News Summary:
On July 16, 2026, Philo's Engineering team marked three years of utilizing Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) across its mobile TV and web clients in production. Previously, on June 22, 2026, Philo implemented pause ads, making its subscribers accessible to advertisers through this new feature. This follows Philo's expansion of its free streaming lineup on May 19, 2026, with the addition of 12 ad-supported channels from Warner Bros. Discovery. The new channels, which include *All Out Alaska*, *Chasing Criminals*, *Dead Files*, *History Untold*, *I Was Haunted*, *Living with Evil*, *Love Kills*, *Medical Incredible*, *MythBusters*, *Reality Gone Wild*, *Say Yes to the Dress*, and *Survive or Die*, became available to both free users and paid subscribers. This addition brought Philo's total standalone free ad-supported live channels to over 140, accessible without a subscription.