Android TV/Fire TV Beta Notes

fancybot · February 29, 2024, 2:57am

v2024.02.29.0238

Audio/video libraries upgraded

fancybot · March 1, 2024, 11:20pm

v2024.03.01.2313

FIXED: Test Surround Sound option was not appearing under Support
FIXED: Closed captions were not working correctly in recent builds
FIXED: Incorrect sort when displaying library collections

fancybot · March 2, 2024, 12:26am

v2024.03.02.0011

FIXED: Closed captions were not working correctly in recent builds

fancybot · March 2, 2024, 1:19am

v2024.03.02.0108

NEW: Alpha builds available under Support > Beta Testing > Install Alpha App

In order to modernize our Android app and keep up with the latest Google requirements, we are working on a major upgrade to how the various UI elements in the app work. This should be a seamless change from the user perspective, but a lot of code has to be touched so there may be bugs introduced.

We are publishing an alpha build which applies the new UI framework to the video player and some other views around the app. If you would like to help us test, please update to latest beta then install alpha. It will install as a separate app you can switch to and try. Please report any bugs.

fancybot · March 2, 2024, 1:54am

v2024.03.02.0146

FIXED: Collections were not being sorted alphabetically when accessed from the button on the Library tab

fancybot · March 4, 2024, 6:32pm

v2024.03.04.1825

IMPROVED: Server side source filtering

fancybot · March 7, 2024, 1:23pm

v2024.03.07.1312

IMPROVED: Start to work on preventing crashes on low-memory devices

fancybot · March 13, 2024, 5:00pm

v2024.03.13.1651

FIXED: Ensure the list of Collections are sorted appropriately
IMPROVED: Additional crash reporting diagnostics

fancybot · March 20, 2024, 10:24am

v2024.03.20.1014

FIXED: Changing the sort on Android TV now fixed

fancybot · March 22, 2024, 12:37pm

v2024.03.22.1228

FIXED: Server-side collection sort order is now correctly respected
FIXED: Sorting in "Newly Released" et al

fancybot · April 2, 2024, 11:43am

v2024.04.02.1134

FIXED: Kids Section now sorted by Watched By
IMPROVED: Added "Random" shuffling option to Watch Button on TV Show page

fancybot · April 6, 2024, 8:05pm

v2024.04.06.1946

IMPROVED: Updated backend UI framework and Android libraries
IMPROVED: Tuning speed on some DVB-S streams with missing subtitles/teletext

fancybot · April 8, 2024, 9:39am

v2024.04.08.0931

FIXED: Fix some crashes while watching Live TV and displaying the guide
IMPROVED: Occasionally suggest enabling the Enhanced Library feature for users who have a larger collection of media

fancybot · April 19, 2024, 9:34pm

v2024.04.19.2104

NEW: Experimental support for AV1 playback
IMPROVED: Remote streaming

fancybot · April 25, 2024, 10:25am

v2024.04.25.1016

FIXED: Behind-the-scenes improvements on server communications

fancybot · May 2, 2024, 9:36am

v2024.05.02.0929

IMPROVED: Increased instrumentation to gather more details about a crash while scrolling the guide

fancybot · May 2, 2024, 11:41am

v2024.05.02.1134

IMPROVED: Rename "Library" to "Home"
FIXED: Fix an issue where certain tabs were not working in the Client API for Navigating

fancybot · May 9, 2024, 8:54am

v2024.05.09.0846

IMPROVED: Channels is now more reliable on low-memory devices

fancybot · May 20, 2024, 4:03pm

v2024.05.20.1553

IMPROVED: Search page has been completely rewritten, it now allows filtering by section and performs searches server-side

fancybot · May 21, 2024, 8:41am

v2024.05.21.0833

FIXED: Crash issue in Search page