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Comcast Xfinity customers can get a year of Perplexity Pro AI for free
Xfinity Rewards is offering a free year of Perplexity Pro AI for its customers.
Danny Gallagher08.30.2024
Xfinity is showing the Olympics with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos on its Stream app
Xfinity is giving its customers access to better picture quality, just in time for the Paris Olympics.
Mariella Moon07.18.2024
Xfinity breach may have affected as many as 35.8 million customers
Xfinity says it suffered a data breach in October with attackers likely obtaining usernames, hashed passwords and potentially other sensitive information.
Kris Holt12.19.2023
Comcast debuts Storm-Ready WiFi device ahead of hurricane season
It has a four-hour battery life and works as a WiFi extender day-to-day.
Sarah Fielding08.15.2023
Comcast is ending free Peacock access for Xfinity subscribers
Comcast subscribers are about to lose a big perk: free access to Peacock streaming.
Steve Dent02.13.2023
Comcast will air the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Dolby Vision HDR
Comcast is airing the World Cup in Dolby Vision HDR for the first time, provided you have an Xfinity X1 box.
Jon Fingas11.17.2022Comcast raises speeds for most of its Xfinity internet plans
Comcast has raised speeds for most of its Xfinity cable internet plans, but the competition isn't standing still.
Jon Fingas10.17.2022
Comcast’s refreshed Xfinity Stream app launches on Apple TV
It looks nicer, too.
Daniel Cooper07.01.2022
Apple TV+ is now available on Comcast Xfinity
Apple TV+ is now available on Comcast's Xfinity devices and Flex service, letting you stream 'Ted Lasso' from your cable box.
Jon Fingas03.07.2022
Comcast tests the first multigigabit cable modem
Comcast has tested the first cable modem that can offer multigigabit speeds, although it's not clear if you'll get to make full use of that performance.
Jon Fingas01.13.2022
Comcast won't enforce Northeast data caps until 2023 at the earliest
Comcast now says it won't enforce data caps in the Northeast in 2022, and the plan might be on indefinite hold.
Jon Fingas12.16.2021
Apple TV+ is coming to Comcast devices
The Apple TV app will be available on Comcast devices in the months ahead, including its X1 boxes and XClass TVs.
Jon Fingas10.28.2021
IMDb TV lands on Xfinity Flex and X1 set-top boxes
Amazon's free streaming app is available via a pay TV service for the first time.
Kris Holt08.17.2021
Discovery+ is the latest streaming service to land on Comcast Xfinity set-top boxes
It's available on Flex now, and it's coming to X1 boxes soon.
Kris Holt04.08.2021
Disney+ and ESPN+ are coming to Comcast Xfinity set-top boxes
Both services should be available to all X1 and Flex subscribers in the coming weeks.
Kris Holt03.29.2021
Comcast is expanding its 1.2TB cap to its entire 39-state footprint in January
Starting next year, Comcast will implement a 1.2TB data cap on broadband usage in 12 states and the District of Columbia.
Igor Bonifacic11.24.2020
Comcast takes on Ring with its own DIY home security system
Comcast's Self Protection is a DIY home security offering for Xfinity customers.
Devindra Hardawar11.09.2020
Comcast tests tech that enables gigabit upload speeds over cable
Just a few years ago Comcast started rolling out 1Gbps cable service and now it’s widely available in many areas across the country, but it still can’t match fiber for upload speed. Many fiber services offer gigabit speeds for customers on uploads and downloads, while the Xfinity package is limited to 35Mbps upload, at a time when people are creating more content and producing more video streams from home than ever before. This week however, Comcast ran a test that enabled 1.25Gbps speeds up and down on their live network at a home in Jacksonville.
Richard Lawler10.09.2020
Xfinity's new mesh networking pods are twice as fast as the old ones
A few years ago, Comcast and its Xfinity brand partnered with Plume to offer xFi Pods, small mesh network points that plugged right into an outlet to extend your WiFi network.
Nathan Ingraham10.01.2020
Comcast is the first ISP to join Mozilla's push for more secure browsing
Comcast is the first internet provider to join a Mozilla program that uses encrypted DNS for more secure web browsing.
Jon Fingas06.25.2020