[HoangDat]

New firmware should start to roll out within the next few hours.

V 1.52 still cant recognize the latest firmware of Tidal

 

[HoangDat]

Anyone try to install a new xapk apps . i copied to openService folder and nothing happen

 

[bden59]

Working Tidal 2.23 apk:
https://mega.nz/file/yF8k2CxJ#qUdMfPVqVJugqmpJFraskRFJ7in38Eh49I3gMKZHF7s

 

[Daibaron]

@Samuel777

This was always the weak point for Astell & Kern to manage the playlist.
Yes you can but there is a trick depending on where your music is located. eg. internal mem/external memory
The playlists must be stored on the internal memory in a folder named Playlists.
I use MusicBee which work very well to do so

 

[hornytoad]

V 1.52 still cant recognize the latest firmware of Tidal

I am certainly not updating the firmware after this response ,thank you.

 

[JasonNYC]

V 1.52 still cant recognize the latest firmware of Tidal

Just installed Tidal 2.23 from APKPure using the XAPK with no issue for me on SP1000M with firmware 1.52. Are you using SP1000 or SP1000m?

 

[JasonNYC]

Just installed Tidal 2.23 from APKPure using the XAPK with no issue for me on SP1000M with firmware 1.52. Are you using SP1000 or SP1000m?

 

[zuber]

I confirm the above. Installed the update (1.52), installed XAPK installer (2.2.2) and installed Tidal (xapk 2.23). Everything works fine on SP1000.

 

[Dionysus]

I also used the XAPK installer everything is working fine, Tidal works great with the latest 2.23.0 version. and I have zero issues with the new FW.
To me the FW has never changed the sound of my player.

 

[bden59]

To me the FW has never changed the sound of my player.

Most of users didn't hear the difference between tidal apk 2.11.0 and other tidal apk versions. Same with the difference between firmwares.

 

[HoangDat]

so is it require Xapk installer ?

 

[Dionysus]

Ok

 

[Likeimthere]

so is it require Xapk installer ?

yes you have to have the installer in order to read the new format.

 

[Joel_R]

JasonNYC - Thank you for passing my request to be able to install xapx files to the developer team. I just successfully installed the new firmware 1.52 and also successfully installed (and all are working) new versions of the Open Service applications: Amazon Music 16.9.7; Apple Music 3.2.1; Pandora Music 2003.2; Qobuz 5.6.3; SiriusXM 5.5.12; SoundCloud 2020.04.06; Tidal 2.23.0; and TuneIn Radio 24.0.1. For those of you that would like to use streaming apps with this firmware 1.52, you would copy any apk files into the device's Internal OpenService folder, and install from the Services selection on the device's menu, but for any of the xapk files, you would first need to copy over XAPK Installer - Rush Wars Installer 2.2.2, and then open that app to use its' interface to install any of the xapk files that you also copy over to the OpenService folder on your device.

OK, so I had only one issue which I need JasonNYC's assistance with - The current Spotify 8.5.51.941 xapk is a "bundle" that downloads from the apktada.com web site. It is downloaded as a .zip file extension and when unzipped is 4 files plus instructions (see attached). The How-to-install.txt file specifies that you have "split" apk files that require the use of the "Split APKs Installer" which I gather is used to put it back into one xapk (or will it be a large apk) file. Unfortunately, the "Split APKs Installer" is not supported on the device, so how do I install this newer version of Spotify? FYI, I am successfully using an older apk version of Spotify 8.5.24.762.

By the way, this is my third A&K DAP and I have never noticed any sound quality differences with firmware and/or app updates.

Thank you for your assistance and stay safe.

 

[kel77]

JasonNYC - Thank you for passing my request to be able to install xapx files to the developer team. I just successfully installed the new firmware 1.52 and also successfully installed (and all are working) new versions of the Open Service applications: Amazon Music 16.9.7; Apple Music 3.2.1; Pandora Music 2003.2; Qobuz 5.6.3; SiriusXM 5.5.12; SoundCloud 2020.04.06; Tidal 2.23.0; and TuneIn Radio 24.0.1. For those of you that would like to use streaming apps with this firmware 1.52, you would copy any apk files into the device's Internal OpenService folder, and install from the Services selection on the device's menu, but for any of the xapk files, you would first need to copy over XAPK Installer - Rush Wars Installer 2.2.2, and then open that app to use its' interface to install any of the xapk files that you also copy over to the OpenService folder on your device.

OK, so I had only one issue which I need JasonNYC's assistance with - The current Spotify 8.5.51.941 xapk is a "bundle" that downloads from the apktada.com web site. It is downloaded as a .zip file extension and when unzipped is 4 files plus instructions (see attached). The How-to-install.txt file specifies that you have "split" apk files that require the use of the "Split APKs Installer" which I gather is used to put it back into one xapk (or will it be a large apk) file. Unfortunately, the "Split APKs Installer" is not supported on the device, so how do I install this newer version of Spotify? FYI, I am successfully using an older apk version of Spotify 8.5.24.762.

By the way, this is my third A&K DAP and I have never noticed any sound quality differences with firmware and/or app updates.

Thank you for your assistance and stay safe.

Spotify latest version is still available as apk. You can download from apk pure.