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Optik-Kate
TELUS Team Member
TELUS Team MemberTELUS TV Feature Updates - Ongoing
Dear Neighbours,
We’re experimenting with different formats to assure you we’re listening and working on improvements to the TELUS TV platforms. We have frequent releases designed to tackle th...
And to that point I recently had a friend with a family of 5 switch to Telus from shaw for no other reason then the app. They have apple TV's all over the house and I told them they can just use the app and they were sold. Telus imo should be focusing on the app and software development for these devices.
Nobody is going to pay to rent 5 android boxes from Telus anyway but if you can use an apple tv, Sony tv, Nvidia shield and other things already in everyone's homes you have a much better chance of getting the customer to sign up.
For what it's worth, Shaw's cable offerings are not as good as Telus nor is their app. I think it is a tough ask for a corporation like Telus to move away from box support to app support since a large amount of their user base are not technically savvy.
Younger people are not even considering paying for cable TV, but put them money into streaming apps and sharing same.
I think the solution is not perfect, but after a long wait, they have improved the Telus Android Box as they promised to do.
Indeed!
All progression requires familiarity and some intuition when it comes to apps, devices and equipment. Cell phones over past decade as an example.
The manufacturer/provider just needs to build in the associated form and function to operate, whereby the UI doesn't require an AV tech diploma to operate the point and click.
If you want to make the argument about tech savvy people my parents in their 70s don't want to switch from old optik to these boxes for that reason. It's the same os as there Sony android TV just geared toward Telus with a remote.
I don't really agree as smart streaming devices are way more accessible and used by house holds not just younger tech savvy people.
Nobody is saying to get rid of the boxes also the Telus android box runs the same os as my Nvidia shield they look identical. The only difference is the remote.
I don't think anyone is saying get rid of these cheap old school android boxes but they should really focus on the app and software development side that can reach millions of homes easily.
