Mobile MA now runs on Apple TV: control players, see Now Playing with artwork, browse your library and search — right on the TV. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Apple TV (universal purchase), requires tvOS 17
Credential handoff to Apple TV: your iPhone hands your server credentials over with a tap via the device picker or with a 6-digit code — no typing on the TV keyboard
Live Activity & Dynamic Island: Now Playing lives on your Lock Screen and around the Dynamic Island, with playback controls
Apple Watch, smoother: progress keeps ticking between updates, lost commands are no longer silent, the Digital Crown no longer jumps to a stale volume, bigger touch targets
Connection profiles stay separate: each profile keeps its own server and login, plus a new “Add a different connection” flow
CarPlay & playback: progress stays in sync during local playback, the CarPlay home mirrors the app, and external sources show what’s really playing instead of a stale title
Polish: album views show the track count, library covers load per server, and the local-player close button is no longer clipped
Note: Mobile MA 3.1 requires Music Assistant server 2.9 or newer
3.0
Apple Watch app, connection profiles & iCloud sync
Apple Watch app: control Music Assistant players from your wrist — browse players, see what’s playing with artwork, play/pause, skip, adjust volume with the Digital Crown, favorite the current track and scrub the timeline
Connection profiles: save more than one server as a named profile (e.g. Test and Prod) and switch with a single tap — no more signing out and back in, each profile keeps its own Direct and Remote access
iCloud sync for app data: scenes, alarms, home layout, speaker order, volume preferences and radio bookmarks follow you to every device and survive a reinstall
Search in CarPlay: find artists, albums and tracks by voice or keyboard while you drive
Pick the source in CarPlay: when an album exists in more than one source, CarPlay asks which one before playing and merges duplicate albums into a single entry
Redesigned Settings: a clean, categorised layout with a quick info button on each setting
A dramatic launch screen that shows your chosen app icon
Listen Later shortcuts: stash a single track or a whole album with one tap from the menu
Local playback resumes on its own after short system or Siri announcements
Now Playing shows the cover again for albums with more than one source
The progress bar is now tappable to seek
Discover explains an empty state instead of going blank, and stays populated on newer server versions
Artist and album info loads more reliably and prefers your own server’s text
The scrobbler no longer counts a track as played when the stream drops out
CarPlay recovers automatically when a player queue went stale
Pull-to-refresh on Home no longer leaves the screen shifted
You can paste a copied long-lived token into the login field
Share Mobile MA straight from the app
2.9
Spectrum visualizer & new icon design
Spectrum visualizer: when music plays on your iPhone, a real-time spectrum dances next to the format chips. Tap it and it expands over the cover art — with reflection, peak dots and a soft glow
New app icon design: a fresh “Rhythm” icon as the default, plus six color variants (Ocean, Forest, Sunset, Mono, Light, Classic)
Home your way: all sections and Discover sources in one single list — freely mix, reorder and hide anything
Separate CarPlay selection: your car can show a leaner selection than your iPhone
Start the 7-day free trial right from CarPlay
Add search results straight to your library via the new library glyph
Refresh button in the player list re-registers your iPhone if it has dropped off
Artwork is far more robust: covers survive switching between LAN and remote access, no stuck placeholders, the album widget reliably shows covers again
Compatible with Music Assistant Server 2.9: radio and artist images load again
Playback on the go: local playback resumes automatically after signal drops
The A–Z jump bar now works in every library view, French translation fully revised
2.8
Continue Listening, radio bookmarks & queue everywhere
Continue Listening for podcasts and audiobooks: a new Home section picks spoken-word content up right where you left off, kept in sync by your server
Radio bookmarks that turn into real tracks: capture the song airing, resolve it against your library and providers, then play, queue or favorite it
Play Next and Add to Queue on tracks, albums and playlists — always targeting whatever is playing now
Favorite in CarPlay: heart the current song, album and artist from the car
Per-speaker volume steps: choose how far the volume buttons jump, globally or per speaker
Similar music: find similar tracks, albums and artists
CarPlay Home now mirrors your app Home — same sections, order and visibility
Connection details survive app updates via iCloud, remote login shows the real server message instead of a generic error
Lots of polish: tidier Home rows, aligned artwork, better iPad sidebar behaviour, many translation fixes
2.7
Rock-solid playback & build your library from anywhere
Rock-solid iPhone playback: controls, progress bar and volume stay in sync, speed changes and skips apply instantly, volume shows an exact number
Build your library from anywhere: “More from this artist” shows a provider’s full discography, add albums, artists and search results in a tap
One-tap home / away: a button on Home switches between your local and remote connection and clearly shows which one is active
Artwork that shows up: covers load reliably across the app and widgets, including on servers that were picky about image routes
Multi-Room scenes you can manage: edit or delete saved scenes right from Home or the Scenes screen
CarPlay and polish: browse streaming artists in CarPlay, a consistent close button everywhere, haptic feedback, and a refreshed Up Next
More reliable everywhere: reconnect after a dropped remote connection, errors are shown instead of failing silently, faster cold launch and stability fixes
2.6
Discover, redesigned
Discover, redesigned: Home leads with a recommendations grid, sections reorderable or hideable
Source tags on albums, artists and playlists (SPO, AM, LOC, SMB …), tap to filter
Smarter Search: results from different providers merged, new scope chips
Radio song memory: save something good with one tap, on iPhone and CarPlay
Party mode with shared control
Favorite playlists get their own tab in Favorites
Quick bug reporting right from Settings
Lots of polish: reliable widget artwork, correct playlist covers, faster escape to network settings
2.5
Remote access via WebRTC
Remote Access via WebRTC — reach your server from anywhere, no port-forwarding or VPN
Multi-Room scenes on Home, one tap away
Album and artist info catches up automatically
CarPlay improvements: alphabet picker, radio station metadata, synced queue progress
For You picks resolve more reliably to the right library item
Listening history now includes plays from every client
New Audiobooks tab in Library and Favorites
iPad Now Playing sheet uses the full screen size
2.4
Mobile MA Unlimited launches
Mobile MA Unlimited is here: a one-time purchase unlocks every premium feature, try it free for 7 days
Hand the queue to another player — current track, position, everything up next
Save the queue as a playlist directly
Read up on the artist on Wikipedia, with sensible language fallbacks
Tap artist, album or queue right from Now Playing
2.3.1
Complete CarPlay library
Podcasts: filter an episode list by Played/Unplayed with one tap, redundant prefix removed
Widgets now pick up the cover colour, artwork rotates once an hour
Live radio shows the actual song and artist instead of just the station name
CarPlay Library complete: Album Artists, Artists, Genres, Songs, Radios and Favourites
Listen Later is now silently provisioned on first connect and consolidated across devices
Pinch to zoom the cover, then drag it with one finger
Settings reorganized into nine logical sections
Various fixes, including the IAP reset and CarPlay favourites
2.3
Discovery widget, CarPlay prep & podcast progress
Discovery widget on the Home Screen now refreshes reliably
CarPlay works even before opening Mobile MA, including album artwork
Mark podcast episodes as played or reset progress straight from the episode list
Listen Later is now a polished tab in Favorites with covers and pull-to-refresh
Auto-reconnect after network handoffs or returning the app to the foreground
Long-press a track to start playback from that point
Detail views now tint their backgrounds with the cover’s dominant colour
Various fixes for widget, CarPlay and Dynamic Island
2.2
CarPlay for Mobile MA Unlimited
The biggest Unlimited feature yet: full CarPlay browsing for your Music Assistant library
Home, Library and Favorites tabs in the car; play albums, playlists, podcasts and radios with one tap
Now Playing reborn: new zone-based layout, predictable volume
Smart Playlists (Unlimited): rule-based, survive edits, sync via iCloud
Podcasts and audiobooks: Continue Listening, variable speed, configurable skip intervals
Full playlist editing: reorder, shuffle, duplicate or remove tracks, plus rename or delete the playlist
Fixed the wake-up tile on the Home screen
Wake-up tiles resized to match the rest of the Home carousel
2.1
Free trial, Smart Playlists & translations
7-day free trial: the first tap on any Premium feature unlocks everything, no payment required
Smart Playlists are now editable, rules synced via iCloud
Steady playback through dead zones via configurable buffers
Auto-generated playlist covers built from album artwork
Album-less artists: songs, playlists and radios surface for artists with no albums
Complete listening history with duplicates removed
Accent colour follows the app icon you pick
Floating Players Button, sticky artist filter chips
712 strings, fully translated into German, French and Spanish
2.0
Widgets, Lock Screen & Dynamic Island
Discover Album and Discover Artist widgets with a fresh pick every few hours
Lock Screen, AirPods and Dynamic Island done right: full Now Playing controls, shuffle, repeat, double-tap to favorite
Customize Home: reorder carousels, layout sticks across launches and updates
More apps for self-hosters linked discreetly (gyokuro, dock-g, picaroa, BookStax)
Recently played, recently added and random carousels stay in sync across devices
Widget look polished, Lock Screen Now Playing without redundant artist prefixes
Local playback survives reinstalls without leaving zombie entries on the server
Siri, phone calls and interruptions resume music automatically
Switching between WiFi and cellular no longer kills local playback
Pull to refresh on album and artist pages
1.8
New Home screen & For You
Brand-new Home screen with Recently Played, Recently Added, Random Artists and Albums, Favorites, and Radio Favorites
For You: AI music suggestions powered by Apple Intelligence on iOS 26, with bring-your-own-key fallback to Claude or OpenAI
Volume Limits and Night Mode with a session override
Search now finds radio stations by name alongside artists, albums, and tracks
Tapping Play on an album or track really replaces the queue instead of appending
Album Artists and All Artists combined under a single Artists tab
Settings reorganized, with a gear icon on the Home screen
Recently Played cards now show artwork
Credits page clarifies Mobile MA is an independent third-party client for Music Assistant
1.7.5
Album fallback & instant power button
Opening an album from the Albums tab works reliably again — when the library lookup misses, Mobile MA falls back to the underlying provider automatically
The power button flips between on and off instantly on tap, with a clear diagonal strike-through in the off state
The developer menu is hidden by default; tap the version number five times to reveal it
1.7.4
Favorites, power button & accessibility
Favorites now reliably persist across app launches, including radio stations
New power-off button — turn a speaker off rather than just pausing, from Now Playing or the player list
“Spread the Word” share button in Settings to recommend Mobile MA via the system share sheet
Full Dynamic Type support so text and icons scale with your iOS Larger Text setting
VoiceOver labels and adjustable sliders for transport controls, mute, volume and progress
Honours Reduce Motion and Differentiate Without Color
Rooms section added to the iPad sidebar
“Show complete album” now reliably loads the full album regardless of the selected artist
Mute and volume buttons now meet the 44×44 point minimum hit target
