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Updating the player

Media24 updates the player over the air. When your operator activates a new release, every device learns about it and offers to install it — but on customer-supplied hardware, someone must confirm the install.

The operator activates a release for the whole fleet. Each device learns about it within one heartbeat (about 30 seconds), then downloads and verifies the new APK in the background. Nothing changes on screen while this happens.

When the download is ready, the player shows a banner in the bottom-right corner: “Update ready · <version>” with an Install now button (which you can also reach with a TV remote). Tapping Install now brings up Android’s own install confirmation — the player cannot install silently on your own hardware.

If the install fails, the player shows “Update failed. Keeping current version.” and keeps running the version you already had.

The player relaunches itself automatically after the update installs. Your content and the device’s enrollment both survive the update — you do not need to reconnect the screen.

You do not have to wait for the heartbeat. In the Manager, the Update player command (on a device’s CONTROLS) forces the update check immediately. See Devices and Remote management and commands.