VIVI

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• Nov 9, 2026 7.0.1
  ## Hotfix ### Bug Fixes - Fixed HTTP 403 Forbidden errors and premature stream cutoffs on YouTube CDN for free and logged-in accounts - Fixed BotGuard PoToken generation for authenticated web client playback sessions - Added dynamic stream client failure tracking and graceful recovery in MusicService to eliminate 403 retry loops ### Optimizations - Significantly improved lyrics loading speed and eliminated provider timeout delays - Upgraded InnerTubeX to v0.11.6 for enhanced stream extraction, cipher decoding, and networking stability

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  ### Improvements - Restored default font for song title and artist names in Player V2 and Player V2 Landscape - Removed Listen Together option from player menus and made connected users count in Player V2 a read-only badge - Added dual-mode stream extraction: delivers 256+ kbps (itag 141) audio for YouTube Premium subscribers while automatically using standard mobile streaming for ordinary accounts ☕ Support development on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/vividhpashokan 💸 Support via UPI: vividhpashokan@axl 💳 Support via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/vividhpashokan
• Nov 8, 2026 7.0.0
  ### Features - Added a 3-segment curved library sync gauge to the user avatar in Account Settings (Artists, Playlists, Albums) with real-time background sync detection, a fluid cascading wave animation, and synchronized completion feedback - Added a "View listening history" shortcut in Last.fm Settings to easily open the user's web profile and scrobble history directly on the Last.fm website. - Modernized Account Settings with a unified layout and Material 3 Expressive UI - Updated developer card in About Screen with Material 3 Expressive verified badge - Improved Player_v17 with new designs, refined playback controls, and adaptive theme styling - Redesigned Queue_v2 with iOS 27 capsule control pills and dynamic background blend support - Added new AirPods Pro audio device icon for connected Bluetooth devices - Added playlist creator avatar and name with channel navigation in Online Playlist screen - Refined Online Playlist top bar with marquee title and frosted glass buttons

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  - Redesigned volume control in Audio Device Bottom Sheet with a sleek Material 3 inline slider, segmented progress bar, and long-press hold-to-repeat support - Redesigned audio device section and battery gauge in Audio Device Bottom Sheet with a 270° progress arc, Material 3 Expressive motion animations, and vertical pill switcher - Added Apple Music AutoMix track and artwork transition in Player_v2 with centered 50/50 crossfade and dynamic dissolve - Added Apple Music-style split-pill in Player_v2 bottom utility bar with audio routing output selector and Listen Together session integration - Added Listen Together host badge pill above track title for guest participants in Player_v2 and Landscape - Redesigned the Listen Together screen with a modern Material 3 Expressive UI, featuring a dynamic connection gauge ring, unified room controls, a streamlined "Waiting for you" section for pending join requests and song suggestions, and a redesigned participant management bottom sheet with Transfer, Kick, and Block actions - Redesigned the Music Recognition screen with a modern Material 3 Expressive UI, featuring animated cookie badge shapes, dynamic audio equalizer waves, connected action buttons, full landscape side-by-side support, and orientation state preservation - Updated "From the Community" playlists on the Home Screen to use standard playlist grid items, improving performance, battery life, and visual consistency - Improved community playlist backend discovery and search parsing to deliver up to 25 diverse playlists based on listening history - Added automatic 256+ kbps (itag 141) audio streaming support for signed-in YouTube Premium users when Audio Quality is set to High - @Mickael81 Updated French localization and string resources for appearance settings, lyrics providers, and listening summary ([#1029](https://github.com/vivizzz007/vivi-music/pull/1029)) ### Bug Fixes - **Player V2 & Landscape Improvements**: - Redesigned Player V2 Landscape layout with dynamic album art sizing, centered controls, and proper spacing for bottom action icons - Fixed progress slider not showing restored song position on app launch or update until play was pressed - Fixed Player V2 album artwork overflowing and covering the progress slider and controls on tablets and foldables - Added support for Apple Music background style in Player V2 with seamless smootherstep dissolve, full-bleed blurred artwork backdrop with depth scrim, blur in landscape, and smooth blur crossfade for lyrics and queue - Fixed artwork transition jump and stutter when expanding from the small mini-header image back to the large cover art view - Fixed brief white flash on slider tracks when switching to lyrics mode in landscape - Disabled crossfade on "Previous" track skip for instant backward navigation - **Audio Device Bottom Sheet**: - Fixed audio quality chips glitching in landscape by switching to a stable single-line connected button row and removing redundant nested padding - Added smooth vertical scrolling so all sheet controls remain fully visible and usable in landscape - Fixed volume increase and decrease animation to step cleanly across segment boundaries - **Lyrics System Enhancements**: - Fixed UI lag and stutter when opening lyrics in Player_v2 by passing initial lyrics and moving romanization parsing to background threads - Fixed manual lyrics scrolling restriction in Lyrics_v2, allowing free and smooth scrolling across all lyric lines from start to finish - Fixed lyrics scroll boundaries to stop naturally at the start and end of lyrics without excessive blank space - Improved auto-scroll behavior to automatically return to the active lyrics line after 4 seconds of screen inactivity - Fixed jarring UI transition issue when searching and selecting new lyrics in Player_v2 and landscape by adding smooth crossfade and animated content alpha - Fixed sudden upward jump when opening lyrics by initializing playback position and active line index at composition time - Refined lyrics controls transition and timeout to match Accord with a smooth 450ms alpha fade and a 5-second countdown during both play and pause - Fixed controls remaining visible during manual lyrics scroll by immediately fading controls out on scroll gestures and revealing on tap - Fixed lyrics floating and drifting latency when scrubbing progress slider by instantly snapping offsets during seeking - **Quick Picks & Home Recommendations Overhaul**: - Fixed Quick Picks not updating dynamically by making HomeViewModel reactively observe playback events and database updates - Prioritized dynamic live recommendations on the Home Screen for both guest and signed-in users instead of static frozen shelves - Fixed seed song recovery in MusicService by saving automix and radio queues from YouTube.next immediately on track start - Fixed overly strict `MUSIC_VIDEO_TYPE_ATV` audio filter in YouTube.related() that was dropping valid song recommendations - Added automatic Set-Cookie network interception and visitor cookie persistence to keep recommendations aligned with playback history - **Online Playlist & Recommendation Improvements**: - Added InnerTube facepile parsing for modern YouTube Music playlists to correctly extract creator avatars and names instead of showing the year - Fixed related playlist carousel layout and dynamic section title handling - **Artist Screen**: - Fixed badge layout distortion and vertical text compression when subscriber count and monthly listener badges overflow screen width (#1016) - Fixed video items displaying as square boxes instead of 16:9 widescreen rectangles in the artist video carousel - Fixed false "LIVE" badge display on non-live videos and radio stations - **Settings UI**: - Fixed settings items breaking and text clipping with large text or non-English languages in Appearance, Content, and Player Settings by displaying setting values as description summaries below titles - **Player & Search**: - Fixed keyboard and navigation bar indicator remaining visible when opening player from search (#1023) - **Playback & Queue Stability**: - Fixed track switching race condition where rapidly tapping another song caused the first song to briefly play before being overtaken by the second song - Managed queue resolution lifecycle via `playQueueJob` in `MusicService` to cancel in-flight queue fetches when a new track or queue is requested - Fixed crossfade collision and codec leaks during rapid skips by cleanly stopping and disposing orphaned secondary players - Added instant preload metadata resolution in Local Album and List queues to switch tracks without network lag - **App Startup & Launch Stability**: - Fixed intermittent blank black or white launch screen by holding the splash screen until `playerConnection` is established (with a 2-second safety timeout) - Resolved startup crash race condition in `PlayerConnection` constructor caused by unsafe direct access to uninitialized `MusicService.player` - Added a graceful `ShimmerHost` loading placeholder on the Home Screen while the player connection finishes binding - **Memory Leak & Performance Optimizations**: - Fixed `MainActivity` and `PlayerConnection` memory leaks during screen rotation and background transitions by establishing clean lifecycle disposal in `onDestroy()` and using application context - Eliminated high native memory churn and GC spikes during playback in `CustomEqualizerAudioProcessor` and `SilenceDetectorAudioProcessor` by implementing persistent buffer reuse instead of continuous direct buffer allocation - Fixed permanent Activity context retention in `DownloadNotificationManager` by binding to application context - Resolved coroutine collector job accumulation in `HistoryViewModel` by cancelling in-flight collection jobs before rebinding - Fixed unreleased background `ExoPlayer` instance in `HomeViewModel` by releasing `WrappedAudioService` on ViewModel teardown - Removed an unnecessary 3-second recurring main looper timer and retained Activity references in `ActivityLifecycleManager` to reduce background battery drain - Added proper WebView lifecycle destruction (`onRelease`) in Login and Discord Login screens to release WebKit native resources upon leaving ☕ Support development on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/vividhpashokan 💸 Support via UPI: vividhpashokan@axl 💳 Support via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/vividhpashokan