New in this Update: - When Artwork Display setting is set to "Full Screen", higher resolution streaming artwork is cached for better quality full screen appearance. - Artwork Reuse Model: Single Artwork file is now shared amongst tracks within the same album, so long as the media server reports they have the same artwork. This helps conserve bandwidth when streaming multiple tracks from the same album, and WatchAmp will now also reuse local artwork from cached or downloaded tracks for streaming tracks of the same album when available. - Siri Announce Notifications now pause and resume audio rather than just lowering the volume. - When viewing chapter list for an M4B audiobook, list now scrolls immediately to active chapter. - Added additional hardening for successful track download verification. Fixes in this Update: - When using an Apple Watch that does not support Always On display, or when Always On Display was turned off and the screen went dark, watchOS could suspend playback between tracks. Audio would resume only when the watch was raised/activated. Updated enqueue method should allow watchOS to continue playback while screen is off. - Fixed seeking unavailable on first start streaming tracks - Fixed seeking bug that could cause audio to seeking when the display is covered. - Tweaked Play Next/Later queue handling, cache prioritization, and Headphone Disconnect/Reconnect recovery

Fixes in this update: - Plex users could experience playback glitches and repeat audio when transcoding was enabled. - WatchAmp background downloads queue persistence is no longer suspended immediately when lowering wrist or exiting to clock. watchOS will still suspend large queues over time, but queues will resume when WatchAmp is reopened and more tracks will download when WatchAmp is backgrounded than before. For large download queues, it is recommended to keep WatchAmp in focus and the screen on.

WatchAmp 4.0.0 adds watchOS 27 compatibility, Navidrome/OpenSubsonic support alongside Plex and Jellyfin, plus M4B audiobook playback features, a sleep timer, seek controls, optional full-screen or expanded Now Playing artwork, faster library startup, and more reliable Premium access recovery. New in this update: - BETA M4B audiobook playback support (Note: It is recommended to download Audiobooks rather than stream them for the best experience) - M4B Audiobook chapters with chapter seeking and current chapter highlighting - M4B Audiobook-only playback speed controls - Support for Jellyfin Book libraries - Optional Full-Screen & Expanded Now Playing artwork (enable/disable in Settings Screen) - Full-Screen & Expanded artwork support for idle playback and Always On dimming - 320 kbps MP3 transcode option for Music - Enable Sleep Timer from Now Playing Artwork Long Press and Settings screen with options for timed pauses, End of Track (Music), and End of Chapter (Audiobook) - Seek through a track by long pressing Fast Forward or Rewind (set amount in Settings Screen) - Navidrome server support alongside Plex and Jellyfin - Navidrome sign-in from the iPhone companion app - Navidrome library, artist, album, track, playlist, hub, and search browsing - Navidrome artwork support for playback, browsing, playlists, and downloads - Navidrome direct playback, downloads, transcoding, and played-track reporting - Updated companion walkthrough and FAQ content for Navidrome - Faster watch library startup using cached library sections - More reliable production Premium entitlement recovery - Updated iPhone Companion app How To and FAQ with Audiobook information. Fixes in this update: - More reliable Navidrome downloads, streaming, artwork, and played-track reporting - Better handling of Navidrome server error responses - Faster and cleaner app startup network behavior - Better recovery when Plex server URLs need to be re-resolved - Better local-download access when a server is unreachable - Fixed non-HTTPS server connection configuration - Fixed audiobook resume and restored queue progress handling - Fixed playback-rate handling after playback recovery and queue changes - Fixed sleep timer cleanup and End of Track handling - Fixed speed control layout over artwork - Fixed full-screen artwork behavior during inactive display states and track transitions - Improved Premium status restoration for lifetime and grandfathered annual customers - Improvements toJellyfin playback start/progress using the correct resume position - Fix Jellyfin downloaded seek handling - Fixed bug with AVAudioSession hang-risk paths with headphone/external speaker checks - Fixed bug with server side search failures - Replaced deprecated WKExntension with WKApplication for voice search text input controller - Fixed issues with M4B files that contained EAC3 audio tracks. - Swift concurrency and runtime data race fixes across playback, media services, Siri, and companion setup Notes for M4B Audiobooks Beta: - Only M4B files are recognized as Audiobooks at this time. MP3 Audiobooks will continue to play as music albums and will not display speed and chapter buttons. - M4B files with AAC audio will always Direct Play even when transcodes are on enabled in WatchAmp's settings. - M4B files with an incompatible codec (such as EAC3) will transcode when transcodes are enabled.

Fixes in 3.2.1: - Fix for Lifetime purchase licensing. Users should not longer get repeated prompts to purchase or restore Lifetime license.

WatchAmp 3.2.0 is primarily a bug fix release for 3.0 and also lowers the minimum iOS version for the companion app to iOS 18 and the minimum watchOS version for the watch app to watchOS 10.5. Fixes in 3.2.0: - Fix for launch crash on older watchOS 10.x devices - Long press actions conflicting with tap actions on watchOS 10/11 devices causing hangups and non-responsiveness Changes in 3.2.0 for Legacy devices running watchOS 10/11: - Long Press actions on Albums/Artists/Playlists/Tracks in list rows have been replaced by "Artwork" action actions. Taping on the item Artwork on the left of the row will bring up the confirmation dialog with options to enact on that item, while the row text/body remains the tap target for navigation or playback. - watchOS 26+ will not be affected by these changes and will continue to operate via "Long Press" actions for the item menu confirmation dialogs. Previous Release notes for v3.1.0: WatchAmp 3.1.0 expands Jellyfin support and adds new Playlist sort options and download prioritization. New in this update: - "Prioritize Download" option added to Confirmation Dialog when user long presses on track in Download Queue - Added new Playlist Sort Options: Name, Play Count (Plex Only) , Duration, Song Count, Last Played, Date Added, Last Modified, Jump To Letter - Playlists now show Song Count, Duration, and Play Count when available. Play Count is currently Plex Only. - Add Jellyfin LAN discovery to iPhone companion authentication flow when on the same network - Miscellaneous Localization Updates Fixes in this update: - Fixed Inline Style Complication to show icon and title instead of a grey box - When pressing “View Artist” button in an album listing from the Search page, app did not correctly navigate to the artist - Search results could sometimes only returned on device downloaded media items when network connections changed - Triggering Playlist from a Long Press or from Play/Shuffle at top of Playlist increments Plex server side "Playlist Play Count" metadata.

WatchAmp 3.1.0 expands Jellyfin support and adds new Playlist sort options and download prioritization. New in this update: - "Prioritize Download" option added to Confirmation Dialog when user long presses on track in Download Queue - Added new Playlist Sort Options: Name, Play Count (Plex Only) , Duration, Song Count, Last Played, Date Added, Last Modified, Jump To Letter - Playlists now show Song Count, Duration, and Play Count when available. Play Count is currently Plex Only. - Add Jellyfin LAN discovery to iPhone companion authentication flow when on the same network - Miscellaneous Localization Updates Fixes in this update: - Fixed Inline Style Complication to show icon and title instead of a grey box - When pressing “View Artist” button in an album listing from the Search page, app did not correctly navigate to the artist - Search results could sometimes only returned on device downloaded media items when network connections changed - Triggering Playlist from a Long Press or from Play/Shuffle at top of Playlist increments Plex server side "Playlist Play Count" metadata.

WatchAmp 3.0.0 adds Jellyfin support alongside Plex, with iPhone-based Server sign-in, Jellyfin library browsing, playback, downloads, artwork, playback reporting. WatchAmp 3.0.0 also adds Watch Complication Support and a new "Favorites" hub which is an on watch playlist that users can add tracks to using Long Press actions on tracks, albums, artists, and playlists. New in this update: - Jellyfin server support alongside Plex - New Servers tab in the iPhone companion app - Plex PIN & Jellyfin Password or Quick Connect sign-in from iPhone Companion App - Send Plex or Jellyfin connection details securely to Apple Watch - Last-known Apple Watch server status in the companion app - Pending setup status when the Apple Watch still needs to finish provisioning - Jellyfin music library, artist, album, track, playlist, hub, and search browsing - Jellyfin support for Recently Added, Recently Played, and Recently Released hubs - Jellyfin direct play for supported audio formats - Jellyfin fast-start transcoding support - Provider-aware offline downloads - Better downloaded album and playlist artwork presentation - Apple Watch launcher complications and Smart Stack support - Watch-local Favorites hub scoped to each server account - Add to Favorites actions from artist, album, library, Now Playing, and downloaded music - Play, queue, favorite, and delete actions for downloaded artists, albums, playlists, and tracks - Offline search support for downloaded music - Restored playback queues and track progress across app launches - Migration for existing downloaded music and artwork to safer long term storage location - Manual recovery for missing downloaded files after upgrade - Manual refresh for missing downloaded artwork - Download queue status feedback while large download batches are being prepared - Higher-quality downloaded artwork - Updated v3 companion help content - Spanish and Simplified Chinese localization updates Fixes in this update: - More reliable pending download queues - Improved downloaded track numbering and Now Playing indicators - Reduced metadata-save pressure during large download batches - Better cache handling when switching between Plex and Jellyfin - Downloaded music storage moved to a more durable app support location - Better recovery when downloaded artwork paths become stale after reinstall, build, or container changes - Improved server-change and error recovery flows when local downloads are available - Clearer companion provisioning state when the watch is unreachable or setup is pending - Safer provider switching between Plex and Jellyfin credentials - More reliable restored local playback and restored queues - Reduced stale Track Needs Server Connection notices after playback context changes - Better offline artwork restoration - More consistent queue ordering and queue counts - Fixed shuffle start and All Downloads shuffle ordering - Faster and more reliable local search loading states - Improved Jellyfin resume behavior and Recently Added listings - Less main-actor disk work during playback and downloaded-library operations - More stable diagnostics and watch support logging

WatchAmp 2.5.2 addresses a crash with large download queues, adds a new internal diagnostic mechanism for initial server communication failures, and updates localizations for Simplified Chinese and Spanish. New in this update: - Download queues now persist across app closure and network connection loss - Added new on watch logging for server login and communication failures. - Updated localizations for Simplified Chinese and Spanish. Fixed in this update: - Fixed crash with large download queues - On device Downloads Playlist did not always show in "Offline" mode - Long press commands did not work on Albums, Artists, and Tracks in the On Device Library.

WatchAmp 2.5 adds Simplified Chinese localization, updates WatchAmp Premium to a lifetime purchase model, and improves how free playback limits and Premium entitlements are handled across launches. WatchAmp Premium - Lifetime Purchase Changes Thanks to user feedback, WatchAmp is moving away from monthly/annual subscriptions to a single "Lifetime" Purchase option. Users who had an active paid "Annual" subscription will automatically be upgraded to the Lifetime license. Users who were on the previous free "2-Week Trial" introductory offer, and the "Monthly" subscription will retain access until their subscriptions expire, at which point they will have the option to purchase a "Lifetime" license in the app. If you have any questions or trouble with moving to the Lifetime license, please email help@nerdypup.com for assistance. New in this update: - WatchAmp Premium is now offered as a lifetime purchase. - Simplified Chinese localization for the watch app and iPhone companion app - Redeem Code support in the iPhone companion Premium screen - Restore Purchases support for the new Premium flow - Clearer Premium status messaging for lifetime, grandfathered annual, and legacy subscription access - Updated walkthrough and FAQ content for the new lifetime Premium option - Improved purchase loading, restore, pending approval, and error states Fixes: - Long press artist navigation could sometimes stall

NEW: - New long-press album art actions on Now Playing for View Artist and View Album for both Streaming and Downloaded Tracks* - New View Artist action button below Download All on album track lists - Initial Localization support for Chinese, Simplified FIXES: - Fixed for playback stall after changing from Cellular to Wifi and Wifi to Cellular on Cellular watches. - Better audio-session interruption handling which pauses playback and timeline reporting when watch receives a call and only resumes after the interruption if playback was active before. A manual pause of playback during a call clears the auto-resume so the app won’t restart playback after a user-initiated pause during an interruption. *NOTE: New long-press album art actions will only work on tracks that are downloaded after updating to 2.1.1 or later. Existing downloaded tracks will not have these options.

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

FIXES: - Corrected Home User PIN code layout for smaller screen watches

NEW: - Spanish localization FIXES: - Allow installation on watchOS for devices that are not paired to iPhones directly (ie Family watches).

FIXES: - Minor bug fixes and updated URL for Privacy Policy.

NEW: - Added support for Plex Home User Switching with Managed Users and PIN Support

NEW: - Increased free playback limit to 5 tracks FIXES: - Updated setup screens - Fixed race condition on first launch, first play where playback may not start if there were no previously cached tracks.