Comcast is putting AI to work to protect its customers’ home networks. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the company announced Xfinity xFi Advanced Security, an AI-powered service designed to monitor, block and inform customers about online threats while providing protection for all connected devices in the home — including smart home and […]
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Buy tickets for concerts on TV with the new Comcast and Ticketmaster feature
Comcast and Ticketmaster are rolling out a feature to let Xfinity X1 customers search tour dates and begin the ticket buying process directly through their televisions — using voice search on their remotes. The feature’s launch coincides with the first tickets going on sale for Kelly Clarkson’s new tour. If users speak “Kelly Clarkson tour” […]
View More Buy tickets for concerts on TV with the new Comcast and Ticketmaster featureAmazon Prime Video is coming to Comcast Xfinity X1
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Not all cable companies are afraid of streaming. Some, in fact, are embracing it.
Comcast announced on Thursday that Amazon Prime Video is coming to Xfinity X1. This will allow users to access the service directly from their set-top boxes.
This is the first time a cable company has made Prime Video available from a set-top box. Comcast lets people stream YouTube and Netflix — and access live TV, DVR, and On Demand content — from the same box.
Customers will be able to launch Prime Video with their X1 Voice Remote. And if they have the right equipment, they can watch 4K content from Amazon. Read more…
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Amazon Prime Video is coming to Comcast’s cable boxes
Comcast and Amazon today announced a new partnership that will see Amazon’s Prime Video service integrated into Comcast’s Xfinity TV set-top boxes. This is the first time that Prime Video content would be added to a cable operator’s platform in the U.S.. It’s also a particularly interesting choice on Comcast’s part, given that Amazon is directly […]
View More Amazon Prime Video is coming to Comcast’s cable boxesVerizon trolls Comcast on Twitter after nationwide Xfinity Voice outage
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Verizon’s social media team isn’t messing around.
With Comcast’s Xfinity Voice phone service experiencing outages today across the country, the company tweeted out a statement assuring its customers that it was looking into the problem that Down Detector notes spans from New York City to San Francisco.
@VerizonSupport was watching.
@comcastbusiness customers may still be experiencing an issue with their Voice service. We appreciate your patience as we continue to resolve. Please continue to check back here for more updates.
— ComcastCares (@comcastcares) June 6, 2018
As working to resolve the problem is not the same as having resolved it, business owners that rely on Xfinity Voice for their phone service were understandably pissed. Many voiced that displeasure on Twitter. Read more…
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View More Verizon trolls Comcast on Twitter after nationwide Xfinity Voice outageComcast’s mesh Wi-Fi system, xFi Pods, launches nationwide
Comcast today is officially launching its own Wi-Fi extender devices called xFi Pods that help to address problems with weak Wi-Fi signals in parts of a customer’s home due to things like the use of building materials that disrupt signals, or even just the home’s design. The launch follows Comcast’s announcement last year that it […]
View More Comcast’s mesh Wi-Fi system, xFi Pods, launches nationwideComcast is increasing Xfinity internet speeds in the northeast
If you have Comcast, fasten your seatbelt.
Comcast has announced that it’s rolling out higher internet speed to many of its customers in the northeast. Four of the company’s seven internet tiers will see speed increases: Performance, Performanc…
Comcast is increasing Xfinity internet speeds in the northeast
If you have Comcast, fasten your seatbelt.
Comcast has announced that it’s rolling out higher internet speed to many of its customers in the northeast. Four of the company’s seven internet tiers will see speed increases: Performance, Performanc…
Comcast is increasing Xfinity internet speeds in the northeast
If you have Comcast, fasten your seatbelt.
Comcast has announced that it’s rolling out higher internet speed to many of its customers in the northeast. Four of the company’s seven internet tiers will see speed increases: Performance, Performanc…
Comcast partners with AWS as it struggles to fight cord-cutting disruption
Cloud providers love to brag about their customer wins and Amazon got a big one today when it announced that Comcast had chosen AWS as its preferred cloud provider. What does that mean exactly? Presumably Comcast is going to put the majority of i…
View More Comcast partners with AWS as it struggles to fight cord-cutting disruptionComcast launched free voice-controlled connected home services for Xfinity users
The connected home has been a big theme at CES, and today Comcast is turning on a new service that underscores its intention to be central player in it. The broadband giant is turning on free, voice-controlled IoT services for connected home products to its Xfinity customers in the US — currently numbering 15 million — which will let users link up hardware from various brands it… Read More