Bionic Tape · Changelog
What's new?
Every version of the Android app, newest first. Updates come through Google Play.
On Google Play
October 9, 2026Current- Bionic Tape is on Google Play – thanks to the community for all the feedback during the beta!
- YouTube Music is the first music service for everyone: playlists and Liked Music as cassettes, the app is verified by Google.
- Your own music (MP3, FLAC and more) and the demo tapes share the shelf, with media controls in the notification and on the lock screen.
- Spotify stays a small beta for invited accounts: Spotify only opens its interface to very large apps. More services follow as free updates.
Beta completed
October 5, 2026- The beta phase is successfully completed – thanks to all testers! Your feedback is in.
- New design: a window with a mixtape cassette on the cover screen, the same size in every skin, plus 3D keys with real travel.
- Volume wheel with 16 detents, each one clicks and vibrates.
- Shelf with real cassette cases and cover art. Drag a tape into the deck: the case opens and the cassette clicks in.
- Tent mode: stand the phone up sideways and the cassette becomes the show, with the playlist's cover art.
- The tape pack shows how much of the whole playlist is left.
- New Sport skin, new guide, Spotify and YouTube Music still in beta.
Version 0.7.0
October 2, 2026- New MP3 jack: your own MP3, FLAC, AAC and OGG files as tapes, every album a cassette with its cover, plus "All songs".
- Music keeps playing with the screen off, with controls in the notification and on the lock screen.
- The demo tapes now live in the MP3 jack and still play without access or an account.
Version 0.6.0
October 2, 2026- FF and REW: tap to skip to the next or previous track, hold to wind within the song.
- Spotify always plays on this phone, unless you deliberately pick another device via the hotline.
- Short guide on first launch, the whole app now in English and German.
- Request beta access for Spotify and YouTube Music right in the app.
- To eject, simply drag the tape back into the cassette case.
- More visible reel animation and a bigger cassette on the cover screen.
- New skin "Llama Amp" in the style of 2000s desktop MP3 players.
- Layout adapts to the foldable (Galaxy Z Fold and Flip, Pixel Fold, OnePlus Open), plus a tabletop mode.
- Without a tape, keys and switches tell you to insert one first.
Version 0.5.0
October 2, 2026- New YT MUSIC jack: your YouTube Music playlists and Liked Music as cassettes (beta).
Version 0.4.0
October 2, 2026- New PLAYER jack: the Walkman controls YouTube Music, the Spotify app and other music players.
Version 0.3.1
October 2, 2026- Clear notice when the Spotify account is not yet approved for the beta.
- New app name "Bionic Tape".
Version 0.2.0
October 1, 2026- First release: cassette case, TPS-L2-style Walkman on the cover screen, Spotify and demo tapes, four skins, TAPE FX and full-screen cassette.