Telefónica's OTT TV service, Movistar+, has now enabled its customers to enjoy the possibility of watching different content from two different channels simultaneously onscreen, with a feature known as picture in picture (PiP).
This function can be used by the more than one million customers of Movistar+ who have a UHD Decoder and are connected through a fiber broadband network, said the Operator. Users can choose from more than 100 channels, depending on their plan, and can watch two channels simultaneously. This way, the main channel will remain full screen and the secondary channel will be displayed in a window at the top right of the screen - the position between the two channels can be changed at any time.
The company also presents a series of new features via its Voice Remote Control, available since February, which now incorporates a specific button for Aura, Telefónica’s virtual assistant with artificial intelligence, to interact with the Movistar+ service by voice.
Through Aura, in addition to asking for recommendations, requests to tune in to a channel or search for content, customers can now control the playback of content (forward, backward, pause or stop), go directly to the different sections of the service or change the audio and subtitles of the content. From today, it is also possible to use all the keys of the Remote Control by voice (off, up, down, OK, enter, record, play). In addition, the Aura button also includes the speech to text feature in the Movistar+ search engine so users can search by voice instead of typing with the on-screen keyboard. It also includes the opening and browsing of the Living Apps, the company’s own and third-party applications that offer new digital experiences to the television platform’s customers.
Fernando Enrile, Director of Strategy and Development, Movistar+
This is going to be especially important with the sports binge we are going to hit this summer. Our fibre allows access to two 1080 HD contents simultaneously without any delay or concurrency problems.
