Releases

What each released version of NAS Player brought. Every version includes everything from the versions before it.

Version 3.2

October 26, 2026

Multiple genres: a song with several genres (entered with a semicolon in Audio Station, for example “Country; Rock”) appears in each of them, in the genre list, on the genre page and in CarPlay. After the update the app reads the genres once more (on Wi-Fi, automatically)
“NAS not reachable” no longer shows by mistake while the app is reading songs from the NAS

October 25, 2026

Sync favorites with your NAS (optional, in Settings): songs, albums and artists you mark as favorites are kept in two small files in the “playlists” folder on your NAS and apply on all your devices. The NAS user needs File Station permission and write access to the “music” share
The library updates itself when something changes on the NAS (can be turned off)
Clean up storage: “Remove all”; the display and counters while downloading are more accurate

AirPlay button in the player: play your music on a speaker or device
Audiobooks and radio plays (genre such as “Audiobook”, “Hörbuch” or “Audio Drama”): speed from 0.75× to 2×, pitch is kept, remembered per album, also in CarPlay
Song lyrics when Audio Station has them (button in the player); for downloaded songs also without a connection
Genres list their albums in order (CD1, CD2 …)
Seeking no longer jumps back

Every song is transferred only once and saved while you listen; albums download faster
On cellular the app only prefetches a little of the next song, so the current one is not slowed down

October 21, 2026

Download only on Wi-Fi or only while charging, each with a “Download anyway” override; targeted downloads ask first
Download your whole library to the iPhone at once, with a prompt about size, free space and limit; favorites first, then recently played, then the rest, with overall progress and pause
Download history with a queue and “Try again”
Depending on your connection, 1 song at a time on cellular, 2 on Wi-Fi away from home, 3 on your home network
Usage overview for Wi-Fi and cellular, with a notice above 1 GB per month
Check and repair downloaded files; clean up storage with multi-select; covers stored as small thumbnails

Sleep timer in the full-screen player: 15, 30 or 60 minutes, end of the song or the album, with a gentle fade-out
Your own playlists, “Save as playlist” for the up-next queue, and cover headers for all playlists
New album page with a cover that shrinks as you scroll and the title in the bar; zoom transition from the artist page; lock-screen cover changes instantly with each song
Statistics and a year in review (listening time, plays, top lists, habits, swipeable cards), with a local reminder on January 1 and a banner in January. Everything stays on your iPhone.

If the connection to the NAS drops, playback pauses and shows why (connection lost, NAS not responding, playback paused) on the iPhone, in CarPlay and on the lock screen, then resumes by itself when the connection is back
Calmer, flicker-free shuffle, repeat and favorite buttons in Now Playing
Albums you remove disappear immediately; clearer error messages and a “Connection problems” section in the in-app help

October 2026

Tabs for Home (recently played and favorites), Library (albums, artists, genres, shuffle all, offline), Playlists and Settings
Album pages with cover, name, artist and song count; covers appear instantly
Offline notice “No connection to the NAS”, with NAS-only songs greyed out
Now Playing with shuffle, repeat and favorite buttons, plus “Up Next”

“Play the album … with NAS Player”, play an artist shuffled, “Play my favorites”, “Shuffle my music”, “Shuffle my downloaded music”, “Play my most played songs”
Several phrasings (“with”, “in” or “on” NAS Player); offline, only downloaded songs play. All commands

Genres, with a cover mix per genre, and multi-disc albums with “CD 1”, “CD 2” headings
“Play” and “Shuffle” for whatever a list currently shows (All, Offline or Favorites)
Letter index along the edge of the Songs and Artists lists
“Search for NAS on the network” finds your NAS on the home network and fills in the address
The address field is pre-filled with “https://”

The app speaks English, Czech, Spanish, Italian and French as well as German, including CarPlay and Siri
Album page in the color of the cover, with a zoom transition from the tile and back
Full-screen player grows out of the mini player, with a background in the cover color that changes softly with each song and no white flash
Transparent mini player; shuffle, favorite and repeat show their state like in Apple’s Music app

October 13, 2026

Whole library with albums, artists and songs, search and covers
Streaming from your Synology NAS (Audio Station), saving songs as you stream, and downloading albums and artists on purpose for offline use, with a storage limit (20 GB by default)
Clear symbols for “on iPhone”, “partly” and “only on the NAS”
Favorites for songs, albums and artists; up next with shuffle and repeat; resume after a restart
Playback controls on the lock screen and in Control Center
Sign-in over https only, password in the iPhone keychain
Demo mode with sample music, no NAS needed
No ads, no tracking, no accounts