Compare the application and operating system
SBS’s June 2026 notice describes progressive retirement from 31 March 2026 of listed older app versions. Its requirements distinguish iOS and tvOS seventeen or later, Android mobile eight or later, and Android TV nine or later. A phone’s Android requirement therefore should not be copied onto an Android television. Read both the installed app version and the relevant device category.
Update when that device can meet the requirement
The notice says an operating-system update can allow installation of a newer app, while a device already meeting the requirement may need only an app update. For Fire TV, its documented system route uses Settings, My Fire TV or Device & Software, About and Check for System Update; the SBS app is then updated from its Appstore page. Those are two separate updates.
Recognise the listed no-update cases
SBS identifies no available update for the listed Fetch Mini Gen 3 H626T and affected Panasonic or older Hisense cases. Repeating an update search does not establish a software path the publisher has excluded. Check another supported device already available in the household rather than treating a retired television application as proof that the television panel itself cannot display a programme.
Use a connected computer with the existing screen
SBS separately documents connecting a laptop or desktop to the television by HDMI, selecting the matching television input and opening SBS On Demand in the computer’s browser. Sign in there and use that supported website route. Check the actual ports or adapter needed by the computer. This changes the playback device feeding the screen; it does not reinstall the retired native television app.