v1.40.0

1.40.0 (2026-08-24)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Add to queue: Error message is shown when adding to queue from certain channels (e39ff88)
• Disable Play Store updates: Change manifest version code but preserve existing internal version code checks (#2470) (8fc60e8)
• Network proxy: Avoid platform HTTPS fallback (#2510) (bc6c9be)
• Reddit: Add legacy app target of 2024.02.0 to allow logging in then upgrading the patched installation (#2473) (e7c32bf)
• Reddit: If Google sign-in is attempted then show a popup to use email/password to login (9f0d9f0)
• Reddit: Improve login compatibility (#2423) (1344e30)
• YouTube - Add to queue: "Overridde 'Play next in queue' button" not working (#2539) (235d3c6)
• YouTube - Captions: Auto captions do not show when video is unmuted (#2436) (e80ce29)
• YouTube - Hide layout components: Hide hype points in description (6a398c4)
• YouTube - Hide layout components: Hide padding when using "Hide horizontal shelves" (11435a7)
• YouTube - Hide layout components: Hide video recommendation labels only in search results (a5d7677)
• YouTube - Hide layout components: Library filter bar being hidden (8dd791c)
• YouTube - Hide Shorts components: Shorts filter not working in search results (2178eb5)
• YouTube - Navigation bar: Merge disable translucent navigation bar/status into a single setting (#2451) (652a515)
• YouTube - Override YouTube Music buttons: Resolve intent routing failure (#2487) (a8761c2)
• YouTube - Seekbar thumbnail: Prevent thumbnail resizing fluctuations (0ce23bd)
• YouTube - Seekbar thumbnail: Reduced heatmap peak point font pad… (#2564) (1209b95)
• YouTube - Seekbar: Dynamically set round edges for 'most replayed' label background (#2462) (80791b7)
• YouTube - Swipe controls: Do not restore the brightness when the player returns from picture in picture (2deb2a7)
• YouTube: Override feature flag that interferes with "Restore old player button style" (3ff43e5)
• YouTube: Prevent playback speed/quality UI text from wrapping at large font sizes (#2403) (9123870)

✨ New Features

• Reddit: Disable forced in-app update popup (#2416) (e0616a6)
• Spoof video streams: Default client maintenance (#2479) (62c6a35)
• Spoof video streams: Makes TV Simply available in signed-out or incognito mode by generating a PoToken (#2533) (c9a1622)
• Theme: Change the app background color from the app settings (#2524) (4d89ab2)
• YouTube - Background playback: Prevent paused videos from auto-resuming after returning to app (b2799ae)
• YouTube - Hide layout components: Add "Hide live chat tooltips" setting (#2463) (9f95b8e)
• YouTube - Hide layout components: Add "Hide Notifications menu header" setting (#2445) (2fd2eb5)
• YouTube - Playback speed: Add "Default playback audio pitch" setting (#2282) (2f5efc1)
• YouTube - Seekbar thumbnail: Added most watched section marker during seeking (5752c7e)
• YouTube - Swipe control: Redesign swipe control action settings (#2368) (f7196f7)
• YouTube - Swipe controls: Add "Ignore swipes when locked" setting (#2469) (1fce673)
• YouTube - Swipe controls: Support swipe controls in split-screen (#2503) (f2b04c2)
• YouTube: Add "Back button exits the feed" setting (#2488) (fe8e03c)

🚀 Updated App Support

• Reddit: Add experimental support for 2026.32.0 (#2405) (7149c54)
• Reddit: Add experimental support for 2026.34.0 (260f6d3)
• YouTube Music: Add experimental support for 9.31.51 (bbd6f5b)
• YouTube Music: Add experimental support for 9.32.51 (#2458) (9b280d0)
• YouTube Music: Add experimental support for 9.33.52 (2e7fe4c)
• YouTube: Add experimental support for 21.33.321 (2cfc72b)
• YouTube: Add experimental support for 21.34.243 (50ba5d6)

v1.40.0-dev.23

1.40.0-dev.23 (2026-08-24)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Add to queue: Error message is shown when adding to queue from certain channels (e39ff88)
• YouTube - Theme: Add new hex integer to dark values (ccab8bb)

v1.40.0-dev.22

1.40.0-dev.22 (2026-08-24)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Theme: Apply theme color to foreground text (#2567) (64bc593)

✨ New Features

• Theme: Add a patch option to permanently set the app background color (#2568) (7166721)

v1.40.0-dev.21

1.40.0-dev.21 (2026-08-23)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• YouTube - Add to queue: Match the flyout menu items to the app's own items (#2553) (693a33b)

v1.40.0-dev.20

1.40.0-dev.20 (2026-08-23)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• YouTube - FlyoutUtils: Unified extraction videoId logic and added new litho video element (a103d4a)
• YouTube - Seekbar thumbnail: Reduced heatmap peak point font pad… (#2564) (1209b95)

v1.40.0-dev.19

1.40.0-dev.19 (2026-08-22)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Context is sometimes not set (e54b364)
• Theme: Change the color of the new content indicator of the top bar (#2550) (4f0210b)

v1.40.0-dev.18

1.40.0-dev.18 (2026-08-22)

🚀 Updated App Support

• YouTube: Add experimental support for 21.34.243 (50ba5d6)

v1.40.0-dev.17

1.40.0-dev.17 (2026-08-22)

✨ New Features

• YouTube - Theme: Draw the splash screen with the selected background color (#2543) (fb3302d)

v1.40.0-dev.16

1.40.0-dev.16 (2026-08-21)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Theme: Use only the color resources that the app version declares (d1e1514)
• YouTube - Add to queue: "Overridde 'Play next in queue' button" not working (#2539) (235d3c6)
• YouTube - Swipe controls: Do not restore the brightness when the player returns from picture in picture (2deb2a7)
• YouTube - Wide search bar: Use the background color selected in the settings (abb7441)

v1.40.0-dev.15

1.40.0-dev.15 (2026-08-21)

✨ New Features

• Spoof video streams: Makes TV Simply available in signed-out or incognito mode by generating a PoToken (#2533) (c9a1622)
• Theme: Change the app background color from the app settings (#2524) (4d89ab2)