Channels for HDHomeRun Apk
Latest version 4.6.6
30 Jan 2024
Apk Infos
| Version | 4.6.6 |
| Rating | 4.1/5, based on 38 votes |
| Size | 39 MB |
| Requires Android | Android 2.3+ (Gingerbread) |
| Author's Notes | Live TV, anywhere in your home |
About Channels for HDHomeRun APK
Table Of Contents
Description
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.
Latest updates
What's new in version 4.6.6
• 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
How to install Channels for HDHomeRun APK on Android phone or tablet?
Download Channels for HDHomeRun APK file from ApkClean, then follow these steps:
Update Phone Settings
- Go to your phone Settings page
- Tap Security or Applications (varies with device)
- Check the Unknown Sources box
- Confirm with OK
Go to Downloads
- Open Downloads on your device by going to My Files or Files
- Tap the APK file you downloaded (com.getchannels.app-v4.6.6-ApkClean.apk)
- Tap Install when prompted, the APK file you downloaded will be installed on your device.
Older Versions
| 4.6.6 (1) | 39 MB |
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User's Reivew
5 ★Great app. Way better UI than HDHomerun and Android native Live Channels app. The option to change between software/hardware acceleration is great since some channels naturally produce artifacts on my Nvidia Shield; changing to software acceleration fixes this issue. However, I do wish I could choose which channels I can apply this to. I only need 2 channels to use software acceleration while I prefer the others to use hardware acceleration. Is this a possible feature that can be implemented?
2 ★While I like the interface and the guide the inability to directly input numbers such as 101 or 6 really makes it hard to use over the built in live channels on Android TV. Also the Oreo "on now" only has static images and not live previews like the built in one.
1 ★Loved this app on AppleTV but on my Nvidia shield it would always want to update the firmware of my devices unless I rebooted the shield. After a reboot I would get channels but it could not change the tuner to those channels. The continues work will on AppleTV, but it is unusable on the Shield.
3 ★Partially integrates all channels. Wants you to subscribe to its own DVR service instead of using hdhomerun, live channels, youtubetv.
5 ★Works better than the official Hdhomerun app. With the added bonus of swift customer support. 5 stars.
5 ★I'm really impressed with this app and how it works with HD Homerun. Great job and thanks for supporting Android.
5 ★The best app for homerunhd devices.
5 ★This app is AWESOME! The user interface is incredible. It nails every aspect of what it needed to be. The ONLY complaints are: 1. It took about 2.5 minutes to load all the channels. (You only have to do that once...kidding...kind of) 2. The channel guide only goes out about 12 hours (?)... that's it! The traditional channel guide is really nice. I REALLY like the favorites option and LOVE the show HD only! I just wish it went out further than 12 hours (but I've only just started playing with it, it might go out further?). I LOVE the "what's on now" channel blocks. It's really easy to recognize a show/movie/event without being overwhelmed with micro font. It's slick, it's fast and it's clean. So far I'm thrilled with my $25! Thanks for giving me the one thing that fixed my only gripe I had with my Nvidia Shield! I plan on posting this on Google Play too! Nice job!(posted to Reddit originally)
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