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release log / the open radio system

What changes in the cube

Every release described in plain words: what was added, what got fixed and what is deliberately missing. You will find the version in the cube's settings — and you flash a new system exactly like the first one, from the browser, in two clicks.

0.2

22 July 2026 latest

No more nine stations baked into the system. You choose from a list we measured station by station — because a stream that barely keeps up only starts stuttering minutes later, long after you stopped expecting it.

  • new218 stations to choose from instead of a hard-wired nine. You put the list together yourself — here you can do it before you even flash the system. Every entry measured under load: 184 with at least half again the headroom the player needs, another 34 whose delivery was verified by playing on an actual cube running 0.1.
  • newA station picker — at first power-on and later in settings. The cube asks about stations right after it starts, and if you change your mind, you go back to it in settings. Nothing needs reflashing.
  • betterPlayback stability. Less stuttering on long sessions — a change that never shows up on a feature list, but you hear it after an hour.
  • not hereStations broadcasting in AAC will not play. The only AAC decoder that fits this chip carries a licence that cannot be reconciled with the GPL — and we release the system under the GPL and hand out its sources. You get exactly the binary that runs at the author's place.
  • not here192 kb/s streams sit above the ceiling the cube holds with Bluetooth running — which is why Polish Radio's four national channels are missing. The format is fine, the bandwidth is not. A single measurement on the device itself may unlock them.
2.4 MB image GPL-3.0 licence download the 0.2 image ↓ installation guide → SHA-256: 87384342c32c2c7e1edd6ffaeb193d34d75ae01e1abb4db5dd9f7abd0ca6db62

0.1

18 July 2026 first release

The first version you can flash onto your own cube. You switch it on and it plays — no account, no app, nothing to configure beyond Wi-Fi.

  • newNine Polish stations over Wi-Fi, switched with one touch of the screen.
  • newOutput to a Bluetooth speaker — the pairing is remembered for good.
  • newSleep noise in three shades (white, pink, brown), generated locally — it works with no internet at all.
  • newA Wi-Fi portal on first start: the cube puts up its own network, you type in the code from its screen and hand over your home Wi-Fi.
  • newInstallation from the browser — two clicks in Chrome or Edge, no terminal and no soldering.
  • ruleNo accounts, no cloud, no telemetry. The cube does not know what you are listening to, and has no one to tell.
2.3 MB image GPL-3.0 licence installation guide → build log →

The cube does not check for newer versions on its own — and it never will. If you want to hear about the next releases, look in here or write through the contact form.