularly popular. But if you're pressed for time and just want to know that networks that have confirmed they are showing the Super Bowl free online, you'll find all the details you need right here.
These are all 100% legal free Super Bowl live streams, so it's never been in easier to watch the big game around the world. If you do find yourself stuck abroad without access to your regular home stream, or simply craving your local commentary, then here's what to do...
How to watch Super Bowl 2022 from outside your country
Want to watch your country's Super Bowl 2022 coverage from abroad, then you'll need to use a VPN . This will help you dial in to a location back in your home country to avoid geo-blocks and regain access to the content and services you already pay for back home.
A VPN is generally perfect for this as it allows you to change your IP address so you appear to be in a completely different location when the big game is on.
Use a VPN to live stream Super Bowl 2022 from anywhere
Even though the game is free in so many countries, there are loads of reasons why you might still want to use a VPN for the big game. Here are some of the most common reasons.
How to live stream Super Bowl 56 for FREE in the US
It still isn't 100% clear whether there'll be widespread availability to watch the Super Bowl for free like there was on CBS last year.
There are rumors abound that the official NFL app , which is available on Android and iOS devices, laptops and smart TVs, will show it for free. Or if you're happy to watch through a web browser, then there may also be a free Super Bowl live stream on NBCSportom .
But there's no confirmation anywhere that this will definitely be the case and we still don't see any evidence to suggest that this is going to happen at all.
If not, then you will be able to watch free via the Yahoo Sports app , which is also available on both Android and iOS smartphones and tablets.
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2022 Super Bowl TV channel
America's three main broadcasters - CBS, Fox, and NBC - alternate rights to air the Super Bowl each year, and NBC and CBS swapped rights for Super Bowls 55 and 56.
In 2022, the Super Bowl is being aired by NBC. As per our guide, if you don't have NBC on cable, then you can watch on NBC's dedicated streaming-only platform Peacock TV instead or even for free on NBCSportom and on the NFL app .
Alternatively, Sling TV and fuboTV are two great-value cable replacement services that carry NBC and loads more premium channels, and better still, for new subscribers Sling offers a 3-day FREE trial , while fuboTV has a 7-day FREE trial .
Folks in the UK and Australia also have a great deal as the Super Bowl is 100% FREE to watch on BBC One and Channel 7 , and their companion iPlayer and 7Plus streaming services, the last two of which can be watched from anywhere with a VPN if you're a UK or Australian citizen abroad.
Super Bowl performers: pre-game and halftime show
Jhené Aiko will get the show underway with a SoFi Stadium performance of 'America the Beautiful' before Grammy Award-nominated Mickey Guyton's rendition of the 'Star-Spangled Banner' right before 2022 Super Bowl kick-off time as the Air Force does a fly-over of the arena.
Then, when the teams head off at the halfway stage, LA will deliver rap and R&B royalty Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige and Snoop Dogg headlining the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show .
It's a megastar lineup that's up there with the very best there's ever been, and will be just as big a spectacle as the game itself. They have 43 Grammy Awards between them, and the halftime show is expected to last 20-30 minutes.
Super Bowl 2022 predictions
Proving that even sensible predictions can make us all look like fools, both top seeds were dumped out of the running at the earliest possible moment of a post-season that was laden with shocks.
The Chiefs beat the Bills in the greatest game in playoff history, before being dumped out by the Bengals, who also took the scalp of the top-seeded Titans.
The Rams, meanwhile, got the better of reigning champions the Buccaneers and retired the GOAT Tom Brady in the process, before finally banishing the curse of the 49ers, which had haunted them for so long.
It's been more than two years since the Rams and Bengals last met, which means there's no recent history to draw upon, but on paper the Bengals look like perfect opponents for the Rams.
The lax protection that's been offered to Joe Burrow by his O-line of late will be Manna from Heaven for Von Miller and Aaron Donald, while Jalen Ramsey is one of few cornerbacks capable of shutting down Ja'Marr Chase.
And then there's Cooper Kupp and Odell Beckham Jr.
Cincinnati Bengals coach
Zac Taylor has been the head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals since February 2019. The Bengals won just six games during Taylor's first two seasons in charge, but their patience (or Mike Brown's inertia, you decide) has paid off handsomely. His previous role was quarterbacks coach at the Los Angeles Rams.
Los Angeles Rams coach
Sean McVay has been head coach of the Los Angeles Rams since January 2017, when he shot to fame as the youngest head coach in NFL history. He was named NFL Coach of the Year at the end of his first season in charge, and has only failed to make the playoffs once. He could become the youngest ever coach to win a Super Bowl.
Cincinnati Bengals QB
Joe Burrow was the first overall selection in the 2020 NFL Draft, but a promising first season was cut short by a horrific knee injury, which tore the ACL and MCL in his left knee. He returned at the start of this season and has been spellbindingly good, though the 25-year-old's frequent and sometimes unnecessary displays of bravery can be difficult to watch sometimes.
Los Angeles Rams QB
The Rams traded Jared Goff and two first-round picks in 2022 and 2023 for Matthew Stafford ahead of this season, and the deal has worked wonders for both parties. The 33-year-old has long been one of the NFL's most underrated QBs due to his long-term affiliation with the hapless Detroit Lions, and with elite personnel around him, he's proven that he belongs at the top table.
Cincinnati Bengals record and history
The Bengals finished the regular season with a 10–7 record, which was enough to see them win the AFC North for the first time since 2015. Until their victory over the Raiders in January's Wild Card round, their 31-year wait for a W in the playoffs was the longest active drought in the playoffs.
They've reached the Super Bowl twice, but were beaten by the 49ers on both occasions.
Los Angeles Rams record and history
The Rams posted a 12–5 record in the regular season, which saw them top the NFC West for the first time since 2018. They're the second team ever to play the Super Bowl on home turf, after the Buccaneers won it on home soil last year.
They're reached the Super Bowl on four previous occasions but have only lifted the Vince Lombardi Trophy once, in 2000.
Cincinnati Bengals injuries
The Bengals' starting tight end C.J. Uzomah suffered a sprained MCL against the Chiefs to weeks ago, but he was able to return to the practice field days ahead of the Super Bowl.
It's going to go down to the wire, but Uzomah, who notched six touchdowns and 30 receiving first downs this season, has no doubt in his mind that he'll be there for the biggest game of his career.
Interestingly, quarterback Joe Burrow recently revealed that he's still feeling the effects of a finger injury he suffered against the Chargers in Week 13, though you'd never have guessed from the way he's been playing.
Los Angeles Rams injuries
The Rams' starting tight end Tyler Higbee also suffered an MCL sprain in the Championship game, but his situation looks less promising than Uzomah's. Higbee grabbed five touchdowns and 40 receiving first downs this season,
Starting running back Darrell Henderson Jr., however, is expected to be fit enough to feature for the first time since Week 16.
He had eight touchdowns to his name before being struck down by a knee injury, though Cam Akers and Sony Michel stepped up to the plate in his absence.
Super Bowl 2022 weather forecast
Super Bowl 56 could be the hottest Super Bowl ever, with temperatures expected to reach the upper 80s, and possibly even the low 90s (around 30 degrees Celsius).
That could spell trouble for the Bengals, who only touched down in LA on Tuesday. Until then they'd been training in icy conditions back in Cincy.
The weather was so bad, in fact, that the team, which infamously doesn't have its own indoor training facilities, had to use those belonging to the University of Cincinnati.
NFL Honors: award winners playing in Super Bowl 2022
To underline their dominance this season, six of the 19 awards that were handed out at the 2022 NFL Honors were scooped up by players who are set to feature in Super Bowl 56.
The Bengals' 21-year-old wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase was named the NFL Rookie of the Year and the Offensive Rookie of the Year, while teammate Joe Burrow won the Comeback Player of the Year award.
The Rams' wide receiver Cooper Kupp took the Offensive Player of the Year and the people's award, the Fantasy Player of the Year. Andrew Whitworth was named the Walter Payton Man of the Year and is set to become the oldest starting OL in Super Bowl history at the tender age of 40 - against his old team, no less.
Cincinnati Bengals depth chart
Los Angeles Rams depth chart
Super Bowl LV: Who won Super Bowl 55?
Who else? Tom Brady won his seventh and final Super Bowl ring and was named Super Bowl MVP for the fifth time as he led what was then his new team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, to a resounding victory over reigning champions the Kansas City Chiefs on home soil.
It was a shockingly one-sided affair, as the top-seeded Chiefs crumbled spectacularly on the big stage.
Patrick Mahomes' depleted O-line allowed their quarterback to get hit time and time again and his top targets, so reliable during the season, saw their fingers turn to butter, showing that anything really can happen in this game.
The best macOS Menu Bar apps to use for your Apple Mac in 2022
For many users, the menu bar on their Mac sits there, a little unloved, as a necessary but barely used part of macOS. But Apple wants to make the menu bar a useful part of your productivity workflow. And that’s why developers offer a range of ways that you can use the menu bar as a versatile tool. We’ve looked at one of these options from Apple - shortcuts - before.
There’s an enormous variety of apps that you can add to your menu bar. Depending on whether they are for work or personal use, you can usually find a tool to meet your needs.
We’ve highlighted a few to get you started, but there are thousands more for you to explore on the App Store. They are a great way to save time and effort and make the most of the customization afforded to you by macOS.
What is a menu bar app?
The menu bar is much more customizable than some may realize. Found at the top of macOS, it’s the equivalent to parts of the taskbar found in Windows 11. Beyond looking at the time and connecting to your Wi-Fi, menu bar apps offer a wealth of different functions that, by placing them on the menu bar, can cut out additional steps that an app currently does for your needs.
Many of these can help with boosting your workflows and productivity. Instead of trawling through the Applications folder to select a single function from one app, you can just click on the app in the menu bar. While it seems incredibly simple, these can transform your workflow on your Mac, while offering you far more control over how you organize your desktop.
Quick View Calendar
Free to download on the Mac App Store , Quick View does what it says on the tin. Instead of having to open your desired Calendar app from the dock to check a date, you can go to your menu bar and be greeted with a calendar, ready to browse.
Not only does Quick View only give you a monthly view, but it also allows you to display the number of the week if you need that shown. There are no other features here - it displays the date and that’s it, but it's the ease of use here that really shines.
You may be browsing in Safari to check for an upcoming event for instance, and with a quick hover over your menubar with your mouse, you can check Quick View for the relevant information, without leaving the web browser.
As it’s free on the Mac App Store, you can try it for a week and see if it fits your workflow.
AirBuddy 2.5
So far, Apple hasn’t brought out a feature that allows you to view the battery status of your devices on your Mac. Alongside this, it can be a challenge in connecting your AirPods peripheral to your Mac, as there are moments where they’ll connect to your iPhone without realizing it. This is where AirBuddy 2 comes in.
Created by Gui Rambo, the app allows you to easily check the battery status of your AirPods by clicking the AirPods case on your menu bar, which will display the status of your devices. They do need to be connected to your Mac first, but after this one-time requirement, they’ll show.
There are also other helpful features once these are connected to your Mac. You can change the noise cancellation setting through a keyboard shortcut or connect them to a nearby device without you doing anything else. Update 2.5 also adds a number of new features; the most significant being the fact that AirBuddy will now work with non-Apple or Beats devices when they are connected to the Mac.
For a one-time fee of $9.99 / £10.99 / AU$ 11.99, AirBuddy expands how you can connect your wireless Apple devices to your Mac without simply connecting and disconnecting them from the Bluetooth menu.
Hand Mirror
We live in a world where video calls are everywhere. Whether it’s Zoom, FaceTime, or Skype, video calling happens regularly in our work and social lives. And we’ve probably all been in that situation where we need to join into a video meeting and your hair isn’t done, or the family dog has knocked over a plant in the background.
Free to download on the Mac App Store , This is where Hand Mirror comes in, without the additional steps that are often required in many video-conferencing apps.
It’s a simple app that doesn’t do much else, but it achieves exactly what it sets out to do. With one click, you can make sure that you and your environment are set up exactly as you want before joining that call.
Flow
With the numerous distractions of rolling news, social media and other notifications on your Mac, a simple to use timer app is a great productivity tool to give you control of how you use your time more effectively.
Flow is based on the Pomodoro Technique, which is where you focus on a discrete task for a set amount of time, before taking a short break. Flow helps this by providing a simple timer in your menu bar, so you can see at a glance how long you have left before your next break.
You can set the duration of both your periods of focus and the length of your breaks, to fully customize the balance of work and rest. It also allows you to block apps on your Mac, to further minimize distractions.
If you pay for the Pro version at $1 / £1 / AU$1 a month, or a lifetime license for $20 / £20 / AU$20, you can also block specific websites. As productivity apps for the menu bar go, this is a great option. Clean, simple to use, and even has a Dark Mode theme.
Cheat Sheet
Most of us have been in that situation where you want to use a particular feature on your Mac, only to find yourself having to navigate through menus and submenus while being fairly sure there is a simple keyboard shortcut. This is where CheatSheet comes in to alleviate that frustration.
Free to download, CheatSheet provides you with a list of keyboard shortcuts for whichever app you are using at that particular time. Being able to quickly access a reference sheet can save you enormous amounts of time, especially for repetitive tasks.
Perhaps ironically, the more you use it, the less you will need to use it, as you will start to remember the most frequently used shortcuts. And pretty soon, you’ll stop having to switch from keyboard to mouse and back again.
iStat Menus
Perhaps you’re a power user, or maybe you just love seeing the inner workings of your Mac. Either way, iStat Menus 6 will throw more information than you could ever need at you.
As a system monitoring app, this tells you exactly how your computer is performing: CPU and GPU monitoring, memory stats, memory usage, temperatures, disk usage, and battery levels can all be viewed from the menu bar with just a few icons.
This level of detail doesn’t come for free, however. But for a one-off cost of £8.99 / $8.99 / AU$8.99 from the Mac App Store , or $14.39 / £13.49 / AU$14.99 directly from iStat, which also includes 6 months of weather data, you're getting an awful lot of information. It’s also highly customizable, so you can choose exactly what information you want to see, and how it looks.
Minesweeper
Everyone needs a little downtime, and when used in conjunction with the Flow timer, what could be better than five minutes playing Minesweeper as a short break?
Minesweeper is a very simple but highly addictive game that involves clearing a grid of mines as quickly as you can. The simplest premise for a game can fit perfectly on your menu bar.
Free to download from the Mac App Store , it sits on your menu bar, ready to take your attention away for when you're struggling with ideas.
This sits on your menu bar unobtrusively, and with one click, you can start playing. It’s a perfect game when you have a few minutes free for a quick break.
ColorSlurp
Free to download from the Mac App Store , this tool is particularly useful for designers and developers. ColorSlurp allows you to choose the exact colors you need with accuracy and precision, thanks to a quick overview in the menu bar of what color it’s identified, and you can copy this into your photo editing app of choice thanks to the magnifier tool.
Being able to have complete control over your color palette is ideal for graphic designers, website developers, and others. Most importantly, it’s an enormous time-saver and a more accurate method for selecting your colors compared to having to use screenshots to pick out colors.
Bartender 4
With the previous apps we’ve mentioned, your menu bar may be starting to look a little cluttered if you've decided to install them all. With this in mind, we suggest Bartender 4, an award-winning app that allows you to decide which items on your menu bar are displayed.
Available to download as a free trial and to buy for £13.91 / $15.99 / AU$16.49, you can customize the spacing between menu bar items, and make use of the bar to access your hidden items, especially if you have a lot of menu bar apps and shortcuts.
It also offers a quick search function to allow you to find menu bar apps via your keyboard. It’s a great way to keep your menu bar tidy and organized.
Control Center
It would be remiss of us to compile a list of menu bar apps without mentioning the one that comes pre-installed on macOS. Control Center is the macOS equivalent of the iOS feature of the same name, which first appeared in macOS Big Sur back in 2020. It sits unobtrusively in your menu bar, available for you to control a host of options.
This tool gives you control over a number of what might be considered ‘essentials’ such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Airdrop.
Brightness and volume levels can also be adjusted from here, as well as media controls for any content you're playing in the background. Finally, there are options for Focus mode and Screen Mirroring. You can also add Accessibility Shortcuts if you wish.
This one may be preloaded, but it’s a feature that you’ll find yourself using more often than usual, mainly because it offers many useful functions, all in one location.
How to watch Black-ish season 8 online from anywhere
After eight years on air, it's time to say goodbye to the Johnson family, as Black-ish comes to a close with its eighth and final series. Read on as we detail how to watch Black-ish season 8 online and stream this timely sitcom from anywhere.
Created by Kenya Barris (#BlackAF, Girls Trip), this multi award-winning show has received an Emmy, dozens of NAACP awards, and a Golden Globe for its lead Tracee Ellis Ross, as well as a standalone spin-offs Grown-is and Mixed-ish. It’s tackled thorny social issues like racism, inequality, and colorism head on, all without pulling focus from its complex family dynamics.
This final run begins with a bang, with no less than ex-FLOTUS Michelle Obama appearing as herself in the opening episode “That’s What Friends Are For” , with the former First Lady accepting a dinner invitation to the Johnsons’ house after Dre (Anthony Anderson) meets her at a fundraising event.
Obama is the latest in a long line of impressive guest stars who have appeared in the show, but fans of Black-ish will likely be more excited to find the entire cast of main players will be returning for its final season, with Anderson, Ellis Ross, Yara Shahidi, Marcus Scribner, Miles Brown, Marsai Martin, Jenifer Lewis and Laurence Fishburne all back for the show's swan song.
Read on as we detail how to watch Black-ish from anywhere as season 8 goes out.
How to watch Black-ish season 8 online from outside your country
For those abroad for whatever reason when Black-ish season 8 episodes air will find themselves unable to keep up with all the goings on of the Johnson family, thanks to annoying regional restrictions.
Luckily, there’s an easy solution. Downloading a VPN service will allow you to stream Black-ish online no matter where you are. It's a simple bit of software that changes your IP address, meaning that you can access on-demand content or live TV just as if you were at home.
Use a VPN to stream the show from anywhere
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