No session status when starting playback on Shield over remote control API

I was hopeful the new 8.3.0 release of the AndroidTV client would fix this problem based on the release notes:

  • Player: update server view state when being controlled via Companion.

Unfortunately the problem still persists in my testing. I have version 8.3.0.18912 (14279def).

I see these possibly related messages in the client logs:

07-06 12:42:44.069 i: [PlaybackTimeBehaviour] Time: 8727 IsStarted: true
07-06 12:42:44.071 i: [Now Playing] Server does not support timelines, ignoring
07-06 12:42:54.072 i: [PlaybackTimeBehaviour] Time: 18731 IsStarted: true
07-06 12:42:54.074 i: [Now Playing] Server does not support timelines, ignoring
07-06 12:43:04.076 i: [PlaybackTimeBehaviour] Time: 28735 IsStarted: true
07-06 12:43:04.078 i: [Now Playing] Server does not support timelines, ignoring
07-06 12:43:12.104 i: [PlaybackTimeBehaviour] Time: 36762 IsStarted: true
07-06 12:43:12.106 i: [Now Playing] Server does not support timelines, ignoring

@mikec_pt is there anything else I can provide?