Thank you for this review, I was looking at this as part of the $25/mo intro internet offer and was curious about this box. First thing I notice is that this is SO MUCH faster than the cable boxes in opening apps. The cable boxes took about 40 seconds to open an app like RUclips, this looks better. It looks like now they're shipping it with the full voice remote
@@airosthekuma4147 I'm actually planning on doing a switcheroo, right now I'm paying $115 for internet, cancel my account and have someone else in the house sign up for an introductory offer "oh yea they moved out"
hey man i just wanted to let you know i just tried the stumptown creamy and caramel coffee and hands down the best coffee i’ve ever had. It is so smooth, not bitter at all, and it tastes amazing. I appreciate all your help with coffee man
It SUCKS!!!! I upgraded my Internet with Xfinity and the customer service agent talked me into getting flex. I told him I didn’t need it because I have a Roku and he said that I should get flex because Peacock is free and I won’t have to pay for the box or anything else. Well, I unplugged and other component, spent all the time setting it up, and spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to talk to somebody to find out how to set it up for free because it kept asking me to pay for a subscription. It turns out, you do not get Peacock for free. You get nothing for free that you wouldn’t get on a Roku or fire, TV, etc.. Now I have to return the box to a Xfinity retail store and spent a bunch of my own time dealing with this. They are scammers and just want to get you to have the box so when the introductory offer is over, they can start charging you for the rental.!!!! I’m happy with my one time purchase of my Roku. Thank you very much.😡
So Peacock was free for years as a way to get people to use it. They just recently stopped the free service (this was free with Xfinity Internet) as for returning it you didn't have to do that just put it in a closet and forget about it until you end your service with Xfinity then you return the flex and whatever other equipment you have from them. Sorry you had such a rollercoaster of an experience with them, but that's tech for ya. Can't trust it to be all it's talked up to be.
Didn't know I could get one from xfinity for free until 4 years being with the service. I got mine a week ago, but I don't see the functionality of it 😕 since my Samsung TV has all this already.
Yeah a lot of people end up not using the Flex box because of what you are talking about. The Flex does best if you have an older tv that is slow. Or you don't like the tv's UI layout.
Thanks for the review. A little constructive criticism if I may: - Lighting is far too bright and washing things out. - The light reflections are dead center of your pupils which makes it look like you have none. It's very off-putting. Otherwise, fantastic work. Really appreciate the updated review for early 2023
Great video. I have a question, are you able to cast youtube videos from your smartphone to the RUclips app on the flex? That was the reason why we didn't used the previous flex model. We cast our RUclips videos from our phones to our Roku stick and it is a feature that is essential for my wife and I. Thanks.
@@AtHomewithLucas Hello Lucas. Surprisingly, the Xfinity rep. did not offer the device to me when I cancelled my cable subscription. I now have an amazon fire cube. However, if I ever cease using the fire cube, I will probably try the Xfinity Flex device.
@@spackar2720 I had the same experience when I canceled cable. And I returned a few days ago to my local office and asked if they have any promotions, and she did not mention Flexbox, just tried to get me on NOW. I passed. I'm using Firestick and RUclips TV now, but am checking out Flexbox.
Hi I just got rid of my cable and offered this flex box....I'll receive today. I really want my local stations Abc (Good Morning America) etc. Am I able to get access via this box
So the flex box has live tv, but it's not normal like you had with cable. It uses different providers to show normal live tv. So it has Sky news, Live Now (Fox), LX News, Morning Rush, US News, Reuters Now, Entertain This...and those will provide ABC news, USA today and so on and so forth. Good Morning America is available through Hulu Live and needs a monthly subscription. That is the only way I know how to watch it on the flex.
Oh, that sucks. What router do you have? I have the old black rectangle one, and it gave me nothing but trouble. Since getting the XB7-T I haven't had any internet problems.
I have xfinity tv cable subscription and I use their boxes and remotes on non smart TVs. Will this device replace the boxes and remotes I’m renting each month from them?Thanks
Do you know if I can use my Xfinity X1 XR16 remote control on this device instead? I'd much rather use it for the number pad on flex device through the Xfinity stream app they say it can be paired with flex on their site but I'm not sure if that's true.
Not easy or possible to hide most of the services, which is confusing to old people or children, clearly its free for a reason, tv's come with better built in service browsers these days.
i'm a xfinity/comcast customer already and have there typical dvr box in our living room now, and use roku devices thruout, can i use this like in my office and still stream the xfinity app on my office tv like i did with the roku?
@@AtHomewithLucas thanks, will see if i can get a flex unit to try, if its free. going to stop by my local store to talk to them about my bill, so we shall see.
The Flex is just a streaming box to stream apps like Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max...this is not a tv box. Also it's free and only works with Xfinity Internet. So if you are paying for internet you can get one Flex for free.
This might be a dumb question but I was wondering if I can buy one from eBay and use it just to stream like Netflix without an Xfinity WiFi subscription or anything
@@AtHomewithLucas I have an account just no past subscriptions or anything, just want to know if I can buy it, login with my account that has no subscription and just stream Netflix RUclips etc.
Okay, if you have Xfinity internet, you can get the Flex for free. I wouldn't buy it because it's free through Xfinity. As for streaming RUclips you can't with the flex. Netflix works if you have a subscription and same with other streaming services.
@@AtHomewithLucas how will I get live tv, such as news and other? Thanks for your reply. I’ve been trying to talk with Xfinity directly but I seem to get a different story every time and I’m trying to keep most of the channels I have now and cut the cord.
Do you know how to uninstall an app from the xfinity flex? I’ve tried searching through all of the setting selections and nothing popped up on how to uninstall apps.
Good question, but sadly, no, you can't. Not as of right now. Xfinity just shows you what you can view. Think of the Flex as an internet version of a cable box.
@@AtHomewithLucas nope, when you do that, it brings up other menus, it doesn't FF, I found out the only way to FF is to speak to it and say, "fast forward two times", then it will. Not sure why Comcast didn't implement this feature, by just pressing the right arrow.
@@AtHomewithLucas The most important aspect is to tell "Comcast To get off my grass" Had them for cable TV and now I am safing $45 a month. Comcast in any form is a rip-off. 🚂
So the Flex is sent to a customer linking it to that account before you even power it on. So you can't just share it because the other person needs to have a Flex box on their account. What you could try is call Comcast and explain what you want to do. They could deactivate it on your account and then activate it on another. This would save a lot of time. 😊
Thank you for this review, I was looking at this as part of the $25/mo intro internet offer and was curious about this box. First thing I notice is that this is SO MUCH faster than the cable boxes in opening apps. The cable boxes took about 40 seconds to open an app like RUclips, this looks better.
It looks like now they're shipping it with the full voice remote
Oh that's awesome to hear, thanks for sharing that. I think others will like to know the Flex is better then the cable box. 😄
Did you already sign up with Xfinity?
@@airosthekuma4147 I'm actually planning on doing a switcheroo, right now I'm paying $115 for internet, cancel my account and have someone else in the house sign up for an introductory offer "oh yea they moved out"
hey man i just wanted to let you know i just tried the stumptown creamy and caramel coffee and hands down the best coffee i’ve ever had. It is so smooth, not bitter at all, and it tastes amazing. I appreciate all your help with coffee man
That's awesome to hear!! I definitely need to buy another bag asap 😀
@@AtHomewithLucas You should try all the flavors too!! I’m curious to see if creamy and caramel is the king of the stumptown flavors
It SUCKS!!!! I upgraded my Internet with Xfinity and the customer service agent talked me into getting flex. I told him I didn’t need it because I have a Roku and he said that I should get flex because Peacock is free and I won’t have to pay for the box or anything else. Well, I unplugged and other component, spent all the time setting it up, and spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to talk to somebody to find out how to set it up for free because it kept asking me to pay for a subscription. It turns out, you do not get Peacock for free. You get nothing for free that you wouldn’t get on a Roku or fire, TV, etc.. Now I have to return the box to a Xfinity retail store and spent a bunch of my own time dealing with this. They are scammers and just want to get you to have the box so when the introductory offer is over, they can start charging you for the rental.!!!! I’m happy with my one time purchase of my Roku. Thank you very much.😡
So Peacock was free for years as a way to get people to use it. They just recently stopped the free service (this was free with Xfinity Internet) as for returning it you didn't have to do that just put it in a closet and forget about it until you end your service with Xfinity then you return the flex and whatever other equipment you have from them.
Sorry you had such a rollercoaster of an experience with them, but that's tech for ya. Can't trust it to be all it's talked up to be.
Didn't know I could get one from xfinity for free until 4 years being with the service. I got mine a week ago, but I don't see the functionality of it 😕 since my Samsung TV has all this already.
Yeah a lot of people end up not using the Flex box because of what you are talking about. The Flex does best if you have an older tv that is slow. Or you don't like the tv's UI layout.
Thanks for the review. A little constructive criticism if I may:
- Lighting is far too bright and washing things out.
- The light reflections are dead center of your pupils which makes it look like you have none. It's very off-putting.
Otherwise, fantastic work. Really appreciate the updated review for early 2023
Hey great feedback 👍 I'll definitely take my light off center. This is going to push me to finally get two lights lol 😆 thanks
I have the Flex, and there are fewer available apps than my Roku.
Yes, the Flex is not better than streaming sticks.
Great video. I have a question, are you able to cast youtube videos from your smartphone to the RUclips app on the flex? That was the reason why we didn't used the previous flex model. We cast our RUclips videos from our phones to our Roku stick and it is a feature that is essential for my wife and I. Thanks.
As far as I know you still can't cast youtube from your phone or device to the Flex. I think it's so Xfinity can control what you do on the box.
If I had known about the Xfinity Flex streaming device when I cancelled my cable tv subscription, I would have given it a try.
Oh, that's a bummer 🙃
@@AtHomewithLucas Hello Lucas. Surprisingly, the Xfinity rep. did not offer the device to me when I cancelled my cable subscription. I now have an amazon fire cube. However, if I ever cease using the fire cube, I will probably try the Xfinity Flex device.
@@spackar2720 I had the same experience when I canceled cable. And I returned a few days ago to my local office and asked if they have any promotions, and she did not mention Flexbox, just tried to get me on NOW. I passed. I'm using Firestick and RUclips TV now, but am checking out Flexbox.
Is there any way to rearrange the apps on the home screen so that you can put your most used apps to the forefront?
No, sorry, the home screen or anything on the Flex can't be customized as of now.
Hi I just got rid of my cable and offered this flex box....I'll receive today. I really want my local stations Abc (Good Morning America) etc. Am I able to get access via this box
So the flex box has live tv, but it's not normal like you had with cable. It uses different providers to show normal live tv. So it has Sky news, Live Now (Fox), LX News, Morning Rush, US News, Reuters Now, Entertain This...and those will provide ABC news, USA today and so on and so forth. Good Morning America is available through Hulu Live and needs a monthly subscription. That is the only way I know how to watch it on the flex.
It's an extra charge for local channels. I just now talked to them and got the box.
Hey thanks for the info 🙂
Is it possible to have a third party app on those flexes?
No
I have only one problem with xfinity.the internet gets spotty sometimes.
So I’ll keep my x1 cable box.until xfinitys steaming service gets better.
Oh, that sucks. What router do you have? I have the old black rectangle one, and it gave me nothing but trouble. Since getting the XB7-T I haven't had any internet problems.
Is this a paid ad? I've never seen someone so excited about basic tv guide technology that has been around since the early 2000s.
I wish I could land a big fish like Xfinity lol. I can't get any big names to pay me nothin. 🤣
Hi there! Could I use the flex remote voice functionality to find things easier and pause record etc within RUclips tv?
You can use the remote in any app on the Flex. So yes you can do all that 👍😁
I have xfinity tv cable subscription and I use their boxes and remotes on non smart TVs. Will this device replace the boxes and remotes I’m renting each month from them?Thanks
No, this is for internet subscriptions only. But it will provide a "smart tv" like expense for those tvs.
🎉 it's in their new cables boxes. My new cable box have all u are showing. I have a Cable packages including internet
Oh that's awesome! I just heard about that.
Do you know if I can use my Xfinity X1 XR16 remote control on this device instead? I'd much rather use it for the number pad on flex device through the Xfinity stream app they say it can be paired with flex on their site but I'm not sure if that's true.
I'd say yes it should work great 👍
Not easy or possible to hide most of the services, which is confusing to old people or children, clearly its free for a reason, tv's come with better built in service browsers these days.
Thanks for your feedback 🙂
You mentioned a third party app for live tv. May I asked, which app is it?
So the way live tv works is the Flex will find the best app for the live content. Pluto, Xumo, Peacock and so on.
@@AtHomewithLucas thank you..
i'm a xfinity/comcast customer already and have there typical dvr box in our living room now, and use roku devices thruout, can i use this like in my office and still stream the xfinity app on my office tv like i did with the roku?
Yes you definitely can 😁
@@AtHomewithLucas thanks, will see if i can get a flex unit to try, if its free. going to stop by my local store to talk to them about my bill, so we shall see.
Cool...keep me updated 😁
@@AtHomewithLucasit was a no go, its called xumo now, and its only free if you only have just internet service
Very informative video!
Thank you very much 😁
feels a bit limited. plus, it doesn't have the roku channel
Yeah it's basically like a cable box for streaming.
Merry christmas
Hey thanks...Merry Christmas to you Malcolm 🎁🎄🎅
Is the flex a tv box itself or you need an additional X1 tv box
The Flex is just a streaming box to stream apps like Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max...this is not a tv box. Also it's free and only works with Xfinity Internet. So if you are paying for internet you can get one Flex for free.
Is what you are showing the free version that is available if you have the xfinity internet
Yes, the Flex box is free for Xfinity Internet customers. The link is in the description under the video if you want to know more. 🙂
These are all gimmicks. Nothing can replace live tv.
Yeah don't get the Flex if you need live tv.
This might be a dumb question but I was wondering if I can buy one from eBay and use it just to stream like Netflix without an Xfinity WiFi subscription or anything
No, that would work. It has to go through an Xfinity account to work. You'd be better off with a Fire Tv stick or Roku.
Who's your internet provider?
@@AtHomewithLucas t-mobile
@@AtHomewithLucas I have an account just no past subscriptions or anything, just want to know if I can buy it, login with my account that has no subscription and just stream Netflix RUclips etc.
Okay, if you have Xfinity internet, you can get the Flex for free. I wouldn't buy it because it's free through Xfinity. As for streaming RUclips you can't with the flex. Netflix works if you have a subscription and same with other streaming services.
@@AtHomewithLucas got it thanks 👍
Hi how do I get hold of one I live in uk thanks again for the review 🙂
As far as I know, it's not available in the UK, and if you get one, it won't work there.
My it’s not working
If I get one box do I need to get for all tv or is this an option?
No, you can just get one box for one tv. If you like it, then it's $5 for each additional tv.
Do you have any idea if I can install Univision? I l😁ove "La Rosa de Guadalupe" 🌹
Looks like the Flex doesn't have Univision as far as I know.
@@AtHomewithLucas I was checking and I think you are right. Thank you for your response! No matter what, your review was excellent!
Thank you very much 😊
Why show a 4k streaming box on a Full HD tv?
My smaller tv is easier to film on 🤷♂️
Can I get rid of cable w Xfinity and use flex box to stream xfinity stream app?
Yes you can. The Flex box can do all what Xfinity Stream does. But you won't get any live tv.
@@AtHomewithLucas how will I get live tv, such as news and other?
Thanks for your reply. I’ve been trying to talk with Xfinity directly but I seem to get a different story every time and I’m trying to keep most of the channels I have now and cut the cord.
Does it have gigabit ethernet? Will it be able to stream 8k when available?
No it's not a gigabit and I'm not sure. If they add 8k in the future I'm sure they will update the Flex box.
😢@@AtHomewithLucas
Any chance you can Airplay to this thing? (Mirror your phone screen to the Flex)
Great question, but no, this is a stand-alone device designed to only stream from within.
@@AtHomewithLucas Darnit 🙂 ok thanks, looks like a solid streaming box though overall
Do you know how to uninstall an app from the xfinity flex? I’ve tried searching through all of the setting selections and nothing popped up on how to uninstall apps.
Great question...let me ask are you just trying to hide the app or fully remove it?
@@AtHomewithLucas I’m just trying to uninstall it and re install it since it just won’t load
Oh, okay, can I ask if you unplug the Flex and plug it back in?
@@AtHomewithLucas I’ll try that. I’ve even called xfinity customer service and they weren’t able to help. Thank you though! :)
What app is it that's causing trouble and what kind or problem?
Can i this device with no xfinity membership?
No you can't
How do you switch back and forth from dish network TV to Xfinity Flex Streaming?
So you have two remotes and two boxes?
Thx!
No problem 😊
Hi, can you ad apps like roku? Hgtv, id, bravo, etc?
Good question, but sadly, no, you can't. Not as of right now. Xfinity just shows you what you can view. Think of the Flex as an internet version of a cable box.
How do you fast forward while watching a recorded video?
I believe you just hit the right arrow on the arrow pad
@@AtHomewithLucas nope, when you do that, it brings up other menus, it doesn't FF, I found out the only way to FF is to speak to it and say, "fast forward two times", then it will. Not sure why Comcast didn't implement this feature, by just pressing the right arrow.
Try pressure the down arrow. Sometimes, the play pause skip is hidden in a menu accessed by a down arrow or menu button press.
Does this have local channels in USA?
It has some live channels but nothing like regular tv
So can I still switch back in forth between this and the fire stick when I hook this up?
Yes very easy
Ok, thank you
That’s what I wants to know
is there a web browser? I want to add some apps that are not listed.
I don't think you can do that.
I don't qualify for the box period, rewards are bs too.
If you live in the us and have high-speed Xfinity Internet you qualify.
No thank-you. I use Direct TV Stream. 😎
Thanks for sharing. What does it do that the Flex can't?
@@AtHomewithLucas The most important aspect is to tell "Comcast To get off my grass" Had them for cable TV and now I am safing $45 a month. Comcast in any form is a rip-off. 🚂
Oh I totally understand that. Again thanks for sharing your feedback 👍
I just got mine and it is completely different than yours
What do you mean? The box looks different?
@@AtHomewithLucas I have two HDMI inputs. One says input. The other says HDMI TV. The power input is usb-c.
@@AtHomewithLucas Model# X16-T
Okay, I'm guessing you have the original box. I actually got that one last time.
Great content. I just got my 1st flex too and it’s the older version. 😢 How do I get Xfinity to send me the newer version?
Why are you staring into my soal?
Lol 🙃
soul?
It’s not free anymore 😑
Oh no, can you explain how you found this put? Who is telling you it's not free?
Xfinity don’t give nothing for free
This is free, tho. There is no charge for one Flex box. But I get what you are saying.
can I give my box to someone else? or does it need to be connected to my specific wifi since I got it free? sorry if that’s a dumb question lol
So the Flex is sent to a customer linking it to that account before you even power it on. So you can't just share it because the other person needs to have a Flex box on their account.
What you could try is call Comcast and explain what you want to do. They could deactivate it on your account and then activate it on another. This would save a lot of time. 😊