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Paramount plus app not working with an X1 box
Hi there, tons of people including myself have issues with the Paramount Plus app streaming on Xfinity. Yes the actual streaming app, not the channel. We have a compatible box, but there is no way to upgrade the paramount+ app, and no way to delete it and re-download. Like everyone, it buffers too long as it's loading shows and it errors out, sometimes playing the show behind the error box. You have to try like 7 times before maybe it works. I have already tried logging in/out in the app settings, didn't work. I now am forced to use a fire stick to stream instead which is not convenient when we spend what we do for cable. Please provide working steps to get the latest version of the app and what is the latest version (the one we currently have is show 4.17.3 but the livestream app said it's in version 8! This must be old!
Why is there no way to update in the Paramount+ settings.) Also how can we just delete and re-install this app. It's not listed with Showtime, and other channels like that on my Xfinity account page, there is no link to the paramount+ app. Their website has no helpful info either except saying we must have an outdated version.
turtletoo
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2 years ago
Reading through all the postings before me, I have refreshed till the cows came home, reset my modem, reset my cable box, etc. Like others, Paramount+ worked fine until just months ago, so it is not our equipment and it is not on our end. It is on your end....Xfinity.....perhaps you can get together with Paramount+ and come to a solution for all of us. I am paying a great deal for Xfinity and there are other providers I can go to, like when AT&T knocks on my door again. Fix this sooner, rather than later.
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sehovarter
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2 years ago
All - not sure what happened to my earlier post - it was there, now gone - so i will post it again. I too was struggling with the paramount + app on my xfinity devices. Calls to support, rebooting box and modem, new xfinity box, all to no avail. Today i decided to call paramount +, and the person there said it WAS NOT XFINITY, the problem was on their end! He said they do not know when it will be fixed but they are actively working on it. He said if you have a newer smart TV download the app and run from there, NOT thru Xfinity. If that is not an option, you can do what i did, moved a roku device from a spare TV and hooked it to my main TV - paramount + work perfect. They did give me a one month credit! Hoping they get it fixed soon! Paramount + phone is [Edited: "Personal Information"]. Turtletoo - you can stop bashing xfinity as it is not an issue on their end. With that said, you think THEY would know the issue is with the paramount app and their equipment and just tell us all that, rather than having us chase our tails with all the reboots, saying i have bad hdmi cables, telling me i need a new cable box, etc......... maybe this post will enable xfinity to know what is going on!?!?! Good luck all - ready to watch 1923 tonight on my roku stick with NO GLITCHING! 😆
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user_769f8c
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2 years ago
We also cannot get Paramount + and Xfinity to work together. I have tried to worked with Paramount +, but all I get is scripted messages. I ended up cancelling Paramount +. I cannot afford to be paying for extra streaming equipment for their bad software. Sadly I will miss some great shows.
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user_3beba9
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2 years ago
I have a solution that has worked for me today. Using your remote, go to the Xfinity button to select On Demand. Go to Apps and find Paramount+. Select, and sign in. You may have to update your password. Once signed in, you can select the program you want and/or review episodes. FYI...I have a soundbar and it works, as well.
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user_a5cf14
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2 years ago
Will Xfinity/Comcast being issuing a credit to us subscribers who pay for a channel/ap that we cant even use? Its ridiculously frustrating.
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user_04ab52
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2 years ago
App not working for me as well. Works great on my laptop through the same internet WIFI but not through the set top box. My only work around is to plug my laptop into an HDMI connection on my TV and watch it that way. Why can't this be corrected? Do I need to replace my set top box with a 4K box? I've heard that this is how some have resolved this problem.
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user_04ab52
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7 Messages
2 years ago
Just for clarification, it's only the Paramount+ app that doesn't work. No issues with Netflix or any normal cable subscribed channel.
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WebTraveler
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68 Messages
2 years ago
I think the issue here is somply the age of Comast's equipment and its just not able to properly handle the new apps and technology.
You's think at $9 a box, you'd get one that works.
I have no issues on the secondary boxes, but the primary box - the old one - has these issues.
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user_04ab52
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2 years ago
So, if it's the main box, then how do I get a new box that works? Seems like this problem has existed for some time now. They should be quite aware of this and have some ability to resolve it by now.
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user_04ab52
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2 years ago
App not working at my location as of a couple of days ago. Called support but they only had me do the same old reset and wait. Nothing but using my laptop as a host has fixed this. If a different set top box fixes this, then I need to find out how to get my hands on one. Paying nearly $300 a month for a service that doesn't work sure does [Edited: "Language"]!
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user_04ab52
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2 years ago
Ended up picking up a Roku Streaming Stick 4K+ to save time. Fixed all of my streaming issues with Paramount+ verifying that this is a Xfinity issue. Absolutely love the ease of use and the phenomenal video quality. Will probably reduce my programming with Xfinity since the Roku streams much of what I watch. Just need local and FOX New now.;)
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