LBRY Desktop and Android Releases - UNIFICATION!

Hey LBRYians, happy Friday! We’re proud to announce a dual release for Desktop and Android - Heisenberg and CartWheel! The biggest feature for both is allowing account/wallet syncing across multiple devices, including existing Desktop users. See https://lbry.com/faq/account-sync for more details.

Desktop changes:

  • You can now comment on channel pages via the Discussions tab
  • Use markdown / embed images in comments.
  • Keyboard shortcuts on videos (arrow keys to skip, m to mute, and f for full screen).
  • Subscription auto downloads temporarily disabled

Android changes:

  • Ability to share URLs from content pages
  • Playback fixes on some mobile networks
  • URL auto suggestions (see Settings to enable)

See the blog post here: https://lbry.com/news/unification

Desktop release notes: https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/releases/tag/v0.37.0

Android release notes: https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-android/releases/tag/0.10.0