Listening Post v2026.0.8 (Beta 8)

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New beta build is out, grab it from the Listening Post product page!

:construction: :construction: :construction: THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. The database model is subject to change, that’s why it’s still beta. There might be breaking changes from one beta to the next! And now you know. :wink: :construction: :construction: :construction:

Released on 2026-03-16.

New & Exciting

  • Welcome window — First-time users now get a welcome screen that introduces the app and walks through getting started. You can reopen it anytime from the menu bar.

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  • Microphone permission guidance — If mic access is denied or revoked, the app tells you what happened and how to fix it, including a dedicated Microphone tab in Settings that deep-links to System Settings.

  • Maloja channel — Scrobble to Maloja, a self-hosted music tracking server. Supports automatic scrobbling and Now Playing.

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  • Spotify-based baseline enrichment — The enrichment pipeline now pulls from Spotify’s catalog instead of MusicBrainz. (No Spotify account needed!) Every recognized track gets album title, release year, artwork, and a Spotify URL right away. This feeds into ListenBrainz submissions, fediverse posts, file exports, and everything else downstream.

  • Richer enrichment data — Deezer, ListenBrainz, and Rocksky now extract additional metadata from their APIs.

  • Bluesky & Mastodon in the “Scrobbled to” footer — The track menu’s timestamp section now includes automated Bluesky and ActivityPub posts.

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  • File channel — Exports now auto-regenerate when enrichment channel configuration changes.

No Longer Broken

  • For people for whom Beta 7 was the first install, music recognition was effectively broken. Apologies! This is fixed now. If it isn’t, hit me up, please!
  • Track menu — Track context menu now updates in real-time when you enable, disable, or reconfigure a channel. Previously required an app restart.
  • Bluesky channel
    • Credentials are no longer wiped when the app hits a transient network error after a force-quit.
    • The default manual post template now matches ActivityPub’s format.
    • The post dialog no longer vanishes when you trigger it a second time.
    • Character counter in post dialogs no longer wraps to a second line.
  • Mastodon / ActivityPub channel
    • Added Spotify URL placeholder for your post templates.
    • The post dialog no longer vanishes when you trigger it a second time.
    • Character counter in post dialogs no longer wraps to a second line.
  • ListenBrainz Compatible channel — The API URL field has a clearer label and hint text.
  • ShazamKit errors are now intercepted and dealt with, instead of silently giving up.
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I really like the recent documentation updates as well as latest enhancements for Spotify, Local Files, Bluesky, etc. I was away recently, but now that I’m back, I’m enjoying ListeningPost again. Thanks.

Doug Warren