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Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 12:43 AM

Xfinity TV Remote Not Working

The Xfinity TV Remote App on Apple has stopped working. As a long time customer of Xfinity it’s very disappointing that a very easy to use app is no longer available to use. Accessing the Xfinity Stream app takes more time and is cumbersome. Please bring back the Xfinity Remote App back. 

6 Messages

9 days ago

My app also stopped working last night. This happened once before earlier this year but it came back on the following day. At that time there were rumors that the app was no longer supported. You can no longer download it on the Apple Store. 

The app is soooo much easier to use than the remote. I found recommendations to use their web based remote but that means you have to log into your account through a browser and it offers no more benefits than the normal handheld remote. 

Comcast needs to bring back the app. Everyone that agrees needs to let Comcast know that they need to bring it back and support it. 

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10 Messages

9 days ago

I agree, worst decision I have seen Comcast make as a decades-long customer 

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8 days ago

 

washtee Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback on the recent retirement of the Xfinity TV remote app. As an alternative to the Xfinity TV Remote app, you can use the Xfinity Web Remote for Xfinity X1, which is available on xfinity.com on any mobile device. The Xfinity Web Remote has many of the same features as the Xfinity TV Remote app did. Please note that the Web Remote is not compatible with Xumo Stream Boxes. You can find additional information here https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/xfinity-tv-remote-app-help.

 

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I must say eliminating a mobile app that folks were happy with ,, for a 1990s web app was not as great of an idea y’all think it is. 

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@XfinityBrianH​ The web remote is junk. You cannot control multiple tv's at the same time. With a restaurant with 14 tv's you have to use each individual remote to change the channel. With the TV remote app you could look at the guide on a tablet and change however many tv's at once you wanted to. Bring the TV Remote app back!!!!  

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@user_5h71zw​ 

amen, i used it for my man cave with multiple boxes

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@XfinityBrianH​  this is pretty lame. How is one supposed to find and record shows remotely for their DVR. Kind defeats the purpose of having DVR if you can’t find the shows you want to record unless you are in front of your TV. 

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@XfinityBrianH​ these are not viable alternatives. 

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7 days ago

I completely agree.  This app needs to be reinstates.   It was a TV guide and tuner and the web remote lacks those critical features

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7 days ago

The web remote is close to worthless. The remote app was so convenient. This is definitely a step backwards. We may be changing to some cheaper streaming services because this web remote takes away many of the features we enjoyed. 

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user_3145o7 I am very sorry, I agree it was an awesome application. We appreciate your feedback!

 

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6 days ago

Bring back the app, so many people loved this app, the price we pay for cable on comcast and you remove the best part.   

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Thank you for sharing how much you loved using the app, user_flv7o0. I understand wanting to keep using it. 

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I’ll make a downvote button for this Official Xfinity Employee response. Downvote = 1

Restore the Xfinity TV Remote App

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9 Messages

6 days ago

Loss of functionality with the web app.

Was this app retirement announced?

I guess we get what we over pay for.

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