Bug fixes and stability improvements

IMPROVED: a number of small changes and improvements behind the scenes
FIXED: Spotlight search results for albums and artists now show artwork thumbnails more reliably

FIXED: Albums and artist libraries failing to load after extended app use, requiring an app restart to recover
FIXED: Content across the app appearing stuck on a loading spinner after switching between sections
IMPROVED: Discover view album grid items are now larger and more consistent with the featured cards above them

IMPROVED: Faster image loading when browsing albums and artists
IMPROVED: Smoother scrolling performance when browsing large libraries
IMPROVED: Switching to a lower audio quality due to poor network conditions is now seamless with no audible gap
IMPROVED: Your queue is restored on launch without requiring a network connection
FIXED: Music no longer resumes after a call if playback was paused before the call
FIXED: Pausing during a call now correctly prevents auto-resume when the call ends
FIXED: App no longer gets stuck in low quality mode after being force-quit during poor network conditions

FIXED: Album and artist artwork going grey when scrolling through large libraries
FIXED: Album and artist grids going blank during fast scrolling

FIXED: Images going grey and album/artist grids going blank when scrolling through large libraries
FIXED: Loading spinners permanently stuck after fast scrolling caused a cascade of failures across all views
FIXED: Album and artist data being wiped when the server returned an empty response under load
FIXED: Refresh tasks continuing to run in the background after navigating away from a view
FIXED: Images being evicted from cache mid-scroll requiring unnecessary re-downloads

IMPROVED: Progress bar updates more smoothly during playback
IMPROVED: Playback recovers faster after a stall — transient hiccups no longer accumulate toward a quality downgrade
FIXED: App could get permanently stuck with a spinning refresh indicator if the network timed out — now resets automatically so you can retry
FIXED: All views could lock up simultaneously when a background sync stalled — loading states now time out and recover correctly
FIXED: Tapping Refresh from the menu while a sync was already in progress had no effect and left the toolbar button disabled
FIXED: Song and album list screens could show a loading spinner indefinitely if you navigated away mid-load
FIXED: Search spinner could stay active after navigating away from the search screen
FIXED: Clicking a genre could freeze the entire app window
FIXED: Removing AirPods or Bluetooth headphones now correctly pauses playback instead of continuing through the speaker
FIXED: Playback could stall or skip songs when switching from Wi-Fi to cellular
FIXED: Scrobbles could occasionally be submitted twice
FIXED: Cache health percentage in Settings always showed 100% regardless of actual cached content

FIXED: toolbar clean up and positioning across a number of views
FIXED: marking an album as a favorite on the home view updates the view properly
FIXED: bugs when refreshing discover views

FIX: issue where toggling favorites in a given view would impact child views

FEAT: replaces discover view with new home view, redesigned to surface more artists and albums from your library
FEAT: adds genres to album views and dedicated genre views to the app; clicking the genre takes you to the genre page
IMPROVED: queue sidebar has been redesigned
IMPROVED: clicking artist name on album pages takes you to the artist
IMPROVED: color consistency across the app
IMPROVED: settings are redesigned and open in a separate, native window
FIXED: more networking, playback and stall recovery bugs
FIXED: playback logic that would cause audio to continue from device speakers after disconnecting headphones

FIX: bug in caching logic that could cause the app to hit a rate limit when fetching artwork

FIX: critical bug that could cause short songs to fail to play

FIX: additional networking issues that could cause playback to stall

NEW: favorites and random album sections in Discover
FIXED: critical networking issues
FIXED: bug preventing app Shortcuts and intents from registering

FIXED: Audio no longer resumes unexpectedly after ending a FaceTime or phone call while the app was paused.
FIXED: Turning shuffle off from the Touch Bar or media keys now works correctly.
FIXED: Offline tracks downloaded at original quality were not being detected as cached, causing unnecessary re-streaming.
FIXED: Scrubbing near the end of a track could occasionally trigger an early skip to the next song.
IMPROVED: Audio quality during pitch-corrected playback.

NEW: click the artist name or album art on the now playing bar to navigate to that artist or album
IMPROVED: stall handling and networking
FIXED: album count for artists now refreshes more reliably

IMPROVED: audio handling and behavior

IMPROVED: networking and interruption handling

FIX: critical bug where user cannot interact with app after queue completes and now playing bar is dismissed
FIX: songs now transition on the now playing bar without any visual artifacts
FEAT: add support for searching for artists and albums in spotlight
IMPROVE: handling of audio interruptions
IMPROVE: networking resiliency, restoration and reliability
IMPROVE: remove fixed limit on queue size

FIX: performance regressions when audio is playing
FIX: additional animation adjustments

IMPROVED: Faster library refresh for large collections
FIXED: Discover content updates properly after refresh
FIXED: Stability improvements

IMPROVED: adopt native controls for additional UI consistency

FIX: Audio playback no longer auto-resumes after phone calls if it was paused beforehand
CHORE: Standardized Settings button styling with fully rounded pill shapes
CHORE: Updated Privacy Policy and Licenses buttons to use app accent color

FIX: improve playback interruption handling

IMPROVED: interruption handling.

FIX: issues with playback interruptions and restoration