v1.8.0+19

v1.8.0+19

Hongeet Windows Release + New Widgets + Experimental Discord RPC

This release introduces the first Windows build of Hongeet, along with new & updated widgets(Android), and experimental integrations.

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New Features

• Windows Version
  Initial Windows build support for Hongeet.

• Discord Rich Presence (Experimental)
  Optional Discord RPC support to display currently playing tracks in Discord.

• New Circle Widget(Android)

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Improvements

• Redesigned Existing Android Widgets
  Updated the looks of 2x2 & 4x2 widgets

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Screenshots (Windows)

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Full Changelog: v1.7.0+18...v1.8.0+19

v1.7.0+18

v1.7.0+18

Material 3 Refresh + Artist Profiles + Search Reliability

NEW FEATURES

• Material 3 UI Refresh: Migrated major screens/components to Material 3 with responsive spacing and layout behavior.
• Dynamic Theme Colors: Removed legacy glass mode and added seed-color based app theming.
• Artist Profile Screen: Added artist profile page with artist art, bio (more/less), monthly audience, Top Songs, Albums, and Singles & EPs.
• Multi-Artist Picker: Tapping artist name in full player now supports multi-artist tracks using a tap-only picker sheet.
• Search Albums Section: Search now shows a dedicated Albums section under song results with open-to-playlist flow.

BUG FIXES / IMPROVEMENTS

• Navigation + Mini-player: Stabilized right-side quick switcher layout and floating mini-player spacing across screen sizes.
• Album Filtering: Limited search album results to album-only intent and reduced EP/Episode/podcast noise.
• YouTube Search Resilience: Added strategy fallback and persisted cache refresh behavior for more stable results under API/network variance.

UPCOMING (work in progress)

• Better artist identity matching for edge-case names/collaborations
• Further recommendation relevance tuning and queue quality improvements

Full Changelog: v1.6.0+17...v1.7.0+18

v1.6.0+17

v1.6.0+17

Lyrics + Distribution Flavors + Android Widgets

NEW FEATURES

• Lyrics: Added lyrics support (Synced & Unsynced).
• Flavors Added: Introduced github and izzy product flavors for distribution-specific behavior.
• Android Widgets: Added 2x2 and 4x2 home-screen music widgets with playback controls.

BUG FIXES / IMPROVEMENTS

• Navigation Layout Fix: Fixed bottom navigation size inconsistency in 3-button mode that caused mini-player overlap/mixing.
• Unnecessary Padding Fix: #9
• Release Pipeline: Updated CI workflow to publish a separate Izzy arm64-only APK artifact alongside normal flavor outputs.

UPCOMING (work in progress)

• Better relevance tuning for search and recommendations

Full Changelog: v1.5.1+16...v1.6.0+17

v1.5.1+16

v1.5.1+16

Queue Stability + Smooth Mode Performance Tuning

BUG FIXES / IMPROVEMENTS

• Dynamic Queue: Reworked queue auto-extend behavior to keep "Up Next" filled more consistently during continuous playback
• Duplicate Control: Tightened duplicate/noisy title filtering for auto-fetched songs (better handling of low-signal uploads and title variants)
• Memory Safety: Added/strengthened stream subscription cleanup in player/background flow to avoid listener buildup
• Playlist Dialog Stability: Fixed controller/dispose race issues that could throw errors when creating playlists
• Smooth Mode Perf: Added smooth-mode-only optimizations for full player and search input path (reduced heavy rendering work and lighter image decode pressure)

UPCOMING (work in progress)

• Better relevance tuning for search and recommendations
• Lyrics support(targeted for v1.6+)

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Fix/v1.5 bugfixes by @greenbugx in #8
Full Changelog: v1.5.0+15...v1.5.1+16

v1.5.0+15

v1.5.0+15

Sleep Timer + Search/Home Feed Upgrade

NEW FEATURES

• Sleep Timer: Added sleep timer controls with 15m, 30m, 60m, and end-of-current-song modes
• Sleep Overlay: Added full-screen sleep-complete screen when timer triggers and playback stops
• Home Feed: Added Charts, Trending Albums, and Trending Songs sections
• Charts/Albums Flow: Tapping a chart/album now opens its songs list with better context and playback flow

BUG FIXES / IMPROVEMENTS

• Artwork Quality: Improved artwork fallback/upgrade for chart and album songs to reduce low-quality covers
• Performance: Improved progressive loading and in-session caching behavior in feed sections
• Scroll Stability: Fixed major Search feed scroll-jump/reset issues across sections
• UI Polish: Improved mini-player and bottom navigation spacing behavior for Samsung and non-Samsung layouts

UPCOMING (work in progress)

• Expose sleep timer actions for local/downloaded tracks in full player controls
• More queue prefetch/retry hardening for weak network conditions
• Further low-end device transition/performance tuning
• Better relevance tuning for search and recommendations

Full Changelog: v1.4.0+14...v1.5.0+15

v1.4.0+14

v1.4.0+14

Offline-First Local Audio Player + Streaming Overhaul

BUG FIXES / IMPROVEMENTS

• Streaming Toggles: Removed XOR behaviour, both services can now be turned off or on independently. App defaults to a fully offline local audio player when both are off
• Network Guard: Every network call (trending, metadata, artwork, suggestions, update checks) is now wrapped in a streaming-enabled check, zero internet usage when both services are off
• Update Checks: Removed automatic update check on first launch. Updates are now checked only when you tap "Check for Updates" in Settings
• Search: Search bar now searches your local audio files when both streaming services are off
• Local Audios: Home screen now lists and plays local audio files from your device
• Library Tab: Disabled in local-only mode with a clear placeholder, available only when a streaming service is on

UPCOMING (work in progress)

• More queue prefetch/retry hardening for weak network conditions
• Further low-end device transition/performance tuning
• Better relevance tuning for search and recommendations
• YTM Charts etc

Full Changelog: v1.3.3+13...v1.4.0+14

v1.3.3+13

BUG FIXES / IMPROVEMENTS

• Downloads: Backend now waits for the full file before returning, so "Download complete" and the saved file are in sync (no more incomplete files or late toasts)
• Downloads: Larger transfer buffer (256 KB) and throttled progress updates for faster, smoother downloads
• Downloads: Clearer toasts: "Downloading: …" on tap, "Download complete" only when the file is fully written; "Download failed" when the backend returns an error
•Updated UI: Added Quick Access Section in Library

UPCOMING (work in progress)

• More queue prefetch/retry hardening for weak network conditions
• Further low-end device transition/performance tuning
• Better relevance tuning for search and recommendations
• YTM Charts etc

Full Changelog: v1.3.2+12...v1.3.3+13

v1.3.2+12

NEW FEATURES

• Added startup update prompt for outdated app versions with Ignore and Update actions(will take action from v1.3.2+12 or greater)
• Added manual Check for updates flow in Settings
• Update metadata now cleanly driven by hosted version.json & version-dev.json

BUG FIXES / IMPROVEMENTS

• Migrated YouTube stream extraction from native yt-dlp bridge to a pure Dart path (youtube_explode_dart) for better stability
• Improved extraction fallback strategy to reduce failed loads/timeouts on some networks/devices
• Improved background playback transition reliability (fewer stuck “fetching” next-track cases)
• Tuned songs-first behavior for YouTube Music search/related results
• Reduced native startup dependency complexity by removing extractor bridge wiring from MainActivity/MainApplication

UPCOMING (work in progress)

• More queue prefetch/retry hardening for weak network conditions
• Further low-end device transition/performance tuning
• Better relevance tuning for search and recommendations
• YTM Charts etc

Full Changelog: v1.3.1+9...v1.3.2+12

v1.3.1+9

HOTFIX RELEASE (v1.3.1+9)

This is a Hotfix focused on background playback reliability and next-track loading stability.

NEW FEATURES

• Refactored YouTube extraction into a dedicated native backend module: backend/youtube (YoutubeExtractorBridge + YoutubeExtractorEngine)
• Added next-track stream prefetch (URL warm-up) to reduce transition delay between songs
• Added load watchdog recovery flow to prevent endless loading states
• Improved extractor request pipeline and retry routing for transient network failures

BUG FIXES / IMPROVEMENTS

• Fixed background playback issue where next song sometimes got stuck fetching forever
• Fixed inconsistent auto-next behavior when app is minimized/backgrounded
• Fixed mini player bottom displacement on Samsung/gesture-inset devices
• Improved skip/retry safety with serialized next handling and stronger transient error recovery
• Reduced duplicate extraction calls via in-flight resolve deduplication
• Switched from runtime google_fonts fetching to bundled local TTF fonts

HOTFIX FOCUS

• Main hotfix target: “stuck loading ring + broken next-song transition in background playback”
• Result: background queue progression is now significantly more reliable under transient extraction/network issues

UPCOMING (work in progress)

• Move yt-dlp init fully to Application lifecycle for even stronger background safety
• Further tuning for low-end device playback transitions

Full Changelog: v1.3.0+8...v1.3.1+9

v1.3.0+8

NEW FEATURES

• Switched YouTube metadata/search to a YTM songs-first pipeline, so artist searches return music-focused results instead of random videos
• Kept yt-dlp streaming backend and improved extraction reliability with better request strategy and fallback flow
• Added Data Saver in Settings: lower-bitrate streaming target (~120 kbps where available) + lower/medium artwork quality
• Added smarter thumbnail/art handling: HQ YTM artwork variants, better fallback ordering, and cleaner conditional zoom behavior
• Added Settings UI polish: icons for Glass Theme, Saavn Service, YouTube Service, etc
• Set YouTube Service as default for fresh installs (existing users keep their saved preference)

BUG FIXES / IMPROVEMENTS

• Fixed notification artwork framing (removed forced zoom-crop) and improved source-quality selection for notification art
• Improved battery optimization handling across OEMs (Xiaomi/Oppo/Realme/Vivo/Huawei + generic Android fallbacks)
• Fixed battery-settings deep-link reliability by adding multi-intent fallback logic and app-details fallback
• Fixed battery warning refresh behavior in Settings after tapping “Fix now”/returning from settings
• Improved stream/cache behavior so Data Saver and normal quality modes use separate cache keys (prevents stale quality reuse)
• General stability and UX tuning across search, playback, and settings flows

UPCOMING (work in progress)

• Additional YouTube recommendation quality improvements, playlists, charts, etc
• Download pipeline hardening + richer offline metadata handling.

Full Changelog: v1.3.0-beta.2+7...v1.3.0+8