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Changelog

Every release, newest first. Each number gets a few lines on what the whole run was for, and its releases underneath.

77 releases across 17 numbered runs  ·  newest v43.0 “Engineer”  ·  written from the app's own changelog on 2026-10-05

v43

Engineer current 1 release  v43.0
The release

v43.0

  • Says once when a newer version is out, then lets it be
  • How far behind you are, and a few of the changes
  • Turn it off in About Hplay, Check for Updates
  • The Allow and Leave questions got their small heading

v42

Medic 8 releases  v42.0–42.7
All 8 releases

v42.7

  • The visualizer no longer keeps the music from going out
  • Effects and speed still hold it here, as before

v42.6

  • The music is still there when you open the app again
  • It comes back before the folder is read, so the list is instant

v42.5

  • The music folder is remembered after you close the app
  • The wrapper is asked when you tap, not when the page loads

v42.4

  • About says what the app fetches, not only what it does not
  • Somewhere there is a colour nobody listed

v42.3

  • The widget is an Hplay again, with the cover big on it
  • A sliver of the wheel comes in at the bottom
  • Corners less round than they were

v42.2

  • The widget is the cover now, and nothing else
  • It takes any size and shape you give it

v42.1

  • The supporter skins have a home screen icon of their own
  • The changelog opens on the numbers, not every release

v42.0

  • Music plays again — it was stopping itself half a second in
  • A call or another app stops it properly while it is away

v41

Spy 6 releases  v41.0–41.5
All 6 releases

v41.5

  • Nothing newer than Android 7 without a check

v41.4

  • Music moves to the real player while you are away
  • It keeps going track after track out there
  • Effects and speed keep it where it is, as before

v41.3

  • Sound Protect quietens instead of making it louder
  • Hplay gives way to calls and other apps
  • Opening a changed folder is much quicker
  • Reading tags no longer breaks up the music

v41.2

  • The processor stays awake while music plays
  • Nothing is redrawn while the app is away

v41.1

  • Hplay notices when the music folder changed
  • Unchanged folders are not read again
  • Rescan Folder exists on the phone now
  • The visualizer waits to be turned on

v41.0

  • High Contrast goes back to the screen you had
  • Speak Selection has a voice behind it now
  • It says so when the phone has no voice

v40

Pyro 5 releases  v40.0–40.4
All 5 releases

v40.4

  • Stations, under Music
  • Six cuts of your own library, and why
  • Worked out here, sent nowhere

v40.3

  • The visualizer stays on between songs
  • One Visualizer row in Look, picture and all
  • The cover is cropped into the ring, not squashed
  • Hold a supporter skin for its other finishes

v40.2

  • A supporter link turns the skin on for you
  • No code to type in unless you want to

v40.1

  • The supporter skins are two-tone now
  • A theme can name both halves of its icon

v40.0

  • Store themes get the right home screen icon
  • Pick the icon colour yourself, per theme

v39

Chell 12 releases  v39.0–39.11
All 12 releases

v39.11

  • Two supporter skins, Golden and Coffee
  • Redeem a code under Look, Body Color
  • The old Gold theme is gone from the store

v39.10

  • A Thank You list for anyone who buys a coffee

v39.9

  • A coffee row at the top of About, if you want it
  • Erase Everything looks dangerous in every screen mode

v39.8

  • Big libraries are quick now, not sluggish
  • A four thousand song list scrolls instantly

v39.7

  • Accessibility has a screen of its own
  • It can read the highlighted row out loud
  • Mono sound, balance, a steadier wheel
  • Rescanning no longer renumbers your songs

v39.6

  • Nine more apps swapped the wheel for the d-pad
  • Holding an arm repeats, for apps that ask
  • Minefield can flag a square with B

v39.5

  • About says who made this and on what terms
  • Free to use forever. Please do not resell it

v39.4

  • Visualizer: a third Now Playing screen
  • Four pictures, turn the wheel to swap
  • It takes its colour from the cover

v39.3

  • About now has a Legal page
  • Wording avoids a trademark that is not ours

v39.2

  • Changing colour no longer throws you out
  • Leaving Look asks before swapping the icon

v39.1

  • A played video no longer sits over later covers
  • The restart question fits on the screen

v39.0

  • The cover really shows behind the words now
  • Pale covers get dark writing instead of white
  • Hold a setting to peek, let go to put it away

v38

Barney 20 releases  v38.0–38.19
All 20 releases

v38.19

  • Your Year, Wrapped, under Statistics
  • A slideshow of your listening, on the website

v38.18

  • The cover can wash across the screen, blurred
  • Offers to restart when the home screen icon changes
  • The hold-for-help card stops closing by itself

v38.17

  • Shorter, plainer wording on every setting
  • No more dashes in the middle of sentences

v38.16

  • Hold the middle button on a setting to see what it does

v38.15

  • Lyrics are gone for now. They looked bad here
  • Long names walk across at a readable pace
  • Scrolling Names can be switched off under Feel

v38.14

  • The icon follows where you stop, not what you scroll past

v38.13

  • The home screen icon copies your body and wheel

v38.12

  • The home screen icon can follow your body colour

v38.11

  • Open a music file from anywhere and it plays here
  • A file opened that way is played, not kept

v38.10

  • The strip at the bottom scrolls too
  • Tips that are actually worth doing

v38.9

  • Long names scroll instead of being cut off
  • Back from the first track goes to the last
  • Songs with words say so properly, and read better
  • The tutorial starts you at the main menu
  • One turn of the wheel is one tutorial step
  • It takes you into Music and Settings itself
  • Tips, under Settings, About Hplay

v38.8

  • Apps stop restarting themselves
  • Apps can save where you got to
  • See-through photos stay see-through

v38.7

  • Music videos keep playing with the screen off
  • They come back on screen at the same spot

v38.6

  • Folders are your playlists again
  • A longer tutorial you actually try things in

v38.5

  • Covers are back on songs from your folder
  • Songs are not read again every time you open it
  • Covers work on older phones too

v38.4

  • Adding a photo works properly now
  • A photo that cannot be saved says so

v38.3

  • Cover art is read from the song itself now
  • Artwork works with no internet at all
  • mp3, flac, m4a, ogg and opus, art and lyrics
  • Songs that lost their cover offline get it back

v38.2

  • Songs with no cover get one of Hplay’s own
  • Twenty sleeves, and a song always lands on the same one

v38.1

  • Songs list is alphabetical at last
  • The big letter only shows where it means something
  • Songs can no longer be deleted from here
  • Statistics are kept until you delete them
  • Bass no longer drags a reverb along with it
  • Settings sorted into Playback, Sound, Look and Feel
  • Extras folded in with Apps
  • Apps can add one line to Statistics
  • Apps can ask for a d-pad instead of the wheel

v38.0

  • Five screen modes, not two
  • Vinyl reaches the main menu
  • Video no longer resizes the screen
  • Lists loop if you ask them twice
  • Quick settings behind play/pause
  • Sleep timer can dim as it runs
  • Stats keep a rolling year

v37

Engineer 4 releases  v37.0–37.3
All 4 releases

v37.3

  • Cover art reaches the lock screen
  • Backspace no longer closes Search

v37.2

  • Erase Everything now clears notes too
  • Settings described in one place

v37.1

  • Cover style plays the video again
  • Sharp in the slot, blurred behind

v37.0

  • Video plays behind both cover styles
  • Full frame rate, barely blurred
  • Now Playing goes light over a video

v36

Medic 2 releases  v36.0–36.1
All 2 releases

v36.1

  • Backdrop sharper and more visible
  • Labels never flash pale any more

v36.0

  • Videos wash the screen behind the record
  • Artwork keeps the label to itself

v35

Spy 5 releases  v35.0–35.4
All 5 releases

v35.4

  • Video labels show their first frame
  • No more pale flash as a record rolls in

v35.3

  • Needle sits above the text backdrop

v35.2

  • Shading rolls in with the record
  • Smoother roll, no more restarting

v35.1

  • Optional clock in the top bar

v35.0

  • A new record rolls in on track change
  • Videos play on the record label
  • Bigger artwork, steadier spin

v34

Pyro 4 releases  v34.0–34.3
All 4 releases

v34.3

  • The tonearm casts a shadow
  • Rounder disc, label sits proud
  • Holding centre on Now Playing does nothing

v34.2

  • A tonearm rides the record
  • It tracks inward as the song plays
  • Record tucks behind the text

v34.1

  • Vinyl catches the light as it turns
  • It rocks gently, and glows in the dark

v34.0

  • Cover Style: play it as a vinyl record
  • Spins with the music, stops when paused

v33

Demoman 2 releases  v33.0–33.1
All 2 releases

v33.1

  • This changelog
  • Changelog steps version by version

v33.0

  • Audio Toys: speed and tape pitch
  • Reverb, vinyl, radio, echo and wide
  • Bass boost, plus a reset

v32

Heavy 2 releases  v32.0–32.1
All 2 releases

v32.1

  • Video tilts like a real cover
  • Frame, shadow and reflection
  • Fills the square, no black bars

v32.0

  • Video plays in the artwork slot
  • mp4, m4v, mov and webm accepted

v31

Luis 1 release  v31.0
The release

v31.0

  • Settings with 3+ options get a screen
  • Play/pause returns to Now Playing

v30

Alex 1 release  v30.0
The release

v30.0

  • Action rows colour their highlight
  • Green adds, red deletes, purple looks
  • Playlists wraps top to bottom

v29

Gordan 1 release  v29.0
The release

v29.0

  • Usage Data: stop or wipe the stats
  • Skips, streaks, peak hour, wheel clicks
  • Statistics scrolls now

v28

Sniper 1 release  v28.0
The release

v28.0

  • Sound Protect loudness limiter
  • Accessibility: size, motion, haptics
  • Fixed glitch when reopening the app

v27

Scout 1 release  v27.0
The release

v27.0

  • First build with a Valve codename
  • Multi-page About, YouTube app
  • Sleep timer dims, phone can sleep

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  • The wheel, library, playlists, notes
  • Themes, decals, apps and games