Right on schedule, the TiVo Premiere Fall Update has started rolling out. Beyond a raft of bug fixes, some of the more notable features, as documented by TiVo VP Margret Schmidt:
Interestingly, What to Watch Now isn’t yet active… and probably requires TiVo flip a switch on their end, perhaps once most units have been upgraded. Possibly related, my very solid intel had YouTube, Netflix, and DIAL arriving this fall. Yet.. Netflix is absent from both the release notification and Margret’s summary (despite one user believing he did indeed receive it). At the very least, it’s now confirmed that the Premiere is capable of running the lighter weight and more sprightly HTML5 apps – as seen on Roamio. And we continue to anticipate a Netflix announcement in the near future, with Roamio’s mildly refreshed UI expected in the Spring of 2014.
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It'll be interesting to see how many more updates the Premiere will receive going forward... I imagine there is some pressure from cablecos to unify the experience between Roamio and Premiere, as we've seen from RCN. But how long will it continue? At the very least, I'd say we're way better off than the S3 to S4 transition. Assuming TiVo gets Netflix working reliably on the Premiere...
I have not received the update, so can't tell yet (I did sign up on the early release page) but is the new YouTube app any faster? I think right now, I could grab my Chromecast from a different room, plug it in to my TV, launch the iOS or Chrome app and cast to my TV faster than launching the YouTube app on my Premier Elite.
Well... I can launch Netflix faster than I can drive to Redbox. Barely. ;)