tvOS/iOS Beta Notes

fancybot · March 27, 2026, 12:39am

v2026.03.27.0022

• IMPROVED: performance with large collections

fancybot · April 3, 2026, 11:13pm

v2026.04.03.2300

• FIXED: video stuttering could happen after a corruption in a video stream that would not be properly recovered from

fancybot · April 5, 2026, 9:52pm

v2026.04.05.2139

• FIXED: another attempt to fix frame drops with corrupted content

fancybot · April 6, 2026, 2:18am

v2026.04.06.0207

• IMPROVED: logging to track down issue with stuttering in video

fancybot · April 8, 2026, 9:29pm

v2026.04.08.2108

• IMPROVED: ATSC3 audio support

fancybot · April 13, 2026, 4:22am

v2026.04.13.0409

• UPDATED: rolled back latest video driver change intended to help with frame drops

fancybot · April 14, 2026, 1:55am

v2026.04.14.0053

• IMPROVED: diagnostic logging to try to track down video driver issues

fancybot · April 14, 2026, 8:01pm

v2026.04.14.1914

• IMPROVED: diagnostic logging to track down video issues

fancybot · April 15, 2026, 3:01am

v2026.04.15.0250

-NEW: First build with iOS/tvOS 26 SDK

fancybot · April 16, 2026, 8:55pm

v2026.04.16.2037

• NEW: A bit of Liquid Glass appears

fancybot · April 17, 2026, 1:52am

v2026.04.17.0142

• IMPROVED: Internal updates

fancybot · April 17, 2026, 2:38am

v2026.04.17.0228

• FIXED: new movie and show views were being presented in a small modal by mistake on iOS 17.

fancybot · April 21, 2026, 5:32am

v2026.04.21.0522

• FIXED: Match Content and Frame Rate was not being kicked off when starting playback

fancybot · April 23, 2026, 8:00pm

v2026.04.23.1949

• FIXED: crew members with halo highlight were artifacting when paralaxing
• IMPROVED: Removed red tint on destructive buttons

fancybot · April 26, 2026, 8:05am

v2026.04.26.0750

• IMPROVED: allow for bigger MPEG-TS packets to fix VP9 decode issues

fancybot · May 5, 2026, 8:34pm

v2026.05.05.2017

• IMPROVED: diagnostic logging to track down video stuttering when using Hardware Deinterlacer

fancybot · May 11, 2026, 5:07pm

v2026.05.11.1650

• 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

fancybot · May 12, 2026, 10:08am

v2026.05.12.0940

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

fancybot · May 15, 2026, 6:31pm

v2026.05.15.1821

• NEW: More Liquid Glass adoption
• NEW: Contextual search on iOS/iPadOS - Each main section has it’s own search and results
• Removed: The legacy Search section has been removed from the app while running in iOS/iPadOS 26. It remains for tvOS 26.

fancybot · May 15, 2026, 7:58pm

v2026.05.15.1948

• FIXED: TV and Movie view was rendering incorrectly when opened in the portrait orientation