We don’t want Xtunes on iPad to be just a simple enlarged version of the iPhone app, so this update focuses on improving the overall iPad experience. Xtunes now makes better use of iPad’s larger screen and window modes, while also preparing for more iOS device sizes in the future (hopefully ;). Lifetime License users can now get early access to the brand-new Standby Mode. Think of it as your personal music screensaver. What's New - Introduced a brand-new adaptive workspace for iPad and larger windows: view the player and queue side by side, with library sidebar navigation and contextual details. - Added an Experimental Features entry, allowing you to enable available experimental experiences on demand. - Added a mini player to the iPad sidebar. Improvements - Tweaked the UI again after a little back-and-forth—yes, we noticed too. - Improved layouts, safe area handling, and interactions across iPhone, iPad, portrait and landscape orientations, Stage Manager, and Dynamic Type. - Improved cold launch performance for large music libraries. - Improved gesture coordination between playback progress, volume, two-finger gestures, and page transitions to reduce accidental interactions. Fixes - Fixed an issue where the system media item, playback progress, and queue from the previous session could not be restored after fully quitting and relaunching the app, causing only the full library to appear. - Fixed an issue where an empty state could incorrectly overwrite a valid playback snapshot during launch restoration. - Fixed an issue where new refresh requests could be lost while refreshing the media library, and an issue where selecting a song from the system media queue could occasionally skip directly to the next track.

What's New - A more capable audiobook player: local audiobook library, chapter queues, chapter-relative progress, Lock Screen and Control Center chapter sync, ±10-second skips, playback speed, sleep timer, and whole-book remaining time. - Added the Extra page for license status, Lifetime License upgrade, Restore, and Privacy. - Existing paid users are automatically migrated to Lifetime License without purchasing again. Improved - The library tabs are now ordered as Songs, Artists, Albums, Audiobooks, Playlists, and Extra. - Audiobooks now focus on locally imported .m4b files and audio inside the Audiobooks folder, keeping music and audiobooks clearer. Fixed - Fixed seek behavior for some local audiobooks that could jump back to the beginning of the chapter. - Improved library merging and license checks when opening audiobooks from the Files app, preventing the library from being replaced by only the opened file.

What's New - A more capable audiobook player: local audiobook library, chapter queues, chapter-relative progress, Lock Screen and Control Center chapter sync, ±10-second skips, playback speed, sleep timer, and whole-book remaining time. - Added the Extra page for license status, Lifetime License upgrade, Restore, and Privacy. - Existing paid users are automatically migrated to Lifetime License without purchasing again. Improved - The library tabs are now ordered as Songs, Artists, Albums, Audiobooks, Playlists, and Extra. - Audiobooks now focus on locally imported .m4b files and audio inside the Audiobooks folder, keeping music and audiobooks clearer. Fixed - Fixed seek behavior for some local audiobooks that could jump back to the beginning of the chapter. - Improved library merging and license checks when opening audiobooks from the Files app, preventing the library from being replaced by only the opened file.

Improved - Redesigned the Songs tab’s Play All / Shuffle actions as a lightweight part of the list instead of floating buttons, so they no longer cover song content. - Letter indexing now follows the current language: in a Japanese UI, kanji are grouped by their Japanese reading (romaji), while other languages keep pinyin-based grouping. - When tracks advance while Xtunes is in the background, on the Lock Screen, or behind another app, the main player, queue, Lock Screen, and Dynamic Island now stay in sync more reliably. - Onboarding gestures now only respond on their intended pages, and the long-press volume gesture completes after either upward or downward movement. - Improved first-launch and onboarding artwork loading to reduce waiting before the main player appears. - Artists, albums, and playlists now load on demand for large libraries, reducing post-launch work. Fixed - Fixed an issue where returning to the app could show the previous track with the progress bar stuck at the end. - Fixed cases where Lock Screen, Control Center, or Dynamic Island metadata could lag behind after local playback advanced automatically. - Improved media-library playback compatibility in some runtime environments. - Fixed an issue where tapping a tab in landscape did not switch the list below.

What's New - Added a My Favorites playlist. Double-tap the Now Playing screen to add or remove the current song from your favorites. - You can now swipe left to remove songs from editable playlists. - Local long-form audio and audiobooks now remember your playback position, so you can continue where you left off after reopening the app. - Introduced a redesigned onboarding experience. - Improved playback queue transitions between local audio and songs from your media library. - Hid the status bar during launch for a smoother transition to the main interface. Bug Fixes - Fixed an issue that prevented shared folders from being created.

New - Added support for local .m4b audiobooks, with chapters expanding in the playback queue. - The startup guide is now easier to use, with edge taps and swipe navigation. - Local music playback now supports Lock Screen, Control Center, and headphone/Bluetooth controls. Fixed - Fixed unstable display after importing local music from the shared folder. - Fixed display and queue issues after playing local .m4b files. - Fixed the library index not reappearing after it hides. - Fixed queue inconsistencies when appending or inserting tracks. - Fixed the empty-state issue in Cover Flow hidden mode. - Fixed the artist detail index behavior.

What's new - Local music playback now supports system Lock Screen and Control Center playback info, including artwork, song details, and progress. - Local music playback now works with headphones, Bluetooth devices Bug fixed - Improved the system-level background control experience for local file playback - Fixed library indexing issues in Japanese environments

What's new - You can now open supported music files from the iOS Files app with Xtunes.Files placed in the app's shared older are now picked up by the local library. - Library sections now show subtle total counts at the bottom. - First launch now includes a permission page that only asks for media library access needed for local music. - Add startup guide Bug fixed - Fixed library index behavior so the index can reappear after scrolling. - Fixed several library navigation and swipe gesture regressions. - Album artwork in library lists is now displayed as a consistent square crop. Known Issue - Some flicker may still appear during library/detail swipe transitions. I'm working on that ;)