Version 1.0.6 is now available for download, both from the link below and from your Apple TV. This version includes a French localization by GoldstarQC, German by therealkerni, and Spanish by dordoka. It also adds indications of updated plugins in the plugin list, which will look like this:

For plugin authors, the implementation works by checking the FRApplianceName and CFBundleName values in your bundle (the former is the localized CFBundleName, btw). If neither of those match the title or the ’short name’ under which you’ve registered your plugin at plugins.awkwardtv.org, then you can add a new key to your Info.plist, like so:

<key>ATVPluginShortName</key>
<string>myshortname</name>

The short name is the value which appears after the ?recordID= bit in the URL for your plugin page at the plugins site.

Yeah, I needed to do that to make it work for loader, which is ‘ATV Loader’ out here, but ‘AwkwardTV’ inside the plugin. Let’s hear it for forward-thinking!¹

And of course, the manual installer is located at the usual place:

Download version 1.0.6