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title: Android TV version 0.16
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authors:
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- nielsvanvelzen
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slug: androidtv-v0.16.0
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tags: [release, android-tv]
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---
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It has been a busy year with a lot of work on the Android TV app. After an extended beta period today is finally the day to share this work
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to the public. Read along to learn everything about improved music playback, the new screensaver and more!
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\- Niels
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{/* truncate */}
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## Significant changes
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In this post I will focus on a few of the popular and significant changes. As always, a lot more changes were made both visible and
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invisible; check out the full changelog to discover the full extent of this release.
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### Music playback
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Playing media is the key feature of Jellyfin. Up until now the Android TV app had many issues playing every possible format. The code
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was also hard to work with making it challenging to fix the issues or implement new features. To counter this we decided to rewrite all
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playback code completely from scratch. In this release the initial results are ready for daily use and playing music will use the new
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playback code!
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While a lot of this work is not directly noticable when using the app, some of it is. Crashes should now be uncommon, starting music is
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faster and the remote control now responds more reliably. We've also added media sessions, this allows you to play/pause from other
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applications on your TV or even your smartphone!
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Improved codec detection should reduce transcoding and use direct play more often resulting in faster playback with less strain on the
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Jellyfin server. We already have plans to improve this even more and add preferences to fine-tune this for your specific devices. Other
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planned features include showing lyrics, enabling SyncPlay and gapless playback support.
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Work has already started to rework video playback based on this new code so we can add all kinds of new features with ease in a shared
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code base for both video and audio playback.
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### Screensaver
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The screensaver has received some nice additions. It was redesigned to be faster, with better animations and a much nicer appearance.
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Alongside this redesign, new functionality was added. Music playback has been added to the screensaver, replacing the old screensaver from
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the 'now playing' screen. Additionally, the screensaver is now enabled by default when the app is open, eliminating the need to enable it
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system-wide.
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And the best part: the screensaver now works when the video player is paused!
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### Search
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The search screen was partially rewritten to improve performance. It will now cancel any pending search requests while typing and use
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a different method for getting the results. With these changes, a search on a large server is now noticeably faster and no flickering
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occurs anymore.
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### Full release notes
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The complete list of changes (over one hundred!) for this release, including their respective pull requests, can be found on
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[GitHub](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-androidtv/releases/tag/v0.16.0).
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## Contributors
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Jellyfin is developed by volunteer contributors, and we couldn't do without their great skills and dedication. They don't get paid by any
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organizations, so consider donating if you appreciate their work. A big shout-out to all contributors that made this release possible:
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**Jellyfin Team**
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- [@nielsvanvelzen](https://github.com/nielsvanvelzen) - Sponsor via [GitHub sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/nielsvanvelzen)
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- [@thornbill](https://github.com/thornbill) - Sponsor via [GitHub sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/thornbill)
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- [@1337joe](https://github.com/1337joe) - Sponsor via [GitHub sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/1337joe)
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**Other contributors**
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- [@DoggoOfSpeed](https://github.com/DoggoOfSpeed)
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- [@DavidFair](https://github.com/DavidFair)
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- [@Clubfan22](https://github.com/Clubfan22)
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- [@MWisBest](https://github.com/MWisBest)
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- [@teobaranga](https://github.com/teobaranga)
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- [@tim-vk](https://github.com/tim-vk)
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- [@OctoNezd](https://github.com/OctoNezd)
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- [@polson](https://github.com/polson)
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- [@mohd-akram](https://github.com/mohd-akram)
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- [@horizon1250](https://github.com/horizon1250)
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- [@reacocard](https://github.com/reacocard)
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We'd also like to thank everyone who reported bugs, provided feedback and participated in beta testing! The feedback we received made this
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our most stable release to date.
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### Helping out
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If you have some experience with Android TV development or with Kotlin and are interested in contributing yourself,
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feel free to dive into the source code [on GitHub](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-androidtv) and open pull requests.
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Alternatively, you can help with translating the app into your language on our
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[Weblate](https://translate.jellyfin.org/engage/jellyfin-android/) instance.
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## Downloads
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Update your app now to check out all these changes! The app stores will auto-update your Jellyfin app if you're already using the app. For
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new users, you can find the app here:
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<a className='margin-right--md' href='https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jellyfin.androidtv'>
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<img width='153' alt='Jellyfin for Android TV on Google Play' src='/images/store-icons/google-play.png' />
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</a>
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<a className='margin-right--md' href='https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TX7Z725'>
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<img width='153' alt='Jellyfin for Fire TV at Amazon App Store' src='/images/store-icons/amazon.png' />
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</a>
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<a href='https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jellyfin.androidtv/'>
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<img width='153' alt='Jellyfin for Android TV on F-Droid' src='/images/store-icons/fdroid.png' />
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</a>
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Direct downloads are available for sideloading at [repo.jellyfin.org](https://repo.jellyfin.org/releases/client/androidtv/)
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or in the [GitHub release assets](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-androidtv/releases/tag/v0.16.0).
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You can also join our [beta program on Google Play](https://play.google.com/apps/testing/org.jellyfin.androidtv) and help test new versions
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before they're released to the public.
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