Release Notes
OnSong 2026.4
OnSong 2026.4 will release on November 1, 2026. The following items have been added, changed or fixed:
New
- Android is now home to OnSong with full feature parity and interoperability with the iOS/iPadOS version.
Additions
- Added the ability to set actions and perform the twist gesture on the Flic Duo in iOS/iPadOS.
- Added the new wired video button on the bottom of the External Video Menu to indicate if wired video is connected and to choose what gets displayed.
- Added the ability to time a scene step transition in beats so that lights, projector backgrounds and overlays fade for the same number of beats at any tempo.
- Added Smart TVs and Live Streaming support to the External Video menu on the Mac.
- Added a "Don't Show Again" option to the "Not Secure" help page for Console on the Mac.
- Added the ability to import TrueType and OpenType fonts for selection in the custom fonts list.
- Added the ability to attach crash logs to diagnostics when contacting support.
- Added the ability to view the number of in-use devices and if it exceeds the plan limits.
Changes
- Changed an the date format in the attachment properties screen.
- Changed Live Streaming to draw only while an NDI receiver is connected or an RTMP stream is live, and idle when not animating.
- Changed the AirPlay instructions to show a bundled poster with a play button above the steps, styled like the AirTurn setup screens.
- Changed the Live Bar play button to offer turning Backing Track playback on when the song has a track but playback is off in Live Settings › Playback, instead of opening the track picker.
- Changed the description of the Live settings group to omit the Run In Background detail since it had moved.
- Changed the OnSong Console sheet to start at the top without repeating its title.
- Changed the font choices in Settings › Text Formatting to be labeled by style (Serif, Sans Serif, Monospaced and Handwritten), with custom fonts keeping their own names.
- Changed Settings › Metronome to show the default tempo of 96 BPM when none has been set.
- Changed Music Suggestions on the Mac to offer only Off and Apple Music, using Apple Music when Spotify was chosen on another device.
Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the app did not launch on iOS 15 due to a framework mismatch.
- Fixed an issue where text typed into an alert could be unreadable in a dark alert.
- Fixed an issue where the not secure warning on the OnSong Console screen was not visible.
- Fixed an issue where the song list and set list did not show the new key until the app was relaunched.
- Fixed an issue where the Lyrics Projection window on the Mac opened on a blank slide instead of the section already selected.
- Fixed an issue with connecting to TVs when the connection was captured by another app.
- Fixed an issue where inline timing tags could be projected as lyrics.
- Fixed an issue where choosing ASCII under File Encoding had no effect.
- Fixed an issue where a rotated PDF was drawn sideways or upside-down when viewed in low light mode.
- Fixed an issue where the close button on the AirPlay instructions sheet took on the app color.
- Fixed an issue where sharing a set that uses Separate Styles as an OnSong Archive left each song's look in that set behind, so the set now arrives looking the same on the other device.
- Fixed an issue with connecting to TVs when the connection was captured by another app.
- Fixed an issue where "Connection Denied" and its message showed in English in every language.
- Fixed an issue where the Console's web address could be hidden under the "Not Secure" notice.
- Fixed an issue where some handwriting fonts, such as Chalkduster, were treated as Sans Serif.
- Fixed an issue where Share › Beam and Share › Stream did nothing on the Mac.
- Fixed an issue where opening a sheet while another was showing could leave the first action unfinished on the Mac.
- Fixed an issue where SFTP sources and sync showed an empty folder or waited forever on the Mac; they now say SFTP isn't available in this version.
- Fixed an issue where a PDF chart whose text layer drops its flats was recognized in the wrong key and its flats were not restored during transposition.
- Fixed an issue where Stage Monitor custom settings for chords, lyrics, transposition and capo were not applied to the chart.
- Fixed an issue where a chord placed over an inline highlight such as "orange" broke the highlight and showed the color name in the lyrics.
- Fixed an issue where the app would not launch on iOS 15 due to a framework mismatch.
- Fixed an issue where the AuxDock corner buttons drew as grey squares on the first open.
- Fixed an issue where an accounts would not switch to an active role.
- Fixed an issue where an App Store purchase made before signing in was not connected to the signed-in account.
- Fixed an issue that could occur when connecting subscription purchases to accounts.
- Fixed a crash condition when importing charts from PraiseCharts due to a search timing race.
- Fixed a crash condition when loading the icon on a website that uses a malformed SVG file.
- Fixed a crash condition caused by a popover appearing with no source view.
- Fixed a crash condition caused by key-value observation.
- Fixed a crash condition caused by a song archive shared from another platform due to improperly serialized data.
- Fixed a crash condition when importing charts from PraiseCharts due to a search timing race.
- Fixed a crash condition when loading the icon on a website that uses a malformed SVG file.
- Fixed a crash condition caused by a popover appearing with no source view.
- Fixed a crash condition caused by key-value observation.
- Fixed a crash condition when a PraiseCharts search result failed to load its arrangement.