Overview
- A leaked internal file called “Project Gemini,” published Thursday, outlines a phased plan to import Hulu’s content, profiles and features into Disney+ and to decommission the standalone Hulu app after users transition.
- The document says the company expects the unified experience to be completed by the end of 2026 and that the “Hulu tech stack and app will be decommissioned after all users have transitioned.”
- Several current and former Disney tech employees told reporters that engineering teams have been shifted from the Hulu app to Disney+, leaving the green Hulu app with little active development.
- Disney has already added a Hulu hub inside Disney+ and launched profile linking and watchlist/viewing-history syncs to speed migration, but moving Hulu + Live TV’s multi-channel guide and DVR infrastructure into Disney+ is a major unresolved technical challenge.
- Disney has told reporters it has no current plans to immediately sunset Hulu even as the leak raises questions for millions of subscribers about how live TV, billing and standalone Hulu options will work during and after the transition.