Android TV Oreo Users - What are the apps that are best supporting the new "Channels" feature?

by Andrroid

Now that more people have Oreo, lets talk about the new Channels feature. What apps are supporting it best? What are your favorite channels? What apps aren't supporting it at all? What channels do you want to see added?

From what I have seen:

  • Sling TV's "My Channels": I like this channel implementation a lot. It shows a tile for each channel you have marked as a favorite, indicating what is currently airing
  • Plex: Decent use, seems to basically be the On Deck stuff but for Plex Home users, keep in mind its user specific; it will show content for the last user to use the Plex app on the device

Someone in another thread mentioned YouTube added a subscriptions channel but its currently broken; I would definitely love for this one to function 100%.

UgglyNoodle

My app HopWatch has a home screen channel. Currently you can choose to populate recommendations from /r/videos or /domain/youtube.com , but I'm working on allowing more customisation.

pawdog

Fandango actually plays trailers, MLB.TV shows currently playing games, Emby does good suggestions, Live channels will tune to the channel right on the home screen.

mnspink

Really wish YouTube TV supported Channels. It's the app I use most to watch TV and could really benefit from integration. :(

DeltaEchoXray

I would like to see you be able to have multiple Netflix channels based on different profiles.

I'd like PlayStation Vue to let you choose a specific channel (for example My Shows or Recently Watched) rather than one generic one with a mix of different things.

I'd also like to see both of those apps get Play Next support.

An Amazon Prime Video channel and/or Play Next capability would be nice as well.

sunnydubz

Love the Plex feature, seems more solid than the “On Deck” recommended row (which was rather buggy)

I’d love customisable links for the Live Channels app. For example quick short cuts to a specific channel.

jonmaddox

The Channels app shows what's currently airing with the On Now.

And for DVR users it has Up Next and Movies. More will be added soon.

chottomatteee

One thing that disappoints me is that none of the major apps use "TYPE_PREVIEW" for their channels. Way it works is when you hover over a program/channel/movie/clip, it will play a preview of the selected media, which could be a trailer or if its live tv, show whats currently playing. Hopefully more apps will implement it.

TedDansonsHair

I noticed AccuWeather shows the weather. You need toopenit first for it to show up.

witness_this

Emby is now supporting Oreo, including channels. I haven't had a chance to test it yet though.

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/blog/1/entry-428-emby-for-android-tv-oreo-ready/

burnblue

When I just upgraded the Shield, the Spotify app channel worked. Then I upgraded Spotify from the Play Store, and the channel is broken. I'm logged in. I can't uninstall updates