v2026.804.0-beta
Pre-release
Pre-release
What's Changed
Features
- feat(listen-along): stream room audio and artwork to browser listeners by @RealWhyKnot in 657c0b9
- feat(playback): loudness normalization from youtube's measured loudness by @RealWhyKnot in e1f294d
- feat(listen-along): relay rooms with share links, roles and a room window by @RealWhyKnot in 2c5e023
- feat(playback): allow autoplay and pause the restored track muted by @RealWhyKnot in 05d6496
- feat(updater): channel-aware feed with launch installs behind a first-run choice by @RealWhyKnot in db4a200
- feat(settings): stage changes behind an explicit save bar by @RealWhyKnot in 66c69ed
- feat(listen-along): open and follow another player's position by @RealWhyKnot in 004eae6
Bug Fixes
- fix(discord): route presence buttons through the https share page by @RealWhyKnot in 9251058
- fix(updater): never install a build that is not newer, and skip checks on local builds by @RealWhyKnot in 691805d
- fix(listen-along): retry floored decisions and seed idle listeners, add room-join scenario by @RealWhyKnot in ce537e5
- fix(build): alias ~shared for the main process bundle by @RealWhyKnot in b526934
- fix(discord): point presence at the application's asset keys by @RealWhyKnot in 35d3b96
- fix(discord): reply to ping frames from the rpc socket by @RealWhyKnot in 92b0d4f
- fix(companion): reject a seek when no video is loaded by @RealWhyKnot in 6fd3481
Documentation
- docs: rooms, updater channels, loudness and explicit save in the readme by @RealWhyKnot in b35a623
Tests
- test(harness): audio capture capability probe and live stream scenario by @RealWhyKnot in 0760d11
- test(harness): probe for remote device awareness in the ytm store by @RealWhyKnot in d11a8af
Build
- build(scripts): install a local build over the windows installation by @RealWhyKnot in 4bcb8dc
CI
- ci(release): pre-create the release so platform publishes cannot race, keep builds independent, current action majors by @RealWhyKnot in b26bf21
- ci(release): grouped commit notes with author attribution and compare footer by @RealWhyKnot in 81e8560
Chores
- chore: use YTMDesktop+ in user-facing text by @RealWhyKnot in 14982cb
Reverts
- revert(shortcuts): leave global accelerators unbound by default by @RealWhyKnot in aa3159f
Other Changes
- assets: add discord rich presence badge art by @RealWhyKnot in 1ad3612
Full Changelog: RealWhyKnot/YTMDesktopPlus@v2026.803.1...v2026.804.0-beta
Windows: download and run YTMDesktopPlus-2026.804.0-beta.Setup.exe. Installed copies update on their own.
| Asset | Size | SHA-256 |
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| RELEASES | 0.0 MB | 4aa0834472da8a6ae1b6d9055b8fbc34cde077c0b06c88b161ed14bc8e0b29c1 |
| ytmdesktop_plus-2026.804.0-beta-full.nupkg | 136.3 MB | 28008cc7b44fd0614d62b0fd48571913147f3eb4914234f82675e6fb0bb6cafe |
| ytmdesktop-plus_2026.804.0.beta_amd64.deb | 94.6 MB | f2d61c504727f9173eb81ee3ac2f137a33d734dcf9b58c6c60bbe3e906d526b0 |
| ytmdesktop-plus_2026.804.0.beta_arm64.deb | 93.7 MB | 5c22a1351efea3641d31eb4e8dd9e280bb148b6a729bac222c0f158d7dc39fa5 |
| ytmdesktop-plus-2026.804.0.beta-1.arm64.rpm | 93.6 MB | 8c8d6ef78a2bf63107ca8d7a8dc34b9f01ba5aeb317518d77e5b226bc8c63e14 |
| ytmdesktop-plus-2026.804.0.beta-1.x86_64.rpm | 99.2 MB | 6a9e9b679c330b0bac3fc0c4779521ac5c2d8d77286182d31bfa554ade43f4b2 |
| YTMDesktopPlus-2026.804.0-beta.Setup.exe | 137.1 MB | deafc5a71f6a0257c6648433a9c9d523b24dc2702f745163396be427f2334e71 |
| YTMDesktopPlus-darwin-arm64-2026.804.0-beta.zip | 116.9 MB | bc30358625621dad5c8e60c473e6d39f5132e2414040674c5ceb7f096081e8ef |
| YTMDesktopPlus-darwin-x64-2026.804.0-beta.zip | 119.7 MB | f2dc4415aa11f5e30d3deb92218064aca1b957bccd36ae1b6d13c6a6f45efd9f |