Please allow the app to play in the background as well as in lock screen mode. There are times I want to sleep to a TV but get blinded with the light that comes off it. With my iPad or iPhone I could listen to TV without that annoying bright screen in my face. Sadly you have to leave your device turned on to listen to the program. When you turn your device off during a program, you only get a few seconds before the app mutes itself. This could be a bad thing because if you leave your device turned on It can make it hot or run down the battery. T The ability to run the app in the background or in the lock screen (without video playing) would make it easier do use at night while trying to sleep. Plus if you're blind you can't see the video anyways. So to be able to have the video switched to sound only would make a huge difference for those who want sound only while using the app.I definitely love that Xfinity went the extra mile to make the app voiceover accessible for those who are blind. As well as contrasting colors for those who are visually impaired. However, I would like to see the app be compatible for those who have large print enable on their devices.Otherwise I love the app but it could definitely use some tweaking.

So I was able to find one other user who left a review with the same issue. Since the recent update, I am unable to cast from my iPad. When I press the Chromecast button in the xfinity app on my iPad, the window with my list of devices opens and closes immediately making it impossible to choose a device. Comcast responded to the first user with a useless fix as it wasn’t even related. I moved from using the app on the Roku to Chromecast from my iPad as the xfinity app on the Roku had terrible audio issues for over a year with no fix and once again here is another issue. Why can’t xfinity fix their apps. Edit: Now sometimes the sound cuts out while watching live tv. There has been no update. I’m very close to trying another service because every few months some new issue comes ups and Comcast does nothing to fix it.Update: Revising my review as Xfinity provided an update to the IPad app fixing the Chromecast issue. Finally able to watch on my tv again. I was having issues with audio cutting out while watching on the IPad but I haven’t noticed it while casting.

Nothing but problems constantly with Xfinity service. Signal constantly goes out. We’ve had service men out to check the lines and been told the problems are on the poles further down the street. However seems fishy when WiFi is working and it’s only the xfinity streaming app that isn’t working. Also we bought a Samsung 4K TV specifically so we wouldn’t have to use a box since Xfinity advertised Samsung TVs were compatibility with their streaming app. Constant disappointment with poor streaming quality. Picture lags like other reviewers comment on; screen freezes and sound sometimes continues, but then remains out of sync until restarting the app. The tv guide and menus are unreadable and garbled; the bits of descriptions that are readable don’t match the show that was selected. The picture quality is so bad, the 4K TV screen investment is completely wasted; there was a better picture on the analog tv with an antenna 40 years ago than through the streaming app. Service people have said we could avoid these issues if we used one of the cable boxes, but it’s just bad business to advertise an app that doesn’t work. I have determined it does matter what device you try to stream on, since I can be connected to my in home WiFi on my cell phone and stream successfully while the Samsung tv fails. I’ve been careful to not confuse tv set issues with app streaming issues. Xfinity needs to do better.

I have had mine since Feb 20th and still can’t stream. From what I can tell you can download the streaming app on newer versions of my TV in the family room but mine is 7 years old but still a 55” LG Smart TV. I mainly started my service back up because I desperately needed the Internet to job hunt and that is where all my time has been spent (easy when your Cable isn’t working). I paid extra for the 300 mb/sec so I would be prepared to accept any type of position available including work from home, independent consultation, or partial commute. That is when the sales rep talked about the awesome streaming app and no monthly fee for equipment because there are no cable boxes for every TV. The 300 mb/sec Internet comes with a different router than other plans and it is also required for the streaming app service. The sales rep really unsold here on the service and by lowering my monthly bill due to no charges for each cable TV box, that is what sold me on this plan. Sales reps should verify over phone the make/model of your electronic equipment to ensure compatible for streaming services to work as intended for optimal performance. This would make sure customers have a good experience getting up and running efficiently and effectively with the new service being introduced. Plus, it is just the right thing to do.