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I’m one of the developers of Aye. I posted the first Mac version here a little over 30 days ago. Rather than repeat the launch post, I wanted to come back with the update people actually kept asking for.

PROBLEM

A video can be playing in Telegram Web while saving that exact item is still awkward. Copying the page URL does not identify the video, and moving to another app breaks the flow if the rest of the work is already in the browser.

Aye now adds a Save Current Media control to the video that is open in Telegram Web. After clicking it, the file appears in Aye’s Downloads panel. I wait for the status to change from Downloading to Completed, then use Show in folder to verify the file.

This works one visible item at a time. It is not a channel archiver or bulk scraper.

COMPARISON

Safari and Chrome are better-known general browsers, but they do not add this Aye-specific media control or its completion check to the Telegram page. Telegram Desktop should still be the first option when its own save action already does what you need.

Compared with installing a generic media-downloader extension such as Video DownloadHelper, Aye’s control is built into the browser and is designed around the media currently open in the Telegram tab. There is no separate extension to install. The trade-off is that Aye does not claim to detect every media type or every future Telegram Web layout.

PRICING

Aye is currently free on the Mac App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/app/aye-browser/id6760281977

The boundary matters: Aye only handles media the signed-in account can already view and that the user has the right to save. It does not bypass login, invitations, DRM, paywalls, Telegram permissions, or other access controls. Saving a local copy also does not grant redistribution rights.

For people who use Telegram Web on a Mac: is the more annoying part finding the right file, tracking a large download, or verifying where it was saved?

Hi r/windowsapps — I’m one of the developers of Aye. I posted an early Windows build here about a month ago.

The feature I expected people to ask about was the browser agent. The request that kept coming back was much simpler: “Can I save the Telegram Web video I already have open?”

So I added a download control directly to Telegram Web inside Aye. The current Windows flow is:

1. Open Telegram Web in Aye and sign in normally.

2. Open the specific video you want to save.

3. Use the Save Current Media button on the video.

4. Wait for Aye’s Downloads panel to show Completed, then open the file location.

It handles one visible media item at a time. It is not a channel archiver, and it does not bypass login, invitations, DRM, paywalls, Telegram permissions, or other access controls. It only works with media the signed-in account can already view and that you have the right to save. Some media types or page layouts may not be recognized.

Aye is currently free for Windows:

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9ndw5t4cs476

For people who use Telegram Web on Windows: would better retry/progress reporting for large videos be more useful than selecting several already-visible items at once?

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VidHub for Mac — New Version Coming Soon to TestFlight 🚀

We’re preparing a new version of VidHub for Mac, with several improvements:

• A brand-new Mac UI, further aligned with the iOS version
• Continued improvements to interactions and overall usability, creating a more consistent experience across Mac, iPhone, and iPad
• Added support for ISO files

The new version is still being optimized and will be available on TestFlight soon.

If you have a Mac and would like to help test the new version, you’re very welcome to join our TestFlight. Whether it’s bugs, usability feedback, or feature suggestions, we’d love to hear from you.

Thank you for your continued support of VidHub ❤️

VidHub iOS TestFlight & Android Official Version Updates Are Here 🚀

We’ve released new updates for both the iOS TestFlight build and the Android official version, with a focus on improving playback stability, seeking, TV series playback, and the media library experience.

📱 iOS TestFlight
Version: 3.0.4

This update mainly fixes an issue where, with buffered playback enabled, seeking or dragging the progress bar could sometimes cause unexpected episode skipping.

Key updates:

• Fixed an issue where seeking during buffered playback could cause episodes to skip
• Improved seek stability
• Optimized the continuous TV series watching experience

📱 Android Mobile
Version: 3.0.1

📺 Android TV
Version: 3.0.0

Key Android updates:

• Improved playback stability
• Enhanced Dolby compatibility
• Added disk caching support
• Optimized remote seeking / progress navigation
• Prioritized local versions when watching TV series
• Improved synopsis display
• Improved complete episode loading
• Added the option to remove items from “Continue Watching”

The latest iOS version has been pushed to TestFlight, and the Android official version has also been updated. Feel free to download and try them out.

If you run into any issues, please continue to send us your feedback. Thank you, as always, for your support of VidHub ❤️

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🎉 We’re celebrating 2,400 members in the VidHub community!

As we mentioned before, we’ll be picking lucky users from the comments and giving away VidHub all-platform trial memberships! 🎁

Thank you all for your continued support, and a warm welcome to everyone who has recently joined us. If you haven’t participated yet, come join in through the comments!

We’ll also be sharing more about VidHub’s upcoming development plans and progress very soon.

In the meantime, why not take a guess:
What do you think we’ve been working on lately? 👀

Drop your guesses in the comments!

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New Third-Party Playback Integration for VidHub
VidHub now offers a new /play integration for third-party apps, with support for iOS, tvOS, macOS, Android Mobile, and Android TV.
The new method supports resume positions, filenames, external subtitles, and playback callbacks—including the final position and finished or stopped status. Existing /open integrations remain supported.

Android users, please download the latest version from our official website.

iOS users, please contact me to join the TestFlight beta.

VidHub Official Website: https://okaapps.com/product/1659622164
English documentation: https://vidhub.okaapps.com/3rd-party-app-integration/

Chinese documentation: https://zh.vidhub.okaapps.com/ru-he-di-san-fang-ying-yong-he-fu-wu-diao-yong-vidhub-apibo-fang-ying-pian/

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In July, we completed many important improvements and development milestones:

✅ Completed the new Android TV UI (official website download version)
✅ Completed the new Apple TV UI (TestFlight version, currently not yet available on the App Store)
✅ Added many new features and experience improvements
✅ Apple TV now supports Top Shelf poster display
✅ Android TV now supports playback buffering for a smoother viewing experience
✅ x-callback-url support will also be available soon. Stay tuned!

Along the way, we sincerely appreciate every VidHub user who has supported us ❤️

Every suggestion and piece of feedback from our users is carefully recorded. It is because of your continuous feedback that VidHub can keep improving and becoming better.

For features that have not been implemented yet, please be patient and give us some time 🙏
We have all your requests recorded and will evaluate them based on actual needs and development feasibility before gradually adding them in future updates.

So, what new changes will VidHub bring in August?

Feel free to make your guesses 👇
Users who guess correctly will receive a surprise reward 🎁

Leave a comment and tell us what features you would like to see added to VidHub next!

Many users have asked VidHub to support x-callback-url callbacks. We have been carefully tracking your feedback and recently began developing this feature.

The new third-party playback integration is currently in testing and is expected to roll out across all platforms in the next version.

Here’s how you can try it:

• iOS: The feature will first be available through TestFlight. To join the test, please send us the email address associated with your TestFlight account via direct message.
• Android: The test version is available for download from the VidHub official website, allowing you to try the new x-callback-url callback feature in advance.

The VidHub Android TV version has also received two new updates:

✨ The New UI Is Now Available
You can now download and try it from the VidHub official website.

✨ New Caching Feature
The new caching feature can significantly reduce buffering and provide a smoother, more stable playback experience.

Thank you for your continued feedback and support! We will keep listening to your suggestions and improving the VidHub experience.

We have a small update regarding the Apple TV (tvOS) TestFlight testing and the upcoming Android TV version:

The VidHub tvOS TestFlight testing slots are now open for applications. Users who would like to participate in the early testing can contact me to apply.

For users who have already contacted me, your information has been registered. We will send out TestFlight invitation emails gradually within 3 business days, so please keep an eye on your inbox.

If you still haven’t received the invitation after 3 business days from submitting your request, feel free to contact me again so we can check the status.

During the testing period, if you encounter any issues or have any feature suggestions, please feel free to share your feedback with us. We will continue improving and optimizing VidHub based on your feedback.

In addition, the long-awaited VidHub Android TV brand-new UI version will officially launch this week! 🎉

This Android TV update includes a completely redesigned interface and user experience improvements, bringing a cleaner, more beautiful UI that is better optimized for big-screen operation.

Everyone will be able to download and try the new version this week. We also welcome you to check out the new Android TV interface and share your thoughts and suggestions with us.

Thank you all for your continued support of VidHub. We will keep working hard to provide everyone with a better viewing experience! ❤️

Take a look at our new Android TV UI.

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Our brand-new Apple TV UI is now available on TestFlight!

Users who have already joined our TestFlight program can download and install the latest build directly from the TestFlight app. Please feel free to contact me with any issues or feedback during testing.

For those who have not joined yet, please send me the email address you would like to use for the TestFlight invitation. If you have already contacted me but have not received a reply, please be patient—I will respond as soon as I see your message.

Recent TestFlight invitations have already been sent, so please check your inbox. If you still have not received one, contact me again so I can confirm it.

Our Android TV version is also currently in development. Stay tuned!

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Hello everyone,

We are the VidHub development team.

Trakt has recently made changes to some of its APIs and related rules. To ensure that VidHub can adapt to these changes promptly and continue providing users with stable and complete watch history and playback progress synchronization, we would like to get in touch with the relevant Trakt representative or API technical team to confirm the specific changes and compatibility requirements.

VidHub is currently reviewing Trakt’s latest updates and working on the necessary adaptations. To avoid any misunderstandings of the API changes that could affect the user experience, we would greatly appreciate it if anyone could share the contact information of a Trakt representative, developer relations team member, or API support specialist, or help connect us with the appropriate person.

Please feel free to contact us via private message or leave a comment if you have any relevant information. Thank you very much for your help!

Hello everyone,

We are the VidHub development team.

Trakt has recently made changes to some of its APIs and related rules. To ensure that VidHub can adapt to these changes promptly and continue providing users with stable and complete watch history and playback progress synchronization, we would like to get in touch with the relevant Trakt representative or API technical team to confirm the specific changes and compatibility requirements.

VidHub is currently reviewing Trakt’s latest updates and working on the necessary adaptations. To avoid any misunderstandings of the API changes that could affect the user experience, we would greatly appreciate it if anyone could share the contact information of a Trakt representative, developer relations team member, or API support specialist, or help connect us with the appropriate person.

Please feel free to contact us via private message or leave a comment if you have any relevant information. Thank you very much for your help!

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Disclosure: I'm one of the people building Aye, a free Chromium-based browser for Mac and Windows.

Our original bet was that people wanted an AI agent inside the browser. Instead of only giving instructions, it can read the current page, plan the next steps, click, type, switch tabs, check the result, and turn a successful workflow into a reusable Skill.

That is where most of our engineering time went.

Then we released it, and the feature users kept mentioning was much simpler: saving Telegram videos they can already view.

Honestly, that stung a little. We had spent months thinking about planning, browser actions, verification, scheduling, and safety boundaries. A one-click utility was easier for people to understand and immediately more useful.

But the signal makes sense. With the downloader, the problem is obvious, the result is immediate, and the user can tell in a second whether it worked. An agent may be more capable, but the user still has to explain the job, wait through several steps, and review the outcome.

It changed how we're thinking about the product. The ambitious Agent may be the engine, but it does not have to be the front door.

Our next experiment is to lead with small, deterministic actions and make it easy to turn repeated ones into Skills. For example: save this video, summarize this page, or handle this narrow support workflow. The user gets an immediate result first, then can decide whether the workflow is worth reusing or scheduling.

Aye is free: https://okaapps.com/product/6760281977

Have you ever built one feature as the center of your product, only to have users pull you toward something much simpler?

Disclosure: I'm one of the people building Aye.

Introduction

Aye is a free Chromium-based browser for Mac and Windows with an AI agent that can read the page you are viewing, plan multi-step tasks, click, type, switch tabs, verify results, and turn successful workflows into reusable Skills.

Why it stands out [Key Features]

- Works inside the user's real browser session instead of a separate chat window.

- Turns narrow browser actions into reusable and schedulable Skills.

- Saves videos and images from Telegram Web, including private channels the signed-in account can already view. It does not bypass access controls.

- Keeps sign-in, CAPTCHAs, payments, and other sensitive or final actions under human control.

Who's using it? [Existing users / traction]

Aye is publicly available on the Mac App Store and Microsoft Store. Early Mac and Windows users have been most vocal about the Telegram media-saving workflow because the problem is concrete and the result is immediately verifiable.

Pricing Plans

Free on both Mac and Windows. There is currently no paid plan.

Discounts / offers

No discount is needed because the current product is free.

Try Aye

https://okaapps.com/product/6760281977

I'd especially like feedback on this: would you rather discover an AI browser through one concrete utility first, or through the broader agent workflow?

New Apple TV UI Preview | Poster Display on the tvOS Home Screen

A brand-new Apple TV UI update is on the way! VidHub will soon support poster artwork on the tvOS Home Screen, with two different poster styles available to choose from. Here’s a first look at how they appear!

This feature has not been officially released yet. Those interested in trying it early can contact me to join the TestFlight program. You’ll be able to test it once the new TestFlight build becomes available.

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Hi, I'm the developer of Aye, a free Chromium-based browser for Mac and Windows.

Saving videos and images from Telegram Web can be more awkward than it should be, so I added download controls directly to the media viewer. You open Telegram Web in Aye, browse normally, and save the video or image you are currently viewing.

It works with media your account can already view in Telegram Web, including non-public conversations. It does not grant access to anything outside your existing account permissions, and it does not require Telegram API credentials or a second login.

Aye is free on both Mac and Windows appstore.

If you use Telegram Web regularly, I'd be interested to hear which media-saving workflow is still frustrating for you.

Originally, I set out to build an AI browser. But so far, most users seem to care less about the AI and more about simple browser features that solve an immediate problem. Telegram media downloading has become one of Aye's most-used features.

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Disclosure: I'm one of the people building Aye, a free Chromium-based browser for Mac and Windows.

Our original bet was that people wanted an AI agent inside the browser. Instead of only giving instructions, it can read the current page, plan the next steps, click, type, switch tabs, check the result, and turn a successful workflow into a reusable Skill.

That is where most of our engineering time went.

Then we released it, and the feature users kept mentioning was much simpler: saving Telegram videos they can already view.

Honestly, that stung a little. We had spent months thinking about planning, browser actions, verification, scheduling, and safety boundaries. A one-click utility was easier for people to understand and immediately more useful.

But the signal makes sense. With the downloader, the problem is obvious, the result is immediate, and the user can tell in a second whether it worked. An agent may be more capable, but the user still has to explain the job, wait through several steps, and review the outcome.

It changed how we're thinking about the product. The ambitious Agent may be the engine, but it does not have to be the front door.

Our next experiment is to lead with small, deterministic actions and make it easy to turn repeated ones into Skills. For example: save this video, summarize this page, or handle this narrow support workflow. The user gets an immediate result first, then can decide whether the workflow is worth reusing or scheduling.

Aye is free: https://okaapps.com/product/6760281977

Have you ever built one feature as the center of your product, only to have users pull you toward something much simpler?

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Disclosure: I'm one of the developers of Aye.

Most productivity apps help me remember what I need to do. My problem was that I still had to do the boring browser part myself: open the same pages, move between tabs, copy the same details, and check whether I missed something.

So we built Aye, a Chromium-based browser for Mac and Windows with an agent inside it. You can give it a task such as opening a list of pages, finding the same few fields on each one, and summarizing the differences. It works in normal browser tabs, so you can watch the steps rather than sending the whole task into a black box.

The part that has been most useful to me is saving a workflow that worked as a reusable Skill. For recurring tasks, it can also be scheduled instead of starting from scratch each time.

It is not "set it and forget it" for everything. Sign-ins, CAPTCHAs, payments, account changes, and final submissions still need human involvement, and I still review the result.

Aye is free: https://okaapps.com/product/6760281977

What browser task do you repeat every week that is annoying, predictable, and probably should not require a human every time?

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Disclosure: I'm one of the people building Aye, a Chromium-based browser with an agent built into it.

When we started, the ambitious part was obvious: instead of asking AI for instructions, let it actually work inside the browser. The agent can read the current page, plan the next action, click, type, switch tabs, and check whether anything changed.

We assumed those multi-step workflows would be the feature users talked about most.

They weren't.

The feature people mention most is saving Telegram videos they can already view.

That was slightly humbling after spending so much time on planning, browser actions, verification, reusable Skills, and scheduled tasks. But the more I thought about it, the more sense it made.

Saving a video is immediate and deterministic. You click once, know exactly what should happen, and can tell right away whether it worked. There is no prompt to write, no ambiguous definition of "done," and almost no trust required.

Delegating work to an agent is different. The possible value is much larger, but the user has to explain the task, wait through several steps, review the result, and decide how much control to give away. Sign-ins, CAPTCHAs, account changes, payments, and important submissions still need human involvement.

This changed how I think about agent products. Maybe autonomy shouldn't be the first experience. A small, reliable tool can earn some trust first. Then users may be more willing to try a reusable Skill, and eventually scheduled multi-step work.

Are agent products trying to earn autonomy before they have earned trust?