What's New in Alpha 5
New Features
Tablet & TV Layouts
- Two-column Now Playing layout for tablets with inline queue panel
- TV-optimized Now Playing layout with browse queue sidebar
Player Group Management
- Speaker group management sheet for multi-room audio control
- In-group players sorted to top for quick visibility
Queue
- Save as Playlist option in queue overflow menu
Improvements
Playback Sync
- Time sync now slows to 3-second maintenance bursts once Kalman filter converges
- Always-on silence keeps DAC timestamps warm while connected for faster playback start
- Fixed sync error calibration and start gating timing
Bug Fixes
- Fixed back navigation in server edit wizard
- Fixed player group sheet using wrong device ID (was using selected player instead of this device)
- Removed overly restrictive provider filter from player group sheet that hid compatible players
Commits Since Alpha 4
- 8b94ffe - Sort in-group players to top of player group sheet
- 97ea218 - Fix sync error calibration and start gating timing
- fa0acce - Fix back navigation in server edit wizard
- a7a5f51 - Show all available players in group sheet, remove provider filter
- da2d1b0 - Fix player group sheet: use this device's ID, provider-based fallback, rename to Players
- ea707c6 - Add Save as Playlist to queue overflow menu
- 185a2c8 - Add TV Now Playing layout, browse queue sidebar, and speaker group management
- 57f9fa0 - Slow time sync to 3s maintenance bursts once Kalman filter converges
- 5298906 - Always-on silence: keep DAC timestamps warm while connected
- 1572099 - Add tablet two-column Now Playing with inline queue panel
Install: Download the APK below once the build completes and install on Android 8.0+ devices
Previous Release: v2.0.0-alpha4