Reel log
What changed
in the booth.
Every release, newest first. The app updates itself. This is just the receipt.
v1.11.0
- Plays more video: the player now handles a much wider range of formats and audio tracks on every platform, including TrueHD, ProRes and picture subtitles (PGS).
- Saved rooms rest between sessions: Premium rooms no longer sit in your lobby looking live after a session ends. They show as resting, and you can start a new session with one tap. Ended rooms can be resumed within 24 hours, and saved rooms you stop using are tidied up after 90 days.
- Smoother subscriptions: Premium checkout on the web has a new payment provider behind it.
- Subtitle backgrounds: subtitles can now have a background box for easier reading.
- Fewer false alarms around audio devices, and assorted fixes.
v1.10.0
On GitHub ↗v1.10.0
- New desktop room layout: The room now has a clean, docked cinema layout - a title bar across the top, the picture with its controls beneath, and chat in its own column beside it. Nothing floats over the video anymore, and it adapts smoothly at every window size.
- Safer rooms: New moderation tools help keep rooms friendly, with clearer warnings and notices when someone breaks the rules.
- Chat panel fix: Fixed an issue that could replace the chat with an error box when the window layout changed. Half-typed messages now survive resizing.
- Faster room exit: Leaving or ending a room no longer freezes for a few seconds.
- Subtitles stay clear: Subtitles now rise out from behind the controls when they float over the picture.
- More reliable sign-in, video and sharing: Smoother Apple sign-in cancellation, friendlier messages for unsupported audio formats, steadier media uploads, and better handling of flaky connections.
- Privacy page: Now states where your data is hosted.
v1.9.0
On GitHub ↗v1.9.0
- Free-Room Video Trials: Free voice rooms can now start a 10-minute video facecam trial so everyone in the room can turn their camera on and experience facecams together.
- Booth Light Design Polish: Reimagined light interface accents, sharp typography, refined room board composition, and cleaner controls across desktop, tablets, and phones.
- Customizable Subtitles: Fully customizable libass subtitle rendering with sharper fonts, styling controls, and picture-track support.
- Rich Chat & Quick Emojis: Expanded emoji picker and customizable quick-emoji bar integrated directly into the room chat composer.
- Keyboard Shortcuts: Added quick keyboard shortcuts for desktop media controls (D for mic, E for camera, R for reactions).
- Responsive & Foldable Layouts: Polished adaptive layouts tailored for tablets, foldables, and different window aspect ratios without layout clipping.
- Audio & Video Reliability: Seamless background failover between voice/video servers so watch parties stay connected without interruptions.
- Smoother Playback Sync: Improved catch-up mechanics after temporary network stalls to prevent playback skips.
v1.8.0
On GitHub ↗v1.8.0
- Premium can now be bought in the Mac App Store app, alongside the website. A subscription from either unlocks Premium on every device.
- App Store subscriptions show "Manage in App Store", and deleting your account now reminds you to cancel an App Store subscription first
- More reliable Premium billing on the website: payment retries no longer remove Premium early, and webhook verification is stricter
- New comparison pages and a better welcome for people opening their first invite link
v1.7.1
On GitHub ↗v1.7.1
- Streaks, badges and leaderboards. Watching together now earns a daily streak, unlockable badges and a spot on the leaderboard, with a shareable session recap when you leave a room, and public profile pages at synctogether.app.
- Sign in with a password, if you want one. Email sign-in now takes an optional password alongside the 6-digit code. The code always works, so a forgotten password is never a lockout.
- A fullscreen button in the room control bar, beside the F/Esc shortcut.
- Block and report. Blocking someone is now account-wide and permanent, hides them from chat and facecams instantly, and reports abusive content to us.
- Refreshed homepage showing the real app, plus new App Store screenshots.
- Internal: documentation, lint and refactor cleanups, plus a fix for the Windows installer build.
v1.6.3
On GitHub ↗v1.6.3
- Smoother Room Experience: Fixed an issue where leaving a room could behave unexpectedly, ensuring cleaner exits every time.
- YouTube Playback Reliability: Resolved a readiness detection issue so YouTube videos sync up properly when your watch party is ready to start.
- Storage Quota Display: Cleaned up the media storage quota screen for a clearer, more accurate view of your usage.
- Demo Mode Stability: Hardened the reviewer demo flow for smoother playback and more resilient audio/video device handling.
v1.6.2
On GitHub ↗v1.6.2
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Live Profile Camera Capture: Take a live profile photo directly with your Mac or PC webcam to set your avatar, with support for selecting between multiple connected cameras (FaceTime HD, external webcams, or Continuity Camera).
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Direct User Blocking: Easily block disruptive participants in watch party rooms to immediately hide their messages from your chat feed.
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Cross-Platform Camera Compatibility: Hardened camera enumeration and constraints across macOS and Windows desktop environments.
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Mac App Store Experience: Tailored UI and room onboarding for Mac App Store distribution.
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Reviewer Demonstration Mode: Instant access to populated demo rooms for App Store review validation.
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Performance & Reliability: Enhanced avatar image processing and video stream cleanup.
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v1.6.0
On GitHub ↗v1.6.0
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Explicit Host Reassignment: Room hosts can now seamlessly hand off room controls and playback authority to any participant right from the participant list or chat menu.
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Silent Background Updates & Progress: The desktop app now quietly downloads self-updates in the background with live download progress tracking and an auto-download toggle in Settings.
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Sign In with Apple & Passwordless Email Code: Sign in or link your account directly using your Apple ID or request a quick one-time verification code sent straight to your email.
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Detailed Media Quota Insights: Added an informative quota dialog showing exact file sizes, single-file ceilings, weekly bandwidth limits, and clear guidance when limits are approached.
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Safety & Moderation Tools: Easily report inappropriate content, block or mute participants, and flag violations with built-in user reporting controls.
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Refined Room Lifecycle & Mode Selection: Polished the room creation flow with instant mode selection (YouTube / Local File) and hardened room connection handling.
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Smoother Rendering & Performance: Enhanced UI responsiveness, streamlined glass blur raster caching, and optimized media sharing and player lifecycle management.
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Desktop Window Optimization: Desktop apps now launch maximized with enforced minimum dimensions for a consistent viewing experience across displays.
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Audio Device Reliability: Fixed audio output device selection and active device indicator mismatches on macOS.
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Fresh Brand Identity: Refreshed brand logo and icons across app surfaces.
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v1.2.0
On GitHub ↗v1.2.0
- feat(lobby,quota): implement soft-gated media uploads and guest premium upgrade CTA
- feat(docs,av): add self-hosting documentation, BSL license, and improve AV solo state handling
- fix(website): align facecam resolution claims and privacy scope with app capabilities
- docs(legal): comprehensive privacy policy and legal compliance update
- style: format dart files to pass CI format check
v1.1.0
On GitHub ↗v1.1.0
- Added dedicated web callback landing page and deep link handler for desktop Google sign-in
- Redesigned and polished desktop authentication callback UX
- Fixed macOS test runner configuration and improved dev script cleanup
v1.0.0
On GitHub ↗v1.0.0
- Major Ecosystem Rebrand: Fully rebranded from PlayTogether to SyncTogether across Flutter app, macOS/Windows native runners, and website.
- Global Purchasing Power Parity (PPP): Added 3-tier regional pricing and native currency overrides for emerging markets (India ₹149, Brazil R$9.90, Mexico Mex$49, Turkey ₺59, Poland 11.99 zł, and Tier 3 USD $1.79).
- Multi-Tier Accounts & Billing: Complete Paddle Merchant of Record (MoR) subscription lifecycle and Cloudflare R2 media sharing integration.
- Product Analytics: Added PostHog analytics with user privacy toggles.
- Platform Polish: Fixed Windows window visibility on cold startup.
v0.11.0
On GitHub ↗v0.11.0
- Paste a YouTube link into chat and the host can play it straight from the message
- Chat messages can now be selected and copied
- Facecam name labels fade away with the rest of the room chrome
- Better diagnostics on the local file load path, and CI now enforces Dart formatting
v0.10.0
On GitHub ↗v0.10.0
- Privacy mode (F1), instantly blacks out the room, hides the facecam grid and chat, and mutes your mic and camera. Press it again and everything comes back exactly as you left it.
- Peers see privacy as an ambient "Screen hidden" status on your facecam tile and in the member list, no toast, no chat message, no sound. Reactions are suppressed while you're private.
- Keyboard shortcuts dialog listing everything the room responds to.
- C toggles the chat panel and V the facecam rail. Chat no longer steals focus when it opens, so shortcuts keep working.
- Spinners across the app now match the glass aesthetic.
v0.7.0
On GitHub ↗v0.7.0
v0.6.0
On GitHub ↗v0.6.0
v0.5.2
On GitHub ↗v0.5.2
v0.5.1
On GitHub ↗v0.5.1
v0.5.0
On GitHub ↗v0.5.0
v0.4.0
On GitHub ↗v0.4.0
v0.3.0
On GitHub ↗v0.3.0
v0.2.1
On GitHub ↗v0.2.1
v0.2.0
On GitHub ↗v0.2.0
v0.1.0
On GitHub ↗0.1.0