Version 1.2.12
🐛Bugfix
- Music Recognition Fix: Fixed an issue where some stations couldn't identify songs. Music recognition now works reliably across all station types
Changelog
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Version 1.2.11
✨New
- Music Recognition
[Pro]: Ever hear something playing on a station and wonder what it is? Now you can tap the new recognition button to instantly identify the song via ShazamKit, right inside Roam FM - Recognition History
[Pro]: All your identified songs are saved locally on your device, no account or cloud needed. Head to the new Settings tab to browse your recognition history anytime - Per-Mode Globe Themes
[Pro]: You can now set a different globe theme for Light Mode and Dark Mode separately, so your Roam FM always looks just right no matter your system appearance
Version 1.2.9
🐛Bugfix
- Favorite Volume Glitch: Tapping the favorite button no longer causes a sudden volume dip. Your music stays smooth and steady while you save your stations
Version 1.2.8
✨New
- Auto-Roam: Set a timer (15, 30, or 60 min) and Roam FM will automatically tune to the next station, like channel surfing, hands-free
- Dotscape Globe Theme: A clean, dot-matrix style globe with blue-purple accents for a fresh new look
- Skip During Search: Don't want to wait? Tap next to skip the current connection and try another station instantly
⬆️Improvement
- Station Database: 286 new stations added and 1,765 stream URLs refreshed. Fewer dead links, more music
🐛Bugfix
- Audio Volume: No more sudden volume jumps when switching stations
Version 1.2.7
✨New
- Expanded Language Support: Added full support for French, Spanish, Russian, and Korean, bringing the total to 9 languages
- What's New Popup: Automatically displays release notes when the app updates, helping you discover new features and improvements
🐛Bugfix
- Tuning Signal State: Fixed country display and globe rotation issues during station search, eliminating UI flicker and improving responsiveness
Version 1.2.6
⬆️Improvement
- Cleaner UI Layout: Moved Settings button from bottom to top title bar for a cleaner interface and better accessibility
- Visual Refinements: Updated favorite marker color to pink (#FF2D55) and enhanced the ripple animation effect for a more polished user experience
Version 1.2.5
✨New
- Quick Toggle Country Flag: Added right-click menu option to instantly toggle country flag visibility in menu bar without opening Settings
- Auto-Pause on Headphone Removal: Automatically pauses playback when headphones or audio devices are disconnected, providing a seamless listening experience
🐛Bugfix
- Favorites Mode Breathing Light: Fixed issue where breathing light would not switch when clicking "Next" in Favorites mode
Version 1.2.4
✨New
- Favorite Location Markers: Added red dot markers on globe to visualize all favorite station locations in Favorites mode, with click-to-play functionality
⬆️Improvement
- Favorites Mode UX: Enhanced favorites playback experience with station name tooltips on globe markers, improved idle state messaging, and refined red dot visual style
- Favorite Markers Interaction: Implemented three visual states for favorite station markers
🐛Bugfix
- Globe Theme Persistence: Fixed issue where globe theme could become inconsistent after app restart
Version 1.2.3
✨New
- Menu Bar Favorites: Added favorites playback option in menu bar popover function menu
🐛Bugfix
- Volume Persistence: Fixed issue where custom volume settings would reset when switching stations or pausing/resuming playback
Version 1.2.2
✨New
- Diagnostic Report Export: Added diagnostic report export functionality for Gumroad version to help with troubleshooting
⬆️Improvement
- Favorites as Pro Feature: Moved station favorites functionality to Pro tier
- Swift 6 Compatibility: Updated code to resolve Swift 6 strict concurrency mode warnings
- Settings Layout: Optimized settings interface layout for better user experience
- Popover Layout: Improved Earth status display layout in popover bottom area
- Station Database: Cleaned up invalid records from station database
🐛Bugfix
- Playback Interruption: Fixed race condition in connection timeout handling that caused playback to stop immediately after starting
Version 1.2.1
🐛Bugfix
- Hexed Theme Country Selection: Fixed issue where clicking countries in Hexed and Hexed Color themes had no response
- Theme Switching: Fixed state pollution issue when switching from Hexed theme to other themes
Version 1.2.0
✨New
- Radio Favorites: Added station bookmarking functionality to save and quickly access your favorite radio stations
- Country Play Mode: Enabled clicking countries on the globe to play stations from specific regions
- Country Flag Toggle: Added menu bar option to show/hide country flags
- Touch Control: Added support for trackpad and Magic Mouse scrolling to control globe rotation
⬆️Improvement
- Play Button Performance: Optimized response speed and eliminated menu bar icon jitter
- Error UI: Redesigned error message interface with minimalist style
- Menu Bar Popup: Enlarged globe view by 10% and optimized popup dimensions for better visibility
- Microphone Auto-mute: Moved microphone auto-mute feature from Labs to General settings for easier access
🐛Bugfix
- Auto-pause: Fixed radio playback auto-pause issue with no error message
- Sound Effects: Fixed continuous looping of sound effects when no stations available in selected country and during search
- Country Filter: Fixed issue where country filter would be lost after traversing all stations in country play mode
- Pre-selection State: Improved pre-selection clearing logic to stop globe auto-rotation when country is pre-selected, and resume rotation after clearing
- General Tab Height: Fixed display issue where Quit App button was not fully visible
- Station Data: Corrected 16 radio stations that had URLs in the name field
Version 1.1.11
✨New
- Volume Control: Added independent volume control for radio playback
⬆️Improvement
- Language Filter: Optimized radio language filtering logic for more precise matching
- Error Messages: Improved error message when all radio search attempts fail
Version 1.1.9
✨New
- German Language Support: Added German localization for the entire interface
⬆️Improvement
- Multilingual Support Enhancement: Improved localization coverage for Labs and Shortcuts tabs
🐛Bugfix
- Build Script: Fixed an issue where the packaging script would exit prematurely when grep found no matches
Version 1.1.8
✨New
- Custom Global Keyboard Shortcuts: Users can now customize playback control shortcuts in settings (Play/Pause, Next Station, Toggle Popup)
- Statistics Page: Added a dedicated statistics page displaying listening data, including total listening time, number of stations, and countries explored
- Release Notes Access: Added release notes link in the About page for easy access to version history
⬆️Improvement
- Hotkey Management: Refactored shortcut service for improved maintainability and extensibility
Version 1.1.7
✨New
- Language Filtering Improvements: Based on user feedback, switched to whitelist mode with quick "Select All" / "Deselect All" buttons in the settings header for more intuitive operation (Pro users only)
- Theme Selection Enhancement: Preview themes before applying them for a better visual experience
⬆️Improvement
- Settings UI: Simplified settings button to directly open settings window (previously used dropdown menu)
- Website Update: Updated official website domain to roamfm.app
🐛Bugfix
- Character Display: Fixed garbled display of Unicode Private Use Area characters in station names
📝Additional
- Added language and country filtering support via MCP (Model Context Protocol) remote control
- Optimized MCP setup wizard with improved step-by-step guidance
Version 1.1.6
🐛Bugfix
- Chinese Station Display: Fixed Chinese station display, language filtering, and stop sound effect issues
- Auto-Update: Fixed "damaged file" error message appearing after auto-update
Version 1.1.5
✨New
- Country/Region Exploration Statistics: Add country/region exploration statistics feature
- Playback Status Animation: Add breathing animation effect for playback status indicator
- Winter Theme: Add Winter theme
- Station Name Override: Add manual override for station display names
- Stop Button Sound: Add dedicated sound effect for stop button
- Language Filter Quick Actions: Add quick action buttons for language filtering
⬆️Improvement
- Stop Button Performance: Optimize stop button response speed
- Listen to This Only Button: Optimize "Listen to this only" button style and eliminate hover jitter
🐛Bugfix
- Language Filter UI: Expand hover response area for language filter row and fix button flickering
- Globe Rendering: Fix globe country borders disappearing after wake from sleep
Version 1.1.4
✨New
- Stop Button Sound: Added dedicated sound effect for the stop button
- Language Filter Quick Actions: Added quick filter buttons for language selection
🐛Bugfix
- Auto-Update: Fixed auto-update check failure issue
- Language Filtering Logic: Fixed the logic for filtering radio stations by language
Version 1.1.3
⬆️Improvement
- Paywall UI: Remove fixed price display from Paywall and Pro pages
- Release Workflow: Improve release packaging workflow with DMG and ZIP outputs
🐛Bugfix
- License Key Activation: Fix License Key activation state loss issue
- License Key Storage: Migrate License key storage to Keychain to prevent loss during app updates
Version 1.1.2
✨New
- Dock Icon Support: Added ability to show the menu bar popover by clicking the app icon in the Dock, providing an alternative way to access the app interface
⬆️Improvement
- About Panel Enhancement: Added product website and developer contact links to the About panel for easier access to support and information
- UI Refinement: Restored bottom button click area size in the popover to original dimensions for better usability
Version 1.1.1
🐛Bugfix
- Update Check: Fixed the update check issue that caused the app to fail when detecting new versions. The update process should now work reliably.
Version 1.1.0
🎯Main Features
- 🌍 Interactive 3D globe showing real-time radio station locations
- 📻 Access to 30,000+ internet radio stations worldwide
- 🎵 One-click random playback to explore world music
- ⚡️ Quick access from menu bar, lightweight background operation
- 🔄 Auto-update functionality
- 🎨 Beautiful user interface
⚙️Technical Features
- Universal Binary (supports Apple Silicon and Intel Mac)
- macOS 15.0 and above