Pebble OwnTone Remote by ChillyDown
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Aplite screenshots:
Basalt screenshots:
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ChillyDown just released version 1.2 of Pebble OwnTone Remote!
Release notes
Version 1.2 (2026-02-23)
- Fix crash on Aplite when scrolling the Random results list
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So excited to have built and published an app!
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ChillyDown just released version 1.3 of Pebble OwnTone Remote!
Release notes
Version 1.3 (2026-02-24)
- Outputs: single-pressing an active speaker now opens volume controls directly, without changing its state
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ChillyDown just released version 1.4 of Pebble OwnTone Remote!
Release notes
Version 1.4 (2026-03-10)
- Raise max search/random results on Aplite from 4 to 8 (matching other platforms)
- Remove long-press shortcut to player window on Aplite (icons displayed incorrectly when accessed this way)
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ChillyDown just released version 1.5 of Pebble OwnTone Remote!
Release notes
v1.5 (2026-03-17)
- Player layout redesign: Dynamic text measurement using
text_layer_get_content_size()for accurate sizing- Text containers now sized exactly to rendered content height — no extra padding inside boxes
- Divider lines between track/artist/album
- Entire text block vertically centered on screen
- Overflow handling: album truncates first, then artist, then track
- Splash screen minimum display time halved (2000ms → 1000ms)
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ChillyDown just released version 1.6 of Pebble OwnTone Remote!
Release notes
v1.6 (2026-03-17)
- Fix descender clipping on track/artist text (G, g, p, y no longer cut off)
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ChillyDown just released version 1.7 of Pebble OwnTone Remote!
Release notes
v1.7 (2026-03-17)
- Fix player layout not reflowing correctly when track changes
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ChillyDown just released version 1.8 of Pebble OwnTone Remote!
Release notes
Version 1.8 (2026-03-20)
- Fix output volume window icons missing on Aplite: free outputs MenuLayer before volume window loads to stay within 24KB heap
- Free player window bitmaps when hidden on all platforms, reducing peak heap usage
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ChillyDown just released version 1.9 of Pebble OwnTone Remote!
Release notes
Version 1.9 (2026-03-21)
- Fix radio streams in player window: show track title at the top and station name at the bottom
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ChillyDown just released version 1.10 of Pebble OwnTone Remote!
Release notes
Version 1.10 (2026-04-04)
- App auto-close: after the player window closes, the app exits to the watchface if no buttons are pressed within a configurable timeout (default: 5 minutes)
- Resets on any button press in the main menu or outputs windows
- Configurable via the Battery Optimization section in settings
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ChillyDown just released version 1.11 of Pebble OwnTone Remote!
Release notes
Version 1.11 (2026-04-09)
- Fix player action bar icons sometimes missing on Aplite (prev/next/play/pause/volume/ellipsis)
- Fix heap exhaustion on Aplite: MenuLayers in list windows (main menu, favorites, queue, random, results) now freed when hidden, preventing child windows from running out of memory
- Fix brief main menu flash on Basalt before the player window appears at startup
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ChillyDown just released version 1.12 of Pebble OwnTone Remote!
Release notes
Version 1.12 (2026-04-11)
- Search: strip punctuation and normalize whitespace before querying the server, improving match quality
- Search: skip the API call and return empty results immediately if the cleaned query is empty
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ChillyDown just released version 1.13 of Pebble OwnTone Remote!
Release notes
Version 1.13 (2026-04-15)
- Player: volume level displayed as a number in the center action bar slot when volume mode is active and UP or DOWN is pressed; updates on each press and disappears when volume mode times out (both Aplite and Basalt)
- Queue: fix current track appearing as the last item with no upcoming tracks on Aplite; now correctly shows up to 4 previous and 5 upcoming items on all platforms
- Memory: major internal refactor to reduce peak heap usage on all platforms — list-based windows (queue, results, outputs, random) now share a single reusable window layer instead of each owning a persistent MenuLayer, freeing significant RAM when navigating between screens; standalone splash window removed from Basalt (replaced by a brief logo overlay in the player screen)
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