# Plexamp Release Notes

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-release-notes/221280>\
**Category:** Plex Labs\
**Tags:** plexamp\
**Created:** [January 12, 2018, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-release-notes/221280 "2018-01-12T09:01:04Z")\
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## Version 3.4.5

This probably deserves a bigger version bump than just 0.0.1 as it encompasses a whole lot of upgrades under the hood which greatly [improve performance](https://callstack.com/blog/hermes-performance-on-ios/) and unlock a lot of stuff for the future.

**Android** : released :woohoo:  
**Desktop** : released :woohoo:  
**iOS** : released :woohoo:

### Added

- Mobile: Large performance improvements, reduced startup time.
- Pulsar Joy visualizer is back!
- Improved Neutrona visualizer.
- Shuffle button!
- Colorize play button along with seek bar.
- Allow rating directly in player with half-star rating option and haptics.
- When using CarPlay/Android Auto, disconnect casting.
- When moving to cellular/offline, disconnect casting.
- Random sort option for albums, artists, and tracks.
- Haptics on tri-state rating.
- Move EPs and other album categories up alongside main albums on TIDAL.
- Allow shuffling each album category separately.
- Allow playing single discs on album page for multi-disc albums.
- Android: Show ripple effect when tapping lists.
- iOS: Siri “Play music on plexamp” resumes existing play queue or starts library radio.
- iOS: Support for date-based music playback (“play music from the 1960s” or “play music from 2020”).
- iOS: Use native resolution on newest iPhones.

### Fixed

- Clear visualizer data when stopping playback.
- Fix some resizing issues with new carousel (e.g. iPad popover).
- Dismiss keyboard when playing, in case playing from search result.
- Don’t jump to PQ item when tapping on any track, only on album page.
- The “repeat one” setting wasn’t restored properly.
- Casting to Sonos didn’t show volume control sometimes.
- Offline ratings weren’t sent back to server.
- Best of… Decades chart would only show first year of decade.
- Adding current track to a new playlist changed title in player.
- Improve seek bar coloring.
- CarPlay/Android Auto plays weren’t added to Recent Plays right away.
- Android: Context menus were occasionally offset vertically.
- Desktop: Volume level affected visualizers.
- Desktop: Default to taller initial window size.
- iOS: Cropping with Display Zoom on in player.
- iOS: Fewer “You need to continue in Plexamp” Siri responses.
- iOS: Improve reliability of Siri usage.

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