Changelog v12.8.0
New Features
- Wrapped Feature - Annual listening statistics and year-in-review
- Google Cast Support - Cast audio to other devices
- Home Screen Widget - Quick access widget for home screen
- Word-by-Word Lyrics & Karaoke - Synced lyrics with BetterLyrics provider
- Glowing Lyrics Effect - Animated glow effect with bounce motion
- Chinese Lyrics Romanization - Romanization for Simplified and Traditional Chinese
- YouTube Music Search Deeplinks - Deep link support for YouTube Music searches
- Shuffle Playlist First - Option to shuffle playlist before playing
- Innertune-style Selection Mode - Enhanced selection UI with checkboxes
- Draggable Queue Top Bar - Swipeable top bar in queue screen
- Discord RPC Improvements - Enhanced Discord Rich Presence integration
- Hide Video Songs Option - Filter and hide video-only content
- FOSS/GMS Build Flavors - Separate builds for Google Cast (F-Droid compatible)
- Network Retry Mechanism - Periodic retry with improved error detection
UI Improvements
- Comprehensive redesign of playlist and album screens
- SearchScreen converted from overlay to full screen
- Enhanced player button colors and design
- Updated color scheme and appearance settings
- Smoother animations with optimized damping ratios
- Dynamic bottom padding based on MiniPlayer state
- Reduced spacing between album header and song list
Bug Fixes
- Fixed live performances and "from your library" sections in artist page
- Fixed auto-play functionality for playlists in watch links
- Fixed database migration to safely preserve user data
- Fixed audio normalization (perceptualLoudnessDb)
- Fixed handling of music.youtube.com/watch links with playlist parameter only
- Fixed sync button visibility for YouTube playlists
- Fixed play button dimensions in legacy design
- Fixed Last.fm integration with ArchiveTune improvements
- Fixed selection functionality in online playlists
- Fixed search history persistence
- Fixed source error retry logic
Performance
- Network improvements and NavRail performance optimization
- Enhanced database stability and performance
- Improved MusicService radio queue handling and foreground service setup
- Updated YouTube client versions
New Contributors
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@adrielGGmotion special thanks to my bro for his wonderful work and help!
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@saivijaychandan made their first contribution in #1987
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@malania02 made their first contribution in #2005
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@Windowstechtips made their first contribution in #1860
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@FrancescoGrazioso made their first contribution in #2020
Full Changelog: v12.7.1...v12.8.0-stable