Now Playing, a Last Batter flag, Fade In, and a Spotify fix. WHAT'S NEW • Now Playing. Tap play and a bar appears at the bottom of your team dashboard. Tap it for a full-screen view with the song, a live progress bar with time left, the clip's start and end, your audio output, and a big Stop button. Swipe the bar away or tap X when you don't need it; the song keeps playing. • Last Batter. Swipe right on the player who just batted. The next hitter is tagged UP NEXT, so you know where the lineup picks up next inning. Skips benched players and syncs to every coach on your staff. • Fade In. A new song setting that brings a song up smoothly from silent, just like Fade Out. • A refreshed Premium screen. SPOTIFY • Fixed ads playing between batters during long at-bats. Game Mode now restarts from the top after every song, so it never runs out mid-game. FIXES • Improved stability when your teams load at launch. Thanks for the feedback. Keep it coming!

A Now Playing screen, a Last Batter flag, and a new Fade In option. WHAT'S NEW - Now Playing. Tap play and a Now Playing bar appears at the bottom of your team dashboard. Tap it for a full-screen view with the player, the song, a live progress bar with time left, the clip's start and end, your audio output, and a big Stop button. Swipe down to return to your lineup while the song keeps playing. Swipe the bar away or tap X when you don't need it. - Last Batter. Swipe right on the player who just batted to flag them. The next hitter is highlighted UP NEXT, so you know where the lineup picks up next inning. Skips benched players and syncs to every coach on your staff. • Fade In. A new option in song settings that brings a song up smoothly from silent over 2 seconds, just like Fade Out. FIXES - Improved stability when your teams load at launch. Thanks for the feedback. Keep it coming!

A Now Playing screen, a Last Batter flag, and a new Fade In option. WHAT'S NEW • Now Playing. Tap play and a Now Playing bar appears at the bottom of your team dashboard. Tap it for a full-screen view with the player, the song, a live progress bar with time left, the clip's start and end, your audio output, and a big Stop button. Swipe down to return to your lineup while the song keeps playing. • Last Batter. Swipe right on the player who just batted to flag them. The next hitter is highlighted UP NEXT, so you know where the lineup picks up next inning. Skips benched players and syncs to every coach on your staff. • Fade In. A new option in song settings that brings a song up smoothly from silent over 2 seconds, just like Fade Out. FIXES • Improved stability when your teams load at launch. Thanks for the feedback. Keep it coming!

Record announcements in your own voice, bench players with a swipe, and a steadier Spotify connection. WHAT'S NEW • Your voice, your announcer. Record each player's announcement yourself instead of using the AI voice. Tap a player, then Voice Intro, then Record Announcement. Everyone on your coaching staff hears the same recording. Works with the team announcer turned on. • Bench players. Swipe left on a player, or press and hold, to bench them. Benched players move to their own section below the lineup and are skipped in the batting order. Tap Put In to bring them back to their spot. SPOTIFY • WalkUp now reconnects to Spotify on its own when you come back to the app, even after closing it. Far fewer trips to the Spotify app mid-game. • Game Mode now stays running between walk-ups, which keeps Spotify connected. WalkUp asks for microphone access the first time you record an announcement. Thanks for the feedback. Keep it coming!

Highlights - Play the music you own. Songs you've bought, and that are downloaded to your iPhone, now play without an Apple Music subscription. - Smoother Spotify song search. Searching and adding Spotify songs is more reliable, especially on a weak signal at the field. Improvements - New songs show up right away. Songs you add appear on your roster immediately, with no need to leave the team and come back. - Clear messages instead of silence. If a song can't play, if Spotify search can't connect, or if Apple Music access is turned off, WalkUp now tells you why and shows a one-tap way to fix it. - An accurate Apple Music indicator. It shows your real connection status, and you can tap it to connect. (Spotify-only teams will see "Connect" on it and can ignore it.) Fixes - Searching for a Spotify song no longer sends you back to the Team Dashboard. - Searches containing "&" now find the right songs, e.g. Simon & Garfunkel or Hall & Oates. - Apple Music songs save reliably to players. - The starting volume you choose for an Apple Music song now saves correctly. - Tapping the Apple Music indicator no longer opens Spotify.

Smoother stops and more accurate song timing: The stop button now fades out. If your walk-up song has Fade Out turned on, tapping stop eases the music down instead of cutting it off cold — perfect for when your batter gets to the plate early. Tap stop again during the fade to stop instantly. Fixed the Start Time slider for Spotify songs. It now matches the actual length of the track instead of defaulting to a generic 15-minute range, so it's much easier to land on the exact moment you want.

This update improves audio playback reliability: • Fixed an issue where a Bluetooth speaker could come back turned down after a walk-up song faded out. • Player announcements with no walk-up song attached now play at a comfortable volume instead of full blast. • Fixed Spotify playback so quickly switching between players no longer cuts the next song short. Thanks for using WalkUp — keep the feedback coming!

• Coaches can now delete old walk-up songs for manually added players • Clearer notice that full song playback requires your own Apple Music or Spotify Premium subscription • Bug fixes.

Faster announcements + your whole staff on board. • Instant announcer — your team's announcements are now prepped in the background, so game-day playback starts immediately when you hit play. • Team's Staff — invite assistant coaches or team parents to co-manage your team with a single-use invite code. Roster, songs, and announcer are shared with the whole staff. • Clearer code sharing — the share screens now make it obvious which code is for players and which is for staff. • Fix: editing your team no longer changes your team code — shared player invites stay valid.

Coaching is a team sport now — introducing Team's Staff! • Multiple Team Managers — invite assistant coaches or team parents to co-manage your team. Everyone on staff shares the roster, walk-up songs, and AI announcer. • Single-use staff invite codes — safe to share, expire in 7 days, and the team owner stays in control. • Clearer code sharing — the share screens now make it obvious which code is for players and which is for staff. • Fix: editing your team no longer changes your team code — previously shared player invites stay valid. • Plus performance improvements and bug fixes.

Your AI Announcer just got a major upgrade. • All-new announcer voice — dramatically better pronunciation of non-English and accented player names, with cleaner, more natural audio. • New tone controls — set your announcer's delivery vibe (Hype, Classic, Chill, Dramatic) and intensity. • Name pronunciation — tell the announcer exactly how to say a name, with one-tap AI suggestions. • Submit Feedback — Team Managers can reach us right from the app. • Performance improvements and bug fixes.

WalkUp is going global! • Worldwide locations — set your Country, City, and State/Province. Players and coaches outside the US can now join in (175+ countries supported). • New: Submit Feedback — coaches can send us a note right from the app. We read every message and use it to make WalkUp better for your team. • Better search — walk-up songs now show up in search, complete with album artwork. • Polished player profiles — a cleaner, more consistent look when you search and view other players. • Tip: press and hold a team card to move it between your Active and Past Teams. • Plus sign-in, display, and performance fixes for a smoother experience all around.

Inviting your team is now the default Creating a team now ends on a share-first screen with your code front and center, and your roster shows which players still need to claim their spot. One tap on a player's Invite button sends them a personalized SMS with the team code pre-filled. AI Announcer feedback that fixes itself Long-press any player to mark an announcement good or bad. Bad reports now trigger automatic retuning — within seconds, the audio is regenerated with safer settings and you can replay to hear the fix. We've also tightened the voice pipeline to reduce trailing artifacts. Polished Spotify and Discover experience Adding a Spotify song now matches the Apple Music flow with a premium album-art header, and the Preview Configuration button correctly honors your start time and length. Profile photos now appear on Discover cards. Plus a round of UI polish, bug fixes, and performance improvements throughout the app.

AI Announcer Improvements We've sharpened the announcer's delivery to remove the trailing artifacts a few of you reported on shorter calls, and rebuilt every voice setting so you hear a real difference across the full slider range. Report Bad Announcements with One Tap Tap the new "thumbs down" button next to any player on your roster to instantly flag an announcement that doesn't sound right. Your reports go straight to our team and help us keep tuning the voice quality. Redesigned Spotify Song Setup Adding a Spotify walk-up song now matches the polish of the Apple Music flow — premium album-art header, cleaner search experience, and the Save button now stays in reach on every iPhone size. Preview Configuration also now plays back exactly from your chosen start time and length. Plus the usual round of stability fixes.

AI Announcer Improvements We've sharpened the AI Announcer's delivery to remove the trailing artifacts a few of you reported on shorter announcements. Every voice setting now produces a noticeable difference across the full slider range — no more "silent" extremes. New: Report a Bad Announcement Tap the new "thumbs down" button next to any player on your roster to instantly flag an announcement that didn't sound right. Your reports go straight to our team and help us keep improving the voice quality for everyone. Plus the usual round of stability fixes.

What's New in This Version - You're in control of the volume now. Choose the exact starting volume for every walk-up song with a clean new slider (0–100%) when you add a song or edit its timing. No more songs blasting at full volume when you only wanted them at half. - Fade-outs sound right at any volume. Songs now fade out gracefully from whatever volume you picked — not always from 100%. - Your phone's volume is left alone after playback. The app no longer cranks your device back to full volume when a song ends.

- Tap to type exact start time and length — when setting up a walk-up song, you can now tap the time below the slider and type the precise moment to start (down to the hundredth of a second). A subtle green pulse helps you discover this on first use. - Edit Timing without re-adding a song — already-saved walk-up songs can now be fine-tuned from the player card, inning detail, In-Game row, or team songs list. Look for the green slider icon to adjust start time, length, fade-out, or play-full-song settings. - Roster icon legend — tap the new (i) info button above your roster to see what every icon on a player's row means. No more guessing. - AI Announcer audio cleanup — eliminated trailing audio artifacts on Name Stretch announcements for an even cleaner delivery.

Ran Show current commit and branch status You're on commit 7760acb — "chore: bump version to 1.0.10 (build 20)" — on branch khanh-spotify-debug, fully synced with origin/khanh-spotify-debug (nothing unpushed). The only untracked items are .claude/ and .firebase/, which aren't part of the project. ok we need ot swithc out them spotfiy song playing in the background to the following podcat spotify:episode:3Tm1O9oUBdXZSLwDCqM9zr This will play between. songs to keep the spotify connecgion active Ran a command, read a file The connection-keeper track lives in PlayConnectionTrack() — that's the one that plays between songs to hold the Spotify connection. Swapping it: Edited SpotifyNew.swift +4 -2 There's one other place using the old episode URI — initiateLogin() line 94 — but that's a different purpose: it's the track Spotify plays during the OAuth handoff when a user first connects their account, not the between-songs keeper. I left it alone. Committed b7c5482 Committed b7c5482 and pushed. The connection-keeper in PlayConnectionTrack() is now spotify:episode:3Tm1O9oUBdXZSLwDCqM9zr. One question: the OAuth login handoff track in initiateLogin() (line 94) still uses the old episode 6iH2BA5yLYEjZSjSPp1YHs. That one plays briefly when a user first authorizes Spotify — different purpose from the between-songs keeper. Want me to switch that to the new podcast too, or leave it? yes. is that old one called Silent Track Read a file, edited a file, ran a command Committed e8087ec and pushed. Both spots now use spotify:episode:3Tm1O9oUBdXZSLwDCqM9zr. On your question — I can't tell you what the old episode 6iH2BA5yLYEjZSjSPp1YHs is actually titled. The Spotify URI doesn't encode the name, and I can't look it up. If you need to confirm it was "Silent Track" (a common choice for connection-keepers, since silent audio avoids playing real content), paste the URI into Spotify or check https://open.spotify.com/episode/6iH2BA5yLYEjZSjSPp1YHs in a browser. Worth verifying your new episode 3Tm1O9oUBdXZSLwDCqM9zr is also silent/near-silent — if it's a normal podcast with talking, users will hear it between walk-up songs, which is probably not what you want for a connection-keeper. please update the version to 1.0.11 and Build 21 and include very simple test notes about the easy bug fix we created there. Ran 2 commands Bumped to 1.0.11 (21), committed a7ec1da, pushed. WalkUp 1.0.11 – Test Instructions Minor maintenance update — internal Spotify connection improvement only. No UI changes, no new flows, no new permissions. What to test: Connect a Spotify account and play a walk-up song Confirm playback works normally That's it. This update only swaps the background audio that keeps the Spotify connection alive between songs. No user-facing functionality changed. include notes of What's New in this Version WalkUp 1.0.11 — What's New Behind-the-scenes improvement to keep your Spotify connection stable between walk-up songs.

What's New in This Version Fixed Spotify walk-up songs ignoring the configured start time. Songs now begin playback exactly where you set them, no audio from the start of the track.

Version 1.0.9 — What's New - AI Announcer is now rock-solid. Eliminated the trailing gibberish that occasionally appeared at the end of announcements, regardless of which announcer style or fine-tune settings you pick. Every announcement now ends cleanly on the final word. - Cleaner audio quality. Improved voice consistency across all five announcer styles for a more polished, broadcast-quality delivery. - In-app review prompt. After creating your first team, we'll ask once if you'd like to rate WalkUp on the App Store.

Version 1.0.8 — What's New Spotify is Finally Fixed We heard you. Spotify integration has been one of the most reported issues in WalkUp, and this update resolves the core problems that were affecting the experience for Spotify users. Spotify walk-up songs now save reliably and play correctly across the app — including in Innings Manager, which previously had no Spotify support at all. Innings Manager — Full Spotify Support Spotify songs can now be added to any inning slot from the In-Game screen Spotify songs saved to innings now play correctly when the play button is tapped Fixed songs not saving when adding to a brand-new empty inning Innings Manager — Connection Status Apple Music and Spotify connectivity indicators (green/red) now appear in the In-Game view header, consistent with the Team Dashboard Tap the Spotify pill to reconnect without leaving the screen Additional Improvements "Cooking Up Your Song!" loading banner confirms when a song is being saved to an inning slot Fixed a bug where returning from Inning Detail would show a blank song in the In-Game row

What's New in 1.0.7 - AI Announcer improvements — Fixed an issue where the announcer would occasionally generate gibberish or extra sounds after player introductions. Announcements are now cleaner and more reliable. - Spotify connection handling — Improved detection when Spotify disconnects, with a clear visual indicator to reconnect. No more unexpected app switches. - Spotify song saving — Team Managers can now properly save Spotify songs for manual players. - Profile image fix — Player profile photos now load correctly in Account Settings. - Redesigned screens — Updated Add Inning, Select Music Player, Sign In, and Account Settings views with a refined glass aesthetic.

This is one of the biggest updates in WalkUp's history — a complete visual redesign and a brand new feature that changes how your team takes the field. iOS Liquid Glass Redesign WalkUp has been rebuilt from the ground up for iOS 26. Every screen, card, button, and transition has been redesigned using Apple's new Liquid Glass material system — giving the app a feel that is fluid, modern, and deeply native. Navigation is faster, layouts are cleaner, and the whole experience feels like it was made for this moment in iOS design. AI Announcer — Your Own Stadium Voice Introducing the most requested feature in WalkUp history. The AI Announcer generates professional walk-up introductions for every player on your roster — automatically. Choose from 5 custom AI voices ranging from Classic Stadium to High-Energy Hype, dial in the delivery with four fine-tune controls (Energy, Style, Speed, and Formality), and set your team's signature walk-up line once. Audio is generated and cached before game day so every intro plays instantly with zero delay. No internet required on the field. Additional Improvements - Announcer Setup screen with live preview before applying to your full roster - Per-player voice overrides for individual customization - Automatic cache clearing when announcer settings change - Improved audio session handling for reliable game-day playback - Performance improvements throughout

What's New in Version 1.0.5 - Spotify Integration Improvements — Tap the red Spotify status indicator to reconnect instantly. Fixed unwanted playback when connecting to Spotify. - Discover Feed Playback — Listen to other players' walk-up songs directly from the Discover feed, now supporting both Apple Music and Spotify tracks. - Explicit Song Badges — Songs with explicit content now show an "E" badge in the Discover feed, team lineup, and song lists — for both Apple Music and Spotify songs. - Faster Search — Player, team, and song search is now instant with cached results and real-time filtering as you type. - Refreshed Subscription — Simplified to a single $19.99/year annual plan with a 7-day free trial. Unlimited Teams & Players and In-Game Mode included. - Music Streaming Disclosure — New info button on the subscription page clarifies that an Apple Music or Spotify Premium subscription is required.

- Spotify Integration — Play walk-up songs directly from Spotify. Search the Spotify catalog, preview songs, and set custom start times just like with Apple Music. - Upgraded Spotify SDK — Built on Spotify iOS SDK v5.0.1 for improved reliability and performance. - Explicit Song Indicator — Team Managers now see an "E" badge next to explicit songs, giving a heads-up before they're played over the speakers. - Redeem Code Support — Use the built-in Redeem Code option to apply promo and offer codes directly in the app. - Improved Account Management — Delete Account now works reliably with clear error messaging. - Stability Fixes — Resolved crashes on sign-in, account deletion, and team navigation.