WatchAmp 2.0.0 is a major update focused on faster Plex music playback, richer watch visuals, better library browsing, stronger offline support, more resilient setup and recovery flows, and Spanish localization.
New in this update:
- Plex UltraBlur backgrounds on Now Playing, with richer artwork-based color treatment
- UltraBlur colors carry into downloaded and cached playback when available
- New Recently Added, Recently Played, and Recently Released Plex hubs
- Faster repeat visits to library hubs, artists, albums, and playlists with improved caching
- Long-press actions for hub tracks and albums, including Play Next, Play Later, and Download
- New local Downloads library with Artists, Albums, Playlists, and All Downloads views for easier offline browsing
- Choose Library menu now includes Rescan to check Plex again when the server or library list is unavailable
- Offline download limit increased to 10,000 tracks
- Downloaded albums now group together when multiple tracks from the same album are saved
- Downloaded album rows now open a dedicated track list
- Album-level actions for downloaded album groups
- More reliable downloaded track recovery after app updates
- Faster transcode playback with fast-start streaming
- Direct-play fast start for supported original files
- Improved recovery from stream stalls and early stream endings
- New Transcode Quality setting with 128 kbps and 256 kbps options
- Better Direct Play notices when a format is not supported on Apple Watch
- Improved direct-play download retry and resume behavior
- More reliable Bluetooth headphone prompts and speaker-playback checks
- Improved startup headphone route preparation when Speaker Playback is disabled
- Better handling when Speaker Playback is turned off during active speaker playback
- New Clear Queue action with confirmation
- Signing out now clears playback and the queue while preserving downloads
- Improved Now Playing artwork sizing across Apple Watch models
- Better coordination between streaming, caching, and download queues
- Improved repeat-one caching and next-track preparation
- Marquee scrolling for long track, artist, album, queue, Now Playing, and download labels
- Refined Search with a cleaner layout, voice-search toolbar button, and more reliable results
- Improved startup loading and unavailable-library states
- Improved sign-in, PIN entry, and longer error message layouts
- Updated companion app How To, FAQ, and screenshots for the 2.0 experience
- Companion app now includes links to wiki documentation and GitHub support pages
- Watch app can run independently of the iPhone companion app
- Spanish localization for the WatchAmp
2.0.0