- Fix
Raspberry Pi 4 and balena x86 players no longer get stuck on the boot splash
A Raspberry Pi 4, or an x86 PC running the balena image, could boot to the Anthias splash screen and stay there. Both now get past the splash and play your content.
- Fix
Upgraded devices no longer crash-loop on a permission error in anthias.conf
A device upgraded from an older Anthias release starts the viewer on the first boot of 2026.05.2, instead of restarting it over and over with a PermissionError on anthias.conf.
- Fix
Raspberry Pi 2 and Pi 3 wait for a display instead of crash-looping
With no screen connected at boot, or a TV that is slow to wake up, the viewer on a Raspberry Pi 2 or 3 now waits and starts on its own once a display appears.
- Improvement
Devices installed from a disk image now get updates over the air
A device flashed from an Anthias 2026.05.2 disk image or newer follows the latest stable release, instead of staying on the version you downloaded.
- Fixes and improvements
Raspberry Pi 5 no longer fills its storage with core dumps, and other fixes
The balena Releases page shows the real Anthias version, the official Raspberry Pi 5 balena fleet gets the memory setting 4K HEVC playback needs, and the docs cover the Raspberry Pi Imager write error on macOS.