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If you’re a Comcast TV customer, you can finally stream videos to your Android tablet and smartphone. The Xfinity TV Player app allows Comcast TV subscribers to watch TV shows and movies from networks like Showtime, Starz, HBO, and more. Here’s how to get started with Comcast’s Xfinity TV Player for Android: Download and install the Xfinity TV Player for Android , then launch the app and log in using your Comcast account credentials.Read Full Story

Boston.comComcast Xfinity Voice gets voice calls and texting via Wi-FiSlashGearComcast has added new features to its Xfinity Voice service. The new features will put the service in a better position to compete with Google Voice and Skype. One of the new features is called Voice 2go and allows users to make phone calls and send ...New Comcast services threaten wirless text and data revenueCNETComcast Launches X1 DVR Interface, Tips Next-Gen 'Dayview'PC MagazineDid the Cable Guys Just Give In...Read Full Story

Imagine for a moment that you are sitting in your front yard in a lawn chair ,sipping lemonade while attempting to read the latest news on your WiFi-only iPad. You're just out of range of your WiFi signal. Your neighbor's signal is super strong, but that selfish hooligan didn't leave it wide open for you to leach onto. Relax. Depending on where you live and who your service provider is, you may be able to use your neighbor's hotspot regardless of his futile attempts to lock it down someday...Read Full Story

After introducing video on-demand streaming for mobile devices on the iPad early last year and iPhone last May, Comcast has finally extended the courtesy to Android users as well. Unlike its iOS counterpart however, on Android there’s a separate Xfinity TV Player (simply labeled “Player” in the launcher) app from the Xfinity TV remote control app. It’s a free download from Google Play for devices running Android 2.3 or higher and when we checked it out just now it was smooth but plain looking...Read Full Story

ESPN have announced that they are now releasing their WatchESPN app to subscribers of Comcast for free on browsers and portable devices. The app, which will be made available first to Apple’s portable devices (such as the iPhone and iPad) and to Android devices in the ‘coming months’, is to allow Comcast customers the chance to watch live streaming of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, and ESPNU, while ‘seasonal’ content providing sevices such as ‘ESPN Goal Line’ and ‘Buzzer Beater’ will be available on the...Read Full Story