Android Beta Release Note 9.0.18

Here comes the new beta 9.0.18, we hope you will like the improvements made in this version. Do not hesitate to give your feedback!
 

IMPROVEMENTS

▷ [ACCESSIBILITY] We improved the accessibility of smart playlists (STLs) by ensuring full TalkBack compatibility — all STL thumbnails are now reachable via swipe navigation and properly described — and by preventing cover text from being resized with system font scaling

▷ [LIBRARY] Users can now switch between list and grid display modes in the favorite artists page, with their display preference saved individually per user

▷ [LIBRARY] We added the possibility to sort content by recently played in the favorite albums page

▷ [LIBRARY] The “Downloaded music” page now features filters that replace the former section layout, making it much easier to browse downloaded content by type

▷ [PLAYER] As part of the timestamp recovery initiative, we implemented timestamp forwarding:

• on playback pause/stop and track changes, enabling accurate playback position recovery when switching devices or resuming a session

• on seek, ensuring the player's exact position is saved when a user seeks to a new position from any source (app, media session, notification, Bluetooth)

▷ [ONBOARDING] We enriched the search functionality within the artist picker to allow users to search for artists by album and song names - and not only by artist names

▷ [RECOMMENDATION] We investigated and validated a solution to improve the smart playlists cover loading time impression by adding fade-in animations on cover and placeholder (as implemented on iOS)

▷ [SETTINGS] We removed the "New" badge labels from the “App theme and color” and “App icon” options in the settings

BUG FIXES

▷ [ARTIST] We fixed an inconsistency where only two concert events were shown on the artist page on Android instead of three (as displayed on iOS), ensuring a consistent events experience across platforms

▷ [FOUNDATIONS] We removed a call to a synchronization method triggered at every app startup since version 9.0.14, which was causing significant mobile data overconsumption

▷ [OFFLINE] We fixed a regression introduced in version 9.0.17 where tapping the downloads shuffle button in offline/airplane mode would fail to start playback

▷ [PLAYER] We fixed the small phone icon size from 24dp to the correct 16dp, ensuring visual consistency with all other small icons across the app

▷ [REMIX] The app now automatically refreshes the "My Remixes" playlist in the library as soon as a remix experience is completed, so the newly created remix and/or playlist appear instantly without needing a manual pull-to-refresh

▷ [SEARCH] We fixed a display issue in the "Top result" block in search results where long track titles were not being properly truncated to the correct number of lines, aligning Android behavior with iOS