Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta54

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta54

New in beta54

• Opening Observio on the last channel: the remote works in the player straight away again (the green key opens the Guide, OK, the arrows, Info and Menu respond).

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta53

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta53

New in beta53

• The picture behind the Guide now keeps the TV awake, like full screen, so it no longer falls asleep while you watch with the Guide open.

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta52

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta52

New in beta52

• Ask If Still Watching (TV Settings › Playback, off unless you turn it on): after 2 to 6 hours without a button press, Observio asks, and stops so the TV can sleep if nobody answers.
• Channel previews in lists no longer keep the TV awake: only the full-screen picture does.

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta51

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta51

New in beta51

• The TV no longer goes to sleep or starts its screensaver while something is playing. Paused or stopped, it sleeps as usual.
• Sleep timer: Turn Off the TV switches the box off when the timer ends, and the TV with it where they're linked (HDMI-CEC). The box asks for permission once.

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta50

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta50

New in beta50

• Back from a channel lands on that channel in Live TV, and the player names the group it plays from.
• More versions of one channel are combined: names with VIP or a brand in front, when the provider gives them the same guide.
• Picture & Sound: changing a setting keeps your place in the list.

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta49

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta49

New in beta49

• Observio stays usable while a large channel list or guide is loading: the remote no longer stops responding and the app is no longer closed.
• Remote guide in the side menu: what each button does, on a drawing of the remote you hold.

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta48

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta48

New in beta48

• While watching, hold ↑ for History: the channels you watched last, with their logos, what's on and when you watched them. On a channel with catch-up, hold OK to replay what you were watching.
• Back from a channel opens Live TV on its group, with the channel in the preview. Hold Back for your Favorites.
• The programme card in the channel panel no longer covers the days.

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta47

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta47

New in beta47

• Changing channels quickly tunes once, where you stop, instead of opening a stream per press, so one-connection subscriptions no longer get blocked.
• Level Volume (Settings › Picture & Sound, off by default) evens out quiet and loud channels.
• Live TV opens instantly with the list you saw last, and never on an empty group.
• On some TV boxes Live TV and Search had a black background; they now show Observio's own.
• With the controls up, ↑ selects the progress bar: ← → rewind and forward in the live buffer, OK pauses and plays.
• Sleep timer: 10 minutes to 4 hours or the end of the programme. When it ends, the box goes to its screensaver so it can sleep.
• Clearer TV screens: wider logos, easier-to-read channel numbers, the schedule always beside the channel list, the guide opens at the current time and every player button is labelled.
• Times are 24-hour by default; choose AM/PM in Settings › General › Time Format.
• Local re-streams and Script feeds combine with their channel, and country tags are hidden in more groups.

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta46

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta46

New in beta46

• On TV boxes whose decoder can't start a channel, the compatibility engine now takes over within about 4 seconds.

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta45

Observio for Android 1.0.0-beta45

New in beta45

• 1080i channels that played in slow motion on some TV boxes now use the box's own decoder and play smoothly.
• When the compatibility engine decodes on the box's processor, the picture now keeps up with the sound instead of slowing down.
• TV boxes always use their own deinterlacing; the Observio (GPU) option, which stuttered on boxes, is gone.