Changelog

Broadcasts

Music
By Steven Troughton-Smith
iPhone iPad Watch Mac Apple TV

Oct. 1, 2024

v 3.4.6

• Fixes an issue that could cause widgets to not render on certain devices and memory classes

Sept. 15, 2024

v 3.4.5

• Support for Dark and Tinted app icons and widgets
• Fixes an issue that could prevent stations from being selected as intended

Aug. 8, 2024

v 3.4.4

• Fixes an issue that could result in a double tab bar on devices opted into Beta software updates

June 13, 2024

v 3.4.3

• Fixes an issue that could cause the tab bar to become inoperable on devices opting into the Beta Updates track in Settings

May 16, 2024

v 3.4.2

• Broadcasts' homescreen widget now uses a more-subdued theme in Dark Mode.

May 11, 2024

v 3.4.1

• Fixes a potential crash with panel dismissal

May 9, 2024

v 3.4

• Select Light or Dark mode as your preferred appearance
• Simplifies the way free/paid licensing works to reduce confusion
• Fixes a bug that could cause keyboard focus issues in the Settings panel
• Fixes a system bug with dismissal of the Settings panel
• Fixes an issue with text editing defaults in the Add Station panel
• Fixes an issue that enabled text recognition for the header video in the Upgrade panel

Feb. 22, 2024

v 3.3.8

• Fixes an issue with keyboard focus in the editor
• Fixes an issue that would prevent the artwork picker from being cancelled
• Haptics are no longer triggered from CarPlay

Sept. 28, 2023

v 3.3.4

• Fixes a layout issue in the Browse panel
• Fixes a potential crash on launch on the iOS Developer/Beta update train

PREVIOUSLY
• Shazam is now enabled by default on the latest versions of iOS
• Fixes legibility issue with toolbar buttons on iPad in dark mode
• Improved Shazam support now works great with headphones and AirPods in iOS 17
• A newly-redesigned app for Apple Watch
• Play stations directly from your home screen with interactive widgets
• Resume playback from your nightstand with Stand By
• Share what you're listening to to a nearby iPhone using SharePlay over AirDrop — just bring the devices close together
• Assistive Mode provides a simplified user experience for use with system accessibility features like Assistive Access

Sept. 25, 2023

v 3.3.3

• Shazam is now enabled by default on the latest versions of iOS

PREVIOUSLY
• Fixes legibility issue with toolbar buttons on iPad in dark mode
• Improved Shazam support now works great with headphones and AirPods in iOS 17
• A newly-redesigned app for Apple Watch
• Play stations directly from your home screen with interactive widgets
• Resume playback from your nightstand with Stand By
• Share what you're listening to to a nearby iPhone using SharePlay over AirDrop — just bring the devices close together
• Assistive Mode provides a simplified user experience for use with system accessibility features like Assistive Access

Sept. 22, 2023

v 3.3.2

• Fixes legibility issue with toolbar buttons on iPad in dark mode

NEW IN BROADCASTS 3.3.1
• Improved Shazam support now works great with headphones and AirPods in iOS 17

NEW IN BROADCASTS 3.3
• A newly-redesigned app for Apple Watch
• Play stations directly from your home screen with interactive widgets
• Resume playback from your nightstand with Stand By
• Share what you're listening to to a nearby iPhone using SharePlay over AirDrop — just bring the devices close together
• Assistive Mode provides a simplified user experience for use with system accessibility features like Assistive Access

Sept. 19, 2023

v 3.3.1

• Improved Shazam support now works great with headphones and AirPods in iOS 17

NEW IN BROADCASTS 3.3
• A newly-redesigned app for Apple Watch
• Play stations directly from your home screen with interactive widgets
• Resume playback from your nightstand with Stand By
• Share what you're listening to to a nearby iPhone using SharePlay over AirDrop — just bring the devices close together
• Assistive Mode provides a simplified user experience for use with system accessibility features like Assistive Access

Sept. 18, 2023

v 3.3

• A newly-redesigned app for Apple Watch
• Play stations directly from your home screen with interactive widgets
• Resume playback from your nightstand with Stand By
• Share what you're listening to to a nearby iPhone using SharePlay over AirDrop — just bring the devices close together
• Assistive Mode provides a simplified user experience for use with system accessibility features like Assistive Access

June 16, 2023

v 3.2.1

• Fixes an issue with keyboard navigation
• Fixes an issue with the game controller HUD behavior

March 24, 2023

v 3.1.3

• Fixed some non-localized strings in first-run experience

March 21, 2023

v 3.1.2

• Improved first-run experience

March 6, 2023

v 3.1.1

• Fixes an issue where resuming playback following use of the Sleep Timer would trigger a state that pauses playback. The Sleep Timer setting now automatically disables itself when it's done

Jan. 14, 2023

v 3.1

• Introduces the much-requested Broadcasts User Guide, accessible via the Help panel

Dec. 27, 2022

v 3.0.5

• Fixes a potential crash when adding a station

Dec. 13, 2022

v 3.0.4

• Fixes a potential crash when moving stations

Dec. 12, 2022

v 3.0.3

• Fixes an issue preventing Apple Pencil from playing stations from the Grid view

Dec. 9, 2022

v 3.0.2

• Fixes an issue that could resume playback during a phone call when connected to CarPlay
• Updated translations for Chinese (Simplified), Persian, Swedish
• Improved translation for Spanish

Dec. 2, 2022

v 3.0.1

• Adds a new URL scheme for [add]ing or [play]ing a custom station. This enables website owners to provide an 'Add to Broadcasts' or 'Play in Broadcasts' link, if suits their audience, or automation using Shortcuts. Address values can be provided in plain text or as base64-encoded strings. e.g. broadcasts://add?name=Name&address=Address&artworkAddress=ArtworkAddress
• Deactivates the lost connection retry timer if playback is currently intentionally interrupted by e.g. a phone call or Siri
• Fixes a potential crash if no mic inputs are available to Shazam

Nov. 30, 2022

v 3.0

• A completely-reimagined app for iPhone
• Enjoy album & track artwork in the brand new Now Playing UI
• Expanded support for metadata like song name and artwork (where available)
• A new Shazam (Beta) feature uses the microphone to let you fetch metadata and look up songs in Apple Music, letting you use Broadcasts as an ambient Now Playing screen on an iPad or TV screen
• A brand-new search experience that makes it easier than ever to search for stations around the world
• Customize station artwork with a new Artwork Chooser, packed with presets allowing you to use text, emoji, and colors to unify the style of your library
• New options to resume playback on launch, or specifically when using CarPlay
• A host of other fixes and improvements

April 7, 2022

v 2.3.3

• Fixes an issue that could resume playback from the lockscreen erroneously

April 1, 2022

v 2.3.1

• Adds 'Collections' tab to CarPlay
• Fixes an issue where CarPlay would scroll to the top when library changes

March 30, 2022

v 2.3

• A brand-new CarPlay experience
• Ask Siri to "play (station name) with Broadcasts"
• Play, pause, next, previous and set Sleep Timer via Shortcuts
• Shortcuts no longer bring the app to front, and can be used in the background
• Fixes an issue where Siri and alarms would interrupt playback

March 17, 2022

v 2.2.7

• Includes updated translations for Hebrew and Vietnamese

Feb. 25, 2022

v 2.2.6

• Updated country list

Feb. 16, 2022

v 2.2.4

• Updated localization for Portuguese (pt-BR & pt-PT)

Feb. 9, 2022

v 2.2.2

• Fixes a potential crash due to corrupt image data in the Station Browser
• Fixes a potential crash when beginning station playback
• Provides updated Swedish translations

Feb. 4, 2022

v 2.2.1

• Fixes a wrongly-mapped localization
• Fixes a crash related to special characters when presenting the context menu for a station

Feb. 2, 2022

v 2.2

• Completely revamped station browser UI
• Improved keyboard navigation throughout
• Stream loading indicator
• Improved context menus
• Basic support for common game controllers
• Fixes to several common crashes and bugs

July 29, 2021

v 2.1.1

• Fixes an issue that would hide the 'Cancel' button after picking the artwork for a station
• Fixes an issue that would present a Welcome screen erroneously if all stations and collections were removed
• Doubled the connection retry period to 60 seconds to help account for periods of bad signal while driving