Highlights

New features

• Support for editorial highlights.

Improvements

• The date and time is explicitly displayed on content which will be available at a later time.
• The SRF 3 and SRF Virus logos have been updated.
• Radio channels may be defined with or without associated homepage.
• Service status message are retrieved from the associated portal service, not from the backend anymore.
• The download screen has been rewritten to offer a consistent user experience with similar screens.

Fixes

• TV guide and search screens results can be correctly reloaded even after a failure was encountered.
• Tapping on the tab bar when displaying search results correctly makes the list scroll to its top.

Improved content availability display

Improvements

• Content availability display has been improved (badges displayed during the last 3 days, expiration date displayed otherwise).
• The quality of images displayed by the application has been reduced. This decreases the amount of data transferred with no meaningful impact on the quality of the user experience.
• Support information can be displayed in the settings section.

Fixes

• Format all dates and times in the Zurich time zone, ensuring a consistent user experience no matter where the application is run.
• Images with non-16:9 aspect ratios are displayed without being cropped.

Modern player gestures and availability information

New features

• Tapping the player twice in quick succession on its right or left makes it skip to the next, respectively previous time position in 10 second increments (#197).

Improvements

• Display TV guide logos for external channels.
• Content availability display has been improved (badges displayed during the last 3 days, expiration date displayed otherwise).
• The quality of images displayed by the application has been reduced. This decreases the amount of data transferred with no meaningful impact on the quality of the user experience.
• Support information can now be directly sent by email without leaving the application.
• Context menu analytics have been updated for consistency with the Android implementation.

Fixes

• Format all dates and times in the Zurich time zone, ensuring a consistent user experience no matter where the application is run.
• Fix tab bar title truncation after device rotation (#209).

Player improvements

New features

• Slower / faster speeds are supported for video and audio playback. Some speeds might not supported for livestreams, though.

Player improvements

New features

• Slower / faster speeds are supported for video and audio playback. Some speeds might not supported for livestreams, though.
• A preview is displayed when seeking to another location in a video, when available.

Improvements

• The most recent audio choice is persisted and restored when playing a media supporting this choice.

Fixes

• Fix slider up and down accessibility gestures.
• Fix issue preventing push notifications from being received after a device has been restored from a common backup. Version 3.6.0 must be run before the backup is made so that the fix works as expected.

TV guide support for third-party channels

New features

• The TV guide displays third-party channels for business units supporting them.
• Youth protection recommendations can be displayed for all business units.
• Shows appear in search results.

Improvements

• Make the project build and run on M1.

Fixes

• Fix cell accessibility issues.
• Fix crash during continuous playback transitions.

TV guide support for third-party channels

New features

• The TV guide displays third-party channels for business units supporting them.
• The user can toggle between TV guide grid and list layouts at any time.
• Youth protection recommendations can be displayed for all business units.
• A button has been added to the settings with which app and device information can be extracted.

Improvements

• Make the project build and run on M1.
• Integrate latest Airship major update.

Fixes

• Fix cell accessibility issues.
• Fix incorrect favorite status displayed on the player (#203).
• Fix download icon state on the profile view.
• Fix push notifications sometimes not received.

TV guide

New features

• A TV program tab has been added for business units which support it.

Improvements

• Remove show title below poster images.
• Advanced settings for test environments.

Grid TV guide layout for tablet

New features

• A grid TV guide layout has been added to the Videos section on iPad for large screen width.

Improvements

• Tonight button on the TV guide replaces the yesterday button.
• Remove show title below poster images.
• Nightly and beta binaries to App Center have their own url scheme.

Fixes

• Fix background video playback incorrectly paused.

CarPlay compatibility

New features

• CarPlay compatibility: Safely control Play SRG while driving by connecting your device to a compatible car radio.

Improvements

• You can add a show to your favorite list even when no episodes are available.

Fixes

• Fix video playback incorrectly paused when locking the device on iOS 15.
• Fix picture in picture overlay lost when locking the device on iOS 15.