Changelog
Recent fixes
This page lists every fixed issue in TV Remotely, newest first. Each entry links to its ticket on the public support board, where you can read what went wrong and how it was fixed. If something on your TV still isn’t right, submit a request.
September 2026
- TVR-134 Floating tablet keyboards could still cover fields
An undocked keyboard could report no useful bottom inset, leaving the focused field hidden.
Android and iPad tablets · Bug · Fixed 26 Sept 2026
- TVR-133 Sony TVs could be missed by discovery
Some BRAVIA devices did not expose the identity the app expected through its first discovery route.
Sony BRAVIA · Bug · Fixed 26 Sept 2026
- TVR-132 Android TV pairing could fail with a TLS alert on some boxes
The client key format was incompatible with TLS 1.3 behavior seen on a Xiaomi box.
Android TV / Google TV · Bug · Fixed 26 Sept 2026
- TVR-131 Large files cast from iPhone could arrive truncated
The iOS media server closed its file handle after the first chunk of a file over 64 KB.
Cast / iOS · Bug · Fixed 26 Sept 2026
- TVR-130 Saved TVs could reconnect late or show duplicate sightings
Discovery results were not used promptly and some sightings or cast descriptions remained separate.
Discovery / multiple TV platforms · Bug · Fixed 25 Sept 2026
- TVR-129 Both sides of the volume rocker could raise the volume
Touch coordinates were interpreted relative to the wrong view.
Remote controls / all TVs · Bug · Fixed 21 Sept 2026
- TVR-128 Some Apple devices appeared in the TV list
Macs, iPhones, and HomePods advertise a Continuity service that was mistaken for Apple TV.
Apple TV discovery · Bug · Fixed 21 Sept 2026
- TVR-127 Older Android TV devices could be sent to the wrong pairing protocol
The legacy remote service and modern Android TV service were previously treated alike.
Legacy Android TV · Bug · Fixed 20 Sept 2026
- TVR-126 The on-screen keyboard could cover pairing and text fields
Several sheets did not move their fields into view when a keyboard opened.
Android and iOS · Bug · Fixed 20 Sept 2026
- TVR-125 A cast could stop when the phone screen timed out
The phone sleeping could interrupt the local stream that the TV was reading.
Cast / Android and iOS · Bug · Fixed 19 Sept 2026
- TVR-124 Android TV pairing could reject the correct code
The pairing digest included extra separator bytes that real TVs did not expect.
Android TV / Google TV · Bug · Fixed 19 Sept 2026
- TVR-123 The Fire TV Apps list could fail to filter on iPhone
iOS lacked the native package-list method used by the Apps screen.
Amazon Fire TV / iOS · Bug · Fixed 18 Sept 2026
- TVR-122 Fire TV could report success when an app failed to open
The ADB launch command could acknowledge a request even when the package was absent.
Amazon Fire TV · Bug · Fixed 18 Sept 2026
- TVR-121 Hulu and Max shortcuts could do nothing on Android TV
Two hardcoded deep links were not reliable launch routes.
Android TV / Google TV · Bug · Fixed 18 Sept 2026
- TVR-120 Sony app shortcuts did not launch TV apps
App tiles lacked the TV-specific application URI needed by BRAVIA.
Sony BRAVIA · Bug · Fixed 18 Sept 2026
- TVR-119 Sony could show connected while asking to pair again on each key
A missing authorization cookie could be mistaken for a completed connection.
Sony BRAVIA · Bug · Fixed 18 Sept 2026
- TVR-118 LG pairing could be approved but leave every key unresponsive
webOS could show Allow, then reject registration or silently ignore navigation keys.
LG webOS · Bug · Fixed 18 Sept 2026
- TVR-117 One saved TV could appear twice in discovery
A saved record and a live sighting could fail to match, especially after its network address changed.
Discovery / multiple TV platforms · Bug · Fixed 16 Sept 2026
August 2026
- TVR-116 Android TV showed a keyboard control it could not use
The provider advertised a keyboard capability without a command channel behind it.
Android TV / Google TV · Bug · Fixed 31 Aug 2026
- TVR-115 The SOURCE button did not open input choices
The remote screen failed to pass the SOURCE action to its input sheet.
Samsung Tizen / Sony BRAVIA / other TVs · Bug · Fixed 31 Aug 2026
- TVR-114 An uninstalled TV app looked like a remote failure
Launching an app absent from the TV showed a red failure notice with an unhelpful technical message.
Apps / multiple TV platforms · Bug · Fixed 31 Aug 2026
- TVR-113 The app could ignore an online saved TV at launch
Automatic connection considered only the last TV and could give up after one short scan.
Discovery / multiple TV platforms · Bug · Fixed 31 Aug 2026
- TVR-112 A TV connection could stop responding after idle or backgrounding
Control sockets were not recovered after an unexpected drop or after returning to the app.
Multiple TV platforms · Bug · Fixed 31 Aug 2026
- TVR-111 A cast could fail after opening the phone’s file picker
Opening the picker backgrounded the app and stopped its local media server; the TV then requested a file URL that no longer existed.
Cast / Android and iOS · Bug · Fixed 31 Aug 2026
- TVR-110 Screen mirroring opened a picker that could not show Samsung TVs
The handoff opened Google Cast settings, which does not list Miracast-only Samsung TVs.
Android / Samsung Tizen · Bug · Fixed 31 Aug 2026
- TVR-109 Samsung photo casting could say the TV cannot accept files
A Samsung could be found for app launching while its media renderer was missed, so photo casting stopped before the picker opened.
Samsung Tizen · Bug · Fixed 31 Aug 2026
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