MyYTLiveAlert

Features

Release history

1. v1.0.5build 13 · 2026-07-31 · android, windows

   - **Fixed: the Watch button on a notification now opens the video again.** A recent change could leave the notification's Watch button doing nothing (the alert dismissed but no video opened); it now reliably opens the video.

2. v1.0.4build 11 · 2026-07-31 · android, windows

   - **Channel pattern: schedules vs go-lives, and the checking schedule.** The pattern view now tells an **announced (scheduled)** stream apart from when it **actually went live** — with a "When they announce" heatmap and each stream's **drift** ("scheduled 11:00 → live 14:00 (+3h late)"). It also shows **how often we check** the channel each hour. (Schedule data builds up from now on.) - **Video thumbnails on alerts.** Live, scheduled and new-video **notifications** now carry the video's picture — a small image plus a big preview when expanded (Android) and an image on the Windows toast, like YouTube's own. The **Recent alerts** screen shows each video's thumbnail on its row too. Falls back to text / a placeholder if an image can't be fetched.

3. v1.0.3build 10 · 2026-07-30 · android, windows

   - **Live streams open in myyt.app.** Tapping **Watch** on a channel that's live now (from the dashboard, a live video link, or a live notification) opens it in **myyt.app** — so you get the live chat and tools — instead of plain YouTube. Scheduled streams and ordinary videos still open on YouTube. - **Channel pattern now tells schedules from actual go-lives — and shows uploads.** The pattern view distinguishes an **announced (scheduled)** stream from when it **actually went live**, adds a **"When they announce"** heatmap alongside "when they go live", and shows each stream's **drift** (e.g. "scheduled 11:00 → live 14:00 (+3h late)") plus a channel's typical "starts ~Xh late". (Schedule data is collected from now on.)

4. v1.0.2build 8 · 2026-07-30 · android, windows

   - **Watched videos are marked and synced.** When you open a video — from a channel's list, a live/scheduled card, a notification's **Watch** button, or the Recent alerts screen — it's marked **Watched** with a badge on the Followed channels page, and that syncs across your devices (open it on your phone, it shows watched on your PC too). - **See when a channel is usually live.** Tap the new chart icon on any channel in the Channels list to open its publication pattern — a weekly heatmap of when it tends to go live (in your local time) plus its recent lives and uploads, so you can judge its schedule before switching alerts on. Switch between all-time and the last 30 days. (Builds up over time as the server watches the channel.) - **See a channel's latest videos on the dashboard.** Each channel lists its recently published videos right under its row (with how long ago) — tap one to open it. **Choose how far back:** Settings → Videos lets you show the last 24 hours, 3 days, or a week. Live streams stand out — a currently-live video is shown in amber, a past live stream in pale yellow. No extra data cost. - **Home screen is now "Followed channels."** The title better reflects what it shows — all the channels you follow, grouped into Live now / Scheduled / the rest. - **Alerts now stay until you dismiss them.** Every alert — live, scheduled and new-video — remains on screen (with Watch/Dismiss) until you act, instead of some vanishing after a few seconds. On Android you can still swipe them away.

5. v1.0.1build 1 · 2026-07-25 · android, windows

   - **First release.** MyYTLiveAlert reliably alerts you when a favourite YouTuber goes live, and gives a heads-up for scheduled streams — the dependable replacement for YouTube's own unreliable notifications. - **Choose from a curated channel list.** The **Channels** screen shows the channels we've added. Switch on the ones you want alerts for (they all start off). Missing someone? Tap **Request a channel** to send us the @handle/URL — approved channels are added to the list for everyone. - **New-video alerts (opt-in).** As well as lives, you can switch on **"Also alert me for new videos"** per channel to hear about uploads too. Off by default. - **Server-side watching:** all polling happens on the backend (one shared check per channel however many people have it switched on), so the app stays lightweight — it never polls YouTube itself and uses almost no battery or data. - **The Live now dashboard** shows who's live and what's scheduled, with the scheduled start time shown both as a countdown and a clock time ("Starts in 1h 30m (at 14:00)"). It refreshes itself while open. - **Recent alerts history.** A new **Recent alerts** screen keeps every alert we've sent you — live, scheduled and new-video — grouped by day, so a notification you miss or dismiss is never lost. - **Alerts show the timing.** A go-live alert now says **when the stream started** ("Live since 14:02 (3m ago)"); a scheduled alert leads with **when it's due** so an upcoming stream is never mistaken for one that's live now. - **Alerts:** background push on Android; on Windows the app runs in the system tray and pops a toast when a channel goes live. - **Alert sound is yours to choose.** Settings → Notifications has an **Alert sound** toggle (on = plays a sound, off = arrives silently). - **Windows settings:** Settings → Windows has toggles for **Minimise to tray on close** (keep running in the tray vs quit on close) and **Start with Windows** (launch at sign-in so it's always watching). Also available from the tray menu. - **Live alerts stay until you act.** A go-live notification stays on screen until you dismiss it (rather than vanishing after a few seconds) and carries **Watch** and **Dismiss** buttons — so you don't miss a stream that started while you were away from the desk. Scheduled heads-ups stay as quick toasts. - **Fixed: a genuine go-live is never missed.** The server now always alerts on a real not-live → live transition, even when the same stream briefly appeared in its "waiting room" earlier — closing a gap where the true go-live could be silently skipped. - **Fixed: alerts no longer stop after a failed notification.** If one alert couldn't be shown, the app used to silently stop processing further alerts; now it always moves on, so a single hiccup can never wedge the feed. - **Test builds only:** admin-fired test alerts are received only by devices in test mode; a live install never shows a test alert.