What's new in SoundTouch 14.80.6-708+9bd051b
May 4, 2017
- Features:
- New app design:
- Redesigned layout and color scheme
- Added content graphics for music services
- Faster path to individual speaker settings
- "Explore" menu replaced with "=" menu icon
- Collapsible "now playing" screen
- "Play Everywhere" is now "Play All"
- Ability to provide app feedback from the app menu
- Tutorial overlay for initial use of app
- Guided help for accessing unavailable speakers
- Stereo pairing for SoundTouch 10:
- Users can now pair two SoundTouch 10 speakers for stereo listening
- Can be used with SoundTouch compatible music services as well as Bluetooth® sources
- Speaker controls for SoundTouch 300:
- Adjustments for surround speaker volume (for systems using Virtually Invisible® 300 speakers) and center channel volume are located in the speaker settings menu of the SoundTouch® app
- QPlay Support in China:
- Users of the QQMusic app will now see SoundTouch® systems as available destinations in the QPlay speaker menu
- Supported in China only
- SiriusXM Canadian account support:
- SiriusXM subscribers in Canada will now be able to add the music service to
- their SoundTouch accounts
- Improved interoperability with second-generation Amazon Echo Dot:
- Systems will no longer go into low-power standby after 20 minutes of not receiving an audio stream via Bluetooth when actively connected to a paired Dot
- Improved AirPlay performance for compatible systems:
- An AirPlay Optimization toggle located in speaker settings menu of the app improves AirPlay performance for AirPlay enabled systems
- Bug fixes:
- Stored music library improvements:
- Addresses SoundTouch® music server conflicts with other applications
- Improves music server stability, including Error 6151 and Error 4201 messages
- Allows app usage without Internet connectivity for stored music libraries
- Addresses an issue shuffling music library playlists
- SoundTouch® app crashes:
- Addresses an issue that could cause high CPU usage or app crashes by the SoundTouch® app on Windows and Mac machines
- SoundTouch® 300 stability improvements:
- Improves ARC interoperability for SoundTouch® 300
- Addresses an issue that can cause no audio from an Acoustimass 300 bass module paired to a SoundTouch® 300
- BBC radio stability:
- Improved performance with BBC Internet radio stations