# New AmpliPi Software Release 0.4.4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Messages from the AmpliPi Team\ **Tags:** release\ **Created:** [August 30, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://amplipi.discourse.group/t/new-amplipi-software-release-0-4-4/327 "2024-08-30T20:20:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amplipi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/amplipi.discourse.group/amplipi/32/8_2.png) [@amplipi](https://amplipi.discourse.group/u/amplipi)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://amplipi.discourse.group/t/new-amplipi-software-release-0-4-4/327/1 "2024-08-30T20:20:42Z")
We’ve just released AmpliPi 0.4.4! See [here](https://github.com/micro-nova/AmpliPi/releases/tag/0.4.4) for full patch notes, here’s the highlights: - Added an early version of an external media player - Polished the frontend, especially on mobile - Improved the update process to preserve user settings ## External Media Player The external media player allows you to insert a USB storage device into your main unit and stream any of [these](https://github.com/micro-nova/AmpliPi/blob/9d059593b03309ffacce6ef506f49d150e6044e9/amplipi/streams/media_device.py#L13) filetypes. First, you create the stream like any other and then connect it to the zone(s) of your choice. When you select the connected stream, you’ll get the same “Browser” tab at the bottom of your screen as you do with Pandora, this will allow you to browse your filesystem to select what to play: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/amplipi/original/1X/2996d52b8c50e922f849b2f5940ba6bf3a2b9e5a.png) Please note that this is the minimum viable product of this feature and we intend to build it out more, some things we could add include a [replay button](https://github.com/micro-nova/AmpliPi/issues/920) and [album art reading](https://github.com/micro-nova/AmpliPi/issues/925), go to the threads on those issues to let us know if we should or [create an issue of your own](https://github.com/micro-nova/AmpliPi/issues/new) to let us know what else you might like to see improved about that stream. ## On 0.4.2 We apologize for the issues with the previous 0.4.2 release, and would like to highlight that we’ve improved our processes for testing and releasing; that’s actually why we’re going from 0.4.2 to 0.4.4, we had an 0.4.3 release that had bugs that we deemed unacceptable for a full release during our new QA process and had to skip a version due to the tag already existing on GitHub. Further, we’re currently working with a few of our senior engineers to get their homes set up for whole home audio so we can seed them with units of their own, this should help ensure that we only bring you the best quality updates in the future. ## Wrapping Up Let us know what you think, and as always hit up our GitHub [issues list](https://github.com/micro-nova/AmpliPi/issues) and [project board](https://github.com/orgs/micro-nova/projects/3/views/7) to tell us about issues you find and what you think we should prioritize, it helps the project a lot to know what our users value! ---
**Author:** ![amplipi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/amplipi.discourse.group/amplipi/32/8_2.png) [@amplipi](https://amplipi.discourse.group/u/amplipi)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://amplipi.discourse.group/t/new-amplipi-software-release-0-4-4/327/2 "2024-09-10T18:30:11Z")
We’ve received reports from some users of this update not functioning, we’ve found that simply updating your unit again can fix this. Follow the guide [here](https://amplipi.discourse.group/t/my-app-isnt-working-now-what/329) for instructions on how to update when the app/frontend won’t load. ---
**Author:** ![rwarner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/amplipi.discourse.group/rwarner/32/84_2.png) [@rwarner](https://amplipi.discourse.group/u/rwarner)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://amplipi.discourse.group/t/new-amplipi-software-release-0-4-4/327/3 "2024-09-18T19:47:46Z")
Thanks guys! Just updated to 0.4.4 today.