Channels for HDHomeRun4.10.0
Publisher Description
Live TV, anywhere in your home
Watch live TV, right next to your apps. Channels lets you play, pause, and rewind local or cable TV directly on your Android device with your HDHomeRun TV tuner.
If you are a Channels Plus subscriber with DVR Service, search for the free app: Channels: Whole Home DVR
Channels requires an HDHomeRun networked TV tuner to watch live TV on your Android device. Learn more about how this works below.
• Pause, rewind, and fast forward live TV
• Guide Data
• Full grid guide
• Full HD streaming (bandwidth permitting)
• 5.1 Surround Sound
• Closed captioning
• Full support for VoiceOver
• Channel favoriting
• Jump back to last channel
• Auto Discovery
• Browse what's on other channels while watching TV
• Manage your HDHomeRun devices from Channels
-- Why Use Channels? --
Channels is the missing piece of your puzzle. If you already watch everything through streaming apps, Channels lets you finally watch sports, award shows, local news, and other live events.
• Watch live primetime tv, local news, and sports on your Android device.
• Netflix, Hulu, Movies, Games, AirPlay, and now live TV without switching inputs – the holy grail!
• Using antenna for live TV? Channels lets you use one antenna for all the TVs in the house.
• Want sports on your porch? News in the kitchen? Channels adds live TV to any TV in your house.
• Save money by ditching cable boxes and watch your cable subscription with Channels on your Android device instead.
-- How Does It Work? --
An HDHomeRun is a simple TV tuner that can broadcast television over your home network to any room in your house. Channels uses it to let you watch live TV on your Android device.
1. Plug an HD antenna or your cable into your HDHomeRun.
2. Plug your HDHomeRun into your router.
3. Watch live TV via the Channels Android app.
-- How Do You Use It? --
Here's some protips on how to get the most out of Channels.
• Pick your favorite channels by clicking on them in the Settings tab.
• Switch to the Favorites tab and browse what’s on.
• Click on a channel to start playing it.
• Live TV buffer works for ~90 mins or less depending on how much storage is available on your device.
• Skip ahead 30s by clicking the right side of the Touch surface. Skip back 7s by doing the inverse.
• Double-click the Play/Pause button to switch back to the previous channel.
• Tap to reveal the timeline, then scrub through the buffer with the Touch surface.
• Swipe down to bring the Quick Guide to see what else is on your favorite channels.
• Change tabs while in the Quick Guide to toggle closed captioning or adjust audio languages.
-- Device Support --
All HDHomeRun devices are supported by Channels.
• HDHomeRun PRIME
• HDHomeRun EXTEND
• HDHomeRun EXPAND
• HDHomeRun CONNECT
• HDHomeRun CONNECT DUO
• HDHomeRun CONNECT QUATRO
• HDHomeRun DUAL
• HDHomeRun ORIGINAL (blue and white tuners)
Learn more about HDHomeRun tuners on silicondust.com. Simply plug a compatible tuner into your home network router and start watching Live TV with Channels today!
• DRM protected streams are *not* currently supported.
• Channels does *not* work outside of your home. It only works when connected to the same network as your HDHomeRun Device
For questions, concerns, bug reports, and feature requests, contact us on twitter @getchannels or via email support@getchannels.com. You can talk about everything Channels on our community site at: https://community.getchannels.com.
Note that this app optionally uses Accessibility APIs offered by the OS to detect key presses on certain types of remotes. This feature has to be enabled explicitly by the user under the Android Accessibility settings, and is labelled Channels Button Detector.
About Channels for HDHomeRun
The company that develops Channels for HDHomeRun is Fancy Bits, LLC. The latest version released by its developer is 4.10.0. This app was rated by 1 users of our site and has an average rating of 5.0.
To install Channels for HDHomeRun on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2026-09-14 and was downloaded 230 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Channels for HDHomeRun as malware as malware if the download link to com.getchannels.app is broken.
How to install Channels for HDHomeRun on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the Channels for HDHomeRun is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by Channels for HDHomeRun will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- Channels for HDHomeRun will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.
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Version History
version 4.10.0
posted on 2026-09-14
• NEW: Expanded support for Audio Passthrough to support E-AC3 (including Dolby Atmos), DTS/DTS-HD, TrueHD, AC-4 when available from the Android device and receiver
• IMPROVED: Performance improvements to the Guide
• IMPROVED: Enhanced library views now work with Server Side Sidebar Navigation
• IMPROVED: ATSC3 audio support
• IMPROVED: handling of ATSC3 audio with signal reception issues
• IMPROVED: On Later view for Events and Specials now use a richer display
• IMPROVED: Recordi
version 4.9.4
posted on 2025-08-09
• FIXED: Shows would not disappear after last episode was deleted
• FIXED: Header would be obstructed by the status bar on newer phones
• FIXED: Crash that could happen when adding server side settings for the sidebar
version 4.9.0
posted on 2025-02-20
- NEW: Full support for the new Google TV Streamer
- IMPROVED: ATSC3 audio compatability in certain regions
- IMPROVED: Decreased size of Remote Streaming cache
- IMPROVED: Stream link compatibility with Peacock
- IMPROVED: Stream link support for `intent://`
- IMPROVED: Support AV1 hardware decoding where available
- FIXED: Seeking improvements for broadcast recordings in some scenarios
version 4.8.0
posted on 2024-09-18
• NEW: Picture in Picture Availability setting can be used to dismiss PIP automatically when leaving the Guide or leaving the app
• NEW: Sidebar navigation supports updated Server Side Setting allowing custom ordering of items
• NEW: TV Shows now have their own Commercial Skipping setting
• NEW: TV Shows and Video Groups now have their own Auto Play setting
• NEW: TV Shows and Video Groups can be set to automatically show Closed Captions
• NEW: Video Groups are now eligible for Up Ne
version 4.7.1
posted on 2024-07-12
FIXED: Video playback issues on some devices
FIXED: Crashes in some rare scenarios
version 4.6.6
posted on 2024-01-29
• NEW: Provide a list of up to 3 of the most recently connected servers when selecting At Home to connect to a DVR
• NEW: Add the timeout parameter for /api/notify to match iOS/tvOS
• IMPROVED: ATSC3 tuning speed
• IMPROVED: Error messages when connecting to older HDHomeRun units
• IMPROVED: Error messages when streaming remotely now have more detail beyond “Transcoder Reset”, now including HDHR errors like “Tuner Unreachable”, “All Tuners In Use” and M3U errors like “Str
version 4.6.5
posted on 2023-09-12
• FIXED: Crash on startup for some devices
version 4.6.4
posted on 2023-09-11
• IMPROVED: Image caching
• IMPROVED: Internal diagnostics
• FIXED: Unusual crashes
version 4.6.3
posted on 2023-06-16
- NEW: Support for stream links from the Guide via Custom Channels
- NEW: Better support for WMV files
- NEW: TV Show images with mismatched aspect ratios are now displayed better
- NEW: Support custom crop set for images on the dvr web UI
- IMPROVED: Error messages when Live TV connection is closed
- IMPROVED: Episodes without art will use the show art
- IMPROVED: Stream links will now show thumbnails if available from TMDB
- IMPROVED: Movies, TV Shows, and Collections without art now have a ti
version 4.6.2
posted on 2023-04-10
• NEW: Optionally force video delivery to use Streaming (HLS) or Direct (default) when using original quality
• NEW: Support section in Settings now displays remote streaming cache size and a way to clear it
• NEW: Scheduled job to clean up old cached recordings daily
• IMPROVED: Caching for HLS (Remote) streaming to match iOS/tvOS implementation
• IMPROVED: Buffering when tuning into live channel
• IMPROVED: More metadata tags show for content (HD, 4K, Atmos, DTS, etc)
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