After several months of development, this major update introduces a complete internal rewrite of ShelfPlayer, laying the groundwork for improved performance, reliability, and future expansion. Alongside the new foundation, this release brings a wide range of new features, enhancements, and fixes.
Below are some of the highlights:
New Features and Improvements
- Support for ABS 2.26+ authentication
- Multi-user support
- Sleep Timer Live Activity
- Home screen widgets
- App Intents integration
- "Listened Today" – daily listening statistics
- "Listen Now" – combines content from all libraries
- Global search
- Updated design and layout
- Revamped Now Playing view with new animations
- Smarter automatic downloads
- Improved handling of multiple simultaneous downloads
- More playback speed and sleep timer options
- Audiobook PDF support
- VoiceOver accessibility improvements
Fixes
- Resolved crashes from version 2.5.0
- Fixed Mac (Designed for iPad) application
Versions 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 were not publicly released. Version 3.0.2 is the first public release in the 3.0+ series.
This update marks a major milestone for ShelfPlayer, with a reengineered core and a more capable, future-ready foundation. Thank you for your continued support and patience throughout the development process.
Special thanks to all translators and beta testers for their invaluable contributions!