The startup animation has been changed from a ‘spinner’ to a circular progress bar.
File uploads from http://my.jooki.rocks are now more reliable and more error conditions are detected and shown.
Spotify: Use ‘Forget this Device’ in the Spotify app if you want to change the Spotify account on Jooki.
General WiFi & Spotify reliability. (Fixed a hardware config bug affecting some Jooki + fixed bug causing some Jooki to have two network addresses)
Fixed missing or undefined entries in Device Info page.
Pressing Prev,Vol-,Vol+,Next together now also pauses music and tests internet connection.
Unplugging headphones no longer changes the volume.
Removed
Internet Explorer is no longer supported. File uploads were buggy. Please use Google Chrome (or Edge).
2019-11-04 Firmware 3.8.6-nk-79b97b7c
New
Spotify Free support!
Improved
SD card initialization should be more reliable.
Firmware update reliability.
Delete track now works even if the file has been manually deleted from the SD card.
WiFi channels 12 and 13 also supported (if available).
2019-08-20 Firmware 3.6.7-ol-6fd0d61c
Improved
Spotify connectivity fixes.
Full support for hidden SSID WiFi networks (on 2.4 GHz).
2018-12-18 Firmware 3.5.9-nd-f887547
What’s New
Playback: Shuffle and repeat-track for files (and fixed bug that was losing these settings)
Improved
WiFi: new WiFi driver (fixes WiFi crash on some Samsung tablets).
WiFi: better support for open WiFi networks.
WiFi: fixed slow connection time if Jooki’s IP address changed.
Updates: Fixed bug preventing some Jooki from updating promptly.
Mobile app: gray-out screen when switching back to app until connected with Jooki reestablished.
BLE setup fixes.
2019-06-28 Firmware: 3.5.7-m3-461d8e5
Hold down prev, next, vol+ and vol- for Jooki debug info
Play sound when Jooki successfully connects to WiFi.
Fix slow power off on some Jooki.
Play audio notification after user reset.
Default content: reduce file size.
2018-11-15 Firmware 3.5.3-wi-ae85bb9
Improved WiFi reliability.
Support Spotify repeat-one track.
2018-10-23 Firmware: 3.4.10-vm-8177c4e
Improved
Fixed playback resume for longer playlists.
WiFi setup - Support for 40-bit hexadecimal WEP keys in WiFi setup. (Note we recommend updating your router to use the more secure WPA option).
Fixed hang when repeatedly switching airplane mode on and off.
2018-10-22 Firmware: 3.4.9-vm-b1459ca
What’s New
Voicemail - Create a Voicemail playlist and record messages on your phone.
Changed
Removed power-off sound so as not to disturb sleeping kids.
Updates are now in the background and don’t interrupt playback.
Improved
Auto-power off due to inactivity didn’t work on some Jooki with low power.
NFC figurine detection.
Deezer playback no longer stops on some Jooki. Shuffle and repeat fixed.
Fixed occasional ‘Jooki not found … ping timeout’ error.
Spotify: more tweaks to improve discovery.
Airplane slider reliability.
2018-08-07 Firmware: 3.2.11-ml-77bcda5
What’s New
Deezer Premium support
Added French and German voice notifications. Select language during WiFi setup or at http://my.jooki.rocks.
Improvements
Removed the “Hold down to power off” message since Jooki auto powers off after 15 minutes.
Changed the toy safe mode on/off notifications from voice to beeps.
Warn if user tries to upload more than 100 files at once.
Fixed
Spotify: Jooki did not show up in ‘Devices Available’ for some users.
Excessive Startup time (2 minutes) for users with 1000 tracks.
Show connected Bluetooth devices (and don’t auto power off while BT device connected)
Audiobook: repeat mode will no longer apply to audiobooks.
2018-06-11 Firmware: 3.2.2-5dc5cf6
Improved
Removed unnecessary ‘Please use Spotify app to connect to Jooki’ messages on startup.
Some users got stuck on the registration page.
Jooki failed to recognize some SD cards.
Don’t warn about low power if Jooki is charging via USB.
Support WiFi passwords with length > 13 characters.
Reboot to clear ‘Jooki is too hot’ message.
2018-04-18 Firmware: 3.1.2-76f3cd4
Improved
Web radio: no more glitches.
Product registration: added owner name.
WiFi setup: Jooki should now be available at my.jooki.rocks immediately after saving your WiFi credentials.
2018-04-04 Firmware: 3.1.1-70f0ca9
New
Spotify Support
Owner registration
WEP support for old WiFi networks.
Pressing Prev + Next buttons together no longer triggers a soft-restart.
Improved
Audio is paused for system notification and then resumed.
2018-03-21 Firmware: 3.0.1-57bfc2d
New
Seek bar
Repeat button
New audiobook playlist type with Skip forwards/back 15 seconds buttons.
Filter search added to ‘add track’ page.
Turn off after 15 minutes of inactivity.
Turn off via app.
Show temperature in Device Info page. Warns if too high!
LEDs turn blue while loading music (noticeable when web radio is buffering)
LEDs flash blue when you connect to Jooki with mobile or web app.
Improved
App no longer generates an error if connection takes too long.
File upload reliability.
When an SD card is inserted for the first time, don’t stop copying after 1 min 30 seconds. Also notify the user every 30 seconds until copying is complete.
Battery percentage display.
Reduced web radio skipping.
2018-01-04 Firmware: 2.0.5-6e4eee9
New
Flat Token support (and renaming of existing Characters)
Mobile app: Device Info page, switch between Jooki on your network.
Improved
Web radio reliability.
File upload reliability and better progress notification.
2017-11-24
Delete tracks from ‘Unused Tracks’ now actually removes files
