Changelog

This release includes a number of bug fixes and improvements to Shared, including:

• Support for “deezer.page.link” short links.
• Support for “tidal.com/browse” links.
• Fix for a newly added item not immediately appearing under its filter.
• Fix for Shared not handling AirDropped links correctly.
• Improved performance when using a short link with Shared.
• Search results will sort regardless of the number of results.
• Search results show “Opened on” instead of “Added on”.
• Shared preserves ‘+’s in titles when quickly sharing with a service.
• Appearance settings shouldn’t refer to app icon on macOS.
• Light grey for artist and podcast name text.
• Lighter grey for date text and song/album/podcast symbol.
• Smaller fonts for song/episode and artist/show text in open/share in/with Shared view.
• Smaller font for service buttons.
• Smaller fonts when viewing How to, Version History, Privacy Policy, or Terms of Service pages.
• Show MacOS and iOS Shared+ features on both platforms.
• Added a new line after the Shared link when sharing a podcast with the title.

P.S. in case you missed 2.0:

Introducing Shared+:

Available as a monthly or yearly subscription, with:
• search across music and podcast services,
• a growing list of custom app icons,
• a new tint color for the Recent History and Quick Actions widgets,
• an additional live activity when opening something in Shared,
• and more...

New to Shared 2.0:

• Smarter search
• Shared can find what you meant to type.
• Search from Shared’s widgets
• You can also touch and hold the app icon, or ask Siri.
• Identify songs from Shared’s widgets
• New to the recent history widget.
• Revamped settings
• With a new How to and an option to include the title when copying from Shared.
• Updated look and feel
• A sleeker, more modern design
• Improved accessibility
• Text in Shared adjusts with your device’s text size
• Performance and usability improvements.

This release includes a number of bug fixes and improvements to Shared, including:

• Search in Shared defaults to searching services if you don’t have any music or podcasts in your history.
• Minor UI enhancements:
• Adjusted some font weights.
• Added a gradient behind the status bar during onboarding.
• Adjusted the colors of the Grey widget tint in dark and light mode.
• Various changes to the cards shown in the onboarding and Shared+ screens.
• Aligned the appearance of the toggles and pickers on macOS with iOS.
• Added more subscription info to the Shared+ header.
• Minor bug fixes:
• Adjusted the spacing around the filter chips when searching services with an empty history.
• Shared could incorrectly fail to find matches for music across services.
• Choosing “Remind Me” while searching your history could remind you of the incorrect item.
• Tapping artwork while searching your history could open the incorrect item.
• Shared showed the old app icon during onboarding.

P.S. in case you missed 2.0:

Introducing Shared+:

Available as a monthly or yearly subscription, with:
• search across music and podcast services,
• a growing list of custom app icons,
• a new tint color for the Recent History and Quick Actions widgets,
• an additional live activity when opening something in Shared,
• and more...

New to Shared 2.0:

• Smarter search
• Shared can find what you meant to type.
• Search from Shared’s widgets
• You can also touch and hold the app icon, or ask Siri.
• Identify songs from Shared’s widgets
• New to the recent history widget.
• Revamped settings
• With a new How to and an option to include the title when copying from Shared.
• Updated look and feel
• A sleeker, more modern design
• Improved accessibility
• Text in Shared adjusts with your device’s text size
• Performance and usability improvements.

Introducing Shared+:

Available as a monthly or yearly subscription, with:
• search across music and podcast services,
• a growing list of custom app icons,
• a new tint color for the Recent History and Quick Actions widgets,
• an additional live activity when opening something in Shared,
• and more...

New to Shared 2.0:

• Smarter search
• Shared can find what you meant to type.
• Search from Shared’s widgets
• You can also touch and hold the app icon, or ask Siri.
• Identify songs from Shared’s widgets
• New to the recent history widget.
• Revamped settings
• With a new How to and an option to include the title when copying from Shared.
• Updated look and feel
• A sleeker, more modern design
• Improved accessibility
• Text in Shared adjusts with your device’s text size
• Performance and usability improvements.

I'm busy working on a major new release that should be out soon. In the meantime, this update includes:

• Support for "spotify.link” music and podcast links
• Improved album artwork loading
• Improved service matching algorithm

• Updated look and feel.
• New appearance section in settings for changing Shared's theme and the Recent History widget's tint.
• Easily share to some of your favourite messaging and social media services from the more options button when viewing music or podcasts.
• Shortcuts to quickly open in or share with Shared and identify a song from spotlight search or through the Shortcuts app.
• Performance and usability improvements.

• Updated look and feel.
• New appearance section in settings for changing Shared's theme and the Recent History widget's tint.
• Easily share to some of your favourite messaging and social media services from the more options button when viewing music or podcasts.
• Shortcuts to quickly open in or share with Shared and identify a song from spotlight search or through the Shortcuts app.
• Performance and usability improvements.

Shared with You

With Shared with You, you can view the Shared links you've received in Messages in Shared. To open Shared with You, tap its icon on the left of the Settings icon. For the links to show up automatically, go to Messages in the Settings app, then open "Shared with You" and enable automatic sharing for Shared. If you don't choose to enable automatic sharing, only the links you've pinned will appear in Shared with You. Shared with You is available on iOS 16.

Live Activity

When you're identifying a song in Shared, the progress is shown as a Live Activity in the Dynamic Island (on iPhone 14 Pro or iPhone 14 Pro Max) and on the Lock Screen on iPhone running iOS 16.1 or later.

Widgets

Shared has new widgets:
- Recent History comes in two sizes to view the two or five most recent items you've received in Shared.
- Quick Actions comes in one size with three actions:
- Open in Shared
- Share with Shared
- Identify Song
Open in Shared and Share with Shared use the link in your clipboard. Identify Song requires iOS 15 or later.

Open and Listen on Service from Share View

When sharing to Shared from the Share Sheet, you can more easily open and listen to the music or podcast in a supported service from the the More Options button.

Musicboard Lookup

When viewing music, you can view ratings and reviews for the song or album on Musicboard from the More Options button.

History View Design Refresh

The design of the history view (home screen) has been refreshed in small but noticeable ways.

Unified Search

Quickly search the music and podcasts you've opened in Shared right from the History View.

Expanded Drag and Drop

You can now drag music and podcast links from supported services and drop them into Shared. In addition to dragging music and podcasts' Shared links from the history view, you can also do the same from Shared with You.

Shared with You

With Shared with You, you can view the Shared links you've received in Messages in Shared. To open Shared with You, tap its icon on the left of the Settings icon. For the links to show up automatically, go to Messages in the Settings app, then open "Shared with You" and enable automatic sharing for Shared. If you don't choose to enable automatic sharing, only the links you've pinned will appear in Shared with You. Shared with You is available on iOS 16.

Live Activity

When you're identifying a song in Shared, the progress is shown as a Live Activity in the Dynamic Island (on iPhone 14 Pro or iPhone 14 Pro Max) and on the Lock Screen on iPhone running iOS 16.1 or later.

Widgets

Shared has new widgets:
- Recent History comes in two sizes to view the two or five most recent items you've received in Shared.
- Quick Actions comes in one size with three actions:
- Open in Shared
- Share with Shared
- Identify Song
Open in Shared and Share with Shared use the link in your clipboard. Identify Song requires iOS 15 or later.

Open and Listen on Service from Share View

When sharing to Shared from the Share Sheet, you can more easily open and listen to the music or podcast in a supported service from the the More Options button.

Musicboard Lookup

When viewing music, you can view ratings and reviews for the song or album on Musicboard from the More Options button.

History View Design Refresh

The design of the history view (home screen) has been refreshed in small but noticeable ways.

Unified Search

Quickly search the music and podcasts you've opened in Shared right from the History View.

Expanded Drag and Drop

You can now drag music and podcast links from supported services and drop them into Shared. In addition to dragging music and podcasts' Shared links from the history view, you can also do the same from Shared with You.

Shared with You

With Shared with You, you can view the Shared links you've received in Messages in Shared. To open Shared with You, tap its icon on the left of the Settings icon. For the links to show up automatically, go to Messages in the Settings app, then open "Shared with You" and enable automatic sharing for Shared. If you don't choose to enable automatic sharing, only the links you've pinned will appear in Shared with You. Shared with You is available on iOS 16.

Live Activity

When you're identifying a song in Shared, the progress is shown as a Live Activity in the Dynamic Island (on iPhone 14 Pro or iPhone 14 Pro Max) and on the Lock Screen on iPhone running iOS 16.1 or later.

Widgets

Shared has new widgets:
- Recent History comes in two sizes to view the two or five most recent items you've received in Shared.
- Quick Actions comes in one size with three actions:
- Open in Shared
- Share with Shared
- Identify Song
Open in Shared and Share with Shared use the link in your clipboard. Identify Song requires iOS 15 or later.

Open and Listen on Service from Share View

When sharing to Shared from the Share Sheet, you can more easily open and listen to the music or podcast in a supported service from the the More Options button.

Musicboard Lookup

When viewing music, you can view ratings and reviews for the song or album on Musicboard from the More Options button.

History View Design Refresh

The design of the history view (home screen) has been refreshed in small but noticeable ways.

Unified Search

Quickly search the music and podcasts you've opened in Shared right from the History View.

Expanded Drag and Drop

You can now drag music and podcast links from supported services and drop them into Shared. In addition to dragging music and podcasts' Shared links from the history view, you can also do the same from Shared with You.

· Minor bug fixes and performance improvements.

· Improvements to handling shortened links.
· Minor bug fixes and performance improvements.

· Improvements to sharing.
· Minor bug fixes and performance improvements.

New in Version 1.4.2:

· You can search for music and podcasts you've opened in Shared using Spotlight Search.
· You can set music and podcast reminders from the More Options buttons in your Shared history.
· Shared can open and share supported music and podcast links from short links (e.g. apple.co, t.co, bit.ly).
· Minor bug fixes and performance improvements.

Previously in Version 1.4:

Reminders:

Shared can send you notifications to remind you of music and podcasts you open in Shared. To create a reminder when viewing media, select “Remind Me” from the menu revealed by tapping the More Options button.

Safari Extension:

Shared has a Safari Extension that opens links from supported services in Shared when you tap them or when their pages finish loading. To enable the extension:

1. Open Safari
2. Tap “AA” in the address bar
3. Scroll to and tap “Manage Extensions”
4. Enable Shared
5. Tap Done.

For supported links to open in Shared when you tap them—before they load and when you aren't browsing a supported service—choose Always Allow on Every Website when asked. A list of supported services can be found in the walkthrough in Shared's settings.

More Options Buttons:

Shared has added More Options buttons to the history and media view that show options previously only accessible by touch and holding the artwork and by other gestures.

New Convenience Feature:

With Convenience purchased, Shared's reminder notifications include an action to open the song or podcast in your preferred service. To reveal the action, touch and hold the notification.

Song Identification Improvements:

Shared can now:
1. Identify a song without stopping audio playback on your device.
2. Continue identifying a song if you leave the app.

Custom Episode Artwork for Podcasts:

When sharing or opening a podcast episode with custom episode artwork, Shared shows the episode artwork instead of the show artwork.

History Sync:

Your Shared history is now kept in sync across devices signed into your iCloud.

Data Usage Settings:

To reduce data usage, Shared can load a lower-quality version of the music's artwork in the Media View. Shared can also use the saved artwork thumbnail from the History View in the Media View without reloading the original artwork. There's also an Auto-Switch option which enables Low Quality Artwork Mode and disables Reload Original Artwork when on Cellular and the opposite when on Wi-Fi. The options are in a new section in Shared's settings.

Miscellaneous:

· You now can go to settings in Shared to:
· Give Shared an App Store rating.
· View Shared on Instagram and Twitter.
· View an updated Walkthrough.
· Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Reminders:

Shared can send you notifications to remind you of music and podcasts you open in Shared. To create a reminder when viewing media, select “Remind Me” from the menu revealed by tapping the More Options button.

Safari Extension:

Shared has a Safari Extension that opens links from supported services in Shared when you tap them or when their pages finish loading. To enable the extension:

1. Open Safari
2. Tap “AA” in the address bar
3. Scroll to and tap “Manage Extensions”
4. Enable Shared
5. Tap Done.

For supported links to open in Shared when you tap them—before they load and when you aren't browsing a supported service—choose Always Allow on Every Website when asked. A list of supported services can be found in the walkthrough in Shared's settings.

More Options Buttons:

Shared has added More Options buttons to the history and media view that show options previously only accessible by touch and holding the artwork and by other gestures.

New Convenience Feature:

With Convenience purchased, Shared's reminder notifications include an action to open the song or podcast in your preferred service. To reveal the action, touch and hold the notification.

Song Identification Improvements:

Shared can now:
1. Identify a song without stopping audio playback on your device.
2. Continue identifying a song if you leave the app.

Custom Episode Artwork for Podcasts:

When sharing or opening a podcast episode with custom episode artwork, Shared shows the episode artwork instead of the show artwork.

History Sync:

Your Shared history is now kept in sync across devices signed into your iCloud.

Data Usage Settings:

To reduce data usage, Shared can load a lower-quality version of the music's artwork in the Media View. Shared can also use the saved artwork thumbnail from the History View in the Media View without reloading the original artwork. There's also an Auto-Switch option which enables Low Quality Artwork Mode and disables Reload Original Artwork when on Cellular and the opposite when on Wi-Fi. The options are in a new section in Shared's settings.

Miscellaneous:

· You now can go to settings in Shared to:
· Give Shared an App Store rating.
· View Shared on Instagram and Twitter.
· View an updated Walkthrough.
· Bug fixes and performance improvements.