AVSub28.0.0 - App Store

AVSub is a fully featured, multi-language music and video streaming (after in-app purchase) app for SubSonic. With multi-format (including FLAC) support, quick & easy browsing, caching for offline listening or viewing, playlist support and a great user interface, accessing your media is fast and simple. With full Bluetooth Audio, Apple Watch, CarPlay, Chromecast & Airplay support too, you can have your media with you anywhere, anytime.

Connect AVSub to your licensed SubSonic server and you'll have access to your entire media collection. AVSub supports any audio format that SubSonic supports and SSL.

AVSub's user interface is familiar and easy to use. Optimized views for both portrait & landscape orientations make the most of your device.

AVSub has full Bluetooth Audio support - stream to any Bluetooth device (car stereo, amplifier, speaker, headphones) with superb quality. Bluetooth remote-control is fully supported.

AVSub also fully suports CarPlay.

The AVSub Apple Watch extension is the easiest way to get your Subsonic playlists and cached albums onto your watch. The extension supports full background playback. You can take your music with you even without your phone!

AVSub supports offline caching so you can listen to your music or watch video even when you're not connected to the Internet. AVSub will intelligently cache what you listen to in the background, or you can choose to download tracks, albums or videos direct to the cache for quick pre-loading. Cache size is configurable, along with options such as cache reading & writing and the ability to control direct-downloading over a mobile/cellular network.

AVSub supports Subsonic playlists and will intelligently cache tracks on your device.

AVSub can be used on both WiFi or a mobile/cellular connection (3G/4G/5G). Audio caching ensure smoother playback.

AVSub shows enhanced information for your media, recognising movies, TV, artists and giving bio information, top tracks and similar artists.

With AVSub you can access your full media library by browsing, selecting from the most recently added, most recently played, most frequently played or highest rated tracks, or search over your entire library. AVSub also supports multiple SubSonic top-level music folders, allowing you to select an individual top-level folder, or your entire collection. You can browse by folder structure or ID3 tags.

AVSub Features:
- Universal app for iPhone & iPad
- MP3/AAC/FLAC/MP4/ALAC/Vorbis/Opus/WAV/DSD
- High-resolution digital audio output via CCK up to 24bit/192kHz
- CarPlay
- TMDb integration for full movie & TV posters and details
- VLC integration
- 10 band Equaliser
- Mini player
- AVCast support
- Google Cast audio and video (after in-app purchase)
- Supports all modern video codecs
- Portrait and landscape
- Video streaming with caching (in-app purchase)
- Subsonic Jukebox (in-app purchase)
- Home screen & Notification center widget with recent items
- 3D Touch quick action shortcuts
- Internet radio
- Crossfade
- SSL support, including self-signed certificates
- Caching for all media
- Folder & ID3 mode
- Multi-disc album support
- Artist Radio/Similar Songs
- Intelligent Bookmarks
- Podcasts
- Gapless playback
- Track seeking
- Subsonic playlist support
- Streams over 3G/4G/5G/WiFi
- Maximum streaming bitrate control
- Bluetooth Audio/Airplay support
- Remembers your playlist from the last session
- Streams from any licensed SubSonic server (v4.0 and up)
- Browse/search music collection
- Browse most recently added, recently played, frequently played, highest rated
- Random albums/songs
- Shuffle and repeat
- Album cover art
- Lock-screen integration
- Documentation & guides available at the AVSub website

Version History V28 of AVSub is a huge update, with a brand new look throughout the app.

The home screen is now dynamic, reflecting your most recent listening choices so the music you care about is always front and centre. The whole app has moved to a modern tab-based interface, giving you quicker access to your library, search and settings, and everything has been rebuilt with a more unified, polished look that works beautifully on both iPhone and iPad.

CarPlay has been completely reimplemented from the ground up, giving you a smoother, more capable in-car experience. Search and folder selection are both faster and easier to use, and there's a brand new setup screen to get your SubSonic server connected in no time. Apple Watch sync has also been improved, and a new in-app tour will help guide you through everything that's changed.

You'll also find more options throughout the app, giving you greater control over how AVSub looks and behaves.

What's new:
- Dynamic home screen reflecting your recent listening
- New tab-based interface
- Completely rebuilt, modern CarPlay implementation
- Improved search
- Improved folder selection
- New initial server setup screen
- Improved, unified UI throughout
- More options everywhere!
- Improved Apple Watch sync
- New in-app tour
- Many bug fixes & small improvements 28.0.0 Oct 7 AVSub V27.1.1 is a small release while bigger things are happening behind the scenes.
This release addresses Watch Sync issues. fixes an issue with the Most Recent widget and plays nice with Navidrome! 27.1.1 10/22/2025 This version includes several improvements and new features:
• All-new Now Playing screen, playlist, and equaliser, redesigned for iPad
• Improved table index letters for easier navigation
• New option to display the album name in Now Playing media details
• Resolved an issue where the Now Playing view would not dismiss as expected
• Improved handling of audio interruptions for smoother playback

Designed to enhance usability and provide a more consistent experience across devices. 27.1 05/28/2025 V27 of AVSub has the following new features and changes:
• A brand new Now Playing screen for iPhone – fresh look, smoother experience
• An all-new Equaliser screen – fine-tune your sound like never before
• A redesigned Playlist screen – easier to browse and manage your music
• Fixed issues with Apple Watch sync
• Improved TV episode sorting
• Resolved a crash with cached artists
• Fixed a bug with the video controls overlay
• Plus many more small improvements and bug fixes behind the scenes 27 05/04/2025 V26.2 has a few feature requests:

• Scrolling labels are back! If you've enabled scrolling labels in the settings, the full label will scroll, rather than being truncated.
• As an alternative to the table index (there's just not enough space), you can now jump straight to media index for a selected letter via a new button in the header.
• Added a new Media Index list view type.
• Fixed a bug that was preventing access to servers setup behind optional mTLS. 26.2.2 06/25/2024 V26.2 has a few feature requests:

• Scrolling labels are back! If you've enabled scrolling labels in the settings, the full label will scroll, rather than being truncated.
• As an alternative to the table index (there's just not enough space), you can now jump straight to media index for a selected letter via a new button in the header.
• Added a new Media Index list view type.
• Fixed a bug that was preventing access to servers setup behind optional mTLS. 26.2.1 06/25/2024 V26.2 has a few feature requests:

• Scrolling labels are back! If you've enabled scrolling labels in the settings, the full label will scroll, rather than being truncated.
• As an alternative to the table index (there's just not enough space), you can now jump straight to media index for a selected letter via a new button in the header.
• Added a new Media Index list view type.
• Fixed a bug that was preventing access to servers setup behind optional mTLS. 26.2 06/24/2024 Fix a bug when downloading SubSonic playlists. 26.1.1 05/09/2024 AVSub Version 26 brings exciting updates:

- Introducing a redesigned media index interface for better usability and aesthetics.
- Enjoy album art on your Apple Watch.
- Enhanced default media art for audio files.
- Larger equalizer handles for easier adjustment.
- Improved feedback during server media folder updates.
- Fixed display issues with cache download progress.
- Resolved playback interruption when disconnecting from Bluetooth.
- Fixed background playback issues on Apple Watch.
- Various minor improvements and bug fixes. 26.1 05/01/2024 AVSub Version 26 brings exciting updates:

- Introducing a redesigned media index interface for better usability and aesthetics.
- Enjoy album art on your Apple Watch.
- Enhanced default media art for audio files.
- Larger equalizer handles for easier adjustment.
- Improved feedback during server media folder updates.
- Fixed display issues with cache download progress.
- Resolved playback interruption when disconnecting from Bluetooth.
- Fixed background playback issues on Apple Watch.
- Various minor improvements and bug fixes.
- These updates aim to enhance your AVSub experience with smoother navigation, improved visuals, and better functionality. 26 04/15/2024 AVSub Version 25 has the following updates:

- A brand new cache user interface, making more use of space and with improvement to sorting
- A brand new video player adding support for most common video formats, including H264 & H265
- Apple Watch app interface improvements
- Play all/Shuffle all on Apple Watch
- Initial connection to SubSonic is now faster on startup
- Improvements to suggestions on the main screen 25 06/04/2023 This version contains a fix for playback in the Apple Watch app. 24.2.2 12/27/2022 This version fixes a bug that stopped CarPlay from working. 24.2.1 12/23/2022 V24.2 contains a fix for the bug that prevented the Apple Watch app from starting on WatchOS9 24.2 12/13/2022 AVSub Version 24.1 has the following updates:

- You can now download TV & Movies direct to the Files app, making them easily accessible to other apps on your device. e.g download a movie to Files and watch later using VLC.
- Small fixes & improvements. 24.1 06/22/2021 AVSub Version 24 has the following updates:

- For iOS 14 users, there's now a Home Screen widget. Choose from small or medium size to quickly access your most recently played albums.
- Theres a new source for artist art, including artist logos.
- You can now play random songs by genre.
- Improved movie meta data lookup.
- Improved Chromecast playback.
- Many small fixes & improvements. 24.0.2 02/13/2021 AVSub Version 24 has the following updates:

- For iOS 14 users, there's now a Home Screen widget. Choose from small or medium size to quickly access your most recently played albums.
- Theres a new source for artist art, including artist logos.
- You can now play random songs by genre.
- Improved movie meta data lookup.
- Improved Chromecast playback.
- Many small fixes & improvements. 24.0.1 01/13/2021 AVSub Version 24 has the following updates:

- For iOS 14 users, there's now a Home Screen widget. Choose from small or medium size to quickly access your most recently played albums.
- Theres a new source for artist art, including artist logos.
- You can now play random songs by genre.
- Improved movie meta data lookup.
- Improved Chromecast playback.
- Many small fixes & improvements. 24 01/11/2021 AVSub Version 23.4 has the following updates:

- You can now connect to a cast device (Google Cast, Fire TV, AVCast) direct from the now-playing screen
- Get Media now has options for fetching albums by year and random songs by year
- Tap on the artist name in the album info cell to jump to the artists page
- Long press on the back button from anywhere to navigatge back up through the screen hierarchy (iOS14)
- Improved the look of the now-playing controls
- Added Settings options to hide bookmarks, playlists, radio and podcast main menu buttons
- Fixed a bug causing Subsonic Playlist problems
- Various small tweaks for iOS14
- Internal improvements and bug fixes 23.4 10/19/2020 AVSub V23.2 is a general performance improvement release. 23.2 06/08/2020 AVSub v23.1 is a minor performance and bug fix release. 23.1 05/26/2020 AVSub Version 23 has the following updates

- The user interface has been given an overhaul to make it more efficient and better looking
- A new Mini Player floats above appropriate views so you can control playback without having to navigate to the Now-Playing screen.
- You can now browse your media by Genre from the Get Media menu
- The Apple Watch transfer process has been greatly improved, including easy access to Fast Transfer Mode and settings for maximum bitrate control
- Playlists are now accessible in CarPlay again
- Folder Changing in CarPlay now works again
- Google Cast integration has been updated and playback is now fully working again
- Various small bug fixes and performance improvements 23 05/18/2020 AVSub 22.6 has the following updates

- Improvements to the watch sync process. The default bitrate is now 160kbps and transcoding only occurs if tracks are above this rate.
- Added ability to switch between servers by long-pressing the refresh icon on the home screen.
- Added ability to refresh the art for a single album by long-pressing the album art on the album-info screen.
- Various small bug fixes 22.6 07/29/2019 AVSub V22.5 introduces a super-easy method of getting music onto your Apple Watch with the new AVSub Apple Watch extension.

You can now syncronise your Subsonic playlists to your Apple Watch direct from AVSub with a swipe and a tap. AVSub will automatically transcode files to the correct format and synchronise intelligently with your Apple Watch, only sending the appropriate changes, to ensure the sync is as fast as possible.

With the AVSub Apple Watch extension, you can play or shuffle your synchronised playlists in the background.

The AVSub Apple Watch extension also allows you to manage the playlists on your Apple Watch.

The AVSub Apple Watch extension gives you the freedom to take your music with you, without having to carry your phone. Great for exercise! 22.5 05/15/2019 V22.4 fixes a bug stopping direct download to the cache. 22.4 04/29/2019