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BlueMusic: Music Player, Radiov1.5.2

Released November 9, 2026Redesign

iOS

What changed

  • UXComplete overhaul of Home screen with new shelves and removal of tabs/chips
  • UXNew bottom navigation bar and consolidated Profile section replacing Favorites/Settings
  • UXRedesigned headers for albums and playlists with new artwork zoom and playback controls
  • UXRebuilt 'Samples' feature with new gesture controls and integrated queue/lyrics
  • New featureAdded volume normalization and customizable streaming quality for specific media servers
  • RetentionAnimated onboarding flow that automatically suggests local radio stations
  • PerformanceOptimized data usage for cloud services by caching artwork and metadata
  • UXAdded gapless playback and disc-order sorting for albums
  • PlatformMajor updates to Apple Watch and CarPlay interfaces including new Home shelves
  • UXImproved support for Large Text, VoiceOver, and Arabic localization

Original release notes

What's new in this version:
• New Home: the Songs tab opens on “Home” and no longer has chips. Instead there are shelves, most with their own “›”: Mixes for You, Recently Played, Songs, Favorites, Recently Added, Recent Releases, Your Top Songs, Rediscover, Audiobooks and Artists. Only the ones with content appear.
• New bottom bar: Songs, Albums, Playlists, Radio and Profile. Profile replaces Favorites and the gear: Account, Premium, Statistics, Services & servers, Settings and Help are all there. The orders that used to be chips are now in “Sort by”, inside the ⋯ (in Songs, the sort icon at the top).
• Albums, playlists and mixes open with a new header: the name on top, the artwork below and a row with the Shuffle, Play and download buttons. Samples and the ⋯ are at the top right, and the artwork opens with a zoom from its thumbnail.
• Albums and Playlists, in shelves: Albums has Recently Played and one for each connected service; Playlists has Recently Played and Shared with Me. Mark albums and playlists as favorites from the ⋯ and they come first.
• Samples, rebuilt: change songs by dragging the artwork sideways, pause by tapping it and close it by swiping down, like the player. The queue and the lyrics open where the artwork is.
• Normalize volume (Profile → Settings): lowers the louder songs so everything plays at a similar volume. It comes turned on and never raises the volume.
• Quality on mobile data (Profile → Settings): choose Original, High, Normal or Low for Navidrome, Jellyfin, Emby and Plex when you’re not on Wi-Fi. On Wi-Fi and in downloads, always original.
• Radio, in sections and with a grid of stations. Mark your favorites and tap the flag at the top to change country.
• A refreshed first launch: the welcome is animated, no longer asks for language and country, and offers “I don’t have music yet”, which starts you off with radio stations from your country.
• Account, renewed: what you’ve saved in four boxes (Playlists, Favorites, Edits and Audiobooks) and who signs in with what.
• Batch downloads without jams: before downloading many songs, BlueMusic tells you the approximate size and the free space, and you can choose “Download what fits”.
• Dropbox, OneDrive, Box and pCloud use less data: artwork and durations are read once per version of the file, not at every launch.
• AutoMix (Premium) is turned on only with its button in the queue, …

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