LBRY v0.17 Has What You've Been Searching For
Samuel Bryan • Oct 12 2017
The latest LBRY app, v0.17, is now available. Get it here.
Release Notes

Added
- Added a new search service. Significantly improved search results.
 - Channels now appear in search results. Channel cards to be improved soon.
 - Add setting to purchase low-cost content without a confirmation dialog automatically.
 - New custom styled scrollbar.
 - New tabs.
 
Changed
- LBRY protocol upgraded from v0.16.1 to v0.17. Significant improvements to download performance anticipated.
 - Improved Discover page load time by batching all URIs into one API call.
 - Changed the File page to make it clearer how to open the folder for a file.
 - Display search bar on discover page instead of title and remove duplicated icon.
 - Minor update for themes.
 - There is no longer a minimum channel length.
 - Changed the File page to make it clearer how to open the folder for a file.
 - The upgrade message is now friendlier and includes a link to the release notes.
 - Local settings refactored and no longer intermixed with LBRY API library.Significantly more detail is shown about past transactions and new filtering options for transactions.
 
Fixed
- Improve layout (and implementation) of the icon panel in file tiles and cards.
 - The folder icon representing a local download now shows up properly on Channel pages.
 - While editing a publication, the URL will no longer change if you select a new file.
 - Fixed issues with opening the folder for a file.
 - Be consistent with the step property on credit inputs.
 - Fixed unresponsive header.
 - Fixed dark theme issues with text content.
 - Minor css fixes.
 - Fixed issue when a file fails to download.
 - Fixed issue after accessing a video without enough Credits.
 - Fixed channel fetching without claims.