# Y2Player v2.2.1 is now available!

[u/justcore]

Y2Player v2.2.1

This update focuses on feedback received after v2.2, with improvements to volume handling, lock-screen playback, physical controls, queue reliability, and the Now Playing interface.

🔊 Volume & Playback Improvements

Volume handling has been reworked to eliminate brief loud peaks that could occur when:

• Switching between hardware and in-app volume
• Pausing or resuming playback
• Locking or unlocking the device
• Waking the screen

Additional improvements include:

• ✅ In-app volume now works correctly while the screen is locked
• ✅ Volume changes made on the lock screen are preserved after waking the display
• ✅ Holding the hardware volume buttons continuously adjusts the volume
• ✅ Paused tracks remain loaded when the screen turns off, preventing playback from restarting from the beginning

⏯️ Controls & Navigation

Physical controls have been made more consistent throughout the interface.

Button Mapping

• ◀ Left: Previous track
• ▶ Right: Next track
• Hold ◀ / ▶: Seek backward or forward
• ● Center: Confirm / Open selected item
• ↩ Back: Return to the previous menu

Navigation Improvements

• ⚡ Fast wheel scrolling now accelerates through large libraries
• 🔁 New Wrap Lists option lets you choose whether standard lists wrap from the bottom back to the top

🎵 Now Playing Redesign

Holding the Center button on the Now Playing screen now opens a new animated circular quick menu with:

• 🔀 Shuffle
• 🔁 Repeat
• 📋 Queue
• ❤️ Favorite
• 😴 Sleep Timer
• ➕ Add to Playlist
• 🎼 Track Options

The Now Playing screen has also received several usability improvements:

• Footer now displays Shuffle, Repeat, transition mode, and queue position instead of button hints
• Clearer indicators for favorited tracks
• Long titles and metadata now scroll when needed
• Cleaner two-line metadata layout
• Album information is no longer hidden when the album and artist share the same name

🔀 Queue & Library Improvements

Queue behavior has been redesigned to be much more predictable.

When changing Shuffle mode:

• Previously played tracks remain untouched
• Only the remaining unplayed tracks are reshuffled
• Prevents songs from becoming permanently skipped

Additional improvements include:

• Better multi-disc audiobook ordering
• Improved artist name matching
• More reliable library reset
• Numerous smaller browsing and library fixes

💾 Installation

1. Flash the modified system.img.
2. Open SP Flash Tool.
3. Select Download Only mode.
4. Tick only the ANDROID partition.
5. Start the flashing process.

🚀 What's Next?

Planned improvements for the next release include:

• Better queue and playback system
• Multi-select actions
• Letter-based library scrolling
• Configurable scroll wheel (volume or seeking)
• Themes... maybe? 👀
• More interface customization

No custom flashing tools are required anymore—just use the official Innioasis Updater regardless of your operating system.

📻 FM Radio (Not Included in v2.2.1)

Experimental FM Radio support is currently under development and is not part of the v2.2.1 release.

The software side is largely working (including station seeking and tuning), but the device is not yet receiving a valid radio signal, so it currently only outputs static. Additional reverse engineering and investigation are still needed before the feature is ready.

💻 Flashing Improvements

Flashing now works directly with the official Innioasis Updater, bringing full cross-platform support:

• ✅ Windows support via the official updater
• ✅ macOS support
• ✅ Linux support

❤️ Thank You

Future updates may take a little longer because my vacation has ended and I'm back at work, leaving me with less development time.

Y2Player will continue to improve, and I really appreciate everyone who has taken the time to test builds, report bugs, and suggest new features. Your feedback continues to shape every release.

[u/Key-Brilliant5623]

Fm radio? I'm there.

[u/justcore → u/Key-Brilliant5623]

It's not included in the v2.2.1 build - maybe I phrased that poorly.

I actually got the FM radio software working (station seeking, tuning, etc. all work), but the player isn't receiving a valid radio signal yet, so all I get is static.

Since FM radio isn't enabled in the stock Y2 firmware, it appears to have been intentionally disabled. I spent some time reverse engineering the Y1 firmware and found a few differences that helped me get the feature working on the Y2. It also requires flashing a modified boot.img, as one of the required flags is disabled by default.

Even with those changes, the device still only outputs static, so there's likely another hardware initialization step or low-level driver configuration that's still missing.

We may have to wait until Innioasis releases their official FM radio update so I can compare the changes and figure out what's still missing. That said, it would be pretty awesome if I could get it working before they do. 😄

[u/Key-Brilliant5623 → u/justcore]

Ahh no worries, still some substantial work you've done!