Changelog

Release Types

Alpha

  • For advanced users only.
  • Installed manually.
  • The most recent updates.
  • Active participation in the development of the program
  • Experimental features

The most unstable version of the application. At any moment, it can close, break down and stop working in any other way. But it has the freshest updates. If you are not afraid of problems with use, want to see the latest updates and want to help in the development of the project – install it.

Beta

  • Preferred for advanced users
  • Updated automatically, but for now also on beta
  • Updates less frequently than in alpha

Polished alpha. More stable, more reliable. But still preferable for advanced users.
If you want to help the project, but are not ready to deal with serious bugs, install it.

At the moment, STN is constantly in a Beta state. And it will be until the developer adds the minimum required functionality.

So far, it is the Beta version that comes with auto-updates.

Stable

  • Suitable for any user.
  • Updates automatically (you need to confirm the installation)
  • Minimum problems with the use
  • Updates not so often

Stable, user-tested version. The chance that it will stop working, reset, or do something unexpected is close to 0.

ATTENTION: If you encounter any bugs or errors, please report them to the Official Group under the #bug tag

17.39 Stable

  • Another attempt to fix various playback problems like buffering/stuttering (especially on streams)
  • Added an option to unlock all video formats (Settings/Player/Dev. options/Unlock all formats
  • Fix for socks proxy with the password
  • Possible improvement of stability and performance of the streams

17.39 Beta

  • Previous release fixes

17.37 Beta

  • Possible improvement of stability and performance of the streams

17.35 Beta

  • Another attempt to fix various playback problems like buffering/stuttering (especially on streams)
  • Added an option to unlock all video formats (Settings/Player/Dev. options/Unlock all formats
  • Fix for socks proxy with the password
  • Install bridge (global voice search) with one click. Settings/About/Install voice search

17.26 Beta

  • Buffering fix tweak has been updated. Try it if you are still experiencing buffering problems. Tweak location: Settings/Player/Developer options/Buffering fix (experimental)

17.25 Beta

17.24 Beta

  • Possible fix for the buffering issue?

17.23 Beta

  • Partial bug fixes for the previous release. The buffering issue is not fixed yet.

17.20 Stable

  • Added more search filters: Search by length, type (video, channel, playlist), and features (Live, 4K, HDR)
  • Hide video from Subscriptions (long press on video > Hide)
  • Clear all search suggestions (long press on any suggestion to clear them all)
  • Account button behavior changed: short click to quickly switch accounts, long click to show Accounts dialog
  • Player: Added quick rotation button (to disable Settings/Player/Buttons)
  • Player: Added custom zoom between 100-300% to the Video Zoom dialog

17.20 Beta

  • SponsorBlock: improved segments accuracy
  • Added option to change the size of the available speeds: Settings/Player/Misc/Long speed list
  • Previous release bugfixes

17.19 Beta

  • Account Switch button behavior changed: short click to quickly switch accounts, long click to show Accounts dialog
  • ATV bugfix: unable to subscribe/like/dislike when the video opened from Channels
  • Channels list section: fixed situations when old videos don’t have position marks
  • Player: playback queue now reversed to be more consistent with mobile client
  • Previous release bugfixes

17.18 Beta

  • Critical fix for the previous release: Unable to log in to the new account

17.16 Beta

  • Previous release fixes:
  • ATV Subscriptions channel fix
  • Context menu item reorder: The item named Hide video from Subscriptions has been moved below Add to playlists

17.15 Beta

  • Hide video from Subscriptions (long press on video > Hide)
  • Clear all search suggestions (long press on any suggestion to clear them all)
  • New search option: Sort by
  • Previous release fixes

17.12 Beta

  • Added more search filters: Search by length, type (video, channel, playlist), and features (Live, 4K, HDR)
  • Previous release fixes

17.09 Beta

  • random playback buffering
  • Player: Added quick rotation button (to disable Settings/Player/Buttons)
  • Player: Added custom zoom between 100-300% to the Video Zoom dialog

16.93 Stable

  • No history fix
  • Added option to turn off the screen after a specific amount of time (same as dimming but makes screen entirely black): Settings/General/Turn off screen
  • SponsorBlock: skip segment dialog has been replaced with a single button at the top right screen corner
  • Added option to rotate a video (located inside the Aspect Ratio player dialog)
  • Subtitles dialog: added a standalone section for auto-gen subs
  • Contains cumulative changes from the beta.

16.93 Beta

  • No history fix
  • Added option to turn off the screen after a specific amount of time (same as dimming but makes screen entirely black): Settings/General/Turn off screen
  • SponsorBlock: skip segment dialog has been replaced with a single button at the top right screen corner
  • Added option to rotate a video (located inside the Aspect Ratio player dialog). Test video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M3qNY6cinA

16.91 Beta

  • Fixed when history resumed on the app start (even if history was turned off before)
  • Fixed when opening dialog, the video pauses instead of continuing to play
  • Screen dimming setting: added 15 and 30 sec options

16.85 Beta

  • Subtitles: fixed original subtitle selection
  • Dialogs: fixed navigation bugs with nested categories
  • Previous release fixes

16.70 Stable

  • Player: added video comments
  • Fixed cases when watch history is not working
  • Player: fixed audio track selection on multilanguage videos
  • PIP: fixed bug when the next video starts in the fullscreen

16.76 Beta

  • Comments: fixed focus lost & remember last focused item
  • Subtitles dialog: added a standalone section for auto-gen subs
  • Chat&Comments: increased content density for better readability
  • Playback: fixed inability to autoplay the next video when any dialog is open
  • Subtitles dialog: auto-gen subs placed in the wrong category fix

16.70 Beta

  • Previous release fixes

16.69 Beta

  • Fixed cases when watch history is not working
  • Player: added video comments

16.60 Beta

  • Previous release fixes

16.59 Beta

  • Bugfixes. Player: fixed audio track selection on multilanguage videos. PIP: fixed bug when the next video starts in the fullscreen

16.58 Stable

  • Added the ability to protect the settings with a password. Settings/General/Misc/Protect with a password. You can easily create something like parental control (thanks to numerous app settings).
  • Added Child mode (set of settings that make the app safe for children). Settings/General/Misc/Child mode.
  • Player: added chapters for the videos
  • Current bug fixes

16.58 Beta

  • Fixed bug with playback modes
  • Auto frame rate dialog: added list of supported modes

16.55 Beta

  • Previous release fixes
  • Lost history fix?

16.54 Beta

  • Small bugfixes (stable release soon)

16.53 Beta

  • Search: fixed situations where the search cannot be continued

16.52 Beta

  • Small bug fixes before the Stable release

16.49 Beta

  • Player: added chapters for the videos
  • Possible fix when the app loads infinitely on ipv6 networks
  • NOTE: due to constant electricity outages in my country there could be a delay between updates. Thanks for your understanding

16.44 Beta

  • Child mode: improvements based on community suggestions (Settings/General/Misc/Child mode)
  • Added ability to pause/resume/clear history from the context menu. To enable the menu item: Settings/General/Context menu items
  • Added the ability to check for updates from the sidebar context menu. To enable the menu item: Settings/General/Context menu items
  • Player: the ability to opt-out short press behavior on buttons: Settings/Player/Misc/Short press to quick action, long press to show a dialog
  • Small fixes: possible live streams hang fix

16.39 Beta

  • Added Child mode. Settings/General/Misc/Child mode. In this mode, the user can’t use search or see any suggested content. The settings will be under the password.

16.38 Beta

  • Added the ability to protect all settings with a password. Settings/General/Misc/Protect with a password. Now you can easily create something like parental control (thanks to numerous app settings).

16.37 Stable

  • Live streaming: added up to 24 hours of replay!
  • Added an option to replace clickbait thumbnails on cards with real ones. Settings/User interface/Where to grab card thumbnails
  • Added auto-translated subtitles. Auto-translated subtitles are located alongside regular ones.
  • Player: altered behaviour for Speed, Chat, and Captions buttons. Short-click toggles feature on/off. Long-click shows the settings dialogue.
  • (Contains cumulative changes from the beta)

16.34 Beta

  • Subtitle auto-selection fix
  • Added options to revert old speed button behavior and to hide bitrate info from the player buttons bar (Settings/Player/Misc)
  • Previous release fixes

16.29 Beta

  • Player: altered behavior for Speed, Chat, and Captions buttons. Short-click toggles feature on/off. Long-click shows the settings dialog.
  • Previous release fixes

16.26 Beta

  • Added auto-translated subtitles. These subtitles are located alongside regular ones.
  • Quick toggle subtitles on/off by long pressing the CC button.
  • Previous release fixes
  • Live streams fixes

16.19 Beta

  • Added an option to replace clickbait thumbnails on cards with real ones. Settings/User interface/Where to grab card thumbnails

16.13 Beta

  • Preparing for the stable version. Fixing live stream bugs found recently.

16.08 Beta

  • Live streaming: up to 24 hours of replay!
  • Live streaming: fixed when live stream far behind
  • Live streaming: fixed inaccurate seeking
  • Live streaming: unplayable streams fix

16.04 Stable

  • Fixed cases when watch history is not working

16.03 Beta

  • Fixed cases when watch history is not working
  • Improved live stream buffer size.

15.99 Beta

  • Undo previous changes that cause errors

15.98 Beta

  • Player: fixed some cases where live streams aren’t available in full length
  • Player: fixed repeated videos in shuffle mode
  • Small stability fixes

15.95 Beta

  • Player: added shuffle playback mode (fourth button in the player top row)
  • Playback mode icons are changed to be more distinguishable. It is a controversial change. I will revert them as needed.
  • Minor playback stability fixes.

15.91 Beta

  • Fixed bug when finished stream isn’t available in full length
  • Improve launch video performance

15.81 Stable

Contains cumulative changes from the beta with the same version number. All bugs transferred too)

  • Updates are released less frequently than in the beta
  • All metrics (like crashlytics in the beta) have been removed
  • App name has been shortened (SmartTube), and icon changed to red one
  • Pure Chinese firmware support (where the beta is banned permanently)

15.81 Beta

  • Preparing for the stable release. Fixing the bugs.

15.80 Beta

  • Fix performance regression introduced in the previous release.

15.79 Stable

  • Fix crashes on Android 4/5/6 introduced on the previous release

15.78 Stable

  • Contains cumulative changes from the beta with the same version number. All bugs transferred too)
  • Updates are released less frequently than in the beta
  • All metrics (like crashlytics in the beta) have been removed
  • App name has been shortened (SmartTube), and the icon changed to a red one
  • Pure Chinese firmware support (where the beta is banned permanently)

15.78 Beta

  • Unplayable/buffered videos fix.

15.76 Beta

  • Partial fix for the next bug: Video, after live for a long duration of more than 4 hours, shows only 4 hours in replay video. NOTE: 2 hours in replay still not fixed yet.
  • Subtitle settings have been added to the player itself, so to see the changes in real-time.

15.62 Stable

  • Contains cumulative changes from the beta with the same version number. All bugs transferred too)
  • Updates are released less frequently than in the beta
  • All metrics (like crashlytics in the beta) have been removed
  • App name has been shortened (SmartTube) and the icon changed to the red one
  • Pure Chinese firmware support (where the beta is banned permanently)

15.67 Beta

  • Swedish language code now sv (before was mistakenly se). Thanks @brinkiepie and @Raitsaaa for the help.
  • Subtitles: added more styles (Settings/Subtitles/Style)
  • Player: added ratio fix for 16:10/4:3 monitors (Settings/Player/Pixel aspect)

15.62 Beta

  • Live stream: fixed occasional hanging of the stream (usually happens after 2 hours from the beginning)
  • Player: added 16:8.1 aspect ratio

15.60 Beta

  • Critical fixes for the previous release:

15.58 Beta

  • Previous release fixes.
  • Live chat: small spam filter applied

15.51 Beta

  • Search: Critical fixes for the previous update. NOTE: only part of the users are affected by the bug.

15.50 Beta

  • Search: empty results fix (infinitely loading). Not all users are affected by this bug.

15.47 Beta

  • Fix missing video description for some users
  • Optimizations for devices with 1GB of RAM

15.45 Beta

  • Added alt speech recognizers for cases default recognizer has a problems. Settings/Search/Speech recognizer
  • Previous release fixes.

15.40 Beta

  • Possible fix for the cases when the app infinitely loading
  • The chat is made more compact
  • Small visual fixes to the alt voice search (Setting/Search/Alt voice search)

15.35 Beta

  • SponsorBlock looping while skip segment fix

15.33 Beta

  • Added Time mode switch (12/24). Settings/General/Time mode
  • Fixed bugs when AFR called through the tvQuickActions button remapper app

15.30 Stable

  • Contains cumulative changes from the beta with the same version number. All bugs transferred too)
  • Updates are released less frequently than in the beta
  • All metrics (like crashlytics in the beta) have been removed
  • App name has been shortened (SmartTube) and the icon changed to the red one
  • Pure Chinese firmware support (where the beta can’t be installed)

15.30 Beta

  • Previous release fixes.
  • Added alt speech recognizer for the voice search (use it if the default one isn’t working fine). Settings/Search/Alt speech recognizer

15.29 Beta

  • Getting ready for the stable release. Minor stability improvements.

15.21 Beta

  • Chat: added chat position option: Settings/Player/Misc/Place chat to the left
  • Search: fixed Instant voice search option

15.20 Beta

  • Minor PIP mode fixes

15.19 Beta

  • Previous release fixes.
  • Add transparency to the chat.

15.16 Beta

  • Player: added live chat button
  • Improve relevance of recommendations

15.12 Beta

  • Player: fixed cases when next video can’t play

15.11 Beta

  • Player: unsupported resolutions also removed from formats and presets
  • Home section bugfix: only loading 5 videos to recommended

15.10 Beta

  • Player: unsupported codecs has been removed from the formats and presets
  • Previous update fixes

15.09 Beta

  • ATV: another fix for empty Recommendations
  • Minor fixes

15.08 Beta

  • ATV: fixed empty Recommendations for the Android TV launcher
  • SponsorBlock: fixed situations when nearly located segments aren’t skipped

15.06 Beta

  • Previous release fixes

15.05 Beta

  • Fixed recent bug when the cards have no previews in the Subscriptions and other sections
  • Player: added button for quick SponsorBlock activation
  • The language switch button has been added to the top of the main window
  • Vertical videos formats have been renamed to be more conformed with the official app

14.99 Stable

  • Contains cumulative changes from the beta with the same version number. All bugs transferred too)
  • Updated less frequently than the beta
  • All metrics (e.g. crashlytics) have been removed
  • App name has been shortened (SmartTube) and the icon changed to the red one
  • Chinese firmware support (the beta is banned in China)

14.99 Beta

  • Getting ready for the stable release.
  • Minor stability improvements. Most of the bugs are still not fixed yet.

14.96 Beta

  • Added new 5.1 audio formats (presence of such formats depends on the video)
  • Playback queue sync improvements

14.95 Beta

  • History lost fix

14.93 Beta

  • Fixed situations when the application crashed immediately after the start
  • Huge improvements to the playback queue feature. Now you can see in suggestions tracks that will be played next.
    You can also edit the playback queue when playing.

14.91 Beta

  • Android 4 crashfix
  • AFR: added experimental real cinema mode fix
  • Account icons now properly cropped
  • Main page clock setting decoupled from the player’s one

14.90 Beta

  • Added new context menu for upcoming translations: Set/Unset stream reminder. Playback will start automatically when the stream will be ready.
  • UI update: clock has been added to the main page (Settings/General/Misc/Clock)
  • UI update: generic account icons changed to actual ones
  • UI update: player subtitle button and add playlist button now properly highlighted

14.87 Beta

  • New setting item: Settings/SponsorBlock/Misc/Use alternative server (use it if SponsorBlock is blocked by the provider)
  • Previous release fixes

14.86 Beta

  • Previous release fixes

14.84 Beta

  • Added Sort playlist context menu option (owned playlists only)
  • Optimizations for devices with 1GB ram

14.82 Stable China

  • Cumulative fixes from the beta 14.82
  • Metrics has been removed
  • Changed app name (SmartTube) and icon (similar to NewPipe)
  • Chinese firmware support (where beta can’t be installed)

14.81 Beta

  • Remove/Rename/Create playlist functionality slightly improved

14.76 Beta

  • New context menu options: Add video to new playlist, Create playlist, Rename playlist, Remove playlist

14.75 Beta

  • Added new context menu item: Save/Remove this playlist from Playlists section (Signed users only. This action is synced with your account.)

14.73 Beta

  • Added new old options to background playback settings: Settings/General/Background playback

14.69 Beta

  • Reverted old PIP behavior where videos are going to fullscreen automatically and closing video on back press (too many complains)

14.68 Beta

  • Added Subtitle bottom shift option: Settings/Subtitles/Subtitles bottom shift
  • PIP mode change: automatic fullscreen when returning to the app

14.67 Beta

  • PIP mode behavior significantly changed. Feel free to add any suggestions. The app tries to maintain this mode as long as possible. To exit use button on the top of the screen.
  • Background playback also reworked (Settings/General/Background playback). Feel free to add any suggestions.

14.65 Beta

  • Unsigned mode improvements: search history is remembered and more relevant suggestions
  • Added exit PIP button to the top of the screen
  • Not recommend context menu item moved one position down

14.64 Beta

  • Player: added seek interval button (seek interval can be changed on fly, very convenient for short videos)
  • Focus fix when moving sidebar sections up

14.63 Beta

  • Added accounts button to top of the screen
  • Added share button into the player

14.62 Beta

  • Added player button tooltips
  • New option to disable tooltips: Settings/Player/Misc/Show button tooltips

14.61 Beta

  • Minor ram optimizations
  • New option: Settings/Player/Misc/Remember position of short videos

14.60 Stable China

  • Cumulative fixes from the beta 14.60
  • Changed app name (SmartTube) and icon (similar to NewPipe)
  • Chinese firmware support (where beta can’t be installed)

14.60 Beta

  • Fixed broken suggestions, likes, subscribe etc

14.59 Stable China

  • Cumulative fixes from the beta 14.59
  • Changed app name (SmartTube) and icon (similar to NewPipe)
  • Chinese firmware support (where beta can’t be installed)

14.59 Beta

  • Previous release fixes

14.57 Beta

  • New context menu item: Play. Could be disabled in the settings.

14.56 Beta

  • Fixing: update check produces error on Android 4

14.55 Beta

  • Unplayable videos fix.

14.53 Beta

  • Casting fix: unable to connect when device has been turned off for a long time or internet connection was absent

14.52 Beta

  • Casting: now playback won’t be paused after last item in the queue

14.51 Beta

  • Fixed bug when sometimes the video player stays active, while the app menu crashed

14.50 Beta

  • Fixed bug when new language applied partially (e.g. dialogs have system language)
  • Crashfixes