Improved background playback reliability

- Native share sheet action (opens app and queues next) - Custom fullscreen for portrait videos - Show indicator when RSS refresh fails - Added option to provide custom API key (Settings → Debug) - Option to open links externally (Settings → General → YouTube Browser) # Small improvements - Performance: limit initial amount of queue entries shown - Chapter indicator size adapts to chapter amount - Small fullscreen controls ui tweaks - Updated "generate chapters" shortcut to avoid grouping individual items (requires re-adding the shortcut) - Repeated seek more reliable - Player scrubber easier to tap - Add first chapter if needed - Small performance improvements (transcripts, video list scrolling) - Fewer pop-up tips during onboarding # Small UI Tweaks - Player title font - Player scrubber - "Clear all videos" button # Fixes - Fix: speed slider interaction - Fix: translation error in settings - Fix: empty iCloud backups folder being created with backups turned off - Fix: inline scrubbing issue due to digits changing - Fix: video not being cleared with continuous play in the background

- Option to temporarily show captions when seeking back - Customize seek seconds # Small improvements - Time tracking accuracy improvements - Option to hide inbox overflow tip permanently - Improved YouTube URL detection - Improved chapter detection - Minimized menu shows "menu" instead of tab title - Minimal player setting: minimize pop-ups when enabling captions # Fixes - Fix: video overlay not being hidden initially - Fix: minimal player setting sometimes not applying correctly - Fix: sidebar behavior when clicking "next" on macOS - Fix: Queue swipe animation - Fix: macOS crash when using the swipe gesture to queue next/last inside the Queue - Fix: overlay behavior with mouse input - Fix: inactive chapters turning active again

- Settings "Generate Chapters" button also runs the shortcut - Limit analytics to TestFlight - Added TestFlight link in settings - Added support for OPML import/export - Improved video double tap gesture # Fixes - Fix: swipe down on iPad shows the sidebar first before entering Pip - Fix: "watch in Unwatched" shortcut playing playlist urls - Fix: duplicate videos being removed during sync cleanup - Fix: macOS crash when selecting premium

Fix: App freeze on iOS 17.5

- Safari extension to open YouTube links inside Unwatched - Cloud AI chapter generation option executes the shortcut directly - Added "Search YouTube" quick action - Added options to auto-delete videos (settings → user data) - Added custom PiP on macOS (menu bar → View → Toggle PiP) - Added unwatched://queue url scheme (thanks cdf1982!) # Small adjustments - Seeking backwards jumps over inactive chapters - Subscribe to channels via in-App browser even with RSS feeds down - De-prioritize certain colors from becoming the channel accent color - Avoid storing new #shorts if they’re hidden - FAQ adjustment # Fixes - Fix: liquid glass effect in menu - Fix: video detail actions shown in player on iPad - Fix: video detail thumbnail placeholder height - Fix: cleanup multiple queue entries linked to the same video - Fix: crash when adding video to inbox multiple times - Fix: no cookies mode location reference - Potential fix: web player play/pause behavior - Potential fix: audio cutting out

# Quick inbox triage - Open detail view for any video inside the inbox - Queue or clear via the bottom actions row, the next video will automatically open # Watch time statistics (Premium) - Statistics view under Library → Watched, showing the total time per channel & day - Any time frame can be manually deleted - Watch statistics can be excluded in backup settings # Small improvements - Added “Queue from Clipboard” quick action - Added fallback for missing thumbnail sizes # Fixes - Fix: browser subscribe error translation - Fix: unnecessary custom chapter marker at start - Fix: browser closing on rotate - Fix: “Play from Clipboard” quick action on launch - Fix: right click to queue inside browser (macOS) - Fix: playback speed resetting when double-tapping back to start - Fix: video durations not loaded correctly on start (Premium) - Fix: scroll to correct chapter position with disabled chapters - Fix: subscription accent color not updating live - Fix: opening subscription detail from fullscreen popup breaks menu - Fix: description view jumping when scrolling during playback

# Video detail changes - Added thumbnail - Added Queue actions (iOS 26 & visionOS) # In-App browser changes - Option to open video via context menu if auto-play is enabled - Hide shorts applies to subscription tab - Hide “open app” button # Small adjustments - Improved scrolling performance - Adjusted landscape fullscreen to iPhone 17 lineup - Show surrounding lines during transcript search - Auto-cleanup image cache # Fixes - Fix: migrating browser as tab setting - Fix: light mode color issue - Fix: restore sheet detents on startup - Fix: reset temporary speed when interacting with speed control # visionOS - Swipe gesture for chapters - Indicator for temporary speed change (swipe up/down) - Adjusted double tap seek time - Show “clear” option in more player more menu - Fix: window resizing when starting in fullscreen - Fix: minimum window size - Fix: open browser highlight - Fix: queue last adds oldest videos on top - fix: unsubscribe from inside browser

- Native visionOS Support - Show chapter indicators on YouTube’s progress bar - Attempt to continue audio playback in background # Small UI Adjustments - Tweaks for iOS 26.1 - Glass effect sidebar on macOS 26 - Video status readability improvements - Adjusted list row separator # Settings - Hide shorts setting applies to “shorts”-tab on YouTube - Option to disable YouTube Browser entirely (Settings → Appearance → YouTube Browser → Disabled) - Option to disable individual swipe gestures (Settings → Playback) - Delete logs requires confirmation - Themes & pre-selecting chapters requires premium - Moved “cleanup duplicates” to User Data settings - Force original audio on by default - FAQ adjustments # Fixes - Fix: playback sometimes started by itself when opening the app - Fix: macOS sidebar corner radius - Fix: fullscreen control sometimes always visible during live streams - Fix: player page indicator UI - Fix: player overlay getting stuck in some cases - Potential fix: videos sometimes not loading

- “Title contains” filter mode - “Queue last” option for shortcut & browser context menu # Small improvements - Onboarding/empty player UI adjustments - Videos added via shortcut no longer marked as new - Ad-interuption indicators hidden from video track - Small performance improvements # Fixes - Fix: native video player opening when scrolling YouTube with “force native player” enabled - Fix: missing shortcut error message when transcript is unavailable - Fix: some channels not recognized inside the browser - Fix: adding subscription with no videos in rss feed - Fix: timestamp not being used when adding certain urls - Fix: YouTube “sign in” link inside the player should now open the in-app browser instead of doing nothing - Fix: deleted video not being cleared from the player - Fix: last video not being removed from player - Fix: “search YouTube” not working on macOS - Fix: chapter settings button on macOS - Fix: “+” duration layout padding - Fix: undo remove final video broke playback - Potential fix: overlay stuck - Potential fix: black screen video on startup

# OS 26 - Updated to liquid glass - Updated icons # Shortcuts - Added "open Unwatched" lock screen widget - Option to "add video" via shortcut to inbox - Added "set continuous play" shortcut - Added "loop video" to playback settings # Premium Introducing a Premium tier that unlocks additional features. For now, anyone can enable it indefinitely with a free trial; there is no paid option yet. - See all durations of new videos and whether the video is upcoming/live or fully out - Customizable temporary speeds (default speed is now 0.6x & 2x) - Auto-play browser videos in-app: if enabled, tapping videos inside the browser will automatically play them in Unwatched - Generate chapters via Apple Intelligence (experimental) - OS 26-specific chapter generation shortcut that no longer requires an additional AI app # Small Adjustments - Requires iOS 17.2, dropping support for iOS 17.0/iOS 17.1 - Replaced "drop" area in browser with long press to queue/subscribe/add to inbox - In-app browser keeps the current page when reopened - FAQ adjustments - Option to restore original chapters # Privacy - Added privacy-friendly anonymous analytics via TelemetryDeck (can be disabled under Settings → Privacy Policy) - Added privacy & what's new links to settings # Fixes - Fix: hide menu on play setting on iPad - Fix: video time jumping back due to sync - Fix: sheet animation issues (jumping, transition) - Fix: generated chapters resetting - Fix: logging breaking playback speed

- Improved performance & reliability of #shorts detection - Improved thumbnail quality for expansive list format - Added support for YouTube live stream urls

- Custom URL scheme to play a video (e.g. unwatched://play?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch…) - Option to automatically remove “new” status - Updated generate chapters shortcut # Fixes - Fix: drag sheet when YouTube tab is selected - Fix: video zoom issue - Fix: reload while playing continues playing the video - Fix: some player overflow issues - Fix: unsubscribe in browser - Fix: missing AirPlay symbol on iOS 17

- “Hide shorts” setting also applies to in-App browser - “Undo” for queue - Always show time during portrait playback - Copy url for any chapter - Hide status bar for iPad fullscreen mode # Fixes - Fix: YouTube overlay not being hidden correctly - Fix: clear current video unreliable - Fix: startup crash

- Updated App Store Screenshots - Updated Generate Chapters Shortcut

- View and search video transcripts - Option to force original audio - Greatly improved voice-over support # Shortcuts - Shortcut that generates chapters (via Claude) - Shortcut action to get the transcript - Shortcut action to set chapters - Shortcut action for next/previous chapter - Keyboard shortcut to open video in-app or browser # Small Improvements - UI tweaks & performance improvements - Improved sync cleanup - Videos added in-app no longer marked as “new” (e.g. via browser or pasting url) - List item performance improvements - Improved loading video info fallback - Add “continuous play” to playback settings - Using SponsorBlock chapters if available # Fixes - Fix: tap to queue inside videos for new embedded player - Fix: subscription navigation title overflow - Fix: jumping speed control - Fix: adding subscriptions via certain URLs - Fix: avoid duplicates with Mac app open

- Support for new embedded YouTube player - Video title keyword filter (global or per subscription) - More granular speed adjustments - Font & subscription detail UI improvements # Small Improvements - Keyboard shortcuts for switching tabs - Translucent popovers - Adjusted seek keyboard shortcut time - Improved sync cleanup - FAQ adjustments - Faster loading of videos inside the library - Improved player animations on iPad # Fixes - Fix: player only ever showing website - Fix: “view on youtube” button in landscape - Fix: defer date selection cut off - Fix: UI glitch when copying video url via player - Fix: crash when using undo inside the inbox - Fix: rotate on play setting interfering on macOS - Fix: vertical fullscreen player layout iPad

- “New” state for videos - Keyboard shortcuts: playback speed, show description, refresh, fullscreen - “Open in safari” browser button - Filter settings sync between devices # Fullscreen Improvements (iPhone) - Chapter list includes description - Fills space more efficiently - Controls appear opposite to notch/dynamic island - Overlay ui adjustments # Fullscreen Improvements (iPad/Mac) - Controls better adapt to different window sizes - Improved fullscreen player on Mac (only centered video visible; double click, YouTube button or shortcut to toggle on/off) - Option to hide fullscreen controls # Small improvements - French translation improvements (thanks sweetpufferfish) - Correct start time when adding videos (manually via urls, queue/play via browser) - Paste button no longer requires prompt - Performance improvements - Hint & suggested action to clear inbox - Updating channel specific aspect ratio to most recently played video - Ask to remove shorts from inbox when hiding them - Removed “last cleared from inbox” filter - Chapter parsing & merging - Scroll to current chapter when opening description (iPad, Mac) - Surface player errors with report option - Option to save and export logs - Updated faq - Deferred date improvements (remember recognized date, queue videos next, clear notification action) # Fixes - Fix: broken player controls - Fix: audio kept playing after closing window (Mac) - Fix: scroll to top after removing top most item - Fix: keep player controls visible during interactions - Fix: keyboard shortcuts reliability - Fix: defer date sheet appearance - Fix: dismiss description detail (Mac) - Fix: speed control when no channel is available - Fix: “more” menu stays open with active timer - Fix: parsing pasted urls with surrounding text - Fix: “open browser” touch target - Fix: player controls overflow (Mac) - Fix: removed yt.lemnoslife (no longer operating) - Fix: restore window position & size (Mac) - Fix: clear swipe action only shown when applicable - Fix: cursor flickering

- Spanish translation - Chapters support attached URLs - Live update for current position & video - Option to hide sidebar on play (Mac) - Copy url options: timestamped, channel, playlist, rss feed - Precise chapter skipping # Small Improvements - Longer chapter titles - Relative video date - Small animation improvements - Improved import subscription instructions - Improved #shorts detection - Show clear all for one video - Persist window frame position/size (Mac) - List update performance improvement - Replaced “enable watch history” with “no cookies mode” - Chapter parsing improvements # Fixes - Fix: videos without a subscription can be deleted anywhere - Fix: slow toggle sidebar animation (Mac) - Fix: slower temporary playback speed for less than 1x - Fix: update video duration ui immediately - Fix: chapter list popover height - Fix: auto play for non-embedded videos (Mac) - Fix: unschedule message for deleted video - Fix: dark appearance in light mode color - Fix: backup “refresh ignores sync” setting

- Landscape fullscreen: change playback speed by scrolling (iPhone) - Player controls take up less height in fullscreen mode (iPad, Mac) - Show/hide fullscreen controls improvements (iPad, Mac) - Added playback options tip - Auto-enable theater mode for non-embedding videos - Small UI adjustments # Sync behavior - Always allow manual refresh during sync - Reload & dedupe cleans up everything, not just videos - Added option to automatically refresh during sync # Fixes - Fix: shifting entries - Fix: tap on current tab behavior - Fix: feedback if drop in browser fails - Fix: YouTube settings didn’t open - Fix: share links as url instead of text (affects share sheet actions) - Fix: center touch to play/pause ignored vertical position - Fix: only queue/inbox notification & badge - Fix: keyboard shortcuts for non-embedding videos - Fix: player controls make space for #shorts - Potential fix: background refresh (iOS) - Potential fix: library crash - Potential fix: entries disappearing during sync ## Mac - Fix: image cache directory - Fix: "new videos in inbox tip" - Fix: context menu icons - Fix: light mode issues - Potential fix: some crashes

- Native macOS version - Moved menu to the left - Defer date selection improvements - Player scrubber can be clicked to seek (macOS) - Removed watch in browser button (macOS) # Fixes - Fix: auto dubbing (macOS) - Fix: seek before video has started playing - Fix: refresh indicator stuck - Fix: context menu color - Fix: speed control drag handle tap - Fix: empty entries - Fix: keyboard shortcuts being captured by web player

- Share/copy uses shortened urls - Option to minimize player overlays # Fixes - Fix: incorrect user name parsing - Fix: player sometimes stuck - Fix: background crash

Fix: iPad layout issue

- Fix: light/dark mode issues - Fix: player UI issue on iPad

- Playback destination picker - Pop up for description & chapters on iPad/Mac - “AirPlay HD” option (long press on playback picker or auto enable via Settings → Playback) - Polish translation (thanks Kroguc) - French translation - Option to force-disable captions - Correct #shorts detection when playing video - Removed light player appearance option # Fixes - Fix: white YouTube player scrubber - Fix: autoplay with watch history turned off - Fix: play when dropping top video back into same position - Fix: sub detail bottom header overflow - Fix: browser play button overlay during drag & drop - Fix: youtube urls with additional query parameter - Fix: next chapter button issues during final chapter