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1.9.7: Corrected the appearance of small and medium player widgets. 1.9.6: Clear Play Next after confirmation; episodes and downloads stay. Jump to show notes and transcript from episode analysis without changing playback. The podcast learning card shows a detection summary for the last ten analyzed episodes; skip history names the evidence, including older entries. The seven experimental ad detection options in Settings → Transcription & Analysis are on by default and can be turned off individually. Your existing choices are kept. After changes, restart the app to apply them to new analyses. Reanalyze older episodes to use the new settings. 1.9.5: Improved ad detection and segment boundaries, including sponsor partnerships and consecutive ads. Automatic skips are better bounded at the return to conversation. Improved saving of the listening position when headphones disconnect and playback pauses in the background, addressing a suspension-related crash risk. 1.9.4: Improved music title and timeline updates after background playback, and restoration of the listening position. Faster handoff of available local tracks, better music artwork handling and more robust playback start and timeout handling. iCloud displays the last shared listening position; another device takes over audio only after Play. Fixed a crash when applying podcast analysis results. 1.9.3: Music player: the current title, artwork and timeline update together when tracks change; saved playback positions belong to the correct track. Albums follow disc and track order unless shuffle or repeat is set differently. Podcast chapters can show their own pictures and diagrams in the player without cropping. 1.9.2: Podcast lists and podcast and music players are more comfortable in landscape on iPhone and iPad. Search and queue actions are easier to reach, and your search text and reading position are preserved when you rotate. Auto-Skip responds sooner to newly detected ads and self-promotion and more precisely handles measured lead-ins to known promotional patterns. Your settings still apply. We’ve improved responsiveness when refreshing podcasts during music playback and navigation when access to your music library hasn’t been authorized. 1.9.1: Auto-Skip confirms a successful jump before reporting it, with retry and recovery when needed. Short ads and self-promotions detected with very high confidence can be skipped sooner while analysis continues; your settings still apply. Add multiple episodes to the queue with the new visible plus button. New Cut Wave app icon. 1.9: Stability and performance improvements. Music playback is initialized only when needed, reducing unnecessary system requests at app startup and during podcast playback. Long audio-analysis sections are processed in smaller steps. Large music libraries are sorted more efficiently, and background audio analysis controls CPU usage to reduce load. Compatibility adjustments for the latest Apple SDKs. 1.8.7: More precise ad detection: improved comparison of local and publisher transcripts, including mixed passages, and better timing of automatic skips. 1.8.6: Downloaded is now part of My Lists: episodes show artwork and their order can be changed and saved. 1.8: Major reliability and detection-precision update. Ads, self-promotion, donation appeals, intros, and outros are detected more accurately with stricter confirmation and better segment boundaries. 1.7: More reliable refreshing, downloading, and preparation. 1.6: Analysis is easier to understand and the queue is easier to control. 1.5: Improved detection of ads and self-promotion. 1.4: Larger platform update with music library support, better Watch and CarPlay support, revised screenshots, and broader localization. 1.3: Better analysis and sharing features. 1.2: Stability and platform update for iOS and macOS. 1.1: Improved local transcription, more stable downloads, and smoother playback. 1.0: Initial version.