The firmware update is performed in batches such that the devices take turns getting updated. All the devices will be updated during the next few days.
Please find the list of known issues here that we're working around the clock to fix and release a solution by the ETA.
Please note the device firmware version is different from the version of the WiiM Home App. You can check your device's firmware version on the WiiM Home App. Please select the Device tab > Tap the device setting gear icon (i.e., the Cog Wheel) > Speaker Info > Firmware Version.
4.6.536237 (Latest)
Release date:
11 / 20 / 2023
Bug Fixes:
- Enhanced Remote Pairing Stability: Improved the pairing stability of the WiiM Voice Remote, ensuring a more reliable and seamless connection experience.
- TIDAL Connect Stability Improvements: Fixed problems with TIDAL Connect, including unplayable tracks and unexpected crashes, for a smoother streaming experience.
- Spotify Connect Playback Optimization: Resolved the brief silence encountered during the first half-second of song playback on Spotify Connect, ensuring uninterrupted audio from the very start of each track.
4.8.534064
Release date:
10 / 29 / 2023
What's New:
- TIDAL Hi-Res FLAC Support: Introducing support for TIDAL Hi-Res FLAC via TIDAL Connect, enabling direct streaming up to 24-bit/192kHz from TIDAL App.
- Spotify Connect Upgrade: Transitioned to the latest Spotify Connect ESDK for an enhanced user experience.
Bug Fixes:
- Service Access: Resolve a rare issue where incorrect system time settings prevented users from accessing services.
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements.
4.8.532836
Release date:
10 / 18 / 2023
What's New:
- Enhanced Amazon Music HD Streaming: Memory optimization now allows for smoother 24-bit/192kHz audio streaming on Amazon Music HD.
Bug Fixes:
- TuneIn Radio Playback: Resolved issues that were blocking playback on select TuneIn radio stations.
- WiiM Voice Remote Pairing: Fixed intermittent pairing issues with the WiiM Voice Remote for a more reliable connection.
- Bluetooth EQ Settings: Corrected EQ settings for enhanced audio output in Bluetooth mode.
4.8.530554
Release date:
9 / 26 / 2023
What’s New:
- Improved in-App Deezer experience: Deezer update with new API and functions. Please re-login to Deezer via the WiiM Home app.
- Optical Input Boost: Now enjoy multi-room audio over 48 kHz/16-bit on optical input.
Bug Fixes:
- Enhanced EQ Stability: Maintain Line-in or Optical-in input when switching between PEQ and GEQ.
- Enhanced Stability: Fix occasional crashes during volume adjustment.
- Alexa TTS: Fix noise distortion in Alexa TTS when using BT source mode.
- Radio Paradise Artwork on Squeezelite: Fix artwork display for the Radio Paradise on Squeezelite.
- Roon on Squeezelite: Fix the silence when casting audio via Squeezelite.
- Play Queue – Corrected track ordering when adding multiple Amazon albums.
- TIDAL Access: Resolved issues with third-party authentication for TIDAL access.
4.8.529056
Release date:
9 / 11 / 2023
This update includes:
- New Feature - Parametric EQ (Compatible with App version 2.5.5 or higher)
- New Feature – Choose DAC‘s digital filter type on the WiiM Pro Plus (Compatible with the new app updated in a few days)
- Fixed – DHCP improvement for IPv6 on certain routers
- Fixed - Unable to pair with the WiiM Remote occasionally
- Fixed - Multi-room audio for Line-in input of more than 48kHz input on the WiiM Pro Plus
- Fixed - Qobuz shuffle play
- Fixed - Occasional crash with Roon Ready
- Fixed - No metadata with AirPlay 2 and Amazon Music in certain use cases
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements
4.8.526344
Release date:
8 / 14 / 2023
This update includes:
- New Feature - AirPlay Cast (Compatible with App version 2.5.5 or higher)
- New Feature - Volume limit (Compatible with the new App to be updated in a few days)
- New Feature - Add entire album/playlist to the play queue for TIDAL (Compatible with the new app updated in a few days)
- Fixed - Occasional failure to stop Amazon Alexa multi-room playback
- Fixed - Pop noise with Amazon Alexa multi-room
- Fixed - Occasional crash issues for AirPlay 2 and Roon Ready
- Fixed – Fade-in/fade-out off
- Fixed - Incorrect playback order with the large Qobuz play queue
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements
4.8.524431
Release date:
7 / 27 / 2023
This update includes:
- New Feature - Support MQA core decoder for TIDAL in the WiiM Home App
- New Feature - Add entire album/playlist to the play queue for Amazon Music and Qobuz (Works with new App version 2.5.4)
- Improvement - LED status light during the Out-of-box Experience (OOBE) process
- Improvement - Better audio quality of audio prompts
- Fixed - Unable to enter standby mode after receiving the AVS notification
- Fixed - Memory leak for Chromecast
- Fixed - Sound distortion for Roon when using it for long time
- Fixed - Metadata refresh issue for TuneIn
- Fixed - Playback stuttering on certain TuneIn radios
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements
4.8.523533
Release date:
7 / 19 / 2023
This update includes:
- New Feature – Support TuneIn pre-rolling.
- Improvement - Various Qobuz improvements on favorites and queue management (Works with new App version 2.5.3).
- Improvement – Update the new AirPlay 2 SDK.
- Improvement - Show the error description of the authentication and playback exceptions on the WiiM Home app when these happen.
- Fixed - Unable to connect to the wireless network whose SSID contains the space character.
- Fixed - Rare random crash of TIDAL Connect.
- Fixed - Unable to sign in TuneIn using 3rd party services (Works with new App version 2.5.3).
- Fixed - Playback stuttering for certain TuneIn or vTuner Radios.
- Fixed - Unable to play the tracks whose format is AIFF/AIF.
- Fixed - Random crash issues for Roon.
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements.
4.8.522753
Release date:
7 / 7 /2023
This update includes:
- Fixed - Unexpected switch to Spotify Connect from another playing session.
- Fixed - Unable to play certain podcasts from TuneIn.
- Fixed - Unable to login Calm Radio account which contains space character.
- Fixed - Track skipping on Napster when using 'Play Next'.
- Fixed - Incorrect device description for UPnP/DLNA.
- Fixed - Rare random crash for Roon.
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements.
4.8.521547
Release date:
6 / 30 / 2023
This update includes:
- New Feature – Roon Ready
- Improvement – Unable to connect when using Spotify Connect
- Fixed – Rare random crash of Spotify Connect
- Fixed - Pop noise when changing tracks with different endian (Little and big-endian)
- Fixed - Unable to mute when using BT Source Mode
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements
4.8.520133
Release date:
6 / 15 / 2023
This update involves the following:
- Improvement - Pop noise optimization for the certain DACs when the optical signal switches on/off quickly (Need to adjust sample rate switch latency with WiiM Home app)
- Improvement - Power consumption of WiiM Voice Remote
- Fixed – 3S sound delay when resuming from pause for SPDIF input
- Fixed - Pop noise and incorrect metadata display for Apple AirPlay 2
- Fixed - Pop noise and freeze issues when seeking to the beginning of the playing track with TIDAL Connect for tracks under Normal and High quality
- Fixed – Initial sound cut with SPDIF output
4.8.518747
Release date:
6 / 1 / 2023
This update involves the following:
- Improvement - Cycle through all the non-empty presets by tapping the preset button on the WiiM Pro.
- Improvement - Support flc and m3u8 extension, and AIFF format for DLNA.
- Improvement - Reduces the latency of SPDIF input when auto-sensing is enabled.
- Improvement - The volume control of the voice remote adjusts the group volume instead of the volume of the master speaker when using LinkPlay multiroom.
- Fixed - L/R channel swap for SPDIF-in input mode in the rare case.
- Fixed - Random crash issues for Calm Radio Preset.
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements.
4.8.517862
Release date:
5 / 23 / 2023
This update involves the following:
- New Feature – Add separate auto-sensing of Line-in or SPDIF-in (Need to turn it on at the latest app )
- Improvement - 12V trigger out when the device is idle
- Improvement – Connection stability for Spotify Connect
- Improvement - AirPlay 2 playback smoothness
- Fixed - Pop noise with LinkPlay multiroom when using analog output
- Fixed - Pop noise with SPDIF out and Line out when exiting from idle
- Fixed - Incorrect Bluetooth reconnection
- Fixed – Rare random crash issues for the TIDAL Connect
- Fixed - Pop noise when playing iHeartRadio with Amazon Alexa multi-room
- Fixed - Incorrect playback progress after seeking when playing Podcast with Spotify Connect
- Fixed - Incorrect MIME type issue for DLNA
- Fixed - Incorrect metadata display for DLNA
- Fixed - Unexpected stop when playing DLNA content
- Fixed - LED can't be turned off
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements
4.8.515159
Release date:
4 / 27 / 2023
This update involves the following:
- New Feature - Support input source switch via Alexa for WiiM voice remote
- Improvement – Always connect to the latest one if the device has been paired with multiple Wi-Fi networks
- Improvement - Update new Spotify Connect ESDK (Preset of Spotify is invalid due to the SDK change, please use the WiiM Home companion App to save it again)
- Fixed - Pop noise with SPDIF out
- Fixed - Unable to play the tracks whose address contains space characters in some media servers such as Kodi etc
- Fixed - Random crash issues for Amazon Music
- Fixed - Unable to logout TuneIn
- Fixed - Pop noise with LinkPlay multiroom
- Fixed - The playback progress is not inaccurate at the end of the playing track
4.8.513047
Release date:
4 / 6 / 2023
This update involves the following:
- New feature - Support dynamic track metadata information for Radio Paradise
- Improvement - Add sample rate switch latency to prevent the pop noise on the certain DACs when the optical signal switches on/off quickly (Adjust it with the latest app updated in a few days)
- Fixed - Wrong volume control for Chromecast
- Fixed - Random crash issues for AirPlay 2 and TIDAL Connect
- Fixed - Unable to play music after playing ad with Amazon Music Free
- Fixed - Random crash issue when using voice control to play music with the WiiM Remote
- Fixed - No sound issue with LinkPlay multiroom on Bluetooth input
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements
4.8.511631
Release date:
3 / 23 / 2023
This update involves the following:
- New Feature - Support preset from Radio Paradise and custom URL
- Improvement – Connection stability of Spotify Connect
- Improvement – On-device LED prompt when pressing the button on the WiiM Voice Remote
- Fixed - EQ clipping when using the fixed volume option or playing music with high volume
- Fixed - Random crash issues for TIDAL Connect, Amazon Music, Qobuz and Sound Machine
- Fixed - Random crash issues in Bluetooth output mode
- Fixed - Track is skipped constantly when switching Chromecast to Bluetooth mode
- Other improvements and bug fixes
4.8.511042
Release date:
3 / 16 / 2023
This update involves the following:
- Fixed - Random crash issues for Bluetooth input
- Fixed - Unexpected stop when playing Amazon Music HD
- Other improvements and bug fixes
4.8.510764
Release date:
3 / 14 / 2023
This update involves the following:
- Improvement - TIDAL playback smoothness
- Fixed - Unexpected stop when playing Amazon Music HD
- Fixed - Unable to log in to TIDAL and Qobuz on the WiiM Home app (in the rare cases)
- Fixed - No sound when switching Chromecast to Bluetooth mode
- Fixed – One-second sound cut when changing tracks for TIDAL
- Fixed - Pop noise with the SPDIF input for certain TVs
- Fixed - Voice Control doesn't work sometimes with the WiiM Voice Remote
- Fixed - Display wrong EQ setting for custom EQ on the WiiM home App
- Other improvements and bug fixes
4.8.509547
Release date:
3 / 1 / 2023
This update involves the following:
- New Feature - Support WiiM voice remote
- Improvement - Wi-Fi connection stability
- Improvement - Reduce the SPDIF-in latency to 50ms
- Fixed - Unable to play music from preset in some rare cases
- Fixed - Unable to go to standby for COAX output
- Fixed - Pop noise with the SPDIF input for certain TVs
- Fixed - Random crash issues for Amazon Alexa multi-room
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements
4.8.507636
Release date:
2 / 14 / 2023
This update involves the following:
- Improvement - Support 10-band graphic EQ and 24 preset EQ for Chromecast
- Improvement - Support Mono mode for Chromecast
- Improvement - Dim the brightness of the status light when device goes standby
- Fixed - SPDIF in a distortion from certain TVs
- Fixed - Ethernet disconnection from some routers
- Fixed - Unexpected stop when playing AMHD
- Fixed - Unable to use the TIDAL Connect after seeking and skipping multiple times
- Fixed – Unexpected logout for Amazon Music account when the internet is inaccessible
- Fixed – Rare random crash issues for the TIDAL Connect and Spotify Connect
- Fixed - Unable to mute with Amazon Alexa
- Fixed – Play with wrong speed for the TIDAL Connect in rare cases
- Fixed - Track is skipped occasionally when playing AMHD from Amazon Music app
- Fixed - Unable to enter standby mode after pausing playback from Chromecast
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements
Important note on this release:
To let the Ethernet fix take effect, please unplug and plug the device power supply. You don't need do this if the Ethernet.
4.8.504937
Release date:
1 / 18 / 2023
This update involves the following:
- New feature - Support dynamic track metadata information for vTuner
- Improvement - Pop noise for Hi-Res audio
- Improvement - Make MQA enabled by default
- Fixed - SPDIF in a distortion from certain TVs
- Fixed - Ethernet disconnection from some routers
- Fixed - Deezer API bug
- Fixed - Multi-room audio for SPDIF input of 44.1kHz input
- Other bug fixes and improvements
4.8.503558
Release date:
1 / 4 / 2023
This update involves the following:
- New feature – Support mono mode (for the outdoor or mono speakers)
- Improvement - Support the new requirement of Amazon Prime Music (Not Amazon Music Unlimited)
- Improvement – Use 8.8.8.8 as the default DNS Server (Can be turned off with the App)
- Improvement - Keep the LED on when entering the standby mode
- Improvement - Reduce the Line-in/SPIDF-in latency to 20+ ms to improve A/V sync for TV audio
- Improvement - Wi-Fi connection stability on certain routers
- Improvement - Reduce the brightness of the LED when the device is idle
- Fixed - Playback stuttering with TIDAL Master when turning on MQA Core Decoder
- Fixed - No sound or sound distortion when using Chromecast with the Bluetooth transmitter mode
- Fixed – OTA failure for certain cases
- Fixed - Blurry album artwork for Qobuz
- Fixed – Rare random crash issues for the TIDAL Connect and Spotify Connect
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements
4.8.438466
Release date:
12 / 12 / 2022
This update involves the following:
- New Feature - Support dynamic track information in TuneIn
- New Feature - Support auto-sensing of the audio input (Only detect when the device is idle and needs turn it on with the latest App)
- Improvement - Bitrate display on app
- Fixed - No sound issue when switching Chromecast to Bluetooth mode
- Fixed - Unable to find the device as the AirPlay 2 receiver for certain cases
- Fixed – AirPlay 2 for YouTube Music
- Fixed – Auto audio sync
- Fixed - Pop noise and un-expected stop with the SPDIF input
- Fixed - Ethernet disconnection on certain routers
- Fixed - Wrong volume after unmute
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements
4.8.437046
Release date:
11 / 29 / 2022
This update involves the following:
- New Feature - EQ for Chromecast (Need use Google Home app to adjust EQ)
- Improvement - Playback stuttering when resampling
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements
4.8.435659
Release date:
11 / 15 / 2022
This update involves the following:
- Fixed - Can't reset factory settings issue
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements