NeuroTube v1.3.0

NeuroTube v1.3.0

Release date: 2026-10-20

The package name changed from com.flowtube.app to com.neurotube.app. Android treats a package
name as the app's identity, so this is a one-time break: v1.3.0 installs as a new app next to
the old one and does not inherit its data.

Before you update, export a backup. Open the old app, go to Settings → Backup, and save a
master backup. Then uninstall the old app, install v1.3.0, and restore that backup.

Changed

• New package name. com.neurotube.app replaces com.flowtube.app. The launcher label, the
  Home header, the notification, the widgets and the About screen already read NeuroTube; now the
  internal identity matches the name.
• Downloads in the old folders are still found. Download/NeuroTube is the current location,
  and the app keeps scanning the Flow Tube folders from earlier versions, so existing files stay
  listed and are still recovered after a reinstall.
• Metadata in existing downloads is still read. Files downloaded by an earlier version carry
  com.flowtube.app.* tags; those are still parsed, so titles, artists and video ids survive.

Unchanged

• Signing key: v1.3.0 is signed with the same certificate as every previous release.
• Media files already in Download/NeuroTube are not touched — they live in shared storage, not in
  app-private data.

Known limitation

• The old app's private data (watch history, playlists, settings, the recommendation engine) cannot
  be carried over automatically. Android does not let a new package read another package's private
  storage, and the in-app updater refuses an APK whose package name differs. The backup export and
  restore path is the way across.