The Watch Now section lists all the channels available in your location along
with what is currently playing on each of them. There’s no way to see the
programming schedule, which is disappointing. You also cannot search through
available channels or sort them in any way. Locast needs to improve the
usability of this guide. When you tap on a programming block, you can view all
the same information that you can on the web and then select the Watch Now
button to begin playback.
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and a toggle for closed captions, but that’s it. You can’t adjust the resolution,
pause playback, or see any other information about the programming. The
mobile app’s playback screen is even less sophisticated; it has no buttons at all.
You simply get the channel name and programming name at the bottom of the
screen and a button to head back to the Watch Now section.
Locast supports closed captions on all of its content. The captions are in a white
font with a black highlight and appear on the left-hand side of the screen. You
can’t change the font size, color, type, or position, which is a real limitation.
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feature, which audibly describes scene changes and character actions that would
otherwise not be discernible through dialog alone. No other live video-
streaming service we’ve reviewed includes that accessibility feature, however.