As CES gets rolling, TiVo has announced plans to demo Roku and Chromecast clients… to cable partners. So there’s no telling when or if these implementations will make their way to us retail customers or to what extent, but it’s exciting stuff – on top of the already previewed Amazon Fire TV app. In the interim, you can effectively turn your Amazon Fire TV Stick or box into a TiVo Mini now by sideloading their Android app. Speaking of which, that app is being entirely rewritten from the ground up (to presumably add content downloads) and the iOS app will soon see the addition of “premium sideloading” … as the current implementation is uncomfortably slow and requires the app remain open for long periods of time. Should CES visual imagery present itself, we’ll update the post.
TiVo partners will receive private demonstrations of an ever-evolving nDVR solution, 4k demonstration platforms as well as a more portable TiVo experience for Chromecast and Roku devices. TiVo will also be demoing a completely rebuilt and optimized Android mobile application coming in March and rolling out premium sideloading to iOS users in the coming months.
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Yes, I saw the OnePass stuff. Sounds real interesting, but hoping for some images before I move on it.
Ok, I admit it, I know a bunch of technical terms - but what does "premium sideloading" mean?
It would be very nice if Tivo iOS app could download content in the background (when the app is not open) - is that what "premium sideloading" means?
Premium sideloading sounds more like if you pay an extra fee you can sideload your content after transcoding it on your computer with the premium TiVo To Go program