Navigate the Xfinity Stream app on LG, Samsung, and Xumo Smart TVs

Learn more about navigating and using the Xfinity Stream app on LG, Samsung, and Xumo Smart TVs.

You must have Xfinity TV service to use the Xfinity Stream app for Xumo TV. If you only have Xfinity Internet, you’ll need to add Xfinity TV service to watch Xfinity Stream on your Xumo TV.

For information about the Xfinity Stream app for other Smart TVs, see the following:

• Watch Xfinity Stream on Amazon Fire TV.
• Casting Xfinity Stream content to Chromecast.
• Navigating the Xfinity Stream app on Roku.

User guide

Remote control

You'll need to use the basic navigational controls, like up/down, left/right, last and OK/select on your Smart TV’s remote control for the Xfinity Stream app. Xumo TV customers will see the Xfinity Stream app already on their TV.

Main Menu

If your Smart TV has been activated, you'll see the Main Menu after opening the app. Xumo TV customers will see the Xfinity Stream app already on their TV. See our activation instructions for more information.

From the Main Menu, you'll see these buttons:

• Live TV
• Saved
• Browse
• Search
• Settings
  
  

Live TV

If you want to watch live TV on the Stream app for your Xumo TV, you must have Xfinity X1 or Xfinity TV service.

• Press OK on the Live TV button on the main menu to load the Live TV page and All Channels guide.
  • You'll see all the channels available with your Xfinity TV or Xfinity Instant TV subscription.
  • In addition to the Live TV grids, you can also discover live programs in galleries based on curated categories like Kids & Family, Sports and Movies.
• Watch currently available live programs by picking a program from the guide and pressing the Watch button.
• Press the Last button while on a Live TV menu tab to return to the main menu.
  
  

Live TV options

• Press OK on the Options button on the Live TV menu to load More Options over the Live TV guide.
• Use the Find Channels option to search for the specific networks or channels (including channel numbers) you want.
• You can either jump down the All Channels guide to that channel or start watching it right away.
  
  

Saved

If you want to watch On Demand or DVR recordings on the Stream app for your Xumo TV, you must have Xfinity TV or X1 service.

• Press OK on the Saved button on the main menu to load the For You tab.
  • The For You page has live programs and On Demand TV shows and movies personalized for you.
  • Other tabs include Recordings and Schedule where you can watch or manage (e.g., delete) your recordings from your TV Box.
    
    

Delete

You can delete recordings by highlighting a TV episode and selecting Modify Episode Recording, then Delete Recording.

You can't delete recordings in bulk (e.g., an entire series) on your Smart TV. However, you can do this directly on your TV Box or on the Xfinity Stream app.

Note: You can also recover recordings that were deleted in the past 24 hours by going to Saved > Recordings > Deleted Recordings and selecting Undelete.

Browse

To watch On Demand shows on the Stream app for your Xumo TV, you must have Xfinity TV or X1 service.

• Press OK on the Browse button in the main menu to load the gallery of On Demand TV shows.
  • The Browse section includes On Demand videos organized by TV, Movies, Networks, Sports, Kids & Family, News and Latino.
• Special categories of On Demand videos are displayed depending on the editorial calendar (for example, Olympics or World Cup).
  
  
  

Search

• Press OK on the Search button on the main menu to go to the Search page.
  • The search feature uses a predictive search that gives you results as you start entering the name.
  • Recent search results are also shown if available.
    
    

You can search for a movie, TV show or network (a collection of channels).

Settings

The Settings button on the main menu loads the Settings page, which includes:

• Language
• Parental Controls
• Accessibility
• Help
• Terms & Policies
• About
• Sign-Out
  
  

Language settings let you set the default language for Secondary Language soundtracks (you'll see the SAP option in Playback Controls when available). Language settings don't change the language for menus or TV listings.

Parental Controls let you restrict the type of content that can be watched without a lock code. You can set up your Parental Control personal identification number (PIN), change it or cancel it. After you've created a Parental Control PIN, you can limit (Lock) content based on content ratings, or set up Safe Browse to restrict what shows up in content pages.

Accessibility settings let change the look of the Closed Captioning text and turn Audio Description On or Off.

Note: If you have Voice Guidance (text-to-speech) set up on your Smart TV, you can also turn it on with the Xfinity Stream app.

Sign out

To sign out of the Xfinity Stream app, see the following steps for your TV:

Stream app on Roku:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Select Sign Out.
3. You'll see the message, “Are you sure you want to Sign Out?”
4. Select Sign Out.
   
   

Stream app on Amazon Fire TV:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Select Sign Out.
   
   

Stream app on other Smart TVs:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Select Sign Out.
3. You'll see the message, “Are you sure you want to Sign Out?”
4. Select Sign Out.