diff --git a/blog/2025/04-15-XboxUWP-0.9/index.mdx b/blog/2025/04-15-XboxUWP-0.9/index.mdx index d92703b0..30507f90 100644 --- a/blog/2025/04-15-XboxUWP-0.9/index.mdx +++ b/blog/2025/04-15-XboxUWP-0.9/index.mdx @@ -6,29 +6,29 @@ slug: xbox-v0.9.0 tags: [release, xbox, uwp] --- -Better late then never. The UWP wrapper for jellyfin has a new Maintainer and its first release since 2020. +Better late then never. The UWP app for Jellyfin now has a new Maintainer and its first release in 5 years. /- JPVenson {/* truncate */} The Jellyfin app on Xbox has been unmaintained for quite a while. -While it was on lifesupport for the last couple of years, we were occasually merging PRs and fixing bugs though the last release is now over 5 years ago. +While it was on lifesupport for the last couple of years, we were occasionally merging PRs and fixing bugs. -As there is still continued intrest in the application and for Jellyfin to be available on Xbox overall, i decided to take over at least the superficial duties of keeping it operational and releasing if there are new Features or Bugfixes. +With the last release now 5 years old, and the continued interest in Jellyfin being available on Xbox overall, I decided to take over at least the superficial duties of keeping it operational and releasing if there are new Features or bug fixes. # UWP 0.9.0 release -This new release has now been approved and is available as a new version in the microsoft store for up-to-date Xbox consoles. +This new release has now been approved and is available as a new version on the Microsoft store for up-to-date Xbox consoles. -It generally contains a number of bugfixes but namely also the Update to WebView2. -As the app is nothing more then an Web-Browser with a few tweeks, this is a huge step up and allows xboxs to use a chromium based browser instead of the old Legacy-Edge one. -This brings for example the capabilities to display HVEC encoded media alongside a few other features that makes the whole experience quite a bit better. +It contains a number of bug fixes, but the main update is the move to WebView2. +As the app is nothing more then a web browser with a few tweaks, this is a huge step up and allows Xboxes to use a Chromium-based browser instead of the old Legacy-Edge one. +This brings the capability to display HEVC encoded media alongside a few other features that makes the whole experience a lot better. # What to expect I will be actively managing pull requests and try my best with bug reports, though we are still very reliant on your help with new features and bugfixes. -If there are enough features and bug fixes done and merged, you can however expect more releases in the future although i will not give a definitive timeline for that. +If there are enough features and bug fixes done and merged, you can expect more releases in the future, though I will not give a definitive timeline for that. \- JPVenson. \ No newline at end of file