PixelPlayer v0.7.0-beta

This is a major update that includes significant performance improvements, new capabilities for Wear OS devices, advanced AI integration, and a substantial expansion of localization.

🚀 New Features

• Wear OS: Implementation of music transfer, local playback, queue synchronization, and remote control from the watch.

• AI: Integration of Groq AI and OpenRouter (experimental) with token optimization and AI-powered playlist generation.

• Cloud & Streaming: - Added support for Jellyfin.

• Direct song synchronization from server albums in Navidrome.

• Standardized branding for NetEase Music.

• Lyrics:

• Synchronized translation with a dedicated toggle and support for Kugou LRC format.

• Text alignment customization and improvements to TTML parsing.

• Advanced romanization for Japanese characters.

• UI/UX:

• Redesigned queue sheet and "Recently Played" pills with a dynamic palette.

• Marquee support for long titles and a compact mode for the navigation bar.

• New horizontal timeline for monthly statistics and multi-artist support.

• Telegram: Native support for topics, playlist display, and reactive updates.

⚙️ Performance and Stability Improvements

• Audio Engine: Complete overhaul with support for MIDI, improvements to ALAC/M4A/Opus, and decoder optimization (including Samsung-specific decoders).

• Energy Efficiency: Drastically reduced battery consumption and thermal optimization through UI task gates.

• Database and Cache: Massive optimizations to queries, cover art cache controller v3, and support for Scoped Storage.

• Startup: Improved load times through optimized generation of Baseline Profiles.

🛠 Bug Fixes

• Playback: Fixed stuttering in Opus/MP3, errors in ReplayGain during crossfades, and flickering during album art changes.

• Navigation: Fixed navigation loops in Telegram and improved screen entry/exit animations.

• Stability: Eliminated crashes on Android 12+, fixed memory leaks (ANRs), and improved exception handling in background services.

• Security: CI hardening, encryption of cloud storage credentials, and media server access control.

🌍 Localization

Language support has been expanded and strings refined for Wear OS:

• 🇪🇸 Spanish | 🇫🇷 French | 🇷🇺 Russian
• 🇨🇳 Simplified Chinese | 🇮🇩 Indonesian | 🇮🇹 Italian | 🇩🇪 German

Note: Starting with this version, the project license has changed from MIT to Proprietary License.

Full Changelog: 0.6.0-beta...0.7.0-beta