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Parachord Android 0.8.0

A big Android Auto release — Loved Songs in the car, playlist cover art that actually shows, and now-playing info that stays correct with the screen off. Plus two-way ListenBrainz playlist sync, more reliable Spotify playback, and parachord.com links that open straight in the app.

How to Install

Two options:

  1. Grab the APK directly from the latest release (below) and sideload it. Android 8.0+ (API 26) required.
  2. Join the Parachord-Testers Google Group and you’ll get automatic updates via Google Play Store as new builds go out.

What's new

Android Auto, dialed in

This release put a lot of work into the car experience:

  • Loved Songs folder. Your collection now shows up as a browsable list in the car — tap any loved song to play it, with the rest queued in order. Sits right next to Collection Radio (which still shuffle-plays everything).
  • Playlist cover art. Playlists with locally-generated mosaic covers used to show blank tiles in the car — they now render their artwork.
  • Now Playing info stays correct. The track title, artist, and duration on the head-unit card now update reliably during Spotify / Apple Music playback — including the first track and after skips — instead of getting stuck on a placeholder or 0:00.
  • Locked-phone playback works. Picking a playlist from the head unit with the phone locked no longer bounces back to the browse list — it plays.
  • Queue, browse, and search fixes carried over from earlier in the cycle keep the Up Next view and in-car search consistent.

Sync your playlists to ListenBrainz

Parachord can now two-way sync your playlists with ListenBrainz — pushing your local playlists up and reconciling edits across devices. Pick it from the sync provider screen (shown once you've connected ListenBrainz in Scrobblers). Playlists sync private by default, reconcile in place by MBID (no duplicates), and only push what's actually changed.

Spotify playback got more reliable

  • Plays on the right device. Fixes for picking your phone over a stale "phantom" Spotify Connect device (an old TV or speaker that lingers in Spotify's device list), including when you've renamed your phone in Spotify.
  • Re-auth, handled gracefully. If your Spotify session expires, you get a clear "reconnect" banner instead of silent failures and retry storms — and the app proactively refreshes tokens before they lapse.

Open parachord.com links in the app

https://parachord.com/<verb> links now route directly into Parachord (Android App Links), so shared links open the app instead of a browser.

Polish

  • Search field on the Collection screen no longer clips the bottoms of letters.
  • Wikipedia and Achordion icons render correctly on service/source rows.

Full changelog: v0.7.0...v0.8.0

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