The latest version of the BBC’s iPlayer doesn’t incorporate social networking features but they’re coming.

I don’t have a TV in my flat in London and my family has been without a TV at home in Northumberland for 4-months while we renovate our house so I’ve become an ardent user of TV over the internet services such as iPlayer.

Speaking to The Daily Telegraph at The Guardian’s Changing Media Summit in March, Erik Huggers, director, BBC Future Media & Technology said that social extensions would be incorporated in iPlayer 3.0.

“We are close to launching the third version of the iPlayer in beta which will have many more social functions embedded within it,” said Mr Huggers. “People will be able to bring their Facebook friends onto the iPlayer so they can share what they are listening to or watching with each other more easily.”

In the meantime here’s what is new in version 1.5 of iPlayer:

• Radio programmes now in high-quality stereo
• Bigger playback window
• Programmes automatically pick up from where you left off
• Scrolling carousels give fast access to featured programmes
• Your last played programmes will show up here, right after you’ve played your first programme