Knotch v1.8.2

Knotch v1.8.2

New Features

• Animated album art support on media views and lock screen expanded art
• Spotify repeat-one/like/explicit-tag support
• Spotify and Apple Podcast speed control support
• Reworked compact mode open animation
• UI mode (compact/normal) screen and liquid glass buttons to onboarding
• Daily compact calendar view
• Optional event indicators to compact calendar month grid
• Added master toggle for mini-widgets
• Added support for Dolby Atmos and Lossless badges for Apple Music (currently dormant, as the functionality requires a paid Apple Developer account)
• In-ear AirPod detection for Bluetooth lock screen mini-widget
• 'Hide media title extras' toggle in settings

Fixes

• Fixed lock screen liquid glass always rendering frosted and inactive instead of tracking system clarity setting (Clear/Tinted)
• Fixed system permission requests not triggering during onboarding
• Added bluetooth, airdrop, and live waveform screens to onboarding
• Fixed hover tooltip being clipped by row containers
• Fixed stuck glass key-hold, redundant calendar fetches on open/close, and per-frame debug print
• Waveform adjustments to further match iOS
• Made shuffle/repeat haptic only fire on the button's own tap
• Fixed update popup HTML code leak
• Updated the HUD permission strings to show "Device Control and Data Access" on macOS 27+
• Fixed missing menu icons on macOS 27 with rebuilt status/menu bar and notch context menus
• Battery HUD adjustments
• Added smooth animation to media progress bar
• Lock screen widgets and expanded art background adjustments and fixes to further match iOS
• Updated media controls slot customiser
• Added track change blur transition to media marquees and sneak peek
• Updated no media playing state UI
• Added hide in fullscreen, mission control, and source app toggles
• Made expanded HUDs dismissable
• Compact mode settings gating adjustments
• Media control button adjustments
• Added search entry in settings for media controls layout preview

Knotch v1.8.1

Knotch v1.8.1

New Features

• Added file drop to compact mode

Fixes

• Fixed compact calendar not showing as many events as possible
• Fixed audio output button being disabled in normal UI mode
• Forced notch to close on screen lock
• Fixed system HUD hover clipping issue
• Fixed 6-row compact calendar months being clipped
• Compact calendar and battery mini-widget adjustments
• Reworked update popup UI
• Fixed closed notch activities causing the focused app to lose focus
• Gesture reactivity (swipe to open/close/cycle views) no longer triggers from clicking and dragging with the cursor - only trackpad swipes trigger it now
• Capped the battery mini-widget's "time left" estimate to prevent it occasionally showing an absurdly high number of hours

Knotch v.1.8.0

💻 Knotch v1.8.0

✨ New Features

• Revamped closed-notch HUD and live-activity transitions with unified collapse-expand choreography
• Added lock screen mini-widgets
• Added sneak peek duration slider
• Added compact calendar all-day events toggle
• Added pull down gesture reactivity to compact mode
• Added option to disable app icon on album art
• Added info popup for macOS 26+ menu bar icon toggle that redirects to System Settings
• Added blur and flash to album art flip transition
• Compact mode media player title is now tappable to open the media source app
• Added liquid glass elements to settings

🔧 Fixes

• Moved notch appearance settings to Appearance tab
• Fixed cpu/memory usage across notch, timers, and settings
• Fixed debug session OOM kill from CGEvent tap leak + unbounded thumbnail cache
• Fixed the notch open/close drift & ghosting bug
• Fixed home to tray switch revealing unmasked glass + disabled glass on solid black appearance
• Fixed paused state for youtube thumbnails
• Reworked media sneak peek
• Fixed gesture settings including horizontal gestures to skip track
• Reworked shuffle and repeat active indicator + fixed source media app repeat sync
• Fixed compact calendar view snapping to media view during close
• Fixed lock hud persisting on unlock
• Fixed default HUD sizing
• Fixed concave top corner + extended duration for expanded battery HUD
• Fixed browser tabs showing app icon instead of grey note fallback for no-artwork tracks
• Fixed macbook icon to match actual mac model
• Fixed bluetooth expanded HUD corners
• Fixed settings window focus
• Fixed compact mode ui opening on file drag
• Airdrop and bluetooth HUD fixes
• Volume and brightness HUD adjustments
• Gated liquid glass notch appearances behind macOS 26+ and improved lock screen widget styling on versions below macOS 26
• Fixed liquid glass mask lagging issue
• Made toggles in settings respect compact mode capability + adjusted system HUD UI
• Changed media buttons reactivity to react during click, not after
• Increased view transition blur + all-day event pill adjustments
• Reworked 'not playing' placeholder art
• Increased waveform size on compact view
• Changed artist text in media player to use .medium weight
• Changed airdrop symbol
• Removed custom visualiser options

Knotch v1.7.7

💻️ Knotch v1.7.7

✨ New Features

• Added compact UI mode

🔧 Fixes

• Fixed mirror widget sizing
• Fixed issue where calendar wheel hover recognition prevented gesture reactivity
• Added blur effect on notch open and close
• Implemented a potential fix for liquid glass black mask lagging during notch open animation
• Added release notes to update popup in settings
• Added airdrop progress HUD toggle to settings

Knotch v1.7.6

💻️ Knotch v1.7.6

✨ New Features

• Added airdrop notifications

🔧 Fixes

• Fixed shuffle sync with media source app
• Fixed airpods battery level detection

Knotch v1.7.5

💻️ Knotch v1.7.5

✨ New Features

• Added 'Default Player' setting in media tab
• Added focus mode HUD
• Improved media skip button animations

🔧 Fixes

• Reworked and optimised picker menus
• Reworked audio output popup UI
• Fixed localsend integration

Knotch v1.7.4

💻️ Knotch v1.7.4

🔧 Fixes

• Fixed timer ruler not showing when triggered on tray view
• Split sneak peek settings into 'on resume' and on 'track change'
• Improved transition between simulated and live waveform
• Removed 'coloured spectogram' toggle in settings
• Fixed file share and tray drop detection sometimes not working
• Added fade-out to edges of event view

Knotch v1.7.3

💻️ Knotch v1.7.3

✨ New Features

• MacOS system timer integration
• Added separate 'lock screen' tab
• Added lock screen timer widget
• Widened live waveform support

🔧 Fixes

• Made music live activity middle strip respect glass appearance
• Fixed closed notch timer live activity in and out animation
• Made youtube thumbnails display as original ratio instead of square

Knotch v1.7.2

💻️ Knotch v1.7.2

✨ New Features

• Added release notes to 'About' tab in settings

🔧 Fixes

• Waveform bar band adjustments
• Fixed calendar scrolling triggering gesture reactivity

Knotch v1.7.1

💻️ Knotch v1.7.1

✨ New Features

• New and improved live waveform
• Added overshoot to volume and brightness HUDs
• Added icon for share menu in quick share service picker

🔧 Fixes

• Improved waveform colours
• Fixed gap being caused on notch pull down
• Made charging glyphs show even at 100% as battery icon
• Music waveform adjustments
• Fixed youtube thumbnails appearing squished when display in music player
• Fixed settings window not focusing on open when opened in background
• Removed dark fill from quick share service square