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@fer0n fer0n released this 22 Oct 20:23
· 48 commits to main since this release

Audio Podcast Support

  • Add regular audio-only podcasts, continuous play can seamlessly switch between YouTube videos and RSS podcasts
  • Generate transcript
  • Auto-align podcast-provided transcripts with audio if needed
  • Trim silence (Premium)
  • Automatically download podcasts
  • OPML import

Tag Support (Premium)

  • Group videos, channels or podcasts into tags
  • Options to include/exclude channels, untagged channels, podcasts, or individual videos
  • Filter Queue based on tags
  • Quickly switch between tags by swiping left/right on the title bar (or enabling quick switch and simply tap it)
  • Custom tag settings: seek duration, playback speed & continuous play

Unified Search

  • Search YouTube, Podcasts, play/add videos or subscribe to channels without visiting the YouTube website
  • Filter search based on category or time
  • Choose to show or hide recommended videos

Apple Watch App

  • Playback controls for iPhone
  • Supports full sync & standalone playback

Native player (Experimental)

  • Enables reliable background playback & controls, at the cost of a lower video quality & no YouTube history sync
  • Option to use minimized "custom overlays" full quality player
  • "Prefer player type" setting to quickly switch between native player & previous selection
  • Auto-enable PiP when leaving the app, or keep it audio only (long press the PiP button to enable/disable)
  • Allows starting playback without opening the app first

Inbox Cards

  • Alternative layout to quickly triage inbox, one video at a time
  • Quickly switch between card view and list view
  • Sort inbox ascending or descending

More Filters

  • Skip intro/outro
  • Auto skip chapters: re-applies unchecked chapters to future chapters (Premium)

Native Share Sheet

  • Redesigned native share sheet, no setup required
  • Pick the video action manually or set one to trigger automatically
  • Directly subscribe to channel URLs

Player Controls

  • iOS 27: easy to reach play button at the bottom
  • Compact speed control (scroll up/down to quickly change speed)
  • Prominent player seek buttons
  • Re-arrange chapters to play in any order
  • Per-channel override for sponsor & self promotion chapters
  • Edge swipe inwards in landscape fullscreen to view description/chapters

Shortcuts

  • Generate chapters via Cloud AI & iOS 27 notification automation (Premium)
  • "Get list"
  • "Get current" expanded
  • "Play Next"
  • "Play": start background playback, or play a specific tag
  • "Set Chapters": merge into existing ones and set categories
  • "Set Playback Speed"
  • "Get transcript": generate transcript locally for Podcasts
  • Playback: Shift+C to clear
  • Menu command: View → Back

Smaller Stuff

  • iPhone Duo support
  • Global and per subscription setting to hide livestreams (Premium)
  • Video detail view no longer shows up as a dedicated sheet
  • Option to "show more" videos directly on the subscription page without opening YouTube
  • iPad layout tweaks
  • Onboarding: quickly add subscriptions/Podcasts
  • Buttons to add YouTube links directly from the description
  • Hide "AI" overlay for custom & minimal UI
  • Smooth fade transition between videos
  • Snap scrubber to chapter marks
  • Url scheme: add to inbox (unwatched://inbox?url=...)
  • Fallback relaid when YouTube RSS feeds are down

Improvements

  • Fetch channel images more reliable
  • macOS UI & interaction improvements
  • visionOS improvements & fixes
  • Improved current playback position sync between devices
  • Pasting an URL opens the added content
  • Allow adding subscriptions with RSS feeds unreachable
  • Arrow keys follow custom seek duration
  • Show warning if logged out of YouTube
  • Improved reliability of YouTube refresh failure check
  • Persist player tab macOS: remove outline of selected entry
  • Improved video chapter detection

Fixes

  • Potential fix: chapter toggle not shown correctly
  • Potential fix: macOS window sizing jumping around
  • Potential fix: crash during backup creation
  • Fix: macOS player layout with sidebar hidden
  • Fix: stuck loading indicator
  • Fix: stuck video ended overlay
  • Fix: expansive video list
  • Fix: auto refresh before sync is done
  • Fix: undo not working with continuous play
  • Fix: context menu tap & hold no longer flickers and de-selects
  • Fix: show reload button failure state on partial feed outages
  • Fix: "repair" list entry removes duplicate entry
  • Fix: cases where refresh happened during ongoing sync, leading to duplicates
  • Fix: blank row in context menu (macOS)
  • Fix: outline on list entries during interaction (macOS)
  • Fix: synced settings not working with iCloud turned off
  • Fix: cursor hidden when playback starts
  • Fix: dragging window on macOS toggling play

Full Changelog: v1.8.11...v2.0.0