tvOS/iOS Beta Notes

v2024.09.09.1947

• FIXED: Some layout issues
• FIXED: Some icon issues

v6.0.0 is being released as stable

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v2024.09.14.2235

Catch up to release

v2024.09.16.2156

• FIXED: Rare crash due to malformed data from Custom Channels

v2024.09.20.0306

This is the first build with the latest iOS/tvOS SDK, built for iOS/tvOS 18.
The new minimum supported version of iOS is 16.6

• NEW: Light/Dark/Tinted icon support
• NEW: Support for iPhone 16 series of devices
• FIXED: Remotely launching Search section would not work if it was not in your Sidebar navigation

v2024.09.23.1554

• FIXED: Playhead was not being positioned correctly for STRM files
• FIXED: Shuffling items were not forcing auto play and were using system settings
• FIXED: In Library badges were showing incorrectly in On Later list layout
• FIXED: Some On Later sections were being grouped by date when they should not have been
• FIXED: List layouts were artificially limiting the amount of content they were showing

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v2024.09.24.1516

• FIXED: Toggle Captions remote shortcut was not reliable

v2024.09.24.1932

• FIXED: Some controls were broken from the last build
• FIXED: Trash button was still showing in Recent Recordings despite the setting

v2024.09.25.1510

• FIXED: More fixes with Remote Shortcut buttons
• FIXED: Video player was mysteriously being dismissed shortly after starting playback

v2024.09.26.0001

• FIXED: Video player was still mysteriously being dismissed in some scenarios

v2024.10.01.2146

• NEW: Siri Intents -> App Intents
Note: This changes the backend of how Channels’ Siri Shortcut actions work. Please confirm your shortcuts still work and if not, post on the pinned thread in Community.

This is a bit of an internal change and inside baseball. It migrates the actions that power Siri Shortcuts to a modern framework that powers many more features on iOS. This is the first step in a path to other functionality like the new Control Actions in iOS 18.

v2024.10.04.1900

• NEW: Control Center buttons for Open Channels and Open Section
• IMPROVED: More changes for Siri Shortcuts backend

v2024.10.05.0336

• FIXED: On Later icon was the Trash icon

v2024.10.05.1506

  • FIXED: Some shortcuts for other devices, were being processed locally in the app as well

v2024.10.08.0045

  • IMPROVED: More Siri Shortcut changes, please check your shortcuts again!

v2024.10.08.1447

• NEW: Search Channels control center widget button
• NEW: Watch Channel control center widget button

v2024.10.08.1751

• IMPROVED: backend improvements
• FIXED: Could not navigate to Collections when there was only a single Colllection

v6.1.0 is being released as stable

v2024.10.09.2025

• NEW: Added pre-made App Shortcuts for common tasks and Siri voice integration

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v2024.10.10.1447

• NEW: Auto Play option of Play Next Without Prompt will play the next item cleanly without any UI showing. This works globally, per TV Show/Video Group, and for Playlists