Verizon Fios kills Xbox and smart TV apps, making rental fees harder to avoid
(PCWorld)

Verizon Fios plans to discontinue its live TV apps for Xbox consoles and Samsung Smart TVs, so customers may have to rent more set-top boxes instead.The Fios apps for Xbox One, Xbox 360, Samsung Smart TVs, and Samsung Blu-ray players will stop working on March 31. The company told Ars Technica that a `limited number` of Fios customers were using these apps, and that the apps didn´t offer the full Fios channel lineup anyway. Instead of raising awareness and improving the apps, Verizon has apparently decided to walk away from the whole endeavor.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here