Release Notes

More of the web, under one remote.

• Amazon Music and QQ Music join the supported web player lineup, with track information, playback controls, seeking, likes, and the modes each service provides.
• Regular YouTube pages now work as a music source, with playback, seeking, likes, and track navigation.
• Pandora joins with Limited Support across both radio stations and on-demand collections, including reliable Last.fm scrobbling.
• Music source management and Last.fm sync preferences now live in one unified settings list.
• Web source detection, favicon handling, source selection, capability tooltips, and inactive-source stability have all been improved.

More web players. One consistent remote.

• New full support for Spotify Web Player and Apple Music on the web, including playback, seeking, likes, shuffle, repeat, and track navigation.
• NetEase Cloud Music joins as a Limited Support source, with playback, seeking, shuffle, repeat, and track navigation.
• Generic web player support can recognize track information and learn common controls on additional music websites.
• Every supported web source now uses the same stable player layout; unavailable controls remain visible and explain their Limited Support state.
• Web capabilities now come directly from the Choral Connector extension, keeping source status and available controls accurate as integrations evolve.

Choral goes 1.0 — introducing Choral Pro.

• Choral Pro: a $19.99 one-time purchase unlocks unlimited online music control on up to 3 Macs.
• The free version stays complete: unlimited Spotify & Apple Music, plus full control of 50 online tracks a day — listening itself is never limited.
• Built-in update check: see new versions on the About page, with a quiet menu notice when one ships.
• Your plan and license now live on the About settings page.
• Spotify liking now uses your own API Client ID (an advanced option in Settings).

Start Listening — a friendlier way into your music.

• New Start Listening screen when no music source is active, with a chooser that launches native apps or opens web players.
• Web services open in the browser running the Choral Connector extension, so they connect right away.

Choral speaks your language.

• Localized in English and Simplified Chinese, following your macOS system language automatically.

One set of shortcuts for every service.

• Global keyboard shortcuts: play/pause, previous/next track, like, lyrics, and show/hide Choral — working system-wide, no accessibility permission needed.
• Every shortcut can be re-recorded or disabled on the new Shortcuts settings page.
• Smoother track changes for web sources — no more brief flash of the empty state between songs.

TIDAL and Deezer join the lineup.

• TIDAL and Deezer support through the browser extension: now playing, full playback control, and likes.

SoundCloud, Bandcamp, and silkier lyrics.

• SoundCloud support with full playback control; Bandcamp support in beta.
• Lyrics glide with a new easing curve, the highlight sweeps across each line, and line handoff no longer pops.

Your browser becomes a music source.

• New Choral Connector browser extension links web players to the desktop panel — starting with YouTube Music: artwork, controls, seeking, likes, shuffle and repeat.
• Everything stays on your Mac: the extension talks only to the Choral app over a local connection.
• Advertisements are never scrobbled to Last.fm.
• Liquid Glass panel finish on macOS 26, and a restyled settings window.

Your listening history, kept in sync.

• Last.fm integration: connect your account for now-playing updates and automatic scrobbling, with an offline queue for flaky networks.
• Choose which music sources scrobble on the redesigned Accounts & Music settings page.

The first release.

• A floating desktop panel for Spotify and Apple Music: artwork, play/pause, previous/next, seeking, shuffle and repeat, and like/unlike.
• Time-synced lyrics in a side-by-side view.
• Menu-bar quick controls, always-on-top window, light and dark appearance.