1.40.0 (2026-08-24)
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Add to queue: Error message is shown when adding to queue from certain channels (e39ff88)
- Disable Play Store updates: Change manifest version code but preserve existing internal version code checks (#2470) (8fc60e8)
- Network proxy: Avoid platform HTTPS fallback (#2510) (bc6c9be)
- Reddit: Add legacy app target of
2024.02.0to allow logging in then upgrading the patched installation (#2473) (e7c32bf) - Reddit: If Google sign-in is attempted then show a popup to use email/password to login (9f0d9f0)
- Reddit: Improve login compatibility (#2423) (1344e30)
- YouTube - Add to queue: "Overridde 'Play next in queue' button" not working (#2539) (235d3c6)
- YouTube - Captions: Auto captions do not show when video is unmuted (#2436) (e80ce29)
- YouTube - Hide layout components: Hide hype points in description (6a398c4)
- YouTube - Hide layout components: Hide padding when using "Hide horizontal shelves" (11435a7)
- YouTube - Hide layout components: Hide video recommendation labels only in search results (a5d7677)
- YouTube - Hide layout components: Library filter bar being hidden (8dd791c)
- YouTube - Hide Shorts components: Shorts filter not working in search results (2178eb5)
- YouTube - Navigation bar: Merge disable translucent navigation bar/status into a single setting (#2451) (652a515)
- YouTube - Override YouTube Music buttons: Resolve intent routing failure (#2487) (a8761c2)
- YouTube - Seekbar thumbnail: Prevent thumbnail resizing fluctuations (0ce23bd)
- YouTube - Seekbar thumbnail: Reduced heatmap peak point font pad… (#2564) (1209b95)
- YouTube - Seekbar: Dynamically set round edges for 'most replayed' label background (#2462) (80791b7)
- YouTube - Swipe controls: Do not restore the brightness when the player returns from picture in picture (2deb2a7)
- YouTube: Override feature flag that interferes with "Restore old player button style" (3ff43e5)
- YouTube: Prevent playback speed/quality UI text from wrapping at large font sizes (#2403) (9123870)
✨ New Features
- Reddit: Disable forced in-app update popup (#2416) (e0616a6)
- Spoof video streams: Default client maintenance (#2479) (62c6a35)
- Spoof video streams: Makes
TV Simplyavailable in signed-out or incognito mode by generating a PoToken (#2533) (c9a1622) - Theme: Change the app background color from the app settings (#2524) (4d89ab2)
- YouTube - Background playback: Prevent paused videos from auto-resuming after returning to app (b2799ae)
- YouTube - Hide layout components: Add "Hide live chat tooltips" setting (#2463) (9f95b8e)
- YouTube - Hide layout components: Add "Hide Notifications menu header" setting (#2445) (2fd2eb5)
- YouTube - Playback speed: Add "Default playback audio pitch" setting (#2282) (2f5efc1)
- YouTube - Seekbar thumbnail: Added most watched section marker during seeking (5752c7e)
- YouTube - Swipe control: Redesign swipe control action settings (#2368) (f7196f7)
- YouTube - Swipe controls: Add "Ignore swipes when locked" setting (#2469) (1fce673)
- YouTube - Swipe controls: Support swipe controls in split-screen (#2503) (f2b04c2)
- YouTube: Add "Back button exits the feed" setting (#2488) (fe8e03c)
🚀 Updated App Support
- Reddit: Add experimental support for
2026.32.0(#2405) (7149c54) - Reddit: Add experimental support for
2026.34.0(260f6d3) - YouTube Music: Add experimental support for
9.31.51(bbd6f5b) - YouTube Music: Add experimental support for
9.32.51(#2458) (9b280d0) - YouTube Music: Add experimental support for
9.33.52(2e7fe4c) - YouTube: Add experimental support for
21.33.321(2cfc72b) - YouTube: Add experimental support for
21.34.243(50ba5d6)