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2.25 released on 2025-09-11

• Made folder pic sourced covers shown again for icons when browsing by folder.
• Fixed 2.25 regression causing missing cover art when playing music from folders rather than library views.
• Made clicking 'search' dismiss on-screen keyboard to show all results, in all search boxes.
• Renamed "iPod Library" to "Device Music Library"

2.25 released on 2025-09-01

• New versioning scheme in sync with desktop foobar2000.
• Database format changed, now allows any number of artists/genres/etc per track.
  • Your library will be re-indexed on first run.
• Built-in UPnP media renderer, both client (play to another device) and server (be controlled by another device).
  • Other foobar2000 instances on your local network, with UPnP remote control feature active, will be listed as output devices.
  • foobar2000-to-foobar2000 playback shows tags with album covers on the other end, using Ogg FLAC as stream container.
• New default skin icons based on Google Material icon set.
• Reworked settings page.
• Added Audio Unit DSP support (needs to be enabled in settings).
• Allowed each track of an album to have a different attached cover (before same cover would be shown for all tracks in an album).
• See release notes for full list of changes.

1.6.9 released on 2025-07-06

• Various stability fixes.
• Skinning: Fixed [remaining] not being updated correctly.

1.6.8 released on 2025-05-01

• Fewer library indexing prompts.
• Cleaned up voiceover interaction.

1.6.7 released on 2025-03-20

• Implemented iOS voiceover interaction with playback controls screen.
• Fixed crashing on malformed playlists.
• Fewer HTTP requests per internet radio stream open.
• Fixed HLS radio starting playback at wrong timestamp.
• Made printer objects not show in SMB shares.
• Fixed incorrect seeking in chained Ogg files.
• Fixed a bug causing spurious "library indexing in progress" prompts.

1.6.6 released on 2024-12-27

• Fixed crash when rapidly opening then minimizing the app.
• Fixed various bugs related to external music folders.
• Made media indexing use less system resources.

1.6.5 released on 2024-12-17

• Fixed startup lockup when last browsed location was an inaccessible SMB network share.
• Reverted use of system SQLite library introduced a few versions ago which was causing issues; using internal SQLite again.
• Fixed a bug that caused authentication errors when using new network credentials system with FTP folders.

1.6.4 released on 2024-11-10

• Added tweak option to enable iOS "measurement mode" that minimizes operating system processing of played audio.
• Workaround for relative URLs in UPnP server replies.
• Added option to disable pictures in folder browsing views.
• Fixed crashing if minimizing app while indexing iCloud folders.
• Fixed foo_upnp stream looping regression.
• Fixed various issues with manually-entered UPnP media servers, allowed editing of existing entries, made utilize new user/password system.
• Fixed UPnP incompatibility with Logitech Music Server.
• Fixed Ogg VBR bitrate display regression from 1.6.3.

1.6.3 released on 2024-10-18

• Fixed a bug preventing scanned ReplayGain info from being used, if not written to file tags.
• Fixed various UPnP related bugs; latest version of Gerbera server is now supported.
• Added tweak options to disable auto discovery of FTP & SMB servers.
• Updated RAR extraction code to the latest official code release.
• Fixed a bug that could cause certain playlist manipulation operations to crash.

1.6.2 released on 2024-09-30

• Restored ability to manually input UPnP media server URLs.
• When turning console logging on, current backlog is now saved.
• If internet radio stream is stuck at 0:00, clicking same radio station again restarts it rather than doing nothing.
• Fixed skinned playback view showing nonsensical remaining time for internet radio streams.
• Made Media Servers page automatically search local network for SMB and FTP servers.
• Updated invalid filename character criteria; uploading unsupported filenames via FTP should fail more gracefully; allowed question marks in file names.
• Fixed Matroska embedded cover display.
• Reverted 1.6 "share on server" naming of shares in Media Library, to show network protocol (SMB or FTP or other) used.
• Moved console logs location, no longer creates "Console Logs" in music folder.

1.6.1 released on 2024-08-28

• Fixed Media Servers page regressions.
• Fixed dynamic track title reliability regressions since 1.5 series.
• Fixed album artist not set for albums with multiple album artists, resulting in multiple albums with same names being merged into one.
• If playing Matroska file with chapters as one track, individual chapter titles are now shown.
• Internet radio streaming reliability improvements.

1.6 released on 2024-08-20

• Media Library can now access any folders on your device, content from other apps, USB storage, etc.
• Added SMB network share support using libsmb2.
• New network share credentials management system, no more user:password in share address needed.
• Media Servers page now uses new network location picker to add/edit addresses.
• Prettier display of network share names, "share on server" style instead of raw URL.
• Made remember last used browse/playback page across app restarts.
• Fixed media library merging albums & artists with similar but differently capitalized names. Your library might need rescanning (toggle folders off and back on) for this to take full effect.
• Added toggle for asymmetric search matching.
• Dropped support for very old devices. Lowest supported operating system is iOS 14.

1.5.3 released on 2024-08-15

• Stability fixes.
• This is the final maintenance update for iOS 12 & 13. THe next planned update will only support iOS 14 and newer.

1.5.2 released on 2024-06-26

• Fixed various bugs causing app crashes when closing foobar2000.
• Fixed a bug causing on-screen keyboard to obstruct text being edited in specific scenarios.
• Unavailable network share folders are grayed but clickable, clicking refreshes their status.
• Fixed skin colors not being applied in some places.
• Fixed a 1.4 era regression preventing last viewed folder from being restored after app restart.

1.5 released on 2024-05-20

• New skin file format, possible to edit with commonly available tools. Old skins still work.
• Default skin update, added codec information.
• Exposed "Skins" folder via FTP server.
• Made playlist view scroll with playing track.
• Added picture viewer - long tap album header, skin cover art, or a picture file in folder view to view the picture with zoom.
• Added Ogg chapter support.
• Made possible to store ReplayGain peak information in Opus files.
• Made search button hidden on main page if library view is hidden via tweaks.
• Made possible to edit media library folder paths.
• Added reverb and echo DSPs from mudlord's foo_dsp_effect.
• Fixed incorrect use of url-encoding in file names inside HTTP folders.
• Improved handling of cuesheets in folder browsing mode, removed arbitrary denial of reading of cuesheets over FTP/HTTP/etc.
• Removed the ability to probe free disk space for TuneFUSION, as doing so now requires special privacy permissions.

1.4.5

• Internet radio album cover regression fix.

1.4.4

• Various crash bugs fixed.
• Worked around specific radio stations serving nonsense cover URLs.
• Fixed downloader failure when downloaded file name is too long.
• Fixed wrong colors in downloader page.

1.4.3

• Crash regressions fixed.

1.4.2

• Replaced search string matching code with that of desktop foobar2000.
• FTP server: report modified time of folders, some FTP clients show nonsense dates otherwise.
• Prevented cached images for remote resources from being automatically pruned after a fixed interval like other cached images.
• Propagated radio station titles & logos sourced from playlist files and radio-browser.
• Codec technology updates.

1.4.1

• Fixed misconfigured Vorbis decoder producing garbled output.
• Made auto-resuming of playback after app restart opt-in.
• FTP server regression fixed.

1.4

• Latest revision of HTTP & FTP code, improved use of persistent connections, implemented encrypted FTP support.
• Added WebDAV share support in Media Library / Media Servers, add as webdav-http:// or webdav-https:// URL.
• Browsing by folder now lists archives & lets you browse their contents.
• New DSP: Push the Tempo
• Support for some of game music formats is currently missing. Please stay on the old version if you need them.
• Added cycling shown picture types (front cover, back cover, artist, disc) by long tapping picture in now playing screen.
• Added internet radio search based on radio-browser
• Codec tech updates.
• Many bug fixes.

1.3.1

• Fixed a bug that disabled “add to playlist” for remote folders such as UPnP.
• Enabled decoding of Opus audio in MP4 files.
• Additional advanced options + added help button.
• Fixed an FTP bug preventing reading of FileZilla Server shares.
• Updated FFmpeg to 5.1.

1.3

• Added support for playing DTS and AC3 files.
• Improved playlist manipulation features.
• Media Library can now index folders shared with rclone over HTTP.
• Internet radio compatibility fixes.
• Options to toggle what's shown on the main screen, under Advanced.
• New "internet radio" page where you can input and play your radio station URLs.
• TuneFUSION pairing fixes, previously paired instances are no longer remembered indefinitely and falsely discovered when trying to pair a new one.

1.2.30

• Fixed various module (MOD/S3M/XM/IT) handling bugs.

1.2.29

• Fixed FTP server bugs.
• Visual tweaks in FTP server and TuneFUSION pages.

1.2.28

• Fixed crashing with animated transitrions off.
• Improved FTP compatibility.

1.2.27

• Implemented add-to-playlist menu commands for various item groups & folder objects.

1.2.24

• Fixed MP4 DASH regressions.
• Added .weba (WebM Audio) to recognized Matroska/WebM file extensions.
• Fixed a crash when seeking in specific audio files.

1.2.23

• Regression fix.

1.2.22

• Improved UPnP browsing performance, last open UPnP folder is now remembered.
• Added an option to disable animated page transitions for faster browsing.
• Fixed wrong album being shown after app restart if two albums from different artists have the same title.

1.2.21

• Reworked TuneFUSION sync, can pair by passcode if network discovery fails; no longer runs in background with foobar2000 - initiate sync by opening the TuneFUSION page.
• Added support for FLAC content in MP4/M4A container.

1.2.18 released on 2021-05-08

• Restored network discovery capability (media servers, TuneFUSION) on iOS 14.
• Improved FTP compatibility.
• Improved visual feedback when some of indexed library folders could not be scanned completely.
• Fixed failure to play certain MP4/M4A files.

1.2.17 released on 2021-04-16

• Fixed a bug causing duplicate display of albums, artists, genres, etc with international characters in them.
• Worked around wrong M4A mime type served by Gerbera UPnP server.
• Improved ReplayGain scanning speed.

1.2.14 released on 2020-12-09

• Added ARM Neon optimizations for reduced CPU usage / improved battery life.
• Increased smooth playback buffer length to mitigate reported glitches.

1.2.13 released on 2020-10-27

• Decoder updates.
• Fixed crashing with certain xHE-AAC files.

1.2.10 released on 2020-09-27

• Decoder updates.

1.2.6 released on 2020-06-24

• Fixed decoding speed test not remembering last used settings.

1.2.5 released on 2020-06-16

• Fixed random crashing on playback stop (bug since 1.2.0).
• Fixed stuck playback at the end of playlist with smooth playback enabled.
• Switched to system codecs for AAC, MP3 and ALAC.
• New xHE-AAC format is now supported on iOS 13.

1.2.1 released on 2020-04-02

• Maintenance update.
• Improved reliability of smooth playback mode.

1.2.0 released on 2020-03-18

• Introduced cuesheet playback support, both external and internal.
• WebP cover art is now supported, as both embedded and external (folder.webp)
• Reworked advanced settings, now viewing options in groups
• Added smooth playback mode - fade on pause/seek/stop; see advanced settings.
• Added a toggle to loop module files indefinitely, see advanced settings.
• Various bug fixes and stability improvements.