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SmoothTube v2.8.0
SmoothTube 2.8 focuses on speed, reliability, and the details that make everyday watching feel more native.
Faster recommendations
- Interest-based searches now run more efficiently and cached recommendations appear sooner.
- Background refreshes no longer replace an already visible feed unexpectedly.
- Home, refresh, and Load more states use calmer static loading placeholders with a clear animated refresh control.
- Interest settings now sit beside Refresh for quicker access.
A clearer watch page
- Queue, Playlist Queue, Up next, and autoplay controls are aligned consistently beside the player.
- Autoplay now reports its On or Off state correctly.
- A Reload button can refresh the current video without losing its queue or playlist context.
- Comments include their own Refresh action.
More reliable upgrades and images
- A one-time upgrade repair clears only regenerable caches, helping older installations recover thumbnails without removing credentials, preferences, queues, history, or watched status.
- Thumbnail fallbacks are more resilient, including the compact floating queue.
- App icons are applied more consistently to the title bar and taskbar.
Cleaner playback
- The floating queue controller stays hidden on the video page and in fullscreen.
- The in-app YouTube watch window now hides an idle cursor during fullscreen playback.
- Queue playback closes the floating controller as expected.
Availability
SmoothTube 2.8.0 is distributed through the Microsoft Store. If the update is not visible yet, Microsoft may still be processing, certifying, or gradually rolling out the submission.