Anthias 2026.07.1

A new Apps tab adds ready-made signage apps such as clocks and news feeds, and a very long asset duration no longer crashes the viewer. If you create assets through the API, check the stricter rules for file paths and YouTube links.

Video keeps its sound after a reboot, and other fixes Large backups restore through the API on boards with 1 GB of RAM, uploads to a full disk say so, and a balena device carries out a reboot even while its supervisor restarts.
A very long asset duration no longer crashes the viewer A duration such as 9999999999999 seconds, typed to keep an asset on screen forever, made the viewer crash and restart over and over. Anthias 2026.07.1 limits durations to 1 year.
Raspberry Pi 2 and Pi 3 keep full resolution when the TV turns off and on On the 32-bit Raspberry Pi 2 and Pi 3 images, a TV that switched itself off and on could leave the picture stuck at 1024x768 until the Pi was power-cycled. The TV's own resolution now returns when it wakes, and a Pi that started with no display starts showing content when you plug one in.
The API checks file paths and YouTube links when you create an asset Creating an asset through the API now protects the files on your player: a file path has to point into the asset folder, and a youtube_asset needs a YouTube link. An integration that relied on either may need a change.
A new Apps tab for adding ready-made signage apps A clock in the lobby or a news feed in the break room no longer means hunting for a web page to paste in. Pick an app from the signage app store in Add asset > Apps, fill in its settings, and it plays like any other asset.

Anthias 2026.07.1

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