v1.2.0

LitePipe v1.2.0 — Stable Release

This release brings YouTube Music integration, major bug fixes across the player and download system, and a range of UI and performance improvements.

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Major Highlights

• YouTube Music Integration
• Native Context Menu Download & Queue Actions
• Bottom Recommendations Bar in Player
• History and Playlists Navigation Bar Buttons
• Playback Quality Fixes
• Sponsor Skip Improvements

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All Changes

• YouTube Music: Added YouTube Music as a fully integrated destination within the app along with ability to download the music.

• Native Context Menu Enhancements: Added Download and Add to Queue buttons directly in the native context menu for quicker access.

• Bottom Recommendations Bar: Added a recommendations bar at the bottom of the player for seamless video discovery without leaving the watch page.

• History & Playlists Navigation: Added History and Playlists as configurable buttons in the navigation bar.

• Watch Page Action Bar: Improved loading behavior of watch page buttons and added an Add to Queue button directly in the action bar.

• Queue Bar Improvements: Improved the queue bar and container layout, and fixed the close button not appearing in light theme.

• Sponsor Skip Improvements: Enhanced the SponsorBlock segment skip feature to show skipped segment hint and also improved the location of the skip button.

• Download Resume Improvements: Further refined download resuming logic for more stable and consistent recovery of interrupted downloads.

• Downloads List: Improved record-keeping and display in the downloads list.

• Default Preferences: Added default values for all settings.

• App-Updates: Added ability to download and install updates while staying within the app.

• Performance Optimizations: Applied various performance improvements across the app.

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Fixes

• Player Quality Fixes: Fixed player quality being stuck at 360p and resolved an issue where playback quality preference was not being followed from settings.

• Live Streams Fix: Fixed live streams not playing correctly.

• Miniplayer Fix: Fixed the miniplayer close button causing a visual flash on tap.

• Volume Booster Fix: Fixed the volume booster feature not actually increasing volume beyond the device level.

• Incognito Mode Fixes: Fixed incognito mode incorrectly changing navigation bar colors and showing stale recommendations for signed-out sessions.

• Layout Fixes: Fixed layout issues on the watch page and video title clipping in various places across the app.

• Settings Fixes: Fixed toggles not responding correctly for certain settings.

Note: Some features have been merged from Litube.

v1.1.0

LitePipe v1.1.0 — Stable Release

This release focuses mainly on customization, providing settings to tweak many things according to your taste.

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Major Highlights

• Incognito Mode
• Offline Media Player
• Enhanced Download Manager
• Local Playback Queue
• Miniplayer
• Custom Navigation Bar

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All Changes

• Incognito Mode: Browse and watch videos without saving watch history, search history, or session activity just like YouTube. (To use, click the incognito buttons on the Library page).

• Redesigned Navigation Bar: Introduces a custom scrolling bottom navigation bar in which the buttons can be toggled and rearranged. (To customize, go to LitePipe Settings -> General -> Navigation Bar).

• Local Playback Queue: Introduced a local playback queue to manage and line up your upcoming videos seamlessly.

• Minimalist Player Controls: Added options to hide action buttons such as Like, Dislike, Share, comments bar below the player, and other player overlays for a cleaner viewing experience. Removed the Watch Page header entirely. (To configure, go to LitePipe Settings -> Player).

• Enhanced Download Manager: Added settings to change multiple simultaneous downloads, select custom storage locations, and view network speed and ETA indicators. Overhauled the playlist downloader and stream extractor. (To configure, go to LitePipe Settings -> Download).

• Dedicated Downloads Tab: Added a dedicated Downloads tab to download videos using share menu without opening the main app interface.

• Clipboard Link Detection: Automatically detect copied YouTube links and get options to watch/play or download directly. (To toggle, go to LitePipe Settings -> Download).

• Download Notification Actions: Manage active downloads directly from Android notifications using quick action controls. (To use, expand the active LitePipe download notification in your system tray).

• Improved Download Resume Reliability: Enhanced recovery and stability of interrupted or paused downloads.

• Offline Media Player: Play downloaded content and locally stored media files directly within the LitePipe player while maintaining gesture support and playback controls. (To use, select any video file on your device and click "Open with LitePipe offline player").

• Miniplayer: Merged a fully integrated mini-player for seamless background and minimized video viewing.

• Navigation & Gestures: Added rotate-to-fullscreen and drag-down-on-player-to-enter-miniplayer gestures, refined gesture activation zones to the middle 3/5th of the screen to avoid the Android navigation/status bars, and added separate toggles for player gestures. (To manage, go to LitePipe Settings -> Player -> Gestures).

• Shorts Experience Improvements: Added toggles to hide buttons (Like, dislike, comments) while viewing Shorts, and use the new Hold-to-2x gesture for quick playback acceleration. (To customize, go to LitePipe Settings -> Shorts).

• 200% Volume Boost: Increase playback volume beyond the device's standard media level for low-volume content. (To access, go to LitePipe Settings -> Video).

• Comments : Added toggle to hide comments bar below the player.

• Playback Information Enhancements: Added remaining playback duration in the player, improved timestamp click handling, and synchronized playback position and history between native and WebView players so history syncs with YouTube every 30 seconds.

• Customizable Double-Tap Seek: Configure preferred seek intervals such as 5, 10, 15, or 30 seconds. (To configure, go to LitePipe Settings -> Player).

• SponsorBlock Undo: When a segment is automatically skipped, a temporary Undo button allows immediate playback restoration.

• Long-Press Context Menu: Added a toggle to enable or disable the long-press context menu layout. (To configure, go to LitePipe Settings -> General).

• Search Suggestions Toggle: Added an option to enable or disable predictions in the search bar. (To toggle, go to LitePipe Settings -> General).

• Tutorials: Added a built-in tutorial guiding users on how to open supported video links by default.

• Theme & Visual Refinements: Overhauled various interface components with multiple theme improvements, spacing, animations, and UI consistency throughout the application.

• Localization Enhancements: The app now automatically follows your device language by default. Added and updated missing translations for all locales.

• Performance & Stability: Optimized JavaScript execution engine, merged session authentication handling, refined back-press handling for YouTube containers, and reduced loading times across various application components.

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Fixes

• System Integration Fixes: Resolved the persistent status bar visibility issue during fullscreen playback, fixed download notification bugs, and improved handling of external links while preserving signed-in sessions.

• Visual & Audio Bug Fixes: Resolved duplicate audio track issues, fixed incorrect durations appearing in downloaded videos, and improved the overall captions toggle experience.

• Navigation & Playlist Fixes: Fixed an issue where the back button did not work correctly in WebView containers and improved playlist detection and tracking reliability.

Note: Some of the features have been merged from Litube .

v1.0

LitePipe v1.0 - Stable Release

✨ Major Highlights

• Hold-to-Download feature
• Improved player gestures — Brightness, volume, and seek
• Improved Settings page
• Subtitles Customizability — Set Subtitles Style according to your liking
• Faster & smoother UI — Home and shorts load instantly without lag
• New Ui for Downloads and About page
• Many stability & performance improvements — Cleaner code, better memory usage, and overall polish
• Open Links by Default - Open any Youtube Link with LitePipe or download directly

This is an Update from the original Litube base refined for a better user experience.

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Features Added

• feat: Hold to Download — Long-press any video on Home, Search, Recommendations, Library, Channels, or under the player
• feat: Advanced downloader — Pause/Resume with queue management
• feat: Modern centered floating "Video Options" dialog
• feat: Multi-select support in Downloads with batch Pause/Resume/Cancel/Delete
• feat: Custom speed slider for better playback speed control
• feat: Playlist download with video-select option
• feat: Remember last used download quality in dialog
• feat: Added reload button in player
• feat: Added option to select audio track for downloading video with multiple tracks.

Improvements

• improve: Significantly reduced lag on Library and Settings pages
• improve: Much cleaner and more reliable JavaScript injection system
• improve: Better queue handling in downloader (no more stuck queued tasks)
• improve: Download dialog UI made cleaner and more user-friendly
• improve: Default audio track now always selects the original/highest bitrate track and maintains it when changing quality
• improve: Player controls visibility and stability greatly improved
• improve: Overall performance and responsiveness
• improve: Player controls icons

Bug Fixes

• fix: Download resume often restarted from beginning or wrong size
• fix: Minor memory leaks and performance issues in injected script

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