Changelog

21.77 Beta

  • Possible fix for not working comment reply

21.69 Beta

  • Added additional speeds into the player: Settings/Player/Speed/Misc/Extra long speed list
  • Added AFR player button: Settings/Player/Enable buttons
  • New option: Settings/General/Misc/Remember last viewed position in the pinned playlists
  • Fixed opening channel links inside a video description
  • Comments: no replies fix
  • New option: Settings/Auto Frame Rate/Auto Frame Rate/Skip Shorts

21.65 Beta

  • New option: Settings/General/Misc/Remember last viewed position in the pinned playlists
  • Fixed opening channel links inside a video description
  • Comments: no replies fix
  • New option: Settings/Auto Frame Rate/Auto Frame Rate/Skip Shorts

21.54 Beta

  • Cumulative changes from the beta:
  • Stability fixes
  • New setting item to display pinned channel as rows: Settings/User Interface/Misc/Display pinned channel as rows
  • New setting item to auto remove watched videos from Watch Later playlist: Settings/General/Hide unwanted content/Hide watched from Watch Later playlist
  • Amazon Alexa play command fix
  • Captions: added side padding for better readability

21.51 Beta

  • New setting item: Settings/General/Hide unwanted content/Hide watched from Watch later playlist
  • Pinned channel now appears as a rows
  • Amazon Alexa play command fix
  • Captions: added side padding for better view
  • Buffering fixes

21.49 Beta

  • Pinned channel now appears as a rows
  • Amazon Alexa play command fix
  • Captions: added side padding for better view
  • Buffering fixes

21.34 Beta

  • Cumulative changes from the beta:
  • Added crowdsourced video thumbnails (Settings/DeArrow/Replace titles)
  • Added crowdsourced video titles (Settings/DeArrow/Replace titles)
  • Added Sports section (Settings/General/Set-up sections)
  • Added player mute button (Settings/Player/Set-up buttons)
  • Player: added Pitch effect setting (Player/HQ Dialog/Pitch effect)
  • Added Oculus Quest fix as an option: Settings/Player/Dev. options/Oculus Quest fix
  • Old look of the Channel page: Settings/General/Misc/Old look of the Channel page
  • Exit from the player with a double back: Settings/Player/Exit from the player
  • Amazon Alexa play command fix
  • Captions: added side padding for better view and timing fixes

21.29 Beta

  • Buffering fixes
  • Added crowdsourced video thumbnails (Settings/DeArrow/Replace titles) https://dearrow.ajay.app
  • Added crowdsourced video titles (Settings/DeArrow/Replace titles) https://dearrow.ajay.app
  • Added Sports section (Settings/General/Set-up sections)
  • Added player mute button (Settings/Player/Set-up buttons)
  • Player: added Pitch effect setting (Player/HQ Dialog/Pitch effect)
  • Added Oculus Quest fix as an option: Settings/Player/Dev. options/Oculus Quest fix
  • Old look of the Channel page: Settings/General/Misc/Old look of the Channel page
  • Exit from the player with a double back: Settings/Player/Exit from the player

21.23 Beta

  • Added Oculus Quest fix as an option: Settings/Player/Dev. options/Oculus Quest fix
  • Player: added Pitch effect setting (Player/HQ Dialog/Pitch effect)
  • Added crowdsourced video thumbnails (Settings/DeArrow/Replace titles) https://dearrow.ajay.app
  • Added crowdsourced video titles (Settings/DeArrow/Replace titles) https://dearrow.ajay.app
  • Added Sports section (Settings/General/Set-up sections)
  • Added player mute button (Settings/Player/Set-up buttons)

21.22 Beta

  • Added Oculus Quest fix as an option: Settings/Player/Dev. options/Oculus Quest fix
  • Player: added Pitch effect setting (Player/HQ Dialog/Pitch effect)
  • Added crowdsourced video thumbnails (Settings/DeArrow/Replace titles) https://dearrow.ajay.app
  • Added crowdsourced video titles (Settings/DeArrow/Replace titles) https://dearrow.ajay.app
  • Added Sports section (Settings/General/Set-up sections)
  • Added player mute button (Settings/Player/Set-up buttons)

21.15 Beta

  • Oculus Quest back key fix
  • Player: added Pitch effect setting (Player/HQ Dialog/Pitch effect)
  • Added crowdsourced video thumbnails (Settings/DeArrow/Replace titles) https://dearrow.ajay.app
  • Added crowdsourced video titles (Settings/DeArrow/Replace titles) https://dearrow.ajay.app
  • Added Sports section (Settings/General/Set-up sections)
  • Added player mute button (Settings/Player/Set-up buttons)

21.07 Beta

  • Added crowdsourced video thumbnails (Settings/DeArrow/Replace titles) https://dearrow.ajay.app
  • Added crowdsourced video titles (Settings/DeArrow/Replace titles) https://dearrow.ajay.app
  • Added Sports section (Settings/General/Set-up sections)
  • Added player mute button (Settings/Player/Set-up buttons)

20.90 Beta

  • Added key mapping: Next/Previous -> Fast Forward/Rewind (Settings/General/Key mapping)
  • Added key mapping: DPAD LEFT/RIGHT -> Volume Down/Up (Settings/General/Key mapping)
  • Added key mapping: DPAD UP/DOWN -> Volume Up/Down (Settings/General/Key mapping)
  • Added key mapping: Channel UP/DOWN -> Volume Up/Down (Settings/General/Key mapping)
  • Added key mapping: DPAD UP/DOWN -> Speed Up/Down (Settings/General/Key mapping)
  • Added option to mute the audio track. Player/HQ/Audio format/Disable
  • Remember the comment’s position after close
  • Fix audio focus when the audio track is disabled
  • Casting fix
  • Playback buffering fix
  • Login fixes
  • Touch screen support: back gesture fix
  • Screensaver fix
  • PIP fix
  • AFR fix
  • Fix absent incognito item in the context menu
  • Comments focus lost fix

20.83 Beta

  • Buffering fix???
  • Added key mapping: Next/Previous -> Fast Forward/Rewind (Settings/General/Key mapping)
  • Added key mapping: DPAD LEFT/RIGHT -> Volume Down/Up (Settings/General/Key mapping)
  • Added key mapping: DPAD UP/DOWN -> Volume Up/Down (Settings/General/Key mapping)
  • Added key mapping: Channel UP/DOWN -> Volume Up/Down (Settings/General/Key mapping)
  • Added key mapping: DPAD UP/DOWN -> Speed Up/Down (Settings/General/Key mapping)
  • Login fixes
  • Added option to mute the audio track. Player/HQ/Audio format/Disable
  • Touch screen support: back gesture fix
  • Screensaver fix
  • PIP fix
  • AFR fix
  • No incognito in context menu fix
  • Comments focus fix

20.61 Beta

  • Screensaver fix
  • PIP fix
  • AFR fix
  • No incognito in context menu fix
  • Comments focus fix

20.56 Beta

  • Cumulative fixes from the beta:
  • Added option to disable looping shorts: Setting/Player/Misc/Skip Shorts
  • Search history fix (need to log in again)
  • Added options to hide the Channel search bar and filter inside the Channels page. Settings/UI/Misc/Enable Channels filter and Search Bar
  • Player: restore speed fix after sleep

20.36 Beta

  • Cumulative fixes from the beta:
  • Loop Shorts option: Settings/Player/Misc/Loop Shorts
  • Channels section: added channel list filter
  • Channel update: added search and sort uploaded videos by date
  • Add new option: Settings/Search/Misc/Fix show keyboard by the OK key press (G20s and others)

20.32 Beta

  • Channels section: added channel list filter

20.23 Stable

  • Hide Shorts from Trending
  • Channel content fix: add links to related channels
  • Settings/Hide unwanted content: added more entries
  • Playlist open fix
  • Player: fix errors during playback???
  • Live streams started from the beginning fix
  • Player: lost chapters fix
  • AFR: fix afr on 2min videos
  • tweak hide watched videos
  • Player: add 240p preset
  • Touch screen: vertical orientation
  • Monochrome theme: red color changed to grey
  • Audio language selection fix
  • Empty account fix. Need re-login.

20.04 Stable

  • Cumulative fixes from the beta:
  • Player: no chapters fix
  • Updated Monochrome theme to be more OLED-friendly Settings/UI/Color schemes
  • Touch screen support: added vertical orientation
  • Audio language selection fix
  • Possible fix for the playback errors

19.90 Beta

  • Critical fixes from the beta:
  • Empty account fix. Need re-login.
  • Volume normalizer: minimize distortions
  • Possible fix for the playback errors

19.84 Beta

  • Possible fix for the playback errors
  • Volume normalizer: minimize distortions

19.81 Beta

  • Cumulative changes from the beta:
  • Added Hide watched videos from Subscriptions and Home: Settings/General/Hide unwanted content
  • Added Play Next context menu item: Settings/General/Context menu
  • Subtitles: last used subtitle language moved to the top
  • Fix the remote control (casting) when the app running in the background (need overlay permission)
  • Unplayable videos fix. Need re-login

19.79 Beta

  • Age restricted videos fix. Need re-login.

19.75 Beta

  • Fix the remote control (casting) when the app is running in the background.

19.73 Beta

  • Fix the remote control (casting) when the app is running in the background.

19.70 Beta

  • Added Hide watched videos from Home option: Settings/General/Hide unwanted content
  • Added Hide watched videos from Subscriptions option: Settings/General/Hide unwanted content
  • Added Play Next context menu item: Settings/General/Context menu
  • Subtitles: last used subtitle language moved to the top

19.65 Beta

  • Added Hide watched videos from Subscriptions option: Settings/General/Misc
  • Added Play Next context menu item: Settings/General/Context menu
  • Subtitles: last used subtitle language moved to the top

19.63 Beta

  • Important update: login fix, empty sections for logged user fix
  • Thank you to all who helped to find the issue.🙏
  • Donations: https://t.me/SmartTubeEN/218

19.60 Beta

  • Fix for search history synchronization between clients
  • NOTE: Current playback issues are not fixed yet(

19.59 Beta

  • Cumulative changes from the beta:
  • Buffering fixes, previous release fixes and stability improvements

19.54 Beta

  • Cumulative changes from the beta:
  • Improve touch screen and mouse support for tablets
  • Added new option: Remember speed per channel. Settings/Player/Remember speed
  • Fix for the remembering search history (history sync temporally not working)
  • Experimental feature: account password (Settings/Account/Use password)
  • Experimental feature: use separate settings per account (Settings/General/Misc/Separate settings per account)

19.50 Beta

  • Added experimental features: account password (Settings/Account/Use password) and use separate settings per account (Settings/General/Misc/Separate settings per account)

19.46 Beta

  • Partial fix the search history (note, no sync with other clients, previous search history is lost for now)
  • New option: Settings/Search/Disable popular search queries

19.42 Beta

  • Partial fix the search history (note, no sync with other clients, previous search history is lost for now)
  • New option: Settings/Search/Disable popular search queries

19.31 Beta

  • Added new option: Remember speed per channel (enabled by default). Settings/Player/Remember speed

19.28 Beta

  • Shorts history fix
  • Improve touch screen and mouse support

19.17 Stable

  • Auth fix
  • Contains cumulative changes from the Beta
  • New option: Settings/General/Misc/Remember last Subscriptions position (disabled by default)
  • Added Notification section. This section is actually the same as on web or mobile clients. The section should be enabled in Settings/General/Setup sections.
  • Player: long press on the subscribe button to enable notifications for the channel
  • Numerous bug fixes for the previous release”

19.19 Beta

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  • Auth fix
  • Player: long press on the subscribe button to enable notifications for the channel
  • Previous release bug fixes

19.15 Stable

  • Contains cumulative changes from the Beta
  • New option: Settings/General/Misc/Remember last Subscriptions position (disabled by default)
  • Added Notification section. This section is actually the same as on web or mobile clients. The section should be enabled in Settings/General/Setup sections.
  • Player: long press on the subscribe button to enable notifications for the channel
  • Numerous bug fixes for the previous release”

19.05 Beta

  • Player: long press on the subscribe button to enable notifications for the channel
  • Previous release bug fixes

19.02 Beta

  • Added Notifications section. This section is actually the same as on web or mobile clients. The section should be enabled in Settings/General/Setup sections.
  • Previous release bug fixes

19.01 Beta

  • New option: Settings/General/Misc/Remember last Subscriptions position (disabled by default)
  • Previous release bug fixes

18.99 Beta

  • Fixes and performance improvements for pinned channels on the sidebar

18.96 Beta

  • Fix for duplicated videos in Recommendations
  • Previous release bug fixes

18.94 Beta

  • Previous release bug fixes
  • A possible fix for the source error

18.92 Beta

  • Added an option to enable/disable history. Settings/General/Misc/Enable history
  • Previous release bug fixes

18.91 Beta

  • Previous release tweaks and bug fixes
  • Added option to disable current player button navigation. Settings/Player/Misc/Seamless button navigation

18.70 Beta

  • Screen off mode bugfixes

18.69 Beta

  • Previous release tweaks and bug fixes
  • Context menu: added comments entry (Settings/General/Context menu)

18.68 Beta

  • Previous release bug fixes
  • Added more zooming ranges: Settings/Player/Zoom

18.66 Beta

  • Previous release bug fixes

18.65 Beta

  • Previous release bug fixes
  • Possible ‘source error’ fix

18.61 Beta

  • Previous release bug fixes
  • Subtitles background improvements
  • Force disable Auto Frame Rate on short videos

18.59 Beta

  • Previous release bug fixes

18.58 Beta

  • Partial fix for the absent subtitles

18.57 Beta

  • Added Shorts section. Disabled by default. To enable: Settings/General/Setup sections

18.52 Beta

  • Improve quality of auto volume

18.51 Beta

  • Disable auto volume: Settings/Player/Misc/Auto volume adjustment

18.50 Stable

  • Contains cumulative changes from the Beta
  • Option to reorder context menu items. Select position dialog will popup after enabling any menu item in Settings/General/Context menu
  • Navigation between buttons inside the player has been changed to be more intuitive
  • Player: the ability to select a dim amount when turning the screen off (for setup, long press on the Screen off player button)
  • Automatic volume adjustment to keep the loudness of all videos on the same level (cannot be disabled now).

18.50 beta

  • Duplicate subtitles fix
  • Rolled back changes from the previous release due to numerous issues

18.46 beta

  • Improvements for the auto volume level adjustment

18.40 beta

  • Automatic volume adjustment to keep the loudness of all videos on the same level (cannot be disabled now).
  • Previous release bug fixes

18.39 beta

  • Improvements to the screen dimming feature: added more dimming gradations and slightly changed screen off behavior. Settings/General/Screensaver dimming and Player/Screen off button, long press.
  • Another possible fix for the buffering issue

18.38 beta

  • Another possible fix for the buffering issue
  • Player: the ability to select a dim amount when turning the screen off (for setup, long press on the Screen off player button)

18.35 beta

  • Option to reorder context menu items. Select position dialog will popup after enabling any menu item in Settings/General/Context menu
  • Previous release fixes

18.28 Stable

  • Contains cumulative changes from the Beta
  • A possible fix for the buffering issue

18.28 Beta

  • A possible fix for the buffering issue

18.27 Stable

  • Contains cumulative changes from the Beta
  • The fix for the video source error
  • The player network stack option is extracted to the separate menu: Settings/Player/Network stack. This option could potentially fix the infamous ‘source error’.

18.27 beta

  • The possible fix for the video source error #6
  • The player network stack option is extracted to the separate menu: Settings/Player/Network stack. This option could potentially fix the infamous ‘source error’.

18.26 beta

  • The possible fix for the video source error #5

18.25 beta

  • The possible fix for the video source error #4

18.24 beta

  • The possible fix for the video source error #3

18.23 Stable

  • Contains cumulative changes from the Beta
  • The fix for the video source error

18.23 beta

  • The possible fix for the video source error #2

18.22 beta

  • The possible fix for the video source error
  • The beta icon color changed to red

18.15 Stable

  • Contains cumulative changes from the Beta
  • New option: Settings/Subtitles/Remember enabled subtitles per each channel (disabled be default)
  • New option: Settings/Player/Misc/Show notification to quickly advance through the chapters (disabled by default)
  • Added ‘exclude channel from SponsorBlock’ context menu item (disabled by default, to enable Settings/General/Context menu)

18.15 Beta

  • New option: Settings/Subtitles/Remember enabled subtitles per each channel

18.12 Beta

  • New option: Settings/Player/Misc/Show notification to quickly advance through the chapters (disabled by default)
  • Previous release bug fixes

18.05 Beta

  • New option: Settings/Player/Misc/Show notification to quickly advance through the chapters (enabled by default)
  • Previous release bug fixes

17.98 Beta

  • Added ‘exclude channel from SponsorBlock’ context menu item (disabled by default, to enable Settings/General/Context menu)
  • Previous release bug fixes

17.95 Stable

  • Player: added new button Screen off timeout. Helpful when you are most of the time listening to podcasts etc. Short press to enable it, long press to set up timeout.
  • New context menu item: Mark the video as watched. Disabled by default. To enable: Settings/General/Set-up context menu
  • New option: Settings/About/Enable old update notifications
  • New option: Settings/Player/Misc/Enable UI animations
  • New options: Settings/Player/Misc/Show like/dislike count

17.95 Beta

  • Previous release bug fixes

17.93 Beta

  • New context menu item: Mark the video as watched. Disabled by default. To enable: Settings/General/Set-up context menu
  • New option: Settings/About/Enable old update notifications
  • New option: Settings/Player/Misc/Enable UI animations
  • New options: Settings/Player/Misc/Show like/dislike count

17.90 Stable

  • Player: added new button Screen off timeout. Helpful when you are most of the time listening to podcasts etc. Short press to enable it, long press to set up timeout (note, the button is disabled by default)

17.88 Stable

  • Added Trending section (should be explicitly enabled via Settings/General/Set-up sections
  • New option: Settings/Player/Misc/Use current section contents as a playlist
  • Previous release bug fixes
  • Player: added like/dislike count
  • Channel section: improved channels list loading speed, fixed position marks bug, added new bugs, etc.
  • Player suggestions: added an extra row with current section content (e.g. when you open a video in the Subscriptions section you’ll see extra subscriptions row)
  • Added Kids section (enable via Settings/General/Set-up sections)
  • Added new context menu item: Play incognito (play videos without history trace til you close the player)
  • Added an ability to increase the audio volume above 100%. Settings/Player/Volume limit (0-300%)

17.88 Beta

  • Added Trending section (should be explicitly enabled via Settings/General/Set-up sections (disabled by default)

17.86 Beta

  • New option: Settings/Player/Misc/Use current section contents as a playlist (enabled by default)
  • Previous release bug fixes

17.85 Beta

  • Player: added like/dislike count

17.84 Beta

  • Previous release bug fixes

17.83 Beta

  • Channel section: improved channels list loading speed, fixed position marks bug, etc.
  • Player suggestions: added an extra row with current section content (e.g. when you open a video in the Subscriptions section you’ll see extra subscriptions row)
  • Added Kids section (enable via Settings/General/Set-up sections)
  • Added new bugs

17.80 Beta

  • Fixed situations when the Home section contains a single row
  • Possible fix for the video source bug

17.78 Beta

  • Added new context menu item: Play incognito (play videos without history trace til you close the player)
  • Previous release bug fixes

17.71 Beta

  • Added an ability to increase the audio volume above 100%. Settings/Player/Volume limit (0-300%)
  • Fixed bug when the ‘remove from the history’ context menu item disappears

17.68 Beta

  • Previous release fixes
  • Settings/General/Misc/Hide short everywhere

17.67 Beta

  • Fixed an incorrect time error that happened in the middle of the video
  • Added option to select audio language: Settings/Player/Audio language
  • Added option to revert the old look of the Home section: Settings/General/Misc/The old look of the Home section

17.62 Stable

  • Player: fixed situations when playback mode is getting reset after every app restart
  • NOTE: The stable contains cumulative changes from the beta.

17.62 Beta

  • Player: fixed situations when playback mode is getting reset after every app restart

17.61 Stable

  • New context menu item: Do not recommend channel
  • Added master password: Settings/General/Misc/Master password
  • Empty subscriptions fix
  • Previous release fixes.
  • NOTE: The stable contains cumulative changes from the beta.

17.61 Beta

  • Previous release fixes

17.58 Beta

  • New context menu item: Do not recommend channel

17.54 Beta

  • Previous release fixes
  • Empty subscriptions fix

17.52 Beta

  • Added master password: Settings/General/Misc/Master password
  • Previous release fixes

17.39 Stable

  • Another attempt to fix various playback problems like buffering/stuttering (especially on streams)
  • Added an option to unlock all video formats (Settings/Player/Dev. options/Unlock all formats
  • Fix for socks proxy with the password
  • Possible improvement of stability and performance of the streams

17.39 Beta

  • Previous release fixes

17.37 Beta

  • Possible improvement of stability and performance of the streams

17.35 Beta

  • Another attempt to fix various playback problems like buffering/stuttering (especially on streams)
  • Added an option to unlock all video formats (Settings/Player/Dev. options/Unlock all formats
  • Fix for socks proxy with the password
  • Install bridge (global voice search) with one click. Settings/About/Install voice search

17.26 Beta

  • Buffering fix tweak has been updated. Try it if you are still experiencing buffering problems. Tweak location: Settings/Player/Developer options/Buffering fix (experimental)

17.25 Beta

17.24 Beta

  • Possible fix for the buffering issue?

17.23 Beta

  • Partial bug fixes for the previous release. The buffering issue is not fixed yet.

17.20 Stable

  • Added more search filters: Search by length, type (video, channel, playlist), and features (Live, 4K, HDR)
  • Hide video from Subscriptions (long press on video > Hide)
  • Clear all search suggestions (long press on any suggestion to clear them all)
  • Account button behavior changed: short click to quickly switch accounts, long click to show Accounts dialog
  • Player: Added quick rotation button (to disable Settings/Player/Buttons)
  • Player: Added custom zoom between 100-300% to the Video Zoom dialog

17.20 Beta

  • SponsorBlock: improved segments accuracy
  • Added option to change the size of the available speeds: Settings/Player/Misc/Long speed list
  • Previous release bugfixes

17.19 Beta

  • Account Switch button behavior changed: short click to quickly switch accounts, long click to show Accounts dialog
  • ATV bugfix: unable to subscribe/like/dislike when the video opened from Channels
  • Channels list section: fixed situations when old videos don’t have position marks
  • Player: playback queue now reversed to be more consistent with mobile client
  • Previous release bugfixes

17.18 Beta

  • Critical fix for the previous release: Unable to log in to the new account

17.16 Beta

  • Previous release fixes:
  • ATV Subscriptions channel fix
  • Context menu item reorder: The item named Hide video from Subscriptions has been moved below Add to playlists

17.15 Beta

  • Hide video from Subscriptions (long press on video > Hide)
  • Clear all search suggestions (long press on any suggestion to clear them all)
  • New search option: Sort by
  • Previous release fixes

17.12 Beta

  • Added more search filters: Search by length, type (video, channel, playlist), and features (Live, 4K, HDR)
  • Previous release fixes

17.09 Beta

  • Bugfix: random playback buffering
  • Player: Added quick rotation button (to disable Settings/Player/Buttons)
  • Player: Added custom zoom between 100-300% to the Video Zoom dialog

16.93 Stable

  • No history fix
  • Added option to turn off the screen after a specific amount of time (same as dimming but makes screen entirely black): Settings/General/Turn off screen
  • SponsorBlock: skip segment dialog has been replaced with a single button at the top right screen corner
  • Added option to rotate a video (located inside the Aspect Ratio player dialog)
  • Subtitles dialog: added a standalone section for auto-gen subs
  • Contains cumulative changes from the beta.

16.93 Beta

  • No history fix
  • Added option to turn off the screen after a specific amount of time (same as dimming but makes screen entirely black): Settings/General/Turn off screen
  • SponsorBlock: skip segment dialog has been replaced with a single button at the top right screen corner
  • Added option to rotate a video (located inside the Aspect Ratio player dialog). Test video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M3qNY6cinA

16.91 Beta

  • Fixed when history resumed on the app start (even if history was turned off before)
  • Fixed when opening dialog, the video pauses instead of continuing to play
  • Screen dimming setting: added 15 and 30 sec options

16.85 Beta

  • Subtitles: fixed original subtitle selection
  • Dialogs: fixed navigation bugs with nested categories
  • Previous release fixes

16.70 Stable

  • Player: added video comments
  • Fixed cases when watch history is not working
  • Player: fixed audio track selection on multilanguage videos
  • PIP: fixed bug when the next video starts in the fullscreen