Android TV/Fire TV Beta Notes

Beta Community Android
#404

v2026.02.22.0028

• FIXED: invalid XMLTV guide data with very large durations for entries could cause the guide to not show up at all

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#405

v2026.03.12.2300

• FIXED: ATSC3 audio issues

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#406

v2026.03.15.0608

• IMPROVED: ATSC3 audio handling

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#407

v2026.03.16.2121

• NEW: Expanded support for Audio Passthrough to support E-AC3 (including Dolby Atmos), DTS/DTS-HD, TrueHD, AC-4 when available from the Android device and receiver

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BETA: Expanded support for Audio Passthrough
#408

v2026.03.17.1850

• FIXED: Playback Speed did not impact audio speed when using Audio Passthrough for surround sound content

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Playback Speed not working on Nvidia Shield TV for HDHomeRun recordings
#409

v2026.03.21.0029

• FIXED: ATSC3 audio handling

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#410

v2026.03.21.0659

• FIXED: ATSC3 audio handling

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#411

v2026.03.22.2003

• FIXED: ATSC3 audio handling

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#412

v2026.03.23.0117

• FIXED: The player would not notice when a recording was finishing playing when using Audio Passthrough

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#413

v2026.04.08.2109

• IMPROVED: ATSC3 audio support

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#414

v2026.04.30.0928

Possible fix for deadlock during app lifecycle changes

Unable to toggle Channels app into "Away from Home" mode
#415

v2026.05.05.1830

• FIXED: ATSC3 audio passthrough now works properly
• FIXED: Hardware Video Driver works on Google TV Streamer 4K
• IMPROVED: Recordings with captions from WebVTT are handled better

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#416

v2026.05.11.1622

• IMPROVED: stuttering that could happen when watching some ATSC3 channels
• IMPROVED: reduced the amount of time before audio playback would start on some ATSC3 channels

#417

v2026.05.12.0939

• FIXED: audio artifacts in ATSC3 audio introduced by the last build

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