Spot5

Polish and speed: faster artwork, names in more languages, and a calmer look.

What's new

• Faster artwork. Covers download over connections kept open per image server, launch waits only for the first screen's covers, and Home and Library fetch the rest ahead of you. Launch is about 2 seconds quicker and covers load about a quarter faster; scrolling stays smooth.
• Names in more languages. Accented letters (Göransson, São Paulo), Greek and Cyrillic now show instead of ?. Malayalam titles are shaped properly, with joined letters and vowel signs in their right place.
• Button hints in Spot5's own style on every screen, with lists fading out under them.
• No surprise playback after pairing. Music moved to the console when you log in from your phone starts paused.
• Now Playing shows artwork at once, using a smaller copy until the full-size cover arrives.
• Clear cache no longer freezes the screen.
• Settings › About shows the version as 1.1.0.

Install or update

• Download PPSA99061.zip below and unzip it.
• Copy the PPSA99061 folder to /data/homebrew/PPSA99061 on the console over FTP (replace the old files to update; your login and settings are kept).
• Register it with your homebrew launcher (etaHEN, ShadowMountPlus), launch Spot5, and pick PS5 in the Spotify app on your phone.

You need a jailbroken PS5 that runs homebrew (tested on firmware 13.00) with an ELF loader on port 9021, a Spotify Premium account, and a phone on the same network. See the README for details.

Known limitations

• Music stops when you start a game.
• Spotify DJ can't be played from the console yet.
• Scripts other than Latin, Greek, Cyrillic and Malayalam (for example Hindi, Tamil, Japanese or Arabic) still show ?.