v5.2.0

[InfinityLoop1308]

New Features

• Added experimental support for the YouTube SABR protocol, with an option to force enable it in Advanced Settings (YouTube)
• Support downloading videos while logged into an account (YouTube)
• Re-added support for auto-translated captions (works only when logged into an account) (YouTube)
• Support searching for videos within a specific channel (YouTube)
• Support sorting videos within a channel (YouTube)
• Persist the last selected search filters
• Support custom aspect ratio in the video player
• Support positioning the tab bar at the bottom of the home page
• Support themed icon

Bug Fixes

• Fix some videos failing to parse and showing content unavailable errors (YouTube)
• Fix all playlists showing as empty(YouTube)
• Fix "Related videos" missing upload dates on the video page (YouTube)
• Fix the app incorrectly auto-selecting the highest resolution when the video's lowest available resolution is lower than the default setting
• Fix SponsorBlock segment markers not updating correctly when switching videos in the same queue
• Fix the "Send Email" function failing to correctly identify email apps on the device
• Fix an issue where all videos in a playlist incorrectly showed the playlist creator as their uploader (YouTube)
• Fix playback errors causing some videos to stop unexpectedly (Bilibili)
• Fix downloading not working on armv7 and x86 architectures (Bilibili, Niconico)
• Fix b23.tv short links not being parsed correctly (Bilibili)
• Fix timestamps in links being ignored (Niconico)
• Fix comments not displaying correctly when enabling the experimental new UI
• Fix crashes occurring in specific scenarios

UI

• Remove the recommendation to enable the dedicated feed and move the related setting to Advanced Settings
• Update the display of the search history button on the main tab to avoid duplicate icons
• Update Russian translations
• Update Polish translations

Others

• Fully support 16KB page size, slightly improving performance on Android 16+
• Upgrade target SDK to 36
• Improve stability

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Which APK should you download?

• arm64-v8a should work on most devices.
• armeabi-v7a if your device is a 15+ year old phone.
• x86_64 for 64-bit Android simulators (on a PC).
• x86 for 32-bit simulators.

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This discussion was created from the release v5.2.0.

[g180]

@InfinityLoop1308 I have nothing but respect for your hard work all the time. Thank you for the release.

[faizul726]

+1

[BigPiddles]

v7a doesn't seem to be working right i think :(

i've been using the v7a variants on my android 5.0 tablet but this is the first time it just keeps giving a parsing error each time i open the apk.

edit: went to try the 5.2.0 betas, and all of their v7a variants have the same issue.

[InfinityLoop1308]

Unfortunately we don't support Android 5 starts from 5.2.0. The main reason for this is that Google's Jetpack/AndroidX libraries, which are fundamental to any Android project, have been requiring API 23 since June 2025.

For more info please see TeamNewPipe/NewPipe#13438

[xxxb-g]

@InfinityLoop1308 I have no Idea of this stuff, but couldn't you just change the code of the library so it supports Android 5?

[xxxb-g]

This update is soo packed with good features. Thank you very much that you keep improving this app!!