New improvements to X1 were revealed by Comcast, including a remind feature, auto extend notification, self-healing DVR playback failure and improvements in music discoverability.
In a blog about the upgrades, the operator says there will now be a remind feature on the action bar for program listings. Users who previously enabled “Reminders via Labs” will continue to have access to this feature, which is now available to everyone.
Previously, the operator also had announced the auto extend feature for recording, which customers can set to ensure live events like sports will be automatically extended to capture the full program if it goes into overtime. Now there will also be a notification feature to assure them that the game was recorded in full.
X1 also now has a feature to help if a playback of completed recording fails. Comcast says it has added a new response system that offers available alternatives for viewing the program.
“The DVR will first immediately retry the playback. If the retry fails, X1 will begin playback of the free/entitled version of the program on demand, where available,” the blog says. “If there is not an on demand version of your recording, X1 may also prompt you to record the next airing of the program.”
Options on music artist pages have also been rearranged to reduce the number of clicks users have to perform to playback, and the popular shuffle function has been moved to the first option on the action menu.
