This page contains the release notes of current and past versions.
For a more complete help, please visit the FAQ section of the website: PlayerPro FAQ.
Release v2.83 - 30 November 2013
This release brings a couple new features and some bug fixes:
- Android 4.3+ bluetooth support:
- Allows to send track metadata to bluetooth devices (e.g. car audio devices).
- Requires android lock screen to be activated: Settings > Lock screen > Enable Android lock screen.
- Android lock screen enhancements:
- Added option to disable album artwork: Settings > Lock screen > Display album artwork (enabled by default).
- Added option to display artist artwork instead of album artwork: Settings > Lock screen > Prefer artist artwork.
- Added support for Google Now music voice commands (Listen to XXX, Listen to XXX by YYY, etc).
- Added support for Pebble: Settings > Music library > Music updates.
- Fixed Reverb effects on Gingerbread devices (Android 2.3.3+). Reverb effects are not supported on most ICS and Jelly Bean devices (Android 4.0+).
- Refresh mediastore option (Settings > Music library > Refresh mediastore) is no longer supported on Android 4.4+ devices (Android limitation). The mediastore is now automatically updated by the Android system upon media addition.
- Updated translations.
- A few bug fixes.
Release v2.8 - 26 October 2013
This release brings audio enhancements (DSPPack v4.0) and few other features or fixes:
- DSPPack v4.0:
Warning: please make sure to update PlayerPro, the WidgetPack and the DSPPack to the latest versions available on the market (respectively version >2.8, version >2.6 and version >4.0).
- Added gapless playback support for aac/mp4.
- Added replay gain support for mp3, flac, ogg, and aac/mp4. Ability to select the normalization method, the default gain for songs with no metadata, the default pre-amp level, and clipping prevention (see Audio settings > ReplayGain for all options).
- Fixed the equalizer high-pitched sound bug occurring with certain sampling rates. Fixed a few other bugs impacting the quality and stability of the equalizer.
- Added an audio limiter to prevent audio distortion when amplification is too high. Enabled by default (Audio settings > Volume > Limiter).
- Added support for sampling rates > 48000Hz.
- Added support for Virtualizer effect on all phones. Ability to select between native and PlayerPro implementation in Audio settings > Effects > Virtualizer.
- Improved PlayerPro Bass boost implementation. Added ability to select between native and PlayerPro implementation in Audio settings > Effects > Bass boost.
- Added better support for wav format files.
- Added support for the following formats (can be played from a file browser): aif, au, paf, iff, svx, sf, voc, w64, mat4, mat5, pvf, xi, htk, caf, sd2, sds, txw, gsm, nist, rx2, opus.
- Various performance improvements with NEON optimized routines to reduce battery consumption.
- Various other bug fixes.
- High resolution icon and new welcome screen design with left/right slide to view the different sections.
- Added ability to select left-right channel balance (Audio settings > Volume > Channel balance).
- Fixed the lyrics search bug.
- Fixed a bug where selected album artwork would apply to all songs of the same folder.
- Updated translations.
- A few other bug fixes.
Release v2.72 - 20 May 2013
This release brings a couple new features and some bug fixes:
- Album/artist artwork enhancements:
- Album/artist artwork is now displayed in its original scale in all browser views (grid and list).
- Increased the quality of the artwork downloaded on high resolution devices.
- Improved accuracy of album artwork auto search function.
- Album/artist artwork search functions now return more results.
- Notification enhancements:
- Option to select the layout for expanded notifications (Jelly Bean only): Settings > Look and feel > Expanded notifications layout.
- Option to enable ticker text when changing songs: Settings > Look and feel > Enable ticker.
- Ability to manually edit song lyrics (long press on a song and select the edit option).
- Updated translations.
- A few bug fixes.
Release v2.7 - 16 March 2013
This release brings a couple new features and some bug fixes:
- New status bar icon (compliant with Android design guidelines).
- Option to auto-start playback when a wired headset is plugged in (requires PlayerPro micro service).
- Option to auto-start playback when a bluetooth headset/A2DP device is connected (requires PlayerPro micro service).
- musiXmatch support/integration:
- musicXmatch is now the default lyrics search engine. The previous search engine (internet) is deprecated.
- Ability to switch between the old search engine (internet) and musiXmatch via Settings > Music library > Lyrics > Source.
- Option to display embedded lyrics when available (instead of using the lyrics search engine): Settings > Music library > Lyrics > Prefer ID3 lyrics (enabled by default).
- Option to ask for a confirmation before using the lyrics search engine (musiXmatch/internet): Settings > Music library > Lyrics > Ask confirmation (enabled by default).
- Option to pause between songs (useful for professionals like musicians and teachers): Settings > Audio > Pause between songs.
- Fixed a bug that was causing PlayerPro to continue playback after all songs have been played (repeat option off).
- Increased the sharpness of the launcher icon on high resolution screens.
- Updated translations.
- A few other bug fixes.
Release v2.62 - 10 February 2013
This release is a patch update following v2.6 release:
- "Pause upside down feature" can now be activated independently of the Shake it feature.
- "Prefer ID3 artwork" option now applies to status bar notifications.
- Added "Notification text style" option for status bar notifications (Settings > Look and feel). Should be used in rare cases where the notification text color is hardly visible (android versions prior to GingerBread).
- Fixed a bug causing the player to stop randomly.
- Fixed a crash impacting smart playlists using Genre as criteria.
- Fixed a crash impacting the creation of a new playlist (Galaxy Tab specific).
- Fixed a display issue for iTunes embedded lyrics.
- Layout optimizations for small (QVGA 240x320) and large (tablets) screens.
- A few other bug fixes.
Release v2.6 - 3 February 2013
This release brings a couple new features and some bug fixes:
- New website with FAQ section: please visit www.aplayerpro.com.
- Home screen widgets enhancements:
- All home screen widgets are resizable (requires Honeycomb). To resize a widget: long press on it and drag its corners. Some of the widgets resize only horizontally.
- Classic (4x1), Small (2x2) and Medium (3x3) widgets can be added to the device default lockscreen (requires Jelly Bean).
- Added option to adjust the transparency of the widgets (availbale from the widget configuration screen). Please make sure all your skins are up-to-date with the latest versions available on the Google store.
- Added previews for all widgets (requires Honeycomb).
- UI improvements. Please make sure all your skins are up-to-date with the latest versions available on the Google store.
- Better support for tablets.
- Widget Pack update: v2.7.
- Bug fixes.
- Added option to display prev control in the notification status (enabled by default): Settings > Look and feel > Status bar > Enable prev control.
- New shuffle algorithm:
- Songs are not repeated until all songs are played once.
- Positions in the shuffle list are remembered: going backward in the shuffle list and then forward will playback the same songs.
- Harmonization of options menus:
- Added Settings option to the player screen options menu.
- Added "Save now playing" and "Clear now playing" options to all browser options menus: allows to save/clear the now playing list from anywhere and not only the player screen.
- Transferred all contextual options from the player screen options menu to the player screen contextual menu. Long press on the album artwork to bring up the contextual menu for the player screen.
- Harmonization of contextual menus:
- Added Edit, Search, Share and Delete options to the player screen contextual menu (long press on the album artwork to bring up the contextual menu for the player screen).
- Added Share option to the song browser contextual menu: allows to share any song from your library and not only the currently playing one. Long press on a song to bring up the contextual menu for that song.
- Added "Use as ringtone" option to the song browser contextual menu: allows to set any song as phone ringtone and not only the currently playing one. Long press on a song to bring up the contextual menu for that song.
- Search result screen is now skinned.
- Added "Pause when upside down" option to Shake it options: Settings > Shake it > Pause upside down. Allows to pause playback when the phone is turned upside down.
- Added option to download missing artist pictures: Settings > Browsers > Download artist pictures now.
- Fixed smart playlists bugs when using Genre as criteria.
- Stability and performance improvements.
- Updated many skins with bug corrections and UI improvements. Please make sure all your skins are up-to-date with the latest versions available on the Google store.
- Updated translations from crowdin.net.
- Lots of other bug fixes.