Rhythm 5.1 - Feature Update
What's New:
- Added Vertical A–Z scroll bar for quick alphabetical navigation in Songs, Albums, and Artists tabs (#423, #286)
- Added Rhythm Lyrics launcher widget — display current song lyrics on your home screen
- Added Replay Gain support (Experimental) — normalise loudness with album gain or track gain, plus Crossfade with adjustable duration
- Added Nearby Server Discovery — automatically detect Subsonic/Navidrome/Jellyfin servers on your local network (Rhythm Go)
- Improved Tablet UI — multi-pane layout for library, player, settings, and about screens
- Added sort by album name in the Songs tab (#420)
- Added artist images from local storage (#328)
- Fixed: Crash on opening Albums
- Fixed: Playlists disappearing after update (#414)
- Fixed: Equalizer unresponsive (#411)
- Fixed: Shuffle briefly stopping playback (#287)
- Fixed: Whitelist mode not working (#405)
- Fixed: Backup restore losing play count statistics (#419)
- Fixed: Embedded album art not displayed for WAV tracks with ID3v2.4 tags (#409)
- Fixed: Embedded album art not displayed per track for files in the same folder (#407)
- Fixed: Song titles with apostrophes and full stops not rendering correctly (#401)
- Fixed: Language selector not functioning (#422)
- Fixed: Songs getting removed along with playlists
- Fixed: Rhythm Stats not restoring from backup
- Fixed: Media Scan Whitelist Mode reliability
- Added: In-app update channel warning for F-Droid builds
- Added: Documentation for
.mkafile support level (#418) - Updated translations across all 24 locales
- Updated dependencies (Gradle, Compose BOM, Media3, Kotlin)
- Many more Crash Fixes, UI & Performance Improvements
Known Issues:
- Translation contributions are being collected.
- Audio Routing doesn't work.
- Report to GitHub Issues or Community on Discord & Telegram.
Build Information:
- Build: 1067
- Type: Stable Release
Note
Important Update Notes
- The app is in active development, so many features might be missing compared to other FOSS players.
- You will find several improvements and changes with each release, so please stay up to date.
Tip
- Turn on Auto-Backup so that no matter what happens, you can always recover your data.
- You can turn off/on/manage APIs based on your needs from Settings.
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❤️ Sponsors
If you enjoy Rhythm and want to support open-source development:
- Patreon: patreon.com/AnjishnuNandi
- GitHub Sponsors: github.com/sponsors/cromaguy
🏆 Special Credits
- The Community: A big thanks to all Testers, Contributors, and Users!
Full Changelog: v5.0.403.1054-stable...v5.1.408.1067-stable