One switch: Download
The two Online/Offline controls on the Sync tab are gone. There is one switch now, Download, and it does one thing: decide whether a sync saves your switched-on playlists and mixes to the phone.
Playing music no longer depends on it. Tap anything — a playlist, a mix, a search result, a radio — and it plays: from the phone if it's downloaded, streamed if it isn't. The old "Offline mode" that refused to play songs you hadn't downloaded, greyed out half a playlist, or told you to "turn on Online mode" is gone. The only things that can stop a stream now are having no connection, or your own "stream on cellular" setting.
- Download on — sync saves switched-on playlists and mixes to the phone. Everything else still streams.
- Download off — sync just keeps your library up to date; nothing is written to the phone. Everything streams.
Artist photos in your Library
The Artists tab and artist pages now show real artist photos instead of album art or a coloured initial. They fill in on their own over Wi-Fi in the background — a big library takes a few syncs to finish, so don't be surprised if the first look is half-done. Thanks to yuriikot2010 for building this (#439).
What else changed
- The same switch is still within reach where you already were: the pill at the top of Home, on artist and album pages, and in Settings › Playback all flip the same thing, and now say "Stream only" / "Download".
- Playlists that only showed a few songs with Download on now show all of them, in every mode. (Follow-on from the v0.9.106 sync fix.)
- Resuming from a car or Bluetooth headset now picks up a streamed song in either mode.
- The sync history says "Stream only" / "Download" instead of "Online" / "Offline".
- Lossless relay: raised the per-account hourly limit so FLAC stops going dark for everyone at peak hours.
Nothing to migrate: your current setting carries over. If you had Offline mode, you're in Download mode.
Full Changelog: v0.9.106...v0.9.107