Drive: files and folders now work like a desktop file explorer - click to select, double-click to open, Shift-click for a range, Ctrl-click to pick several at once
Drive: move things by dragging them onto a folder, in the list or the side folder tree (on phone, long-press an item then drag)
Drive: rename right in place - click a name (or press F2) and type, then Enter or click away to save, Escape to cancel
Drive: Ctrl+A selects everything, and clicking an empty area clears the selection
Drive on phone: tap to open, use the checkboxes to select, and tap the pencil to rename in place
v6.0.52026-06-25
Home: while dragging, the drop highlight now follows your finger instead of lagging behind
Home: holding a shortcut to drag it no longer pops up the browser's "copy link" menu, wherever you grab it
v6.0.42026-06-25
Home: fixed the drag-to-reorder slide animation not showing on phones - it now plays reliably on mobile (apps and shortcuts glide into place as you drag)
v6.0.32026-06-25
Home: the drag-to-reorder slide animation (apps and shortcuts gliding into place) now plays on phones too - it was being hidden by the phone's Reduce Motion setting
v6.0.22026-06-25
Home: the Sonear app icon (when you add it to your home screen) is now the home symbol, matching the home button used across the apps
v6.0.12026-06-25
Home: fixed the search-engine menu opening behind the shortcuts and apps, which made it hard to pick an engine
v6.0.02026-06-25
A brand-new home page, built around a Google-style search bar. Type and press Enter to search the web, and switch the engine (Google, Wikipedia, DuckDuckGo, YouTube) from the icon on the left. It works even when you're signed out
Shortcuts: a row for your favourite links (Vert is there by default). Add your own with the + button, drag to reorder, remove one with its x
Arrange your apps your way: drag them to reorder (press and hold on a phone) and pick how they look - list, compact, icons, or large tiles
Drag an app onto the Bin to archive it, then restore it from there. Your layout, order, shortcuts and search engine are saved to your account, so they follow you to every device
v5.13.02026-06-24
Emoji Mix: the output settings are now sliders - set the size (50 to 250 px) and the white-outline thickness, and switch either one off entirely
Admin: a sub-permission's status dot now takes on its parent app's colour
v5.12.02026-06-23
Emoji Mix: a new Explore tab. Pick one emoji and browse every mash it makes as a grid, then tap one to share, copy or download it
Emoji Mix: a settings menu to set the output size and white-outline thickness (the padding adjusts automatically so the outline never clips)
Emoji Mix: a denser, more compact picker (more emoji visible at once) and a fresh app icon
v5.11.02026-06-22
New app: Emoji Mix. Combine two emoji into a single sticker (Google's Emoji Kitchen mashups). Browse emoji by category, then share it straight to another app (Discord, Messages…), copy it to your clipboard, or download it at 200×200 as a GIF (with a white sticker outline) or a clean PNG (no outline)
Admin: per-app sub-permissions (such as Drive's Conversion) are now nested under their parent app in the permissions list
Watch Together: Browse library is now locked for accounts without Drive access
v5.10.02026-06-21
Watch Together: named rooms with a knock-to-join lobby, and the owner can rename the room from inside it
Watch Together: close your own room for everyone (replaces Leave) with full-width room cards; admins can force-enter or force-close a room and keep it to one room per user
Watch Together: the Drive library can be browsed by category, and you can request a title you'd like added
Watch Together: subtitles for Drive videos (with an X-Large size), and a resolution readout on library videos
Watch Together: screen-sharing moved into the source bar, chat docked to the right, and the room code button now copies the full join link
Watch Together: Up next entries are clickable to jump straight to a video; fixed queue edits rewinding the video, and screen-share autoplay now applies to the whole room
v5.9.02026-06-20
Watch Together: a YouTube-style layout with the player and "Up next" side by side on desktop, autoplay, and clearer controls; cinema mode now fits the player to your screen height
Drive: when an upload would overwrite a file, you're asked whether to keep both, replace, or skip
Every app: the app name in the header now links back to that app's home
v5.8.02026-06-19
Drive: the admin notice can now be styled. When you post it, choose a look (Info, Success, Warning or Alert), each with its own colour and icon, in a redesigned dialog with a larger, multi-line message box
Drive: errors and the admin notice now stretch the full width of the page, above the folder tree
v5.7.02026-06-19
Drive: convert videos without leaving the app. Select one or more videos (MKV, AVI, MOV and more) and convert them to MP4, WebM, MOV, MKV or GIF. They're converted right on the home server (using the graphics card when available), with live progress in a tray, and your original file is always kept
Drive: conversion is permission-controlled. An admin grants a new Conversion permission per account in the Admin app; without it, Convert stays hidden
Drive: a conversion keeps showing its progress even if you leave the page and come back; the progress panel now sits under the folder tree on desktop (a bottom bar on phones) and can be reduced to just its summary
Drive: share several files or folders at once (select them, then Share), plus a new bulk delete in the selection bar
Drive: the selection bar and the per-file buttons are now matching compact icons; Convert moved off each row into the selection bar
Drive: the back button now shows a home icon at the top level of My Drive, where it takes you back to the Sonear hub
v5.6.12026-06-18
Polish: the archived-apps Bin now opens in place (a flyout beside the dock, or a popover above the hub's Bin button, with an animated lid) instead of shifting the dock or covering the screen
v5.6.02026-06-18
New app dock (desktop): a switcher on the right edge to jump to any app from anywhere, without going home first. Archived apps tuck behind an archive button at the bottom
Wider layouts: Drive, Rocket League, Watch Together, Admin and Account now use the full screen width on desktop
Drive: a folder tree on the left (desktop) with My Drive and Shared with me tabs for quick jumping between folders; shared folders show blue, public folders orange
Drive: an admin can post a notice at the top of Drive, with an optional live countdown to when it's back; folders shared with you (and their badges) now appear even while the Drive server is offline, and errors moved to the top
Watch Together: clearer screen-sharing help: share a browser tab to include sound without echoing your call (audio sharing needs Chrome or Edge); the app dock gets out of the way in cinema mode
v5.5.02026-06-16
Watch Together: the Drive source is now a curated library. I add movies and series episodes (searched from TMDB, with posters and titles), and everyone in a room browses a clean menu, with search, that plays in sync
Watch Together: a whole season can be added at once from a Drive folder (files matched to episodes automatically), and the library is managed grouped by series and season, with bulk remove
Drive: folders shared with you no longer disappear after a share change (they used to vanish until a refresh)
Admin: fixed the phone layout (no more zooming out), the tabs and buttons are now compact icons, the notifications bell lights up and rings when on, and notifications stay enabled across reopens
Home: a new Vert card for quick file conversion; archived apps are smaller in the Contact form's list
v5.4.02026-06-16
New Watch Together app: create or join a room by code and watch in sync with friends. Queue up YouTube videos and videos from public Drive folders, with skip and auto-advance
Watch Together: cinema mode (full-width player), screen sharing with audio and adjustable quality, and a temporary side chat that clears when the room closes
Drive: deleting a shared or public folder now removes its sharing rules, so deleted folders no longer linger as "ghosts"
v5.3.22026-06-15
Apps you don't have access to now appear locked (greyed with a lock icon) instead of being hidden, so you can see the full set of apps
Admin now uses a shield icon
v5.3.12026-06-15
Admin: the activity log now groups a user's consecutive actions into one expandable entry (and by app inside it), so a busy stretch stays tidy while you can still open it to see each action
Activity log entries are kept for 90 days, then automatically removed
v5.3.02026-06-15
Every app now has a Contact me button (not just the home page): send a message, feedback or an idea, or reach me on Discord
Admin: the Overview is now a live activity log showing who is online and what is happening across the apps, with per-app and per-user filters
Admin: optional push notifications to your phone when a new message comes in
Home: the Contact and Bin buttons no longer overlap the page on small screens
v5.2.02026-06-15
Drive: folder icons are now colour-coded by access: green (yours), blue (shared with you), orange (public); the shared marker is blue, and folders you don't own carry the person/globe glyph inside the folder rather than as a corner pin
Drive: on Home your folders and the ones shared with you are now sorted together alphabetically, and a new toggle hides the ones you don't own
Drive: the folder path stays on one line (shortened with "…" when it's too long) and the toolbar buttons are now compact icons
Home: the changelog now opens by tapping the Sonear.xyz title (the version shows just below it); MuscleMap and Heartopia moved to the Bin (archived apps, bottom-right)
Home: new Contact me button to send a message, feedback, or an idea for a new or existing app, or reach me on Discord @sonear
v5.1.02026-06-10
New app: Account. Change your username, email and password, see your sign-in methods, download your data, or delete your account
Your @username (or email) in any app's header is clickable to set your username
v5.0.02026-06-10
One app = one PWA: MuscleMap, Rocket League, Heartopia, Drive and Admin are now standalone apps at their own addresses. Install each one you use from its page
The home page lists every app directly (no more Workout/Gaming/Utility groupings); old addresses redirect
Admin: redesigned to match the other apps, simpler one-toggle-per-app permissions, more useful overview
Drive: folders now open instantly (cached + refreshed in the background), thumbnails load from cache instead of re-downloading
Drive: new upload tray with real progress, speed, cancel & retry, and large files (>100 MB) now upload reliably from phones
Sonear Drive: when you open a folder shared with you, a header now shows "Shared by @owner · read-only/can edit", and the folder icons are consistent, so the contents no longer look like they're yours
v4.10.22026-06-09
Sonear Drive: shared & public folders can now be selected (checkboxes) and downloaded together, even when you're not the owner
Sonear Drive: the "shared"/"public" text tag is now a small icon on the folder (a person for shared, a globe for public), so it stays visible on phones regardless of folder-name length
v4.10.12026-06-09
Sonear Drive: shared & public folders on your Home now have a Download button (grab the whole folder without opening it)
Sonear Drive: files and subfolders inside a shared folder now also show the shared/public badge, on both the owner's and the recipient's side
v4.10.02026-06-09
Sonear Drive: folders you've shared now show a badge ("shared" or "public") so you can tell at a glance
Sonear Drive: you can make a folder public: viewable by anyone with a Sonear Drive account (you choose read-only or can-edit)
Sonear Drive: public folders appear in a list on everyone's Home
v4.9.32026-06-09
Sonear Drive: fixed the file list being blank on load / refresh (a variable-name typo stopped the initial listing from running)
v4.9.22026-06-09
Sonear Drive: folders shared with you now appear right on your Home (with a "shared" badge), no separate tab to switch to
v4.9.12026-06-09
Sonear Drive: My Drive & Shared with me are now tabs in one place (fixes the blank screen when switching); the back button goes up one folder; a "select all" checkbox replaces Clear
v4.9.02026-06-09
Sonear Drive: private per-user files + sharing: pick a @username, share folders (read or edit), and browse what's shared with you
v4.8.02026-06-08
Renamed File Box to Sonear Drive (now at /utility/#drive)
v4.7.12026-06-08
File Box: reworded copy/errors for people I share with (e.g. "contact me" instead of "make sure it's running")
v4.7.02026-06-08
Security: File Box media/download links no longer carry your login token in the URL; they use short-lived, read-only signed links instead
v4.6.32026-06-07
File Box: clearer error message (shows the actual HTTP status instead of always saying "cannot reach")
v4.6.22026-06-07
Fixed apps failing to load on devices holding a cached older version. Shared scripts are now version-stamped so updates apply right away
v4.6.12026-06-07
File Box: a play badge now marks video thumbnails
v4.6.02026-06-07
File Box: image & video thumbnails in the file list (cached server-side; video thumbnails need ffmpeg on the server)
v4.5.02026-06-07
File Box: rename files and folders, and move items into other folders (with a destination picker)
v4.4.12026-06-07
Removed the link-preview embed (Open Graph / Twitter card) from shared links
v4.4.02026-06-07
File Box: the folder you're in and the file you're viewing now live in the URL, so Back (and the phone back gesture) closes the viewer or steps up one folder instead of leaving the app, and links are shareable
v4.3.12026-06-07
File Box: the selection bar now floats instead of pushing the file list down
v4.3.02026-06-07
File Box: select multiple items and download as a zip, and download whole folders
File Box: preview images and play videos directly in the app
v4.2.02026-06-05
Admin: redesigned into a professional dashboard (tabbed Overview & Permissions)
Admin: per-app master toggles that switch all sub-apps on/off, alongside per-sub-app controls
v4.1.02026-06-05
New app: Sonear Utility with File Box, a self-hosted file store (upload/download with folders) served from your own machine
v4.0.02026-06-03
Security: closed a permission loophole; access is now enforced server-side, emails masked for non-owners
Backend: per-sub-app cloud storage and per-sub-app permissions (scales to new apps)
v3.6.02026-03-25
Gaming: Heartopia, a piano roll macro editor with SQLite DB import/export
Gaming: Synthesia & FL Studio view modes, snap-to-grid, playback
v3.5.32026-03-14
Updated embed image with all three app cards
v3.5.22026-03-14
Admin: removed hardcoded owner email, owner check now server-side via RPC
Admin: "Owner" role badge in overview
v3.5.12026-03-14
Admin: fix views not loading for non-owner admins (auth race condition)
v3.5.02026-03-14
Admin: owner-only admin toggle, non-owners can't grant admin
Admin: masked emails for non-owner admins (privacy)