Release Notes

• Feature: Collections — browse your Jellyfin collections, then play, shuffle, or open the albums inside. Available as a configurable tab and as an entry in the Library tab.
• (CarPlay) Feature: New "Continue Playing" row at the top of the Albums tab (or Downloads tab when offline) that resumes the last played track from where you left off.
• (iOS) Improvement: The screen no longer auto-locks while the lyrics view is open — useful for karaoke sessions.

• Improvement: The donate button on the Home page is now hidden for users who have already donated.
• Improvement: Tapping a song in Search now navigates to its album instead of playing it directly (play options are still available via long-press).
• Improvement: Artist and genre names are now tappable throughout the app — in song lists, album detail pages, and downloaded album pages.
• Fix: Stats for Nerds now correctly shows codec, sample rate, and channel info for downloaded tracks.
• Fix: Large playlists now load all tracks correctly (pagination was not applied to playlist track requests).
• Fix: Tracks with multiple artists now show all artists (previously only the first was shown).
• (macOS) Fix: Ellipsis menu button on the Servers page now has a larger tap area.

• (macOS, iPadOS) Feature: New fullscreen player — tap the expand button in the now playing bar to open a full-screen view with album art on the left and lyrics or queue on the right.
• (macOS) Improvement: Dock menu now shows now playing info (track name, artist, album) and playback controls (Play/Pause, Next Track, Previous Track).
• (macOS, iPadOS) Improvement: Stats for Nerds (codec badge) now appears in the fullscreen player.
• (iPadOS) Improvement: Optimized album and playlist detail page layout for iPad.
• (macOS) Fix: AirPlay 1 devices now work correctly.

• Feature: Volume normalization — adjusts volume levels between tracks so they play at a similar loudness (requires Jellyfin 10.9+).
• Fix: Sort by name now works correctly in the Songs page

• (iOS) Feature: A new Library tab consolidating Artists, Albums, Songs, Playlists, Genres, and Recently Added.
• (iOS) Feature: Tabs are now customizable in Settings.
• Feature: "Original" download quality option — downloads in native format without transcoding.
• Feature: Download all favorite tracks for offline playback from the Favorites context menu.
• Feature: Auto-download tracks/albums when you favorite them.
• Improvement: "Play" context menu action on track rows.
• Fix: Playback slider showed no progress when appearing while paused.

• Feature: You can now fully manage your playlists — create them from the Playlists page, rename, reorder or remove tracks, and delete them, all without leaving the app.
• Feature: The player now shows a codec badge between the timecodes (e.g. FLAC · 96 kHz · Stereo), reflecting the actual playback format.
• Improvement: The now playing bar shows a heart icon next to the track name — click it to favorite or unfavorite the current song.
• (iOS) Improvement: Scrubbing the playback slider now has a tactile feel — the track grows taller, brightens, and ticks with haptic feedback as you drag through time.
• Improvement: Added Play, Shuffle, and Instant Mix context menu actions to artist items in search results. Albums and tracks in search results now also include Instant Mix.
• Improvement: Added Instant Mix option to the mini player's ellipsis menu.
• Fix: CarPlay showed "Sign In Required" when connecting while the iPhone was locked.

• Feature: Multi-server support — manage multiple Jellyfin server accounts from a new Server Accounts page in General Settings. Switch between accounts, delete saved configs, or add a new server. Saved accounts also appear on the login screen for quick access.
• Feature: Download playlists for offline playback — playlist name and artwork are cached, and the Downloads page now has a toolbar menu to switch between Albums and Playlists views.
• Improvement: Playback queue is now restored per server and user account, so switching in-between libraries no longer loses your playback queue.
• (macOS) Improvement: Added keyboard shortcuts for playback — seek backward/forward (⌥⌘← / ⌥⌘→), volume down/up (⌘↓ / ⌘↑), and mute toggle (⌥⌘M). All shortcuts are listed under Help → Keyboard Shortcuts (⌘/).
• (CarPlay) Improvement: Added Shuffle All and Shuffle Favorites buttons to the Now Playing screen.
• (iOS) Fix: AirPlay targeting a macOS device would mistakenly open QuickTime on macOS.

• Fix: Tab bar text too long in some languages, causing UI overflow (Spanish, Greek, French, German).
• Fix: Downloaded tracks losing artwork after restoring playback state.
• (macOS) Fix: Weird navigation bug.

• Feature: Restore playback queue, position, and volume on app relaunch — seamlessly continue listening where you left off.
• Feature: Gapless playback — next track pre-buffers while the current track is playing, eliminating gaps between songs. Can be toggled in Stream settings.
• Improvement: Added Shuffle and Instant Mix buttons to CarPlay album, artist, and playlist detail pages.
• Improvement: Show placeholder artwork for albums and tracks without cover images.
• Fix: Artist image sometimes showing banner image instead of primary image.
• Fix: CarPlay playback not synced with the main app — both now share the same player.
• Fix: Albums and artists pages flickering when navigating back after loading more items.

• Feature: Instant Mix — start a mix based on any song, album, playlist, or artist from context menus and toolbar menus.
• Feature: Word-level synced lyrics (ELRC) — highlights words individually when word-level timing data is available.
• Improvement: Added context menus (Play, Shuffle, Instant Mix) for artist and genre list items.
• Improvement: Added toolbar menus (Play, Shuffle, Instant Mix) for artist, genre, and playlist detail pages.
• Improvement: Revamped artist page with hero image, top tracks, and "Albums" / "Appears On" sections.
• Improvement: Improved page interlining.
• (macOS) Fix: navigation back button sometimes routing to non-existing views.

• (macOS only) Feature: Genres page — browse your music library by genre and see albums in each genre.
• Feature: Transcode mode picker — choose between Always, Cellular Only, or Never instead of a simple on/off toggle.
• Improvement: Search page now includes context menus (play, play next, play later) and an empty state placeholder.
• Improvement: Artist images in search results now show a placeholder icon when no image is available.
• Improvement: Shuffle all button on the downloads page to shuffle and play all downloaded tracks.
• Improvement: Lyrics view now opens at the current playback position instead of jumping from the top.
• Fixed: Improved playback compatibility — resolved an issue where some tracks could not be played.

• Feature: CarPlay now shows tabs for Artists, Playlists, and Downloads.
• Feature: Quick access to support and other links from Settings.
• Fixed: Using CarPlay could potentially break main app usage.
• Fixed: Tracks could display the wrong artist name.

• Feature: Quick Connect authentication - sign in to your Jellyfin server by approving the connection from another device, no password entry required.
• Feature: Filter albums by favorites - quickly find your favorite albums with the new filter button in the toolbar.
• Feature: Redesigned Up Next panel with sectioned layout - now playing track displayed prominently at the top, with upcoming tracks in a separate section below.
• Feature: Play Next and Play Later - add tracks or entire albums to your queue from context menus.
• Feature: Add albums to playlists - add all tracks from an album to an existing or new playlist via context menu.
• Improvement: CarPlay now works independently from the main app - it manages its own login and playback session, so it can start even if the app hasn't been opened.
• Improvement: Added confirmation dialog to sign out button.
• Improvement: Downloads page now shows a loading indicator instead of empty state while loading.
• Fixed: Albums page navigation push and back would lead to screen flickering.

• Feature: CarPlay support - browse and play your music library directly from your car's infotainment system.

• New logo.
• Fixed a bug where flac/mp3 files would potentially fail to download, or cannot play after download.

• Feature: Configurable download quality - choose your preferred bitrate (64kbps - 320kbps) for offline downloads in Settings.
• Feature: Quick access menu on album detail page - download albums and toggle favorites directly from the toolbar menu.
• Feature: Remove downloaded albums - easily delete offline albums you no longer need, freeing up storage space.
• Feature: Mini player menu with download, favorite, "Go to Album" and "Go to Artist" options.
• Improved local server connection flow with proactive guidance for network permission.
• Improved album sort UI with a streamlined native menu interface.
• Added missing translations across all supported languages.

• Feature: Take your music anywhere with offline downloads - save your favorite tracks, albums to enjoy even without an internet connection.
• Feature: Dedicated offline mode with streamlined interface - when disconnected from server, automatically switch to a focused experience for playing downloaded content only.

• Introduced library switching for a more flexible browsing experience.

• Redesign the track list UI on home page.
• Reduce flickering inside mini player.
• Fix the randomness of “Shuffle All” action.
• Fix "Recently Played" doesn't display correct tracks.

• Added donate page, If Finer enhances your music experience, I'd genuinely appreciate your support!

• Fix: Album detail page doesn't display tracks on JellyFin 10.11
• Fix: on iOS 26.1, click buttons on Mini Player view would dismiss the view.
• Fix: Auto login might fail whenever switched account.

• Enabled adjustable window size on iPad.
• Optimize layout when display multiple genres is needed on Album page.
• Optimize gap on iPhone and iPad
• Add Launch Screen for iOS

• Adapted for iOS/macOS 26, updated the icon, and fixed minor UI bugs.

• Revamped login page, with better error message.
• New animation for track on play within track list.
• New logo.
• Fixed a bug which can cause auto-login stop working when user changes password.

* Feature: A revamped search experience, now you can trigger library search everywhere via toolbar search button or the shortcut cmd+k (macOS). * Improvement: Album and artist on NowPlaying bar is clickable. * Bugfix (iOS): Track on home page is not playable via tap.

• Feature: Player now reports playback status to jellyfin server, so that server can scrobble these songs to listenbrainz or last.fm.
• Feature: Home page now displays recently played and frequently played songs.
• Feature: A toggle to enable/disable synchronize library at application startup.
• Feature: A toggle to enalbe/disable auto switch for offline mode.

• Feature: Introducing offline mode, Finer now caches your entire music library, allows you to browse the library even without internet.
• Improved: Artist page now displays album production year.
• Improved (iOS): Added haptic feedback for navigation.
• Improved (iOS): Font size inside grid view
• Fixed: Image with low resolution displayed in system now playing.
• Fixed (iOS): Crash when quickly toggle on/off mini player.

• Feature (iOS): Add playlists into bottom tab.
• Feature: Allow users to choose default tab when launch the app.
• Improved: Access to Tailscale's private IP (100.64.0.0/10) without TLS is now allowed.
• Fixed: Typo on home page.

• Feature: iPhone Support.
• Fixed: Airplay button color when inactive.

• Feature: A home screen, with action button to shuffle the whole library or shuffle favorites, it also display recent albums and playlists.
• Feature: There's a all playlists tab now to view your playlists.

• Feature: A up-next Panel.
• Feature: Transcode support and bitrate selection.
• Improvement: Significantly improved UI smoothness and CPU usage.
• Improvement: Now there's a songs tab to view all your songs.
• Improvement: Play and Shuffle is now more accessible.
• Improvement: Better scroll experience (better sync) on lyrics panel.
• Improvement: Better button click area.

• Feature: You can now translate lyrics to languages you like.
• Feature: You can now choose to sync 3rd party lyrics to your Jellyfin Server.
• Improvement: A revamped settings page.
• Improvement: Improved Scroll Performance.
• Improvement (macOS): Application will not be killed when window is closed.
• Fixed: Sometimes track image doesn't show up properly

• Feature: Finer now supports display lyrics.
• Improvement: Less CPU usage.
• Improvement: Button on iPad are now larger and more accessible.

• Improvement: Finer Player now supports iPadOS.
• Improvement: Finer now support various langauges: fr,hi,es,ru,ko,ja,it,zh-Hans,zh-Hant,zh-HK,de,th,el,pt-PT.

• Feature: Add or remove playlist on side menu.
• Feature: Create new playlist from selected track.
• Feature: Display and toggle favorites in playlist.
• Improvement: Push notification now shows thumbnail of the song.
• Improvement: zh-Hans localization.

• Feature: Finer Player now supports audio streaming via AirPlay.
• Feature: You can now manage tracks in playlists via add/remove through right-click.
• Feature: There's a new volume control available.

• Feature: Save and play your favorite tracks with our brand new favorites tab.
• Feature: Your custom playlists are also visible and playable now!

• Feature: Albums and artists can now be searched by keyword.
• Fixed: Login doesn't work when there's trailing slash in inputted server URL

• Feature: Support show system notifications for current song, can be enabled in settings.
• Improved: Scrolling in the album grid is now smoother after offloading heavy tasks from the main thread.

• Fixed: User cannot login when device names contains character not recognizable by server

• Feature: Favorites are now displayed and can be toggled.
• Feature: Support sort albums.
• Feature: Support app level accent color switch
• Fixed: Album Grid sometimes cannot restore scroll position
• Fixed: Track playback can be dragged beyond bar

• Feature: Support Display Artists and Artist Albums
• Feature: Support Shuffle Mode
• Feature: Support Loop Mode
• Feature: New Shortcuts
  • Play/Pause: space
  • Previous Track: command + left arrow
  • Next Track: command + right arrow

• Feature: Now you can navigate to album detail page via click the album cover.
• Fixed: a bug that prevented command+h from hiding the window.