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Does the US Tivo app stream video looking at the info on Google Play it doesn't so this would be a massive difference? The iOS app recently got the ability but requires a specific type of Tivo and I think it streams from the box itself.

I'm frustrated around not supporting 4.4 but I understand that you have to build to a software version otherwise you end up with a moving target.

J

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Nope

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One that would take 2 years to resolve? That, after all, was my question.

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I'm running 4.2 on my HTC One X+ and in Google Play it tells me that my device isn't supported.

Doesn't look compatible to me.

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That's a different thing. The app is compatible with the version of Android on your phone, but VM haven't yet added the device itself to the list of allowed devices.

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To throw a spanner in the works, I tried to download the app on my cheap and cheerful tablet (Sumvision Cyclone or something), it appeared on play search, I downloaded it and to my surprise it worked!

Didn't get much time to test it this morning but it connected to my TiVo and I could view my recorded show list along with the menu that was on the same screen. Didn't get round to testing the remote control function or if it will stream tv so that's a job for tonight. Not holding much hope on streaming but at least it's better than nothing

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Don't know if it was 2 years, VM announced a year ago that that the app would ready 2013.

Don't know when the first announcement was that they were going to do a Android App.

J

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Android app was confirmed as coming in 2013 when the iOS app launched in November 2012

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/new...obile-app.html

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Sorry but from someone that knows a lot about the app you haven't a clue what went on behind closed doors and what was involved in getting the app to release.

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OK thanks.

Is it likely to get added to the list?

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Agreed. Which is why I posed a question. So tell me.

---------- Post added at 12:35 ---------- Previous post was at 12:22 ----------

My question was what is so different between the US app and the Virgin app that it's taken 2 years to resolve? It is two years since the US android app launched.

If you'd like me to rephrase, what has taken 1 year from the Virgin announcement to resolve?

Not aimed directly at you now, but It's all very well for people things like you don't know what you're talking about, or there are big differences that take time to sort out, but if you don't answer when you're asked for specifics what conclusion are we supposed to draw?

This past week has seen a TiVo update which has reduced recorded suggestions from unlimited to 50 (answer-I don't know, I don't like it either), an app launched after a silly amount of time to develop (answer-you don't know what you're talking about) which still doesn't allow me to stream over 3g despite the fact that I used to be able to do this before they got rid of player (answer-none, yet). Oh yeah, and a price rise.

Perhaps rather than suggesting things without actually ever saying them, those that know the answer to my genuine questions - what has taken so long, why, and can we expect the functionality to ever improve to the point where it matches the obsolete app it has at long last replaced - could provide them?

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Don't know if anyone can help on this

If I factory reset my NEXUS 7 will it go back to the original Android which was 4.2 I think?

I read somewhere it wasn't possible to do this but with all the knowledge on here thought I'd check in case someone might know

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No it won't go back. A factory reset will revert your user settings and any apps you've downloaded, but not your system stuff.

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The release in the US has no impact on when the VM would be released, your assumption is that they began working on it then.

No one outside VM management and the team working on the app knows when work started or how much effort was involved.

VM decided that the iOS app had priority (understandable at that point) then priorities may have changed from the Android app. We don't know if they started 1 year ago or last week.

Would going into the details of Java programming, DRM and streaming video really help

With regards to functionality, yes you are missing a piece of functionality previously available on a different app.

A functional specification and brief were created for the new app during which streaming over 3g was given a lower priority or it was decided that it is not required at this point.

Personally I think it should have been given a higher priority, 12 months to add streaming seems a little excessive, I don't do any video work in android apps at all but from what I have read I know it can be complicated, though later android release were supposed to help solve the complexity.

J

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I'm pretty sure everyone on here would agree with you. For an app to be called 'anywhere', not being able to use it anywhere is quite remarkable.