• IMPROVED: startup time of the app • IMPROVED: guide performance when navigating and behavior when opening the guide • IMPROVED: handling of low disk space situations with remote streaming • IMPROVED: guide scroll behavior • IMPROVED: handling of remote streaming caches • FIXED: crash when opening PiP on the iPad app running on macOS • FIXED: Layout bug on tvOS causing items to render off the screen

• NEW: downloads now display a Live Activity on iOS 26+ to provide progress while downloading • IMPROVED: reduced app install sized • IMPROVED: Massive reduction in memory usage • IMPROVED: TMDB identifiers are returned in the identifiers object of the Channels API on Apple TV (when they exist) • FIXED: Video was not being displayed over HDMI or via AirPlay from an iPhone or iPad • FIXED: No recordings would be displayed after switching DVRs under some circumstances • FIXED: Crash that could happen during data loading • FIXED: Crash that could happen with certain ATSC3 content

• NEW: A bit of Liquid Glass appears • NEW: Contextual search on iOS/iPadOS - Each main section has it’s own search and results • IMPROVED: stuttering that could happen when watching some interlaced content • IMPROVED: Mode switching for HDR content (especially HLG) • IMPROVED: performance with large collections • IMPROVED: ATSC3 improvements • IMPROVED: VP9 decoding • FIXED: Unusual crash when background data refresh was happening • FIXED: Test Surround Sound crash • FIXED: Match Content and Frame Rate was not being kicked off when starting playback • FIXED: TV and Movie view was rendering incorrectly when opened in the portrait orientation • FIXED: Layout issue on Settings view on iPhone

• IMPROVED: ATSC3 audio support • IMPROVED: handling of ATSC3 audio with signal reception issues • FIXED: Commercial markers were not always present in the timeline • FIXED: Play Next countdown would sometimes be incorrect when Auto Play card is cued from credits detections. • FIXED: Playing back .strm files would fail when connected remotely • FIXED: Download disk space check was always checking for full size of the recording, not the size required to download if transcoding is enabled • FIXED: Rare crasher

• FIXED: Loading indicator would persist while playing Multiview channels • FIXED: Multiview settings were showing on devices that weren’t eligible for Multiview • FIXED: Channels in multiview would sometimes playback the wrong audio track • FIXED: Channel Collection list would not update properly when switching DVRs

Channels is 10 years old this fall and we’re celebrating with a major new release: Channels 7.0! This release is packed with new features and provements, including: • NEW: Fresh new look and feel for Movies and TV Shows with richer artwork and metadata. • NEW: Movie Extras: View trailers, behind-the-scenes footage, and other extras for movies you have added via your Personal Media sources. • NEW: Multiview: Watch up to 4 live TV channels at once on Apple TV 4K and iPad (for cds ). • NEW: Skip intros for content that has them detected. Currently in Preview only. These features are all available for those utilizing a Channels DVR Server and are not available to standalone HDHomeRun customers.

• IMPROVED: Movie trailer button is now represented with a popcorn icon. • FIXED: Movie buttons could display incorrectly for movies with trailers attached.

• FIXED: Padding was not being applied when manually scheduling a recording from the guide

• FIXED: Layouts updated for images coming from HDHR guide data

• NEW: Update Movie posters and Series art directly in the client via the context menus. Manage > Manage Art • NEW: tvOS 17.0 is now the minimum required version • IMPROVED: Behavior of Match Content with interlaced content • IMPROVED: Improved image caching on all images • IMPROVED: Added ability to clear the image cache separate from video cache • IMPROVED: UI glitches that could happen with very large libraries • IMPROVED: Performance when new imports are being processed • IMPROVED: Internal handling of scheduling recordings from the guide • FIXED: Favorite Movies were not showing up in the Movies section • FIXED: .srt/.ass subtitles were not available to select • FIXED: Remote authentication would silently fail in unusual situations on the iPhone and iPad • FIXED: Handling of errors when DVR is restarting while watching Live TV • FIXED: Sometimes videos might not have updated their durations correctly when watching them. • FIXED: Playlists were not properly being played back when started from a modal • FIXED: Some memory leaks

• IMPROVED: Buffering stalls during OTA playback • IMPROVED: Auto Play presentation cards are presented in a more informative manner during shuffled playback to make it clear that Shuffle will always auto play • FIXED: Channel Surfing was no longer working on tvOS 18.4 with the Siri Gen 2 remote control • FIXED: PIP would not work properly when selecting a recording to play while in PIP • FIXED: playing a recording while in PIP would sometimes fail • FIXED: playing a recording while in PIP would sometimes fail if Auto-Play is enabled • FIXED: PIP would not continue playing in the background on iOS/iPadOS for users who had adjusted a setting that is no longer available • FIXED: PIP would not continue playing in the background on iOS/iPadOS for users who had the server side setting ‘Picture in Picture Availability’ enabled • FIXED: accessing an HDHomeRun over ipv6 with tuner sharing enabled would fail • FIXED: minor memory leaks

• FIXED: The timeline was broken for Stream files • FIXED: Scope bar was not showing in search results when running the iPad app on macOS • FIXED: Content rows were neither showing the correct amount of items, nor showing a More button in landscape orientation on iPad.

• NEW: Movie collections can now optionally stack franchises • IMPROVED: Added dvvideo codec support • FIXED: Franchise button was hidden if Browse by Genre was disabled • FIXED: Remote Speedtest was reporting invalid results • FIXED: Personal Sections with Collection rows were showing both content types when viewing all via the More button.

Dolby Vision is here! You can now watch your Dolby Vision videos in Channels. Franchises! Stack movies into their franchises when browsing all of your movies. Franchises are also available to browse on their own from the Movies section when Enhanced Library Browsing is enabled. Read on for the full list of changes in this release: • NEW: Dolby Vision support is now available • NEW: Optionally stack movies into their franchises • NEW: Browse movie franchises in your Library • NEW: You can now view upcoming airings of a show, sport, or movie directly from the context menu in Guide and On Now. • NEW: Watch Channel button is now available in the details modal of a an upcoming sporting event, allowing you to tune to the channel right away. • IMPROVED: UI performance with a large number of channels • IMPROVED: Context menus for guide items in the Guide section are now normalized between iOS and tvOS. • IMPROVED: Handle low disk space situations with HDHomeRun streaming better instead of reporting an error • FIXED: Reordering Favorites was broken • FIXED: Long Personal Section titles were overflowing the sidebar causing navigation issues. • FIXED: Shuffling a show’s episodes were not always automatically playing • FIXED: Videos were not showing up in search results under Episodes as they should be • FIXED: Some channel lineups were not sorting channels by channel number • FIXED: Play Next Without Prompt AutoPlay setting was not being respected for TV shows and Video Groups • FIXED: Stream Links weren’t playing from the guide when presented from future airings • FIXED: Personal Section row limits were not being respected on iOS • FIXED: About section rendered incorrectly in the Sidebar after leaving kiosk mode and coming back. • FIXED: Crash that could happen when viewing some videos remotely or with home viewing set to Stream instead of Direct • FIXED: Channel list was not available for Watch Channel shortcut for Channels for HDHomeRun • FIXED: Crash that would happen when PIP is activated via client API • FIXED: Remote shortcut to toggle PIP was not working • FIXED: Some Timeline fixes • FIXED: Possible fixes for ATSC3 audio issues in certain regions

• NEW: iOS/tvOS 18 support • NEW: Support for iPhones 16 • NEW: Light/Dark/Tinted icon support • NEW: Control Actions for Search, Watch Channel, Open Section, Open - Channels • NEW: Added pre-made App Shortcuts for common tasks and Siri voice integration • 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 • NEW: Channels now requires a minimum of iOS version of 16.6 • IMPROVED: Modernized Siri Shortcut actions with new titles and groupings • FIXED: Rare crash due to malformed data from Custom Channels • FIXED: Remotely launching Search section would not work if it was not in your Sidebar navigation • 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 • FIXED: Toggle Captions remote shortcut was not reliable • FIXED: Trash button was still showing in Recent Recordings despite the setting • FIXED: Video player was mysteriously being dismissed shortly after starting playback

• NEW: iOS 18 support • NEW: Support for iPhones 16 • NEW: Light/Dark/Tinted icon support • NEW: Control Actions for Search, Watch Channel, Open Section, Open - Channels • NEW: Added pre-made App Shortcuts for common tasks and Siri voice integration • 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 • NEW: Channels now requires a minimum of iOS version of 16.6 • IMPROVED: Modernized Siri Shortcut actions with new titles and groupings • FIXED: Rare crash due to malformed data from Custom Channels • 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 • FIXED: Trash button was still showing in Recent Recordings despite the setting • FIXED: Video player was mysteriously being dismissed shortly after starting playback

• NEW: iOS/tvOS 18 support • NEW: Support for iPhones 16 • NEW: Light/Dark/Tinted icon support • NEW: Control Actions for Search, Watch Channel, Open Section, Open Channels • NEW: Channels now requires a minimum of iOS version of 16.6 • IMPROVED: Modernized Siri Shortcut actions with new titles and groupings • FIXED: Rare crash due to malformed data from Custom Channels • FIXED: Remotely launching Search section would not work if it was not in your Sidebar navigation • 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 • FIXED: Toggle Captions remote shortcut was not reliable • FIXED: Trash button was still showing in Recent Recordings despite the setting • FIXED: Video player was mysteriously being dismissed shortly after starting playback

Channels 6.0 adds a completely customizable experience with Personal Sections. Personal Sections let you create your own custom sections allowing you to curate a personalized experience while using Channels. NEW: Personal Sections NEW: Theater Mode NEW: Navigation Sidebar is now available on iPhone and iPad IMPROVED: All new and more reliable PIP implementation for iOS IMPROVED: More use of list layouts when expanding into certain content with More links IMPROVED: Durations are listed in a “1 hr 26 min” format across the app instead of “86 mins” IMPROVED: Recording playback now displays with timecode instead of minutes IMPROVED: Video Groups can now be included in Up Next IMPROVED: Playlist items can now be sorted alphabetically IMPROVED: Remove a show or video group right from Up Next via its context menu IMPROVED: Shuffle & Random properly respect Auto Play settings and no longer auto resume IMPROVED: Auto Play and Resume settings are respected when playing content via Channels API, Shortcuts,or Deep Links IMPROVED: Search is now available in Start Up, Remote Shortcuts, Channels API, and Deep Links IMPROVED: Performance improvements of large libraries IMPROVED: Guide now notices when channels and devices have been added and removed via the server IMPROVED: Sidebar navigation items are now limited to a maximum of 15 items IMPROVED: Virtual Channel playback & guide updates FIXED: Schedule section was not updating correctly when accessed through the Sidebar FIXED: Play API endpoints for the Channel API were broken FIXED: Guide no longer resets to “All Channels” on app start FIXED: Loader would not disappear from the Guide view on iOS FIXED: The filter bar on some views was incorrectly showing on iPhone FIXED: Focus was getting lost sometimes when deep into a navigation stack FIXED: Tapping images to see them larger on mobile was not framing the images correctly FIXED: Guide data would be disrupted when switching between DVRs in rare cases FIXED: Rare crash at launch

Channels 6.0 adds a completely customizable experience with Personal Sections. Personal Sections let you create your own custom sections allowing you to curate a personalized experience while using Channels. • NEW: Personal Sections • NEW: Theater Mode • NEW: Navigation Sidebar is now available on iPhone and iPad • IMPROVED: All new and more reliable PIP implementation for iOS • IMPROVED: More use of list layouts when expanding into certain content with More links • IMPROVED: Durations are listed in a "1 hr 26 min" format across the app instead of "86 mins" • IMPROVED: Recording playback now displays with timecode instead of minutes • IMPROVED: Video Groups can now be included in Up Next • IMPROVED: Playlist items can now be sorted alphabetically • IMPROVED: Remove a show or video group right from Up Next via its context menu • IMPROVED: Shuffle & Random properly respect Auto Play settings and no longer auto resume • IMPROVED: Auto Play and Resume settings are respected when playing content via Channels API, Shortcuts,or Deep Links • IMPROVED: Search is now available in Start Up, Remote Shortcuts, Channels API, and Deep Links • IMPROVED: Performance improvements of large libraries • IMPROVED: Guide now notices when channels and devices have been added and removed via the server • IMPROVED: Sidebar navigation items are now limited to a maximum of 15 items • IMPROVED: Virtual Channel playback & guide updates • FIXED: Schedule section was not updating correctly when accessed through the Sidebar • FIXED: Play API endpoints for the Channel API were broken • FIXED: Guide no longer resets to “All Channels” on app start • FIXED: Loader would not disappear from the Guide view on iOS • FIXED: The filter bar on some views was incorrectly showing on iPhone • FIXED: Focus was getting lost sometimes when deep into a navigation stack • FIXED: Tapping images to see them larger on mobile was not framing the images correctly • FIXED: Guide data would be disrupted when switching between DVRs in rare cases

• NEW: Support for Deep Links • FIXED: Memory leak • FIXED: Unusual crash

• 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

• NEW: Recorded movies now have movie trailers • NEW: Movies in your library will now be badged as such when viewed in On Later, search results, or from the Guide. • NEW: Native speed test for tvOS and iOS for testing speeds from your client to your Channels DVR Server • NEW: Upgraded Default audio driver supports AirPlay, AirPods, Spatial Audio, Atmos and HomePods • IMPROVED: Consistently sort movies and collections in various views. • IMPROVED: Performance with a large library • IMPROVED: HLG HDR format now supported and will switch TV to HDR • IMPROVED: Provide better error message when device runs out of disk space while watching Live TV • IMPROVED: UI responsiveness when watching OTA Live TV in Europe • IMPROVED: Video playback codec support • IMPROVED: Handling of timeouts while streaming remotely • FIXED: Virtual channels would not play the correct recording when the recordings were unmatched • FIXED: Start Up sections were not presenting if the app exited while navigated deep into other sections. • FIXED: Some corner badges were showing blank for shows • FIXED: Library Collections under TV Shows were not being sorted Alphabetically • FIXED: Some sort properties were wrong on Library Collections • FIXED: Recorded movies were being sorted incorrectly when sorted by Date Released • FIXED: Library Collection image URLs could be malformed after managing the collection on the client • FIXED: Rare crasher when deleting recordings from the TV show view • FIXED: Rare crasher when trashing all items of a TV show

Playlists are here! Create and manage your own lists of episodes, videos, and movies. Playlists are completely managed from withing the app. Create a new playlist, add content to a playlist, remove content from a playlist, and delete a playlist, all from within the app! Visit our site for more details on this release. We ran out of allowed space! Included in 5.8.1 • FIXED: Playback would fail on older releases of tvOS and iOS when the Hardware Deinterlacer was selected • FIXED: Movie posters were showing with the wrong aspect in On Now Included in 5.8.0 • NEW: Playlists. Create and manage your own lists of episodes, videos, and movies. • NEW: Completely overhauled context menus across the entire app for exploring and managing all of your content. • NEW: Apple TV app now uses native context menus for an incredibly improved experience. • NEW: Manage Library Collections entirely in the app: Create a new Collction, add content to a Collection, remove content from a Collection, delete a Collection. • NEW: Recently Watched channels. View your recently watched channels as its own native channel collection. Turn it on in Settings > General > Live TV • NEW: Optionally show the last 3 recent channels in the Quick Guide - Settings > General > Live TV > Show Recent Channels in Quick Guide • NEW: TV Shows and Video Groups now have an Auto Play setting to set their own Auto Play style. • NEW: On Later, guide search results, and guide modals now indicate if the movie or tv show is already in your library. • NEW: Movies scheduled to record are indicated when viewing them in On Later. • NEW: Future airings in search results are indicated if they are already in your library. • NEW: Optionally use the Thumbnail for TV Show episodes and Video Group videos when displayed in Virtual Channels. This can be set globally or per TV Show or Video Group. • NEW: Siri Shortcut action for Search. Provide text and Channels will open directly to search results for that text. • NEW: webp image uploads now work in the client • NEW: Setting on iOS to force playback to start in landscape. Useful for those that keep Orientation Lock on. • NEW: Channels is now available on Apple Vision Pro and visionOS via iPad compatability mode. • IMPROVED: All sections are now available from the Start Up setting and Siri Shortcut action. • IMPROVED: All Movies and All Shows filter views now use menus for picking filters. • IMPROVED: More improved and consistent icons across the app. • IMPROVED: Guide will update automatically when sources are added/removed or priority is changed on the server. • IMPROVED: Show download tab when offline if there are partial downloads but no completed ones. • IMPROVED: Automatically retry downloads that have timed out. • IMPROVED: Allow for pressing Play to restart the stream when an error is displayed after playing a recording. • IMPROVED: Allow partially downloaded recordings to be played in more situations. • FIXED: PIP button would randomly recieve focus keeping the timeline visible. • FIXED: Audio would sometimes distort on the default audio driver when using Siri or receiving notifications. • FIXED: TV Episodes were leaking into Recently Watched, News, and Sports sections when AllowList and BlockList were employed. • FIXED: Hidden content was showing up in search results. • FIXED: Seek icons were sometimes missing. • FIXED: Skip Commercials and Start From Beginning buttons were dismissing weird. • FIXED: Seeking was not always using the correct seek times from settings. • FIXED: The Sidebar was showing whenever the app opened directly to Recent Recordings or Playlists. • FIXED: Guide and On Now would scroll to the last watched channel on a fresh boot. • REMOVED: Auto Play Videos setting has been removed. TV Shows and Video Groups now have their own individual Auto Play setting. • REMOVED: Embedded Tailscale client - Use the System Tailscale client for better reliability and performance.

Playlists are here! Create and manage your own lists of episodes, videos, and movies. Playlists are completely managed from withing the app. Create a new playlist, add content to a playlist, remove content from a playlist, and delete a playlist, all from within the app! Visit our site for more details on this release. We ran out of allowed space! - NEW: Playlists. Create and manage your own lists of episodes, videos, and movies. - NEW: Completely overhauled context menus across the entire app for exploring and managing all of your content. - NEW: Apple TV app now uses native context menus for an incredibly improved experience. - NEW: Manage Library Collections entirely in the app: Create a new Collction, add content to a Collection, remove content from a Collection, delete a Collection. - NEW: Recently Watched channels. View your recently watched channels as its own native channel collection. Turn it on in Settings > General > Live TV - NEW: Optionally show the last 3 recent channels in the Quick Guide - Settings > General > Live TV > Show Recent Channels in Quick Guide - NEW: TV Shows and Video Groups now have an Auto Play setting to set their own Auto Play style. - NEW: On Later, guide search results, and guide modals now indicate if the movie or tv show is already in your library. - NEW: Movies scheduled to record are indicated when viewing them in On Later. - NEW: Future airings in search results are indicated if they are already in your library. - NEW: Optionally use the Thumbnail for TV Show episodes and Video Group videos when displayed in Virtual Channels. This can be set globally or per TV Show or Video Group. - NEW: Siri Shortcut action for Search. Provide text and Channels will open directly to search results for that text. - NEW: webp image uploads now work in the client - NEW: Setting on iOS to force playback to start in landscape. Useful for those that keep Orientation Lock on. - NEW: Channels is now available on Apple Vision Pro and visionOS via iPad compatability mode. - IMPROVED: All sections are now available from the Start Up setting and Siri Shortcut action. - IMPROVED: All Movies and All Shows filter views now use menus for picking filters. - IMPROVED: More improved and consistent icons across the app. - IMPROVED: Guide will update automatically when sources are added/removed or priority is changed on the server. - IMPROVED: Show download tab when offline if there are partial downloads but no completed ones. - IMPROVED: Automatically retry downloads that have timed out. - IMPROVED: Allow for pressing Play to restart the stream when an error is displayed after playing a recording. - IMPROVED: Channels that are not in a subscription but aren’t properly handled by the HDHomeRun will now be reported as "Not Subscribed". - IMPROVED: Allow partially downloaded recordings to be played in more situations. - IMPROVED: Diagnostic logging around thermal state. - FIXED: PIP button would randomly recieve focus keeping the timeline visible. - FIXED: Audio would sometimes distort on the default audio driver when using Siri or receiving notifications. - FIXED: TV Episodes were leaking into Recently Watched, News, and Sports sections when AllowList and BlockList were employed. - FIXED: Hidden content was showing up in search results. - FIXED: Seek icons were sometimes missing. - FIXED: Skip Commercials and Start From Beginning buttons were dismissing weird. - FIXED: Seeking was not always using the correct seek times from settings. - FIXED: The Sidebar was showing whenever the app opened directly to Recent Recordings or Playlists. - FIXED: Start from Beginning button was not showing on iOS. - FIXED: Guide and On Now would scroll to the last watched channel on a fresh boot. - REMOVED: Auto Play Videos setting has been removed. TV Shows and Video Groups now have their own individual Auto Play setting. - REMOVED: Embedded Tailscale client - Use the System Tailscale client for better reliability and performance.

IMPROVED: ATSC3 tuning speed FIXED: On Now would sometimes show the wrong logos FIXED: Sports Seek Timeline setting was not toggling correctly