Version History

Updated for the new Giant Bomb.

• Updated UI with support for iOS 26 and Liquid Glass.
• Revamped iPad layout.
• New “Library” screen with access to downloads, in-progress videos, and your watchlist.
• Linking your account is now optional (but strongly recommended!).
• Added embedded YouTube player for YouTube-only videos.
• Added new “auto” and “audio” playback options.
• Your watchlist nows syncs with the website.
• Added a new “Premium Videos” notification preference.
• Decoupled the download quality level from the stream quality level.
• Improved sort options.

• Updated for iOS 16.
• Dropped support for iOS 14.
• You can now add the Upcoming widget to your Lock Screen.
• Improved support for the new system video player.
• Updated widget appearance.
• Miscellaneous UI tweaks.

• Fixed an issue with the home screen featured section layout.

• Improved home screen layout behaviour and performance.
• Updated settings UI.
• Fixed an issue where the home screen would occasionally fail to update automatically.
• Resolved an issue where playback would pause after showing the mini player.
• The app will now correctly restore the previous UI context when resuming from Picture-in-Picture playback.
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and UI tweaks.

• Resolved an issue playing videos while offline.
• Fixed a rare crash when refreshing the home screen.
• Addressed an issue where some text labels are clipped at certain Dynamic Type font sizes.

• Added new Mobile and Medium quality options for supported videos.
• You can now optionally receive notifications when Giant Bomb is hosting a Twitch stream.
• The home screen now includes active Twitch chats and GB Infinite.
• Added an “Open in YouTube” menu option for supported videos.
• Fixed an issue where real staff names aren’t used when a video has multiple upload credits.
• Fixed an issue where the player would enter an invalid state after resuming the app when the “Pause in Background” setting in enabled.
• Improved UI performance.
• Improved registration flow.
• Significantly improved database read performance.
• Optimized disk writes.
• Miscellaneous UI tweaks.
• Thank you, Jeff! ❤️

• Fixed a crash when fetching upcoming data.
• Improved home screen performance.

• Updated UI for iOS 15.
• Added Dynamic Type support.
• Added context menus throughout the app.
• Improved search.
• Added new onboarding UI.
• Added a workaround for an issue where audio playback fails with certain livestreams.
• Miscellaneous bug fixes.

• Improved trackpad and mouse support on iPad.
• Fixed a layout issue when using Split View or Slide Over multitasking.
• Unavailable video quality options are now hidden.
• Improved VoiceOver support.
• Increased tap target size for some UI elements.
• General accessibility improvements.

• Fixed an issue fetching the upcoming schedule.
• Addressed an issue where selecting “See All” on the premium carousel shows non-premium videos.
• Improved Chromecast behaviour.

• Fixed an issue displaying the Upcoming widget when there’s nothing on the schedule.
• Updated widget tint colours.
• Improved widget refreshing behaviour.
• Addressed an issue where the database size is calculated incorrectly on the reset data screen.

• Added Live & Upcoming widget.
• Added large Continue Watching widget.
• You can now change the video playback rate.
• Fixed an issue where videos may appear out of order in the Continue Watching widget.
• Improved support for back button context menus.
• Video “in this episode” associations are now hidden by default.
• Improved responsiveness when marking videos as played.
• Addressed a crash when the app enters the background.
• Improved performance.
• Updated for iOS 14.4.

• Updated for iOS 14.3.
• Added “Open in Safari” menu item.
• Tapping the “Live” button will now seek to live playback.
• Fixed an issue showing the livestream deck.
• Resolved an issue where the “Mark as Played” menu item would erroneously appear on livestreams.

• Updated for iOS 14.2.
• Added video thumbnails to Now Playing.
• Added a green indicator to finished videos.
• Fixed an issue where the app would exit fullscreen video after ending PiP playback.
• Exiting fullscreen video will no longer automatically pause playback.
• Fixed an issue showing the “no results” view.
• Updated player view duration appearance.
• Updated menu style on iOS 14.

• Added “Continue Watching” Widget.
• Improved Chromecast support on iOS 14.
• Fixed an issue where the playback controls would sometimes be disabled on iOS 14.
• Reduced the delay when opening videos from a notification.
• Added file size indicators.
• Fixed several layout issues.

• Added video length to the player view.
• Updated for iOS 14.

• Updated featured videos algorithm.
• Fixed an issue where the “edit” button is erroneously disabled.
• Improved performance.

• Fixed an issue searching for videos by staff member.
• Staff members are now sorted by last name.
• Resolved several UI issues.

• Added Advanced Search.
• Updated account linking UI.
• Fixed an issue saving video progress.
• Videos played to within 10 seconds of completion will now count as finished.
• Improved UI performance.

• You can now add videos to your personal watchlist.
• The player screen has been redesigned.
• Added real staff names.
• Watched videos will no longer appear in the featured section.
• Improved home screen performance.
• Selecting the current show will now navigate to the show screen.
• Miscellaneous UI tweaks and fixes.

• Fixed a crash after updating to version 1.4.2.

• Updated for iOS 13.5.
• Added transparent show artwork.
• Unavailable video quality levels are now hidden.
• The app will now switch to an available quality level when the previously selected quality level is unavailable.
• Fixed an issue where redundant partial files aren’t automatically deleted.
• Addressed an issue where playback would sometimes reset.
• Resolved an issue where the home screen loading indicator would appear over content.
• Minor UI tweaks.

• Fixed an issue that would prevent the Continue Watching section from appearing.
• Resolved an issue where the home screen wouldn’t automatically refresh data after entering the foreground.

• Added Featured videos section.
• Added Upcoming section.
• Video progress is now saved offline and synced when an internet connection is available.
• Improved UI performance.
• Introduced the ability to manually clear the offline database and image cache.
• Resolved several layout issues when multitasking on iPad.
• Miscellaneous bug fixes.

• Fixed an issue that caused certain videos to not appear in the UI.
• Improved error handling.

• Added a new playback settings screen with “autoplay” and “pause in background” toggles.
• Fixed a crash when loading videos.

• Added the Mini Player.
• You can now mark a video as played.
• Fixed an issue that would prevent video progress from syncing.
• Resolved an issue where video playback would reset while casting.
• Improved Control Center Now Playing support.
• Addressed an issue where popovers were misaligned.
• Fixed a layout issue when browsing videos in grid mode.
• Improved the legibility of vibrant playback controls.
• Updated the video management UI.
• Addressed an issue where parts of the UI would be obscured in landscape mode.
• Resolved a data caching issue.
• Fixed an issue where casting would fail if the video had previously been played to completion.

• Fixed an issue that would cause the app to crash when browsing videos.

• Resolved a layout issue with the show header.
• Fixed a crash when loading videos.

• Restored the livestream deck.
• Fixed an issue where selecting “View More” would show all results.

• Added home screen show sections.
• Fixed a crash when loading videos.
• Fixed a crash after pausing a Picture-in-Picture video.
• Added a workaround for an issue that would cause the scroll indicator to become obscured.

• Added iPad support.
• Landscape orientation is now supported on iPhone.
• The show screen now includes grid mode and ordering.
• The search results screen now includes grid mode.
• Improved animations.
• Fixed a number of Google Cast issues.
• Fixed video playback issues.

• Updated the registration UI to better match the rest of the app.
• Reduced disk usage by periodically cleaning up temporary and unused files.
• Updated toast appearance.
• Resolved a visual glitch when presenting the Google Cast device chooser on iOS 13.
• Fixed an issue where selecting a video while already casting wouldn’t play the new video.
• Improved stability on iOS 12.
• Miscellaneous bug fixes.

• Updated for iOS 13.
• Notifications now include images and will open the associated video when selected.
• Improved Google Cast integration.
• Miscellaneous bug fixes.

• Casting video now uses the selected quality level.
• Increased the tab bar icon contrast.
• Fixed some bugs and tweaked the UI.

• Fixed a crash when casting video.

• Google Cast support is now enabled.
• The player view now includes more information, like show details and topics.
• Performance has been improved across the board.
• The UI has been tweaked and some bugs have been squashed.

• Initial release.