NEW FEATURES

• Switched YouTube metadata/search to a YTM songs-first pipeline, so artist searches return music-focused results instead of random videos
• Kept yt-dlp streaming backend and improved extraction reliability with better request strategy and fallback flow
• Added Data Saver in Settings: lower-bitrate streaming target (~120 kbps where available) + lower/medium artwork quality
• Added smarter thumbnail/art handling: HQ YTM artwork variants, better fallback ordering, and cleaner conditional zoom behavior
• Added Settings UI polish: icons for Glass Theme, Saavn Service, YouTube Service, etc • Set YouTube Service as default for fresh installs (existing users keep their saved preference)

BUG FIXES / IMPROVEMENTS

• Fixed notification artwork framing (removed forced zoom-crop) and improved source-quality selection for notification art
• Improved battery optimization handling across OEMs (Xiaomi/Oppo/Realme/Vivo/Huawei + generic Android fallbacks)
• Fixed battery-settings deep-link reliability by adding multi-intent fallback logic and app-details fallback
• Fixed battery warning refresh behavior in Settings after tapping “Fix now”/returning from settings
• Improved stream/cache behavior so Data Saver and normal quality modes use separate cache keys (prevents stale quality reuse)
• General stability and UX tuning across search, playback, and settings flows

UPCOMING (work in progress)

• Additional YouTube recommendation quality improvements, playlists, charts, etc • Download pipeline hardening + richer offline metadata handling.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/greenbugx/Hongeet/compare/v1.3.0-beta.2+7...v1.3.0+8