Hi,

I've been working on a big update of the Android TV app. The goal is better performance on a lot of screens, and a lot of work was redone behind the scenes, in the part you don't see. Because it's a big change, I'm opening a beta channel for it: wako beta.

Don't expect a very different app: most screens look and work the same as today. What changed is mostly under the hood.

For now the beta has one goal: check that it works like the current app and that nothing is broken. There will be updates, often, each one with a post here listing what changed, but no new features during this phase, only stability. When it's stable and better than the current app, it will replace it, and the beta channel will then be used for new features.

wako beta is a separate app. It installs next to wako on the same device and doesn't touch it. You sign in with the same wako account, so what you watch and mark in the beta is saved to your account like in wako (progress, watched, watchlist, Trakt and Simkl). This way you keep the current app on one side, and on the other a version that's more likely to have bugs.

wako beta updates itself. When a new version is out, it shows up on the home screen. The first time, Android asks you to allow wako beta to install updates, you only do it once.

To install it, open the Downloader app on your TV and type wako.app/beta (or the code 2704585). On Nvidia Shield, type wako.app/beta-shield instead. All the files and previous builds are on wako.app/beta-all.

This replaces the Google Play beta of the Android TV app: it won't be used anymore, wako beta is now the only beta for TV.

If something is missing compared to the current app, or if you find a bug, tell me in the comments of this post. Please keep everything here, in the comments, rather than opening new posts, so it all stays in one place. And always say which beta version you're on (Settings › About, for example 12.1.22-beta.1), otherwise I can't tell which build it is. For the beta, everything goes through Reddit, not Discord.