Nexus Stream TV
Release Notes

Nexus Stream TV Changelog

Recent updates, improvements and fixes for the Android TV app. Nexus Stream TV is a media player only and does not provide or sell any video content.

Playback, Live TV and metadata improvements

  • Added Auto Skip Intro / Recap and Auto Next Episode options.
  • Added an optional Last Channel button for Live TV.
  • Improved speech recognition compatibility on Android TV devices.
  • Improved autostart after device boot.
  • Fixed Live TV startup metadata for the last watched channel.
  • Fixed localized episode titles in series details.
  • Improved Vertical VOD navigation and focus restore.
  • Improved playback history management, including clear history and per-title removal.
  • Improved metadata source settings for VOD titles, plots and episode titles.

Search, navigation and details fixes

  • Episode lists now keep focus correctly when scrolling up.
  • Fixed external app search buttons when no matching title is found.
  • Actor search posters now load faster and more reliably.
  • VOD details can now show either TMDB metadata or IPTV provider data.
  • Episode lists are less likely to show outdated cached data.
  • VOD group navigation now supports wrap-around at the end of the group list.
  • Search has been improved and now finds more related results.
  • Top navigation items can now be hidden for a cleaner layout.

TheIntroDB and stability improvements

  • Fixed Continue Watching behavior.
  • Added TheIntroDB support.
  • Improved stability.
  • Added general improvements across the app.
  • Adjusted diagnostic logging.

Matching, series data and player diagnostics

  • Improved title cleanup for more accurate matching and search results.
  • Improved handling of missing episodes when some Xtream providers return incomplete or empty series data.
  • Added an FPS indicator in the Player screen.
  • Added general stability and navigation improvements.

Settings, voice input and navigation

  • Settings are now easier to browse with clearer sections for Appearance, Playback, Live TV, Movies & Series, Behavior, Integrations, Support, and About.
  • VOD and Live TV settings now have their own dedicated area.
  • Added a separate Live TV option for collapsible groups, independent from the compact EPG timeline setting.
  • Added new Back button exit behavior options.
  • Added voice input support in the Search screen.
  • Improved Android TV remote navigation across Settings, Search, and Live TV.

Debugging, controls and parental controls

  • Added a debug mode with anonymized logs and secure upload to help with troubleshooting.
  • Added an option to disable automatic playback of the last viewed channel.
  • Added customizable seek steps.
  • Added flexible channel switching controls.
  • Added custom OK button behavior in VOD.
  • Extended parental controls.
  • The quick info box now includes more details.
  • Added actor search.
  • The player can now display stream resolution instead of tags.
  • Local backups now export to Downloads.

Refresh options and TV polish

  • Added a setting to refresh the playlist and EPG when opening Live TV, or use cached data instead.
  • Improved Polish translations, especially for Catch-up / Replay TV.
  • Fixed a white flash during app launch.
  • Fixed movie and series seeking jumping by more than 10 seconds on single DPAD taps.
  • Fixed channel focus jumping back while scrolling through long Quick-Zap channel lists.
  • Improved channel logo rendering in Live TV and Replay TV.

Performance, navigation and customization

  • Improved scrolling stability for channel lists with more than 100 channels per group.
  • Hardened profile creation and connection handling.
  • Source tag is now hidden when only one source is available.
  • Live TV vertical layout now closes with DPAD Left while navigating groups.
  • Fixed an issue in the horizontal Live TV layout where channel lists were limited to 100 channels.
  • Improved subscription handling and purchase reliability.
  • Improved EPG loading and prefetch behavior.
  • Improved Series loading for providers with non-standard season or episode data.
  • Added customizable top navigation order via OK long press.
  • Added genre and full release date information to movie and series previews.
  • Added Search filters for Movies and Series.
  • Added an option to start the app automatically after Android boot.

Replay TV, metadata and channel switching

  • Replay now supports multiple archive days.
  • Replay opens real timeshift streams with proper duration.
  • Replay view now includes groups and categories.
  • Improved TMDB metadata loading for more accurate ratings and faster updates.
  • Added a cleaner Live TV group list with folder icons removed.
  • Live TV channel switching now supports Channel+ and Channel- buttons.
  • Fixed background playback issues on some devices.
  • Movie and Series categories can now be reordered manually.

EPG accuracy fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the EPG grid could show "No EPG" for certain channels even though program data was available.
  • Added automatic detection and correction of shifted EPG timestamps from providers.

Replay TV and poster options

  • Added Replay TV / Catch-Up support.
  • Program descriptions are now shown below the program title in Live TV by default.
  • Added a new option to hide ratings on posters.
  • Improved EPG overlays.
  • Updated localization.

Replay TV and poster options

  • Added Replay TV / Catch-Up support.
  • Program descriptions are now shown below the program title in Live TV by default.
  • Added a new option to hide ratings on posters.
  • Improved EPG overlays.
  • Updated localization.

Custom EPG and Details collections

  • Added custom EPG support for external XML/GZ source URLs.
  • Adjusted EPG timeline window behavior and forward-time navigation.
  • Added a Collection tab in the Details screen for related titles.
  • Fixed a sticky metadata issue in the Search to Details flow.
  • Fixed hidden groups showing in the right-side grid in Movies/Series vertical layout.
  • Added source category tags in the Details screen for better title identification.
  • Added genre metadata in the Details screen.

Poster presets, ratings and recommendations

  • Added new VOD poster size presets: Compact, Default, and Large.
  • Added TMDB rating badges across Home, Discover, Movies, and Series.
  • Added a new Random Picks row on Home.
  • Recommended for You is smarter now and uses local watch behavior for better picks.
  • Added a program description panel in Live TV overlays for quicker info without opening details.
  • Added translation and quality fixes.

Live TV program info and EPG fixes

  • Added a new Live TV Program Info overlay with program description support.
  • Added a Description button in the Live TV player overlay.
  • Added an option to use the OK button in fullscreen Live TV to open Program Info.
  • Added subtle program separator lines in the Live TV EPG grid for clearer schedule boundaries.
  • Adjusted translations.
  • Fixed EPG Timeline pagination so it is no longer limited to the first 100 channels.
  • Fixed the EPG Timeline channel counter.

Behavior settings and VOD layout

  • Added a new App Behaviour settings section.
  • Added an option to show the profile selection screen on app launch.
  • Added an auto-refresh setting for playlists.
  • Added audio track and subtitle selection in the Live TV player.
  • Added a new layout option for VOD with a vertical category menu.
  • Added optional EPG info in Zapping list - vertical (no EPG) mode.
  • Added time marks on the Time Header Row.
  • Reorganized behavior-related settings into the new App Behaviour category.

Languages and Live TV group visibility

  • Fixed channel names being cut off at the bottom.
  • Added Croatian language support.
  • Added Arabic language support.
  • Static groups Favorites and Hidden are now only visible when they contain channels.

Live TV sorting and VOD navigation

  • Changed the default sorting mode for Live TV groups.
  • Added support for custom Live TV group ordering.
  • Improved VOD navigation by separating options, filters, and groups.

Network shares, title search and billing diagnostics

  • Reworked the Network Shares screen for WebDAV and SFTP.
  • Refactored Network Shares integration in the Details screen.
  • Titles in Network Shares can now be searched via the Search screen.
  • Fixed focus loss on app start when no profiles were added.
  • Improved TMDB title cleaning.
  • Improved billing diagnostics and logging for failed purchase queries and entitlement verification.
  • MoviesScreen category switching now uses local/background filtering and removes the expensive category-switch fetch path.

Favorites, posters and performance

  • Favorites can now be filtered by type, such as Movie or Series, and by profile.
  • Added more performance fixes.
  • Improved title cleaning.
  • Reworked compressor and EQ.
  • Reworked poster fetching and added fallback to TMDB.
  • Reworked Favorites.
  • Fixed TV shows disappearing from the Continue Watching section.
  • Adjusted Settings order.

Catch-Up, audio and playlist-wide sections

  • Added Catch-Up.
  • Added audio loudness normalization.
  • Added a Skip Intro button with custom time setting.
  • Favorites now lists items from multiple playlists.
  • Home now lists items from multiple playlists in Continue Watching.
  • Refactored code.

Startup, search and playlist controls

  • Added a setting to start the app in Live TV instead of Home.
  • Added HLS or TL preference toggles for VOD and Live TV.
  • Added channel search in Live TV.
  • Added cross-profile title search.
  • Added a manual preferred language setting for OpenSubtitles.com.
  • Added multiple translations.
  • Reworked channel visibility management.
  • Adjusted title matching.
  • Added general bug fixes.