Peacock's Android app is live, Google Play Store snafu hid it from searches
Peacock's Android app went live, but was missing from Google Play Store search for hours, complicating Peacock's rollout with a major promo partner.
Peacock launched in the US on Wednesday.
Angela Lang/CNETFor the company that rules search, Google complicated the Android app launch of Peacock, a streaming service from Comcast's NBCUniversal, Wednesday, when the Google Play Store failed to show the app in search results for much of the app's launch day.
Android's Peacock app published overnight in the Google Play Store as planned, and it was available to download if you had a link to find it. But the app wasn't returned in Play Store searches for terms like "Peacock" or "Peacock TV" until Wednesday afternoon
The Google Play Store snafu complicated a major promotion Peacock struck with Google, allowing anyone who subscribed to Peacock's paid, premium tier through a Google platform like Android to unlock an extended free trial.
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