VideoLAN, a team behind the popular VLC media player, is preparing a big update for Android platform. The company has now released a new VLC Beta app for Android with support for LG’s latest flagship smartphone, which also contains a host of new improvements.
If you want to test new features, sign up for a beta tester on the Play Store. As for some of the most notable changes, the new app supports 360-degree video controls, new grid animation, revised design for Android TV, voice search feature and more. The complete list of changes is below.
- DayNight mode integration
- Restored double/long click on remote play to skip songs
- Removed sound lowering on notification
- Force previous song on audioplayer swipe
- Fix audioplayer layout for black theme and RTL
- Save subtitles delay and optionally audio delay for each file.
- Support for LG devices with 18:9 aspect ratio.
- 360° videos support
- Adaptive (HLS/Dash) & TS playback improved
- OpenGLES 2.0 is now used to render video (for software decoders & mediacodec)
- Support for VP8/9/10 in MP4
- e-AC3 HDMI passthrough
