ARVIO 1.9.9

Android TV / IPTV overhaul

• Reworked the TV page for very large IPTV lists, including lists with 50,000+ channels.
• Improved channel loading, first EPG appearance, favorites, recent channels, and startup behavior.
• Fixed major DPAD focus and navigation issues across IPTV rows and channel lists.

Smoother TV navigation

• Improved rail scrolling, focus behavior, and animation timing across the home, details, watchlist, collections, and TV pages.
• Reduced jank in heavy catalog sections such as genres, franchises, Top 10, and recently added rows.
• Fixed multiple focus cropping and blinking issues without lowering artwork quality or removing video previews.

Playback and source loading

• Improved source discovery speed and reliability for CloudStream, HTTP, VOD, IPTV VOD, and debrid sources.
• Restored and improved MP4/service video playback behavior.
• Improved autoplay selection so higher-quality and larger sources are preferred while keeping startup faster.
• Added frame-rate matching before playback to reduce stutter.

CloudStream and addon compatibility

• CloudStream support is still in the early stages and may not work with every extension yet.
• Expanded CloudStream and community addon support.
• Improved extractor and runtime handling so more addons appear correctly in sources and are playable.
• Improved source matching for movies and series.

Trakt, watchlist, and continue watching

• Reworked Trakt watchlist ordering and matching so items better follow the newest-added order from Trakt.
• Improved matching by title, year, and type to avoid wrong versions, such as older remakes or unrelated entries.
• Fixed continue watching logic so it uses real in-progress Trakt data instead of everything that was ever left unfinished.
• Improved profile isolation for Trakt data, watch history, watchlist, and continue watching.

Profile isolation and cloud sync

• Profiles now have isolated settings, catalogs, Trakt connections, history, watchlists, and continue watching.
• Addons and IPTV can still be shared where intended.
• Improved real-time cloud sync behavior across profiles and devices.
• Fixed force cloud sync and subtitle preference persistence.
• Added and refined profile PIN support, including fixes for mobile profile creation.

Mobile and settings improvements

• Reworked the mobile settings layout and naming, including renaming "Stremio" to "Addons".
• Improved profile creation and editing on mobile, including keyboard handling and avatar picker scaling.
• Added app-wide language coverage for the languages listed in app settings.
• Added better catalog and IPTV management controls on mobile.

Collections, catalogs, and metadata

• Fixed several genre, service, franchise, and Top 10 catalog issues.
• Top 10 Movies and Top 10 Shows are now capped correctly.
• Removed unwanted Favorite TV catalog behavior from the homescreen.
• Improved metadata logos and IMDb SVG rating display on home and details pages.
• Removed MAL score display.
• Added cleaner provider logos, including Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Prime Video, Hulu, Paramount+, Peacock, Apple TV+, IMDb, and others.

Contributors

Thank you to everyone who helped with this release, including:

• Sage Gavin Davids
• Himanth Reddy
• Eier Kop / EierkopZA
• chrishudson918
• mrtxiv
• And many more people who contributed smaller fixes, ideas, testing, and feedback. Thank you.

Sources

• Metadata and discovery: TMDB, IMDb metadata/logo assets, Trakt.
• Sync/auth: Supabase and ARVIO Cloud.
• Playback/addons: IPTV M3U/Xtream/Stalker sources, Stremio-compatible addons, CloudStream/community HTTP sources.
• Smoothness references: Android TV device traces and public Android TV performance research.

GitLab Release

This GitHub release mirrors the GitLab release notes. Release artifacts are maintained on GitLab:
https://gitlab.com/arvio1/ARVIO/-/releases/v1.9.9