App Changelog

Chronological timeline of features, improvements, and engine patches in Vortyx.

October 4, 2026

v1.1.0 Enhanced Release

Major Feature Update

“A major performance and capability update adding 70+ supported platforms, video trimming, native audio extraction, 64KB high-speed download buffering, and rich song previews.”

High-Speed Download Engine & Trimming

  • Upgraded network stream buffering from 8 KB to 64 KB, eliminating download stalling and unexpected cancellations.
  • Interactive Video Trimmer: Select start and end seconds visually and download the exact trimmed clip.
  • Video-to-Audio Extractor: 1-tap extraction of audio tracks directly from video sources into MP3, M4A, or WAV.
  • Explicit format container badges ([MP4], [WEBM], [MP3], [M4A], [WAV]) and full resolution spectrum (144p to 4K).

70+ Platform Registry & Fast Previews

  • Expanded platform detection to over 70 portals including YouTube Music, Spotify, Crunchyroll, Twitch, and more.
  • ExoPlayer Audio Preview Player: Full song preview with spinning artwork, artist metadata, seekbar, and scrub controls.
  • Instant Spotify 30s preview audio fallback directly from track metadata.
June 27, 2026

v1.0.0 Stable

Initial Release

“This is the initial stable release of Vortyx, bringing high-performance offline-first downloading to Android.”

Media Resolver Engine

  • Coordinated link resolution utilizing Cobalt API, Gemini 3.5 Flash, and MediaPick backend scrapers.
  • Universal portal detection for over 50 social, music, video, and creative directories.
  • Clipboard auto-detect scanner that matches copied URLs locally on the home screen.
  • Foreground batch queue manager built using Android WorkManager for parallel streams.

Built-in Playback Center

  • Video Player: Gesture controls, hardware acceleration, and system Picture-in-Picture (PiP) window support.
  • Music Player: Asynchronous Media3 background service with system Media Session notifications.
  • Image Viewer: Full-screen display with multi-touch pinch-to-zoom and basic metadata inspection.
  • File Manager: Offline list allowing users to rename, open, or delete files directly in Room DB storage.

Design & UX

  • Beautiful Material Design 3 components featuring rounded cards, fluid selections, and bottom navigation tabs.
  • Dynamic color accents syncing with dark or light modes.
  • Local preference settings including Wi-Fi only downloading schedules and parallel thread limits.