New: More expressive Album view, tappable Genres and Casting (Beta) — play your library on UPnP amplifiers, receivers and network speakers streamed straight from your NAS at full quality. CAST TO YOUR SPEAKERS (BETA) - Send playback to Sonos and other UPnP network speakers on your Wi-Fi — long press the output button in Now Playing, or the cast button on Home screen. - Your speaker plays directly from your NAS at full fidelity, and hi-res and DSD are handled for you — your phone is just the remote. - Full control from the app: play and pause, next and previous, shuffle and repeat, volume, and a live queue with add-to-queue and play-next. - iPhone Speaker is always one tap away to switch playback back. LIBRARY & NOW PLAYING - Richer artwork-matched colours across the album and Now Playing screens, and a clearer progress bar. - Genres are now tappable everywhere — on the album screen and in the "…" menu on albums, songs, and Now Playing — to jump straight into a genre. - Tap the album artwork while something's playing to open the full player. AUDIO - Improved metadata handling for Opus codec in Ogg containers CARPLAY - "Recently Added" now shows large album-art cards, and album track lists are cleaner and easier to scan at a glance. - More reliable "Popular" on the artist screen. FIXES & POLISH - Performance, memory, and stability improvements throughout the app and in CarPlay. Thank you for using Cartridge - music player! Independent / unofficial app — not affiliated with Synology, Apple, or Spotify. ```

New: Siri support on iPhone and CarPlay - ask Siri to play any album, song, or artist from your library + Refreshed CarPlay experience + Faster, more reliable connections. SIRI VOICE CONTROL - Ask Siri to play your music by album, song, or artist — "[album] by [artist]", "[artist]", or "[song]". - On iPhone, finish the request with "on Cartridge" — for example, "Hey Siri, play Nevermind by Nirvana on Cartridge". In CarPlay you don't need it — just say the album, song, or artist. - Siri can also play your saved radio stations and quick picks like Liked, Most Played, and Recently Played. CARPLAY - New Artist and Album views - Library and Playlists as clean, easy-to-scan tiles - Quick A-Z scrolling to jump through long Artists, Albums, and Folders lists. - The track that's playing is clearly marked in every list, so you always know what's on. - Recommended genres as tappable cards. ARTIST SCREEN - "Popular" now picks the album version a song actually belongs to, and includes tracks where the artist is featured. - Albums with multiple artists show each track's length next to the performer. CONNECTION - Faster, more reliable reconnection when you arrive home or move between Wi-Fi and cellular. FIXES & POLISH - Performance and stability improvements throughout the app and in CarPlay. Thank you for using Cartridge - music player! Independent / unofficial app — not affiliated with Synology, Apple, or Spotify.

This update sharpens high-resolution audio playback and brings a richer artist experience — on your phone and in the car. New: Artist screen now includes "Songs" section (Liked, Most/Recently Played and Popular) and 'Similar Artists' section, Gapless DSD playback ARTIST SCREEN - New "Songs" section on every artist page — jump straight to your Liked, Most Played, and Recently Played tracks for that artist, plus their most popular songs from Apple Music. - Tap "See All" for the full, filterable song and album list. - Similar Artists shown at bottom of Artist screen CARPLAY - Redesigned artist screen: Smart Play, your Albums and Appears On (now sorted newest first), your top Songs, and Similar Artists — all as easy-to-browse rows. - Tapping an artist now opens their page instead of playing immediately, so you can choose what to hear. - Album track lists show disc numbers only when an album actually has multiple discs. AUDIO - Gapless DSD playback — DSD tracks now flow seamlessly into one another, perfect for live concert albums and continuous mixes. - Fixed a crackle that could occur at the very end of some DSD tracks. - Fixed long DSD tracks (large multichannel files) that could stop just before the end. - Now Playing shows standard format labels — DSD64 / DSD128 / DSD256 — and tidier bitrate display for hi-res files. FIXES & POLISH - Radio: the "…" (more) button on the Now Playing screen is reliably tappable again while track info updates. - Fixed a hang when opening "Appears On" or "Similar Artists" from an artist. - Smoother, more reliable artwork throughout CarPlay, plus performance and stability improvements. Thank you for using Cartridge - music player! Independent / unofficial app — not affiliated with Synology, Apple, or Spotify. ```

New: Streaming-service integration to add the song you're playing or hearing on a radio station to Apple Music or Spotify (*) ...and various performance, reliability, and polish updates NEW: ADD CURRENT TRACK TO APPLE MUSIC OR SPOTIFY (*) From the Now Playing screen's ⋯ menu, tap "Add to Apple Music" or "Add to Spotify" to add the current song to your library or playlists. Pre-configure your destination once in Settings — Apple Music: Library / Favourite / a chosen playlist; Spotify: Liked Songs or any of your editable playlists. Works on radio too when the station provides "Artist – Track" metadata, and on CarPlay's Now Playing screen via a new ⋯ button. (*) Requires an active Apple Music and/or Spotify Premium subscription. - Spotify uses a bring-your-own-clientId model — each user creates their own Spotify Developer App at developer.spotify.com (free) and pastes the clientId into Cartridge's Settings. - Apple Music integration is opt-in — toggle on in Settings → Streaming Services. PERFORMANCE - Search-field tap on cold launch drops from seconds to milliseconds. - Genre-shuffle top-up is smoother. When you tap a recommended-genre tile, the queue extension publishes once instead of per-song — no more stutter as the next songs queue. - Smart-sort on artist menus is faster on large libraries. Visible on Artist Detail open and "Add to Playlist" menus. CARPLAY - "Add to streaming service" ⋯ menu on the Now Playing screen for both song and radio modes (radio mode requires the station to provide track metadata). - Tile family unified with iPhone — Pinned Songs / Smart Playlists / Recommended Genres all show the same disc + icon design across iPhone and CarPlay. - Pin badge on Pinned Songs in CarPlay's Recent row, Home pinned section, and drill-in list. POLISH - New Settings → Streaming Services section with Apple Music + Spotify status rows and per-service "Configure" navigation. - Add Radio Station search uses the system search field and a per-row + button to add (Apple Music's pattern). - Library tab opens to the landing page faster Independent / unofficial app — not affiliated with Synology, Apple, or Spotify. ```

New: Radio and Recommended genres Updates to: Home layout / Library landing page ...and various performance, reliability and polish items RADIO - A dedicated Radio tab brings internet radio stations from the Radio Browser community catalogue. - Search by name and filter on country, format, bitrate using inline hashtag filters (#NL, #mp3, #aac, #128/#192/#320). - Pin up to 8 favourite stations to your own row at the top which will add them to Home tab and your CarPlay top row - Live "Artist - Track" metadata shows on the lock screen, Control Center, CarPlay, and the in-app player RECOMMENDED GENRES - A new section on Home and a dedicated grid in the Library tab, using the Synology Recommended-Genre buckets, each with its own colour-themed tile - Tap to shuffle 200+ random songs from that genre in Home tab, or drill in for the full album list in Library tab HOME TAB LAYOUT - Reordered Home tab with a combined Pinned section (songs + albums in one place), inline column labels, and a sticky Pinned Songs tile that shows a composite cover. Smart Playlists tiles are smaller and icon-only. Apple-Music-style scroll snap on every horizontal rail. LIBRARY TAB LANDING PAGE - The Library tab now opens to a clean landing page with a Category list (Albums, Artists, Songs, Genres, Folders, Downloaded) and the Recommended Genres grid. Tap to drill into the segment you want — no more 'always-on' Albums grid. PERFORMANCE & RELIABILITY - Improved cold launch, tab switches, album image handling - Live "Artist - Track" radio metadata everywhere it's shown. POLISH - Unified song row across 10+ surfaces (Album, Playlist, Most Played, Recently Played, Random 100, Liked, Search, etc.) with a consistent speaker indicator on the playing row. - Accessibility: six hero buttons now read descriptive VoiceOver labels. Independent / unofficial app — not affiliated with Synology.

● CarPlay support — Cartridge now also available in your car — Home, Playlists, and Library tabs to quickly navigate — Recently Played tile row + full drill-down — Pinned section mirrors your iPhone Home pins — Album view with track numbers (multi-disc releases show disc-track) — Artist view with Smart Play and Appears On section — Virtual / local / server playlists all show matching cover art — Now Playing with heart, shuffle, repeat, and artist / album jumps ● Other improvements, fixes — Lock-screen + CarPlay progress timer no longer snaps back at song start — Next song's album artwork shows instantly on transitions — Play Next / Add to Queue / Add to Playlist on an artist now use the same full ordered set that Play does — Add to Playlist → New Playlist pre-fills the artist name — Swipe right on the album in Now Playing to jump to the previous song instantly — More robust reconnect when switching networks (WiFi ↔ cellular ↔ different networks)

• Redesigned Artist and Album pages with full-width hero images • Top Artists row in Home • Artist Smart Play orders songs by your favorites, recent plays, and newest releases • Missing album artwork fetched automatically from Apple Music (user can enable/disable in iOS settings) • Artist images from Apple Music on Artist pages, Top Artists, and pinned pills • Dynamic playlist covers — album art, artist photo, or multi-album grid • Smarter artist name matching across name variants ("The", "&" vs "and") • Tap artists or albums in Now Playing to jump straight there without switching tabs • Tap-to-scroll long song titles in Now Playing • Faster song skipping — next track starts instantly when preloaded • Better DSD playback — cleaner transitions, no silent playback • Full iOS Button Shapes and Dynamic Type support for accessibility • Performance: artist data cached for instant revisit, Home fetches coalesced

• Now supports iOS 17 and later — more devices welcome • Like songs from the lock screen — no need to open the app • Faster app launch — no more orange splash screen, album art loads instantly • Seamless album art transitions — no more placeholder flashes between songs • Scrolling song titles — long titles animate once to show the full name • Improved layout on all iPhone sizes (SE through Pro Max) • Better accessibility support (Show Button Shapes compatibility) • Fixed a rare crash during DSD pause/resume • Improved reliability of auto-reconnect after password changes • Better cleanup of temporary files during downloads • Performance and UI polish improvements throughout