Hello Everyone,
In this release, we’ve focused on improving the in-car experience when using ARC. We’ve fixed a few critical bugs related to image loading in Android Auto and Carplay and updated the UI in both to help you find more content quickly and access more information in browsers.
Perhaps the most notable improvement in ARC is the introduction of voice search in the car. Now you can play tracks, albums, genres, and playlists completely hands-free.
For Android, to use ARC with Google Assistant in the car, first ensure you don’t have another application set as your default music app. Go to Settings > Assistant Settings > Music, and select “No default option.” After that, connect your phone to your car, and you’ll see a voice activation button on the screen. Make sure the ARC app is open and visible in the Android Auto controls.
For iOS, when you’re in Carplay, you can select the “Search” tab and press the Siri card at the top of the page. Alternatively, you can use Siri as normal (“Hey Siri”), but be sure to explicitly ask her to “play X in Roon ARC.” After being explicit for a while, Siri should learn and make ARC the default for music operations.
On the Roon side, we’ve addressed a couple of longstanding issues related to clients that could cause freezing or crashing under certain conditions. This fix should provide a more stable experience across different platforms.
Give it a try and let us know what you think 
Thank you for your continued support,
The Team at Roon Labs
Build Numbers
| Application | Version |
|---|---|
| Roon / RoonServer | (build 1405) earlyaccess |
| Roon ARC | (build 264) earlyaccess |
Updated versions for Android and iOS have been submitted to their respective App Stores and will be available soon.
Changes
- Enabled voice control for CarPlay and Android Auto
- Fixed a bug where Roon’s iOS and Android remote apps could freeze
- Fixed a crash that occurred when pressing the login button in Roon
- Corrected missing file paths in Roon Remote on iPad
- Improved the Android Auto user interface
- Enhanced the CarPlay user interface
- Fixed a bug where pausing SDL caused the manual download progress bar to appear
- Made minor improvements to the onboarding process
Installation
Cores, remotes, and ARC installations already running earlyaccess should update automatically. If you need to reinstall, the latest earlyaccess builds can always be found at the following links.
| macOS: | Roon | |
| Windows: | Roon | |
| Linux: † | Easy Installer | Full Package |
| Nucleus / ROCK: | See Help Center | |
| Android APKs: | Roon Remote | Roon ARC |
† Information on loading Roon on Linux can be found here . Please use the files linked here in place of those from the help center article when loading earlyaccess.