How to Be the Smartest Super Bowl Fan in the Room
Microsoft, Uber, Domino’s and more provide a range of ways to prep for Super Bowl 50
With Super Bowl 50 taking place in techno-centric Silicon Valley this year, it’s only natural that people expect the best-in-class products, brands and activations to circulate around the game. The stadium itself is considered the most technologically advanced venue in sports. But for those creatives who just want to kick back and enjoy the game, here are some ways you can be connected to the game ahead of time, using tools to score big in advance of the coin toss.
Get Those Fresh-Pressed Pregame Predictions
When it comes down to it, the Super Bowl is all about being a great football player, watching great football and the ads!
Working Your Stats Magic
Know more than you couch rival with NFL on Windows. Through its signature Next-Gen Replays and Next Gen Stats, you can analyze plays to see exactly what went right or wrong (or somewhere in between). This is made possible by data collected through RFID chips in players’ shoulder pads.
Bing Brings Big Game Predictions
Ladies and gentlemen, place your bets. If you’re one to place any bets before the big game, it’s always good to make an informed decision. Know your numbers and wow your friends.
Sporting With Social Media
Facebook Sports Stadium
Now built into the social platform, this new feature consolidates all the content related to Super Bowl 50 in one place. You can see posts from your friends and their comments on plays posts, and commentary from experts, like team representatives, leagues advocates and journalists, with easy access to their pages’ live scores, stats and play-by-play game info.
Gametime Twitter GIFs
Reportedly, Twitter wants you to share more GIFs as many Twitter users are reporting seeing a new button. Splendid news as GIFs are the new sports clips highlights. If you’re not in the group of testers you can still get your emojis on.
Emojis on Deck
Are you prepared to share those epic moments in sports history? Do you have a friend or family member rooting for the other team? Sometimes when a sports moment happens, words can’t describe the wow factor (or the ouch factor) and a picture is the only thing that explain it. As the saying goes, a picture speaks one thousand words. With the NFL emojis you can share your game day feels with special NFL emojis and stickers, which include: NFL Teams, Players, Mascots.
There are two notable tools for installing the keyboard and stickers onto your phone: NFL Emojis & SportsMania’s Keyboard.
All The Screens for Watching Wherever
This year if you don’t have cable… you’re going to be alright.
CBS Sports
No login credentials required. CBS, the network with this year’s rights, will stream the Super Bowl free through a variety of apps. That way advertisers’ content can reach you, no matter where you are.
NFL Apps
If you own a Roku’s set-top boxes, Apple TV, Google’s Chromecast, Microsoft’s Xbox One and Amazon’s Fire box you can access the game through to watch the Super Bowl.
YouTube AdBlitz
A one-stop place where you can catch all the action around the Big Game. Missed out on an ad because of a snack run? After the game ends, users can vote for and share their favorite commercials.
But, first you need to get to where you’re going…
End-to-End Transportation on Game Day Location
These ridesharing specials could get you where you need to go, add some good laughs too.
Lyft
Lyft is setting up special pick-up points in the traffic-jammed city for the weekend. The ride-sharing app could, in fact, bring the fans from each different team together for one awkward ride. Just pray it’s not you.
Uber
As such, Uber will have its own pickup and drop-off zones at the stadium. The company is also roping in NFL players, too, deploying them as drivers for its new food delivery efforts as a fun shtick.
Finger Food: Tap, Tap, Yum
Now, for the real enjoyment: the food. With the variety of choices in party food there is no need to go to the grocery store. Get food brought to you with these stellar apps.
Taco Hunting
You could get access to Taco Bell’s Super Bowl secret menu, which is on show during the Super Bowl. It’s giving consumers a chance to pre-buy the goods before knowing what’s in the bag and then taste it on Saturday, two days before the rest of the world. You can find the local restaurant by typing in your ZIP code on the site. The site and app have a pretty good search engine that allows consumers to build combos with keywords like “spicy,” “taco,” “loco,” and more.
Get Domino’s with Amazon Echo
Now with Echo, ordering pizza just a voice command away. Turn it on and link your account to your Domino’s Pizza Profile, and you’ll be able to ask it to place an order for you, or check the status of an existing order.
The new integration between Echo and Domino’s should be ready by the big game on Feb. 7.
Contextual Conditions and Viewing
San Francisco is actually a lot colder than you would think. Think about how much better you will do if you know the conditions that lie ahead.
Poncho
The recently launched Poncho App could help you get the context you need when it comes to game day weather. Set an alarm for game day updates and Poncho will send a push notification with an abridged version of the forecast right on your home screen, complete with specially composed music based on the weather.
With this full-featured, global weather service, complete with forecasts that cover world, beautiful weather visualizations, and a time machine for exploring the weather in the past and far future — it’s almost like you’re there at the game.
The Road to 50 App
If you’re lucky enough to see the game live, this program this pretty much the must-have app. Built by Google exclusively for Super Bowl 50, it showcases all of the happenings and celebrations around the San Francisco Bay Area. Boasting some powerful features, fans can order food, drinks, and merchandise from their seats during Sunday’s game.
Originally published at www.psfk.com on February 5, 2016.