main development build

This pre-release tracks the development build of Wholphin from the main unstable branch.

See https://github.com/damontecres/Wholphin/releases/latest for the latest stable release.

If you want to update to this version in-app, change Settings->Advanced->Update URL to https://api.github.com/repos/damontecres/Wholphin/releases/tags/develop (replace latest with tags/develop).

See changes since v1.0.1

What's Changed

This is primarily a bug fix release!

New Features & Enhancements

• Add more sort options to different types in #1488

UI/UX Improvements

• Only show view more card if row has more items in #1493

Bug Fixes

• Don't show home row w/ 404 Not Found in #1487
• Fix click/long click issues on some view more grid pages in #1486
• Fix showing live tv programs on home page in #1504
• Fixes a crash during playback in #1514
• Fix highlighting the wrong 'more' nav drawer item in #1515
• Several minor fixes in #1505
• Two more bug fixes in #1521
• Fix combined search results losing keyboard focus when typing by @zoro11031 in #1524

Other changes

• Translations 2026-06-05 in #1526

Full Changelog: v1.0.0...v1.0.1

develop/strm-file development build

This pre-release tracks the development build of Wholphin from the develop/strm-file unstable branch.

See https://github.com/damontecres/Wholphin/releases/latest for the latest stable release.

If you want to update to this version in-app, change Settings->Advanced->Update URL to https://api.github.com/repos/damontecres/Wholphin/releases/tags/develop-strm-file (replace latest with tags/develop-strm-file).

See changes since v1.0.1

What's Changed

This v1.0 update brings stability and performance improvements as well as many bug fixes!

New features:

• Choose different user interface languages per user
• Choose grid or new list layouts for libraries

Note: Continue watching & next up rows are combined by default, you can customize the home page to split them

Note: this update is being rolled out in stages, so it may take a few days before you see it on the app stores

New Features & Enhancements

• View more from home page & recommended rows in #1392
• Add option for click to play continue watching/next up rows in #1405
• Add option to require server login for user profile in #1367
• Show extras for music albums in #1426
• Support configuring interface language per user in #1406
• Improvements to home page customization in #1458

UI/UX Improvements

• Search page improvements by @zoro11031 in #709
• Enhancements to live TV guide/EPG in #1393
• Customize which ratings to display in #1407
• Fix bottom padding in playback controls by @JustinZeus in #1422
• Add option to hide the voice search button by @JustinZeus in #1423
• Search fixes & improvements in #1435
• Show loading indicator when video is buffering in #1441
• Add list view for libraries in #1428

Bug Fixes

• Fix small UI issue with long stream labels in #1388
• Few minor fixes in #1427
• Fix: suggestions get stuck on loading for hours/days by @zoro11031 in #1364
• Filter out future content for recently released rows in #1436
• Fix theme song playing over video in #1442
• Fix proguard for guava cache in #1445
• Several small fixes in #1455
• Prefer thumb art for movies for Watch Next in #1456
• Fix several issues with right-to-left locales in #1404
• Fix issue with local trailers, cinema mode, prerolls, & next up in #1460
• Fixes favorites page not loading in #1462
• Several bug fixes & minor UI changes in #1466

Other changes

• Update media3 to 1.10.1 in #1414
• Update Gradle to v9.5.1 in #1326
• Update dependency com.google.devtools.ksp to v2.3.8 in #1385
• Update dependencies in #1443
• Enable minify optimizations for release builds in #1437
• Remove dependency on livedata libraries in #1453
• Update dependency com.mikepenz.aboutlibraries.plugin.android to v14.2.1 in #1447
• Translations as of 2026-05-27 in #1471

New Contributors

• @JustinZeus made their first contribution in #1422

Full Changelog: v0.6.4...v1.0.0

develop/server-plugin development build

This pre-release tracks the development build of Wholphin from the develop/server-plugin unstable branch.

See https://github.com/damontecres/Wholphin/releases/latest for the latest stable release.

If you want to update to this version in-app, change Settings->Advanced->Update URL to https://api.github.com/repos/damontecres/Wholphin/releases/tags/develop-server-plugin (replace latest with tags/develop-server-plugin).

See changes since v1.0.0

What's Changed

• More memory to play high bitrate files
• Play with a different player backend from the context menu

New Features & Enhancements

• Choose backend to play media in context menu in #1325
• Preload grid card images & other minor optimizations in #1328
• Enable large heap in #1337
• Slightly optimize subtitles view & workaround possible crash in #1334
• Show public users when switching users in #1358
• Accept digits in the PIN field in addition to l/r/u/d by @CodeCat5 in #1330

UI/UX Improvements

• Rearrange playback controller buttons in #1366

Bug Fixes

• Fix bug where changing subtitles during playback doesn't work in #1352
• Fixes/improves showing delete button in #1353
• Fix remove series from next up in #1369
• Fix cleaning up APKs on debug build updates in #1373
• Fix two home row focus bugs in #1376
• libass-android lifecycle issue: Fixes #1049 (much of it) by @dudecuda in #1362

Other changes

• Refactor context menu code in #1302
• Update AGP, Gradle, & other third party dependencies in #1356
• Update Dependencies to v14.2.0 in #1335
• Update dependency org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-test to v1.11.0 in #1299
• Translations 2026-05-11 in #1374

New Contributors

• @CodeCat5 made their first contribution in #1330

Full Changelog: v0.6.3...v0.6.4

develop/ac3-test development build

This pre-release tracks the development build of Wholphin from the develop/ac3-test unstable branch.

See https://github.com/damontecres/Wholphin/releases/latest for the latest stable release.

If you want to update to this version in-app, change Settings->Advanced->Update URL to https://api.github.com/repos/damontecres/Wholphin/releases/tags/develop-ac3-test (replace latest with tags/develop-ac3-test).

See changes since v0.6.3

What's Changed

Many features & bug fixes such as:

• Use an external app for playback
• Support for Cinema Mode
• Better SSA/ASS subtitle support in ExoPlayer

New Features & Enhancements

• Integrate with libass-android to support SSA/ASS subtitles in ExoPlayer in #1052
• Add option to never show next up episodes in #1257
• Add support for external player playback in #1256
• Update ExoPlayer with better audio configuration in #1258
• Port two changes to ExoPlayer device profile from the official app in #1263
• Show season extras row on series overview in #1286
• Add support for cinema mode in #1305

UI/UX Improvements

• Add a small glow effect to the segment skip button in #1228
• Show last played date on overview dialog in #1248
• Move skip segments settings to their own page in #1306
• Updates to the playback debug overlay in #1290
• Show overlay for extra items in #1320

Bug Fixes

• Fix trickplay image grid Y-coordinate calculation (#943) by @dudecuda in #1259
• Fix crash when screensaver networks errors out in #1279
• Fix crash when OS screensaver started before opening Wholphin in #1285
• Fix always listing next up/continue watching rows first in #1288
• External player follow up fixes in #1294
• Fix play/shuffle buttons on music library tabs in #1307
• Fix index error on home page refresh with empty rows in #1318

Other changes

• Update Dependencies - autoclosed in #1221
• Update Kotlin to v1.11.0 in #1224
• CI & Docs updates in #1284
• Update dependency com.google.devtools.ksp to v2.3.7 in #1296
• Update Dependencies in #1293
• Translation 2026-04-27 in #1321

New Contributors

• @dudecuda made their first contribution in #1259

Full Changelog: v0.6.2...v0.6.3

develop/libass development build

This has been merged into main!

See https://github.com/damontecres/Wholphin/releases/tag/develop

v0.6.2

v0.6.2 fixes a crash when using ExoPlayer and "AV1 software decoding" is enabled.

Bug Fixes

• Use wholphin-extensions v0.1.1 in #1241

v0.6.1

New Features & Enhancements

• View more discover results in #1198
• Add studio tab & filtering to TV show libraries in #1211
• Add option to remove item from Continue Watching and Next Up rows in #1140
• Optimize recompositions on focus change by @rozPierog in #1138
• performance: reduce recompositons in PersonCard and SeasonCard by @rozPierog in #1184
• perfomance: Reduce recompositions in SeriesOverviewContent when navigating by @rozPierog in #1185
• Show toast & add option to fetch release notes when app updates in #1182

UI/UX Improvements

• Few UI improvements & fixes in #1229

Bug Fixes

• Fix card overlays showing, fix home page refresh indicator in #1178
• Fix supported audio types in #1173
• Show music video watch status on artist & album pages in #1209

Other changes

• Move native builds to wholphin-extensions in #1172
• Refactor movie page to use use state flow in #1183
• Dev: use build product flavors for app store release in #1205
• fix(deps): update dependencies to v0.40.2 by @renovate[bot] in #1202
• fix(deps): update dependencies to v14 (major) by @renovate[bot] in #1208
• Update rennovate settings in #1217
• Create FireTV specific app variant in #1230
• Translations 2026-04-11 in #1232

New Contributors

• @rozPierog made their first contribution in #1138

Full Changelog: v0.6.0...v0.6.1