Released in November 2007 with Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard), version two of Front Row included the new features introduced with the Apple TV (except for the YouTube viewer), a different opening transition, ending AirTunes functionality, and a launcher application in addition to the Command+Escape keyboard shortcut.įront Row 2 has an undocumented plug-in architecture, for which various third-party plugins are now available, based on reverse-engineering the Front Row environment. In the summer of 2007, Apple released an update adding streaming of YouTube videos. Among the features added were more prominent podcasts and TV show menus, trailer streaming, a settings menu, streaming content from computers on the local network, and album and video art for local media. The next incarnation, released in the original Apple TV software in March 2007, was a complete, stand alone application that played content directly from libraries. Front Row v1.3.1 running on Tiger Apple TV
