TiVo App
TiVo announced an iPad app on November 22, 2010. The app allows customers to manage their TiVos from their iPad.
The TiVo Companion App for iPad was released in the weeks following its announcement.
The app works with TiVo Premiere and Premiere XL boxes.
In a blog, TiVo stated the following:
"For all of our iPad fans out there – listen up! TiVo’s best in class user interface is coming to a small screen near you.
We have just announced a powerful new TiVo app for the iPad, which will effectively turn your iPad into command central for your TiVo Premiere box. With the TiVo app for the iPad, you can search, browse, explore and share your favorite entertainment all without interrupting whatever is playing on your TV.
It is your second screen companion. We’ve created a true two-screen TV experience so you can access the full suite of TiVo capabilities on a second screen and right at your fingertips.
Something new that we’re bringing to the TiVo service with this app is the ability to post directly to Facebook and Twitter. You can now share with friends what you’re watching now or your thoughts on favorite shows directly from the TiVo iPad app.
Other cool features include:
- Browsing full-screen program guide without interrupting playback
- Scheduling one-time recordings and Season Pass recordings with a few flicks of the finger
- Managing Season Pass recordings and the To-Do List: Delete and reprioritize recordings for your favorite shows
- Browsing your recorded shows and with the flick of a finger launch a video on your TiVo Premiere
- Searching for programs and actors: Search across broadcast TV and TiVo’s premium broadband providers—like Netflix and Amazon Video On Demand—and see integrated results"
TiVo will also release apps for iPhone as well as Android devices. TiVo's Director of Retail and Channel Marketing, Bard Williams, stated the app: "...offers ... complete control over management and program selection, a multi-touch remote that features gestures-based navigation, and the ability to manage and navigate Season Pass recording, your queue and info about cast, crew, similar shows – without interrupting your TV experience...When you're not at home, the app still lets you interact with your Premiere for basic management and recording tasks."
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