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release v5.2.1
Ship the first Obtainium build of this Forgejo fork with TwitchAdSolutions ad blocking.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
2026-09-30 11:36:03 +02:00

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v5.2.1

September 30, 2026

New Features

  • Added TwitchAdSolutions-style ad blocking for the native player (and best-effort WebView inject), with a Settings toggle.
  • Added Forgejo Obtainium release builds for this fork.

v5.2.0

August 16, 2026

New Features

  • Added moderator actions to delete messages, timeout, ban, and unban users from the message long-press menu and user panel (by @francislavoie on GitHub).
  • Added channel bubbles in Twitch shared chat, so you can focus one participant or hide their messages.

Improvements

  • Improved the default video player by switching to native. It handles Picture-in-Picture, quality selection, and latency better than the legacy WebView player.
  • Improved native player stability across device rotation (by @francislavoie on GitHub).
  • [Android] Improved native player latency for live streams (by @francislavoie on GitHub).

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed the video player getting stuck paused with a play button that did nothing after leaving and returning to a stream.
  • Fixed long-presses missing in fast-moving chat (by @francislavoie on GitHub).

v5.1.0

June 13, 2026

New Features

  • Added a new experimental native video player option with quality selection, audio-only playback, Picture-in-Picture support, and improved latency recovery.
  • Added merged chat mode for multi-tab chat, so messages from active tabs can be viewed together.
  • Added new chat settings for keeping the screen on and showing timestamps on historical messages.
  • Added support for linking your Twitch web session so the native player can use authenticated playback on eligible channels.

Improvements

  • Improved chat send reliability, especially when chat delay is enabled.
  • Improved chat delay sync so control messages, acknowledgements, and reconnect notices are not delayed with chat messages.
  • Improved video stability around refreshes, stalls, high latency, Picture-in-Picture, fullscreen, and ad breaks.
  • Redesigned chat tabs with unread indicators, connection state styling, and disconnect options.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed recent messages failing on valueless or escaped IRC tags.
  • Fixed shared chat badges and emotes lingering after leaving shared chat.
  • Fixed recent searches not saving from type-to-search.
  • Fixed auto-synced chat delay not applying when toggled on mid-session.
  • Fixed long chat inputs overlapping the message list.
  • Fixed a video refresh race that could leave a black screen with only the play button visible.
  • Fixed fullscreen button and system UI state getting out of sync.
  • Fixed landscape safe area and iPad gesture padding issues.
  • Fixed Twitch/API auth requests that could hang instead of failing cleanly.

v5.0.5

January 9, 2026

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed lag/frame drops in overlay chat mode.
  • Fixed draggable divider still interactable in fullscreen mode.
  • Fixed landscape bottom padding in chat bottom bar.
  • [iOS] Fixed user agent breaking login.

See all release notes at https://github.com/tommyxchow/frosty/releases