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Cast to Google Nest Speaker

RichardM — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:10:35 +0000

Can I request the ability to cast to a Googke Nest speaker please.

JRemote and MO 4Media both can.

Planned updates for next release for 1.2.00

Stevo — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:05:18 +0000

Enhanced Audio Controls
- converting Graphical EQ to Parametric EQ (up to 10 bands)
- add ReplayGain
- add Gapless playback option
- allow Android mixer bypass toggle (Bit-perfect mode)
- lots of UI improvements to accommodate these features

Bugs
- Play History (Recently Played) not updating on server when playing on device
- Removing "Play/Shuffle Now" context menu option for long clicks on individual tracks (obviously tapping plays the tracks - neither of these needed)

Other
- Customize dash (Hide Internet Radio, Podcasts, Audiobooks, Spotlight Playlists)

- Allow up to 3 lines for Browse Album label tiles

- Allow play queue position editing (change order)

- Allowing DLNA casting to a device without having to play something first

Update Notes - 1.1.01-29-stable

Stevo — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:22:45 +0000

First production release

1.1.00-01 - Android Auto revisions to adhere to the AA Quality Guidelines:
https://developer.android.com/docs/quality-guidelines/car-app-quality

Issues cleared:

VC-1 (Voice) - Added ACTION_PLAY_FROM_SEARCH + ACTION_PLAY_FROM_MEDIA_ID to actions; replaced silent empty-query return with fallback chain (queue → recently played → AI daily → spotlight)

VD-2 (Black Icons) - Changed fillColor from black to white; added android:tint="@android:color/white"

EP-1 (Playback Error Handling) - Added lastErrorMessage field; onPlayerError sets it; updateMediaSession() publishes STATE_ERROR + setErrorMessage() on next tick, then self-clears

VD-3 (More Color Declarations)

Queue navigation (Added ACTION_SKIP_TO_QUEUE_ITEM to actions; fixed onSkipToQueueItem ID lookup (was wrong hashCode() comparison, now correctly uses id.toInt() as direct index)

Album art URI (Added lastMetaArtUrl tracking field; build content:// URI via ArtworkContentProvider; set METADATA_KEY_ALBUM_ART_URI + METADATA_KEY_DISPLAY_ICON_URI in metadata)

Media ID in metadata (Added METADATA_KEY_MEDIA_ID = currentItem.key to the metadata builder)

- Also a few very minor UI alterations mostly with dashboard.

Update Notes - 1.0.27-rc3-mucker

Stevo — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:09:45 +0000

Android Auto UI fixes (play all, no podcast audio) v0.2

Changed config location of toursync background svc

Cover Art pager (preload) fix for shared playlists

Freeze fix when either loading/playing a broken shared playlist OR a broken imported playlist

Fix for cover art for shared Playlist

Gapless playback?

Phish1980s — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:25:31 +0000

I really hope gapless playback will be apart of this. Also a way to toggle never convert audio play original something to that extent. I have way too much music that needs gapless or crossfade playback

Update Notes - 1.0.26-rc2-lucky

Stevo — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:42:38 +0000

Android Auto unleashed!!! v0.1-rc1-(grain-of-salt)

Update Notes - 1.0.25-rc2-lucky

Stevo — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:00:43 +0000

Download from dashboard fixed — album tiles in Recent Imports (and similar enriched sections) were being misread as single tracks, causing "1 of 1" downloads. Fixed by using duration as the sole track detector.

Download cancel button — added a red Cancel button to the download progress dialog that stops queuing new files mid-batch.

Auto-import after download — local library now runs a quick scan every time its dashboard loads, so newly downloaded files appear without needing a manual refresh.

Shared album tiles — fixed two issues: cover art now falls back to new 3rd party source when the JRiver Browse/Image URL goes stale, and clicking re-resolves a fresh Browse ID from the server using the stored artist/album names instead of relying on the potentially stale stored ID.

Minor Label Change Request on Play popup

craigmcg1965 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:37:40 +0000

When I click on the "play to" device at top left, it opens a small popup Window to let me switch between playing on device or server. I Think that if "Device" is showing as the playback point on the dashboard, the small popup screen should show "Audio currently plays on this device but the Toggle Switch label should show "Play to this Server". When "Server" is the playback point on the dashboard, the small popup screen should show "Audio currently playing on this server" but the toggle switch label should show "Play to this Device". I'd put the toggle line below the advisory too but..

No biggie but did want to mention it from my new user perspective.

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Update Notes - 1.0.24-rc2-lucky

Stevo — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:50:15 +0000

Fixes/Changes

Lots of performance changes on start (moving things off main thread, new coroutines, dispatches, etc)

Album art scan fixes (local library)

PLay on Server rework - (Puts all work on server, device is just controller)

Increased scope for adding items to playlists

Additional Social Username requirements (renewing, sharing)

Unable to Add all songs by an Artist to a playlist in Local Library

craigmcg1965 — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:25:45 +0000

On build 1.0.23-rc2-lucky on my S7 on LineageOS 21 (Android 15) I'm unable to actually add all songs by an artist to a playlist even though it looks like it did until you check the playlist whether previously created or created on the Add to playlist popup screen. When I check either playlist each one says no tracks.

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