Channels: Whole Home DVR 12+
Live TV & DVR on your devices
Fancy Bits, LLC
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
Cut the cord without missing your shows. You don't have to lose your DVR just because you canceled your cable.
Channels is easy for the whole family to love.
Watch your favorite programs on every TV and device, from the living room, hotel room, or even on your commute. Channels delivers a unified experience across all your TVs, devices, and streaming platforms.
Learn more about Channels and how it works at http://getchannels.com/features/
-- Record Your Shows --
• Record in one place, watch on every TV & iOS device.
• Pause in one room and resume in another, or on your iPhone or iPad.
• Pick your favorite shows or teams, and choose to record all or just their new airings.
• Browse or search through 21 days worth of guide data that updates daily.
• Schedule a recording from your phone while you're away from home.
• Watch your favorite shows or teams while you're away from home. Live or recorded.
• Watch your shows while they're currently recording. Don't wait for them to finish.
• Your recordings get their commercials indexed, and can be automatically skipped.
-- Watch Live TV --
• Pause, rewind, and fast forward live TV.
• Support for full 5.1 surround sound.
• Full support for closed captioning and alternate audio tracks.
• Mark channels as favorites. Browse them for quicker access to your favorite networks.
• Full support for VoiceOver. Browse and watch TV with ease.
NOTE: DVR features require Channels DVR Server installed and running on your home computer or NAS to stream to your devices. Learn more at https://getchannels.com/dvr-server/
-- People Love Channels --
"One of the most capable cord-cutting replacements for a cable DVR" - TechHive
"Apple TV just became the best box for streaming live broadcast TV" — Macworld
"Apple TV already has at least one 'killer app'. The new third-party Apple TV app, Channels." — MacDailyNews
"I can tell you it’s buttery smooth" — Zatz Not Funny!
For questions, concerns, bug reports, and feature requests, contact us on twitter @getchannels or via email support@getchannels.com
What’s New
Version 5.9.0
• NEW: The Library section has been renamed to Home and moved to top of the sidebar navigation on tvOS
• NEW: Library movies now show quality ratings
• NEW: Optionally disable the iOS/iPadOS seek gestures (swipe left/right)
• IMPROVED: Jump to Last Channel setting is now available and respected on iOS/iPadOS
• IMPROVED: Better Popularity sorting for movies
• IMPROVED: Remote streaming algorithm to reduce buffering pauses on highly variable connections
• IMPROVED: Performance after app has been running for long periods of time
• IMPROVED: Background performance for large libraries while video player is active
• FIXED: Video player was occasionally dropping frames if the app was opened for too long.
• FIXED: Playing a recording to tvOS from iOS while watching live TV was not consistently working.
• FIXED: Playlists was not an available section in the Show Section Siri actions
• FIXED: Videos were not launching correctly via the Show Section Siri actions
• FIXED: Video player went blank when launching playback of a Show or Playlist or Collection via the Siri actions
• FIXED: Sidebar would some times get stuck hidden when using button shortcuts or Start Up sections
• FIXED: TV Shows were not sorted alphabetically when shown in a Siri action for picking one.
• FIXED: When experiencing many timeouts the adaptive bitrate handling could sometimes not lower the bitrate when it should
• FIXED: Legacy audio driver could fail on older iOS/tvOS versions
App Privacy
The developer, Fancy Bits, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Diagnostics
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Information
- Provider
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Fancy Bits, LLC has identified itself as a trader for this app and confirmed that this product or service complies with European Union law.
- DUNS Number
- 080068809
- Address
- 2400 Sterlingwood Trce Henrico Virginia 23233 United States
- Phone Number
- +1 4342140257
- support@getchannels.com
- Size
- 127.7 MB
- Category
- Entertainment
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple TV
- Requires tvOS 15.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 12+ Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humour Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References Infrequent/Mild Simulated Gambling Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Copyright
- © 2020 Fancy Bits, LLC
- Price
- Free