- Chord symbols now clearly distinguish accidentals on roots from altered extensions, such as C#(11) and C(#11). - Bluetooth MIDI reconnects automatically after unexpected dropouts and recovers more reliably when Bluetooth is toggled. - Connections complete about a second faster, with clearer guidance when pairing or setup fails. - Chord identification better favors common readings over rare altered major-seventh flat-nine names.

- Automatic key detection is here. On the Key Signature page, switch to Auto to see the detected key, confidence, recent chords, and a circle-of-fifths view as you play. - Choose Stable, Balanced, or Reactive in Settings to control how quickly automatic key detection follows changes. - The on-screen keyboard now reliably recenters after you rotate or resize the app.

- Chord names now use a lower-is-better explanation cost model for results that better match musician expectations. - Analysis is much faster: about 15x on common chords and over 20x on dense benchmark voicings. - Improved Bluetooth MIDI reliability on iOS, device switching, and controllers that use running status. - Added power chord names and a chord naming guide on the website.

- Explore now shows the notes you are playing live while examples are not sounding. - Send Explore chord and scale previews to a connected MIDI instrument. - Chord symbols use clearer, more conventional formatting. - Chord identification is more accurate for extended dominants, slash chords, minor-major, diminished, and half-diminished voicings.

- Resize the on-screen keyboard: pinch keys wider, drag taller, and reset or recenter from the quick menu. - Live MIDI can use register spacing to choose clearer slash-chord names. - Added a Chord Symbol Guide in Help & Support and on the website. - Chord identification is more accurate for extended, altered-dominant, Lydian, suspended, and inverted voicings.

- Share a chord from the home screen. Links open the exact voicing and key in WhatChord, or in the new website chord identifier. - Mute playback volume with one tap, then restore your previous level. - Why This Chord? now makes played, missing, and additional tones easier to understand. - Chord identification and note spelling are more accurate.

- Identify chords without a MIDI device using the new manual note lookup. - A guided tour introduces chord readings, key context, and lookup on first launch. - Why This Chord? cards can reveal detailed scoring and ranking decisions. - Chord identification is more accurate across altered dominants, suspended chords, sixths, 6/9s, and inversions.

- Explore Scales is here, with keyboard patterns, diatonic chords, chord roles, and a broad collection of scales. - The key signature picker now previews the selected signature on a treble staff. - Accidentals, chord symbols, note chips, and scale-degree labels are more consistent across the app. - Selections, controls, and spacing have been polished for a more cohesive feel.

- More accurate chord ranking for slash chords, add-tones, 6/9 chords, altered dominants, and close ambiguities. - Why This Chord? now keeps strong near-tie alternatives visible. - MIDI disconnect, cancel, forget-device, and Network Session reconnect flows are more reliable. - Explore mode adds a visible copy button, major-triad flat ninths, and better root spelling.

- Chord identification and ranking are more accurate across ambiguous slash chords, altered colors, add-chords, and inversions. - Explore mode can copy the spoken form of a chord name, using the way musicians usually say it aloud. - Why This Chord? now always shows the top five ranked candidates with clearer explanations. - Split-third voicings, minor sharp-five chords, and minor seventh sharp-five chords are now supported.

- Why This Chord? now explains why the current chord ranked above close alternatives. - Explore Chords can copy chord symbols, readable names, and Harte notation. - Lydian-dominant voicings such as C9#11 are identified more reliably. - A new website article shares how WhatChord's chord vocabulary was checked against a large public chord corpus.

- Note names can now use International, German, or Fixed-Do labels throughout the app. - Explore Chords controls are easier to scan, with separate choices for base quality, sixths or sevenths, and fifth alterations. - Explore mode includes more minor, minor-sixth, and sixth-chord altered colors. - Chord analysis handles more close ambiguities correctly, including minor sharp-eleventh voicings and complete triads.

- Chord analysis recognizes more suspended, flat-five, and raised-fifth sevenths. - Dominant sharp-ninth and Hendrix-style chords are identified more reliably. - Explore mode can combine flat ninth and sharp ninth altered dominant colors. - Explore previews keep A and B bass roots below middle C.

- Explore mode now includes a note/degree toggle so chord members can be viewed either way. - Explore mode examples and voicings are more idiomatic, especially for extended chords. - Minor-key analysis now recognizes more harmonic-minor functions, including common dominant and leading-tone chords. - Audio Monitor previews and live note playback are smoother and more consistent.

- New Explore Chords screen lets you try different roots, qualities, extensions, and bass notes without needing a MIDI device. - Piano key highlights are clearer, with stronger contrast for active white and black keys. - Help & Support now opens in the app first, with guidance for Analysis Details plus links for GitHub and email support. - Sharp and flat accidentals are shown more consistently using symbols across the entire user interface.

- Pressed piano keys are easier to read with a stronger highlight that extends farther down each key. - MIDI reconnection is more reliable after the app has been in the background for a while. - This update focuses on a couple of small polish and stability improvements.

- There's a new setting for optional markers that indicate which notes belong to the current key signature. - Piano key visuals are clearer, with improved pressed-key highlighting. - Scale degree labels are now more concise, with better spoken announcements for screen readers.

- New Demo Mode lets you explore guided chord examples without a MIDI device. - First-launch MIDI coach mark makes onboarding quicker and easier. - Scale degree labels and tooltips are improved for clearer harmonic context. - Key signature selection now persists between app launches.

- Added support for USB MIDI keyboards and other wired MIDI devices. - New Audio Monitor lets you hear notes you play from your MIDI input. - Analysis Details now shows chord degrees for clearer harmonic context. - Improved MIDI connection stability and recovery in more real-world scenarios. - Polished UI behavior and interactions for a more consistent experience.

- Accessibility is improved across the app, including better large-text behavior and stronger screen reader support. - Tablet layouts now adapt more naturally by size class for a more native-feeling experience. - MIDI reconnect behavior on iOS is now more reliable.

- Home screen layout improvements for large system text sizes to reduce overflows. - More compact MIDI status indicator in the home app bar. - Near-tie candidate list expands in portrait and adds scrolling support in landscape.

- Improved piano keyboard scrolling and visual indicators - More reliable MIDI reconnection when returning to the app - Cleaner Analysis Details layout with pinned actions - New in-app Support links