Choral

Changelog

Release Notes

What's new in Choral, release by release.

Choral 0.9.5

Latest July 10, 2026

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.
Download Latest Version Requires macOS 15 or later.

Choral 0.9

July 10, 2026

Choral speaks your language.

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

Choral 0.8

July 10, 2026

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.

Choral 0.7.6

July 10, 2026

TIDAL and Deezer join the lineup.

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

Choral 0.7.5

July 10, 2026

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.

Choral 0.7

July 9, 2026

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.

Choral 0.6

July 9, 2026

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.

Choral 0.5

July 9, 2026

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.