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Not "soon," but does it have the Xfinity Stream Beta app yet?

I just got the cheapest roku at Christmas so I could get rid of my crappy comcast digital converter on my bedroom TV. Main Living Room TV has my Lifetimed Launch 500gb Bolt.

I am used to no On Demand, since it went away on my Bolt some time ago. I was waiting on the darn AppleTV Tivo stream app, because I have an AppleTV wired to ethernet in the wall behind the bedroom TV. That was a year wasted...

Anyway, I don't want a Mini, I can't stand apps on my Bolt. I just need he Xfinity Stream Beta, especially if it works smoother than my cheap roku. I know my internet wifi could be the main culprit, but the roku drops out a lot when I use the xfinity app. Plus I would love a peanut remote.
 

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Not "soon," but does it have the Xfinity Stream Beta app yet?

I just got the cheapest roku at Christmas so I could get rid of my crappy comcast digital converter on my bedroom TV. Main Living Room TV has my Lifetimed Launch 500gb Bolt.

I am used to no On Demand, since it went away on my Bolt some time ago. I was waiting on the darn AppleTV Tivo stream app, because I have an AppleTV wired to ethernet in the wall behind the bedroom TV. That was a year wasted...

Anyway, I don't want a Mini, I can't stand apps on my Bolt. I just need he Xfinity Stream Beta, especially if it works smoother than my cheap roku. I know my internet wifi could be the main culprit, but the roku drops out a lot when I use the xfinity app. Plus I would love a peanut remote.
My understanding was only Roku had the Xfinity Stream Beta app.
 

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Not "soon," but does it have the Xfinity Stream Beta app yet?

I just got the cheapest roku at Christmas so I could get rid of my crappy comcast digital converter on my bedroom TV. Main Living Room TV has my Lifetimed Launch 500gb Bolt.

I am used to no On Demand, since it went away on my Bolt some time ago. I was waiting on the darn AppleTV Tivo stream app, because I have an AppleTV wired to ethernet in the wall behind the bedroom TV. That was a year wasted...

Anyway, I don't want a Mini, I can't stand apps on my Bolt. I just need he Xfinity Stream Beta, especially if it works smoother than my cheap roku. I know my internet wifi could be the main culprit, but the roku drops out a lot when I use the xfinity app. Plus I would love a peanut remote.
I have the cheapest Roku stick and it works 100% with the Xfinity app. It's likely your WiFi.
 

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My understanding was only Roku had the Xfinity Stream Beta app.
Roku and some Samsung and LG TVs.

Xfinity Stream App on Xfinity TV Partner Devices FAQs - Xfinity

A pretty broad array of Roku's listed as supported. ( but few Roku TV variants ). If the list expanded to Sony/HiSense ( AndroidTV ) later than perhaps the Stream 4K would get a 'free ride'. I suspect though that Xfinity app will have a quite explicit 'whitelist' of equipment it will run on though.
 

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Roku and some Samsung and LG TVs.

Xfinity Stream App on Xfinity TV Partner Devices FAQs - Xfinity

A pretty broad array of Roku's listed as supported. ( but few Roku TV variants ). If the list expanded to Sony/HiSense ( AndroidTV ) later than perhaps the Stream 4K would get a 'free ride'. I suspect though that Xfinity app will have a quite explicit 'whitelist' of equipment it will run on though.
Plus it's a beta app, so Xfinity could pull the app anytime they want to like Tivo did with their beta fire tv app.
 

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Not "soon," but does it have the Xfinity Stream Beta app yet?

I just got the cheapest roku at Christmas so I could get rid of my crappy comcast digital converter on my bedroom TV. Main Living Room TV has my Lifetimed Launch 500gb Bolt.

I am used to no On Demand, since it went away on my Bolt some time ago. I was waiting on the darn AppleTV Tivo stream app, because I have an AppleTV wired to ethernet in the wall behind the bedroom TV. That was a year wasted...

Anyway, I don't want a Mini, I can't stand apps on my Bolt. I just need he Xfinity Stream Beta, especially if it works smoother than my cheap roku. I know my internet wifi could be the main culprit, but the roku drops out a lot when I use the xfinity app. Plus I would love a peanut remote.
There is a work around. Look for an older app version 4.0 the newer 5.0 locks up.
 

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Plus it's a beta app, so Xfinity could pull the app anytime they want to like Tivo did with their beta fire tv app.
I think Beta more so has to do with them not charging a fee to use the app. That is probably the bigger change later. That it isn't long term a way to duck the "box fee" per TV. Don't want to charge that now because it is half baked and folks will get 'salty' paying for something that isn't done.
 
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