Overview

v1.0 marks the first production release of the Apple TV playback app for Remoto.

Remoto Playback TV is a native Apple TV client designed for joining and viewing live Remoto sessions with low-latency streaming and a TV-optimized user experience.

This release introduces:

• Native Apple TV client for joining and watching live sessions
• Low-latency SRT playback powered by a native MediaMTX player integration
• TV-optimized UX with focus-based navigation and Siri Remote support

The app is built using react-native-tvos with native tvOS player components to ensure platform consistency and performance.

System Requirements

• Apple TV (4th generation or later)
• tvOS (latest supported version recommended)
• Active Remoto account
• Network connection suitable for live SRT playback

Whats New

Authentication

• Email and password sign-in
• Forgot/reset password flow
• Login challenge handling, including:
• Accept terms
• Set full name
• Change password
• Logout from other devices

Session Browsing

• TV grid layout for browsing available sessions
• Session status indicators:
• Ready
• Started
• Scheduled
• Finished
• Joined
• Active-session banner with quick return or leave actions

Join and Waiting Room Experience

• Waiting room state while the host accepts access
• Real-time join, deny, and session-end handling over WebSocket

Playback Experience

• Full-screen streaming with stream state indicators
• Auto-hide controls during active playback
• Stream reconnect and retry handling for resilience
• Foreground/background recovery to restore playback reliably

Participant Awareness

• Participants drawer with role and status display
• Real-time participant updates

Session-Level Playback Options

• Support for watermark/IP identity overlay when enabled
• Audio layout support, including:
  • 5.1
  • 7.1
  • 16-channel stereo pair selection

Known Issues

• Talkback/PTT is not supported in this release.
• Camera and full video-chat features are not available.
• This version is playback-focused only.