I'm re-launching this topic: is Deezer still working on an ARM (for Apple Silicon) version of its desktop application? ElectronJS has supported arm64 for years now. I don't understand what's stopping developers from releasing the arm64 version now, even though Spotify already has.
Perhaps you're developing a native Deezer application to improve performance?
Don’t dream about it, it’s not the same as replace app icon with a new one 😁
Given that it’s probably not even possible to buy an x86 based Mac anymore, that this issue still exists is a de-facto demonstration of where on priority list this app is and how well the team is equipped. IOW -- extremely low and very poorly 😢
I'm re-launching this topic: is Deezer still working on an ARM (for Apple Silicon) version of its desktop application? ElectronJS has supported arm64 for years now. I don't understand what's stopping developers from releasing the arm64 version now, even though Spotify already has.
Perhaps you're developing a native Deezer application to improve performance?
That’s what I’m currently doing, but still, 4 years later to the party seems not good, Spotify is really good on apple silicon I wonder why Deezer is so behind.
I just subscribed back and now I have a Mac is very disappointing that is not apple silicon ready being released 4 years ago, I’m regretting my purchase, my Mac constantly says there is an app draining the battery and you guested is Deezer.
I figured I’d chime in and mention, that, while we do need a Apple Silicon optimized version regardless, you can always install the web version as a PWA to get a desktop like experience. It’s technically more secure to do it that way anyway and operates very similar to a desktop app, and can play full HiFi.
In Chrome this is done via Save and Share > Create Shortcut and then mark it to open as it’s own window (it may do this by default now, don’t recall).
Again, not the perfect solution and not trying to discredit anyone’s frustration over the issue, just that there is a sort of workaround that is a pretty good experience.
That’s great to know something might be happening with this @Leonídia.Deezer As we’ve had Apple Watch & HomePod previously added, and AppleTV this week, the desktop client is the one missing thing now….
Hi @archaic_email@Olh01, I've just received an update from our developers, and they mentioned that they're actively working on a solution for the issue.
However, there are still some milestones to address before it's fully resolved.
Given this, I would like to ask a bit more patience until they can completely resolve the problem.
Hi @dugeem thanks for raising this topic. Unfortunately in coming months there isn’t anything plan to move in that direction.
Nevertheless, I have asked again if there is any plans for 2024.
I will keep everybody update as soon as something new arise.
Apparently lazyness and uncompetence of french dev is not a legend …. they just have to check one tick in their apple dev account to allow IpadOS app on MACOS Silicon and that would be one step ahead but they just decided not to take 5 min of their precious cofee break and ignore their paying customers ( 20% price increase last year..) … M1 behind out for 3 years is a shame for anybody working on the dev team at deezer …
Multiple months later, but for the discussion about performance not likely to improve, these are false statements. Performance using Electron will very much improve after Deezer has changed a single configuration line in their package.json file, namely to change the arch value from “x64” to “universal”. It won’t be as good as a native app, but it will at least be decent.
Yes @Mikauto11 I saw it toо this morning, and expected to be optimized for Mac M series, but no, its still Intel. And Spotify works extremely well on M series, fast and very optimized.
My computer becomes noticeably slower when Deezer is running. It’s most noticeable when there’s already a fair amount of other apps running.
This is on a MacBook Air M1 computer.
Whilst the CPU usage isn’t anything extreme, it does often sit at around 12% for “Deezer Helper (Renderer)” is simply playing music in the background.
What is concerning is that when actively engaging with the app, CPU for that process readily jumps up to 40% +.
That seems high to me … for activities that I would think are fairly lite weight. I get less CPU usage from massive applications like Adobe apps, etc.
Here’s some examples:
After clicking on Explore
After clicking on Albums
After clicking on “Music”
After clicking on an Artists name, and brining up that artist’s page
Is this something Deezer developers are aware of?
Is Deezer optimised for M1 / silicon chips?
Thanks,
Jonathan
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I have a Mac M1, have the same issue. I use to the web player instead.
Pierrefournier wrote:
Hello there,
I'm re-launching this topic: is Deezer still working on an ARM (for Apple Silicon) version of its desktop application? ElectronJS has supported arm64 for years now. I don't understand what's stopping developers from releasing the arm64 version now, even though Spotify already has.
Perhaps you're developing a native Deezer application to improve performance?
Don’t dream about it, it’s not the same as replace app icon with a new one 😁
Given that it’s probably not even possible to buy an x86 based Mac anymore, that this issue still exists is a de-facto demonstration of where on priority list this app is and how well the team is equipped. IOW -- extremely low and very poorly 😢
Hello there,
I'm re-launching this topic: is Deezer still working on an ARM (for Apple Silicon) version of its desktop application? ElectronJS has supported arm64 for years now. I don't understand what's stopping developers from releasing the arm64 version now, even though Spotify already has.
Perhaps you're developing a native Deezer application to improve performance?
That’s what I’m currently doing, but still, 4 years later to the party seems not good, Spotify is really good on apple silicon I wonder why Deezer is so behind.
I’d recommend “installing” Deezer as a website, what browser are you using?
Doing this will still get you essentially the full featured Deezer app but without battery drain.
I just subscribed back and now I have a Mac is very disappointing that is not apple silicon ready being released 4 years ago, I’m regretting my purchase, my Mac constantly says there is an app draining the battery and you guested is Deezer.
Hi @planedrop, thank you for your valuable tips and detailed advice.
I'm sure our users will appreciate the workaround you suggested.
I figured I’d chime in and mention, that, while we do need a Apple Silicon optimized version regardless, you can always install the web version as a PWA to get a desktop like experience. It’s technically more secure to do it that way anyway and operates very similar to a desktop app, and can play full HiFi.
In Chrome this is done via Save and Share > Create Shortcut and then mark it to open as it’s own window (it may do this by default now, don’t recall).
Again, not the perfect solution and not trying to discredit anyone’s frustration over the issue, just that there is a sort of workaround that is a pretty good experience.
That’s great to know something might be happening with this @Leonídia.Deezer As we’ve had Apple Watch & HomePod previously added, and AppleTV this week, the desktop client is the one missing thing now….
Hi @archaic_email@Olh01, I've just received an update from our developers, and they mentioned that they're actively working on a solution for the issue.
However, there are still some milestones to address before it's fully resolved.
Given this, I would like to ask a bit more patience until they can completely resolve the problem.
Thank you very much for your understanding.
Leonídia.Deezer wrote:
Hi @dugeem thanks for raising this topic. Unfortunately in coming months there isn’t anything plan to move in that direction.
Nevertheless, I have asked again if there is any plans for 2024.
I will keep everybody update as soon as something new arise.
Apparently lazyness and uncompetence of french dev is not a legend …. they just have to check one tick in their apple dev account to allow IpadOS app on MACOS Silicon and that would be one step ahead but they just decided not to take 5 min of their precious cofee break and ignore their paying customers ( 20% price increase last year..) … M1 behind out for 3 years is a shame for anybody working on the dev team at deezer …
I would like to voice my support with an optimized version for the current iMac/Macbook versions. The one we currently have is not efficient.
Hi @dugeem thanks for raising this topic. Unfortunately in coming months there isn’t anything plan to move in that direction.
Nevertheless, I have asked again if there is any plans for 2024.
I will keep everybody update as soon as something new arise.
Nous sommes maintenant en 2024 et pourtant il n’y a toujours pas de support Apple Silicon (alias ARM) dans l’application Deezer Desktop pour macOS.
Au-delà de décevant pour beaucoup.
Veuillez trier l'application de bureau ou au moins autoriser l'utilisation de la variante Deezer iPadOS sous macOS.
C'est l'heure.
Salutations
It is now 2024 and yet there is still no Apple Silicon (aka ARM) support in the Deezer Desktop app for macOS.
Beyond disappointing for many.
Please sort out the Desktop app or at least allow the Deezer iPadOS variant to be used under macOS.
It’s time.
Regards
Deezer is among the very last Electron app to not have made the switch.
Before it, the following ElectronJS apps succeeded to change one line of configuration and build on arm64 on my laptop :)
Microsoft Teams
Skype
GeoGebra Classic 6
Discord
Visual Studio Code
Windows 95 (the application)
Mattermost
StarUML
VMWare Fusion
Redis Insight V2
Docker Desktop
GeoGebra Graphing Calculator
Hyper
GitHub Desktop
Insomnia
Adobe UXP Developer Tool
GitKraken
Molotov TV
Trello
Diagrams.net
AdGuard for Safari
Slack
Bootstrap Studio
MongoDB Compass
It’s about time! The only ElectronJS apps that did not make the switch are:
Deezer (why?)
Moodle Desktop (Abandoned, uses Moodle Mobile instead)
Unity Hub (Unity itself is Apple Silicon ready)
Neo4j Desktop (the Neo4j Browser is Apple Silicon ready)
PIA (their latest update was released before Apple Silicon, and the upcoming release will be compatible)
GravitDesigner (abandoned)
DS Update (I guess car manufacturers are not experts with software)
and that’s it. Really, Deezer should not be on that bottom list anymore!
Multiple months later, but for the discussion about performance not likely to improve, these are false statements. Performance using Electron will very much improve after Deezer has changed a single configuration line in their package.json file, namely to change the arch value from “x64” to “universal”. It won’t be as good as a native app, but it will at least be decent.
Yes @Mikauto11 I saw it toо this morning, and expected to be optimized for Mac M series, but no, its still Intel. And Spotify works extremely well on M series, fast and very optimized.
Johnathan.Deezer wrote:
Yes @dee_dirk, that would be great!
All I can tell you at the moment, something will happen soon, but we don’t have any date yet. 😐
Any updates, I let you know guys! 👌🏼
Take care.🙂
Just upgraded to version 6.0.10 (fully rebranded Deezer Desktop), and I find it quite outrageous that it is still not a Universal or arm64 binary.
Just a consideration: With the M-processor on the Mac, it is possible to use iPad versions. However, the developer must explicitly allow it. 🤓
Yes @dee_dirk, that would be great!
All I can tell you at the moment, something will happen soon, but we don’t have any date yet. 😐
