Appspace App 2.100 expands Chrome IWA capabilities, adds iOS 15 requirements and GPU recovery, and includes 21 maintenance fixes.
Release Date: September 3, 2026
Release Platform: Android · BrightSign · Chrome OS · Chrome IWA · Chrome Extension · Electron · iOS · LG WebOS · Linux Ubuntu · macOS · MediaVue · Tizen · Qbic · UWP WebView 2 · Windows · PWA · Cisco Webex and CE · Crestron · IAdea · Logitech · Mersive · Poly
Important
Appspace maintains a rolling 9-month support window. Bug fixes and security updates are applied exclusively to the latest release. Please ensure your devices stay within this window for continued support. Please refer to the Appspace Supported App Versions to learn more.
New Features & Improvements
| App Features | Description | Affects |
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| Chrome IWA Device Identity, Registration, and Managed Policies | Identify supported enterprise-managed Chrome IWA devices using their serial number or MAC address and use managed registration policies for automatic enterprise registration. Existing registrations can also be recovered when migrating from a supported Chrome App deployment. |
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| Chrome IWA Channel Browsing | Browse assigned live and on-demand channels, preview advanced channels, view images and cards, play supported video content, access EPG information, and play live HLS streams from Chrome IWA devices. |
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| Chrome IWA Continuous Playback and Autoplay | Keep Chrome IWA displays awake during continuous playback and support reliable autoplay for native videos and embedded video cards. Embedded YouTube and Vimeo cards autoplay muted during unattended playback, with audio available after user interaction in channel browsing. |
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| Chrome IWA Controlled Frame and Card Support | Display supported cards and embedded web content within an isolated Controlled Frame while maintaining communication with the Appspace player. Supported scenarios include streamed and cached content, Web (Legacy), and Visitor Card camera access. |
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| Chrome IWA Local Content Storage and Playback | Download and store supported images, videos, and media locally for reliable playback and reduced network usage. Cached media can continue playing offline, while cards continue to stream from Appspace and require network connectivity. |
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| Chrome IWA Device and System Capabilities | Retrieve display and network information, control display rotation, reload the Appspace App, reboot supported kiosk devices, and maintain playback monitoring. Privileged functions require the Companion Extension and supported enterprise or kiosk APIs. |
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| Chrome IWA Device Monitoring and Diagnostics | Report CPU usage and available memory through the Companion Extension to provide administrators with additional device health information. The app continues startup and playback with safe defaults if the extension is unavailable. |
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| Chrome IWA Remote and Network Commands | Send supported system, navigation, and channel-browsing commands to Chrome IWA devices, including restart, resynchronize, reset content, unregister, navigate, load channels, search, and open the EPG. Set the remote.enable device property to true to enable the command server. |
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| Chrome IWA Printing Support | Print supported content directly from Chrome IWA devices to a configured ChromeOS printer. Configure printer selection with the device.printer.options device property using a printer name or IPP/IPPS address. |
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| Qbic Docking Status Support | Detect whether a host device is docked to a supported Qbic TDD-1000 so Room Card and anonymous booking experiences can respond to the connection state. Requires Qbic firmware 1.0.12 or later. |
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| Multi-Channel Synchronized Playback | Play different channels on Controller and Worker devices within the same synchronization group while keeping playback time-aligned. Improved synchronization also reduces playback drift across multi-screen and video wall experiences. |
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| iOS 15 Minimum Requirement | Run Appspace App for Devices on iOS 15 or later. Devices using earlier iOS versions will no longer receive Appspace App updates. |
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| Automatic GPU Crash Recovery | Recover automatically from repeated GPU crashes on Windows, macOS, and Linux devices, reducing prolonged white-screen flickering and the need for manual restarts. |
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Maintenance Release
| Improvement | Details | Ticket |
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| LG WebOS App Update Reliability | LG WebOS 4.0 and 4.1 devices now load the Appspace App correctly after an app update instead of displaying a blank screen. | APC-8535 |
| iOS App Package Availability | iOS deployment packages now include the required IPA file for supported installations and updates. | APC-8530 |
| BrightSign Synchronized Playback Connectivity | BrightSign devices now establish the required connection correctly during synchronized multi-screen playback. | APC-8529 |
| Device App Downloads Catalog | Supported device app packages now appear consistently in the Downloads catalog with the expected package availability and deployment state. | APC-8558 |
| Windows and macOS App Updates | Windows and macOS Electron devices now validate available update packages and continue through the supported app update process. | APC-8538 |
| Device App Package Downloads | Device App packages now appear correctly in Cloud Downloads and complete their deployment status as expected. | APC-8501 |
| Device Log Retrieval | Retrieve Logs tasks now handle large log payloads more reliably and return an accurate task response when the upload completes. | APC-8488 |
| iOS App Store Compliance Processing | iOS packages now include the required encryption compliance declaration so supported App Store processing can proceed without repeated compliance prompts. | APC-8562 |
| Update Now Reliability | Immediate app updates now execute reliably when administrators select Update Now, including when device properties refresh while an update is pending. | APC-8560 |
| PWA Deployment Processing | Supported PWA build metadata is now processed correctly during production deployment workflows. | APC-8546 |
| BrightSign BSN Package Publishing | BrightSign BSN packages now publish successfully to the production storage location used by supported deployments. | APC-8545 |
| Public Cloud Downloads Catalog Updates | Production Downloads catalog updates are now applied to the correct Public Cloud environment. | APC-8544 |
| Device App Package Repository Layout | Device app packages now publish in the expected repository layout so package consumers and download services can locate them correctly. | APC-8543 |
| Selective Device App Deployments | Selective deployments now publish only the device packages chosen for the deployment across supported distribution destinations. | APC-8539 |
| Device App Release Workflow | Device App release workflows now apply the required release approvals and use the appropriate staging and production paths for supported store releases. | APC-8537 |
| Manual Scheduled App Updates | Manual scheduled updates now clear the previous automatic-update state so device configuration accurately reflects the selected update method. | APC-8532 |
| Chrome IWA Device Tasks | Device tasks now execute correctly on Chrome IWA devices without being blocked by ChromeOS security restrictions. | APC-8520 |
| Chrome IWA Card Loading | Cards now load more reliably during Chrome IWA channel browsing without timing out after initialization. | APC-8518 |
| BrightSign AC3 Audio Playback | BrightSign devices now route compressed AC3 audio correctly for HDMI passthrough on supported configurations. To configure this behavior, set player.brightsign.compaudio to hdmi;analog and player.brightsign.forceac3 to true. | APC-8495 |
| macOS App Update Installation | Production macOS Appspace App packages now install correctly during supported app updates. | APC-8466 |
| Qbic App Update Installation | Qbic devices now receive correctly signed production packages so supported over-the-air Appspace App updates install successfully. | APC-8465 |