Hello Everyone,
Ban on the run 
For years, people have asked why they can’t ban content outside their library – after all, if I never want to hear a particular piece of music ever again, why would it be in my library?
We’ve heard the feedback and starting today, you can ban artists, albums, tracks, composers, and compositions without adding them to your library. This allows you to curate your music collections more precisely and free your shelves of unwanted clutter.
Roon’s handling of banned content in your library has not changed, but banning has moved into the context menu:
More importantly, your bans are now synced to your profile in Roon’s cloud services. By favoriting preferred music and banning unwanted content, you can guide Roon to recommend music that closely aligns with your tastes. This will lead to a more personalized listening experience and more frequent discovery milestones on your music journey in Roon.
You can still find banned content – in your library, in your playlists, or in search results, and you can still play banned music by playing it directly or adding it to your playlists. But it’s easier than even to ensure that Roon knows exactly what you want to hear, and what you’d prefer to stay on the shelf.
For more tips on using banning to improve Roon’s music discovery features, click here to read our blog!
Other Improvements
Meanwhile, in another corner of the Roon universe, we are excited to announce timecode lyrics in ARC, which can be accessed from the Now Playing screen. Just select the lyrics icon to toggle on lyrics mode, allowing you to follow along with the lyrics directly in time with the song.
We’ve also made ARC’s download UX more natural by introducing swiping. Swipe right to “keep” smart downloads and swipe left to delete downloads.
Lastly, as part of our ongoing efforts to improve Roon Remote on Android we have updated our minimum requirements. Going forward, our Roon Remote on Android will require Android 9 or higher.
Thanks everyone!
The Team at Roon Labs
Build Numbers
| Application | Version |
|---|---|
| Roon/ RoonServer | 2.0 (build 1455) production |
| Roon (Android) | 2.0 (build 1455) production |
| Roon (iOS) | 2.0 (build 1457) production |
| Roon ARC | 1.0 (build 295) production |
Updated versions for Android and iOS have been submitted to their respective App Stores and will be available soon.
Changes
- Revamped our banning system to make it more effective and easier to use
- Introducing Timecode Lyrics in ARC
- Enhanced performance of context menus in ARC
- Due to updated requirements from Google, Roon Remote on Android now requires Android 9+
- Manual downloads have priority over smart downloads when triggered in ARC
- Resolved ARC playback issues when app is in background on Android
- Fixed bug which prevented adding tracks from streaming services to ARC playlists
- Added left/right swipe actions to manage downloads in ARC
- Fixed bug in ARC which caused “Start Artist radio” to only play tracks from this artist
- Fixed “Improve this photo” button link in Roon
- Minor enhancements throughout the app
Installation
Cores, remotes, and ARC installations already running Roon 2.0 Production should update automatically. If you need to reinstall, the latest builds can always be found on the downloads page.