On most TVs, getting to Netflix means finding the right input or an app inside the cable box, then searching for the show. BoomerOS, the simple TV home screen we're building for my dad, is meant to skip all of that: I send him a show, and the TV opens Netflix to it.
This test is on our test TV. It opens on the BoomerOS Watch TV screen, with the remote on a tablet. I tap Netflix, then Our Planet, and the TV starts Netflix and lands on the show.
Then the snag. The first tap on "Resume from 8:58" makes a sound but nothing happens on screen. The second tap starts it, and Our Planet picks up where it left off. It works, but it isn't right yet, and the screens still need to be clearer. More on BoomerOS.
Transcript
I sent some things for my dad to watch on Netflix. I click Netflix. Let's go Our Planet.
What this will do is automatically load the Netflix app and select what to play for my dad.
This has a lot of bugs. Resume 8:58. So notice that I tapped it. I heard a noise on the family TV,
but you see nothing is happening. But if I tap it again, it's almost like I need two taps.
That's where I see this. So it's not registering the first tap. Okay, so it looks like it's resuming there.
Yeah, right now this UI is a little confusing and not the most intuitive.