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  <title>KeyLayers: what’s new</title>
  <subtitle>New features, improvements and bug fixes in each KeyLayers release.</subtitle>
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  <updated>2026-10-03T12:00:00Z</updated>
  <author><name>KeyLayers</name><uri>https://keylayersapp.com/</uri></author>
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    <title>Beta 4: Steadier sound, steadier sign-in, and our sounds on Android</title>
    <id>https://keylayersapp.com/updates#beta-4</id>
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    <updated>2026-10-03T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;h3&gt;New&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;KeyLayers sounds play on Android, straight from your keyboard.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Your keyboard’s sliders and sustain pedal work from the first note, and you can give them other jobs in Settings, Controls.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The sounds you saved on your keyboard yourself are listed in the sound picker, under User.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Improved&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Every button goes faint while it works, so a double press only counts once.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pads retuned: Crystal is in tune, Breath is soft and breathy, Open plays at the right octave, and every pad sits at the same level.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The next song in your set loads ahead, so its first notes are never silent.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Fixed&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Panic now clears reverb and echo tails, and stops a bass note left ringing.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unplugging the keyboard mid-note releases every held note and the pedal.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Keyboards that played every note twice now play it once.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A keyboard left quiet after quitting KeyLayers is handed back as it was found.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A Wi-Fi blip no longer signs you out, and signing in never spins forever.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Security improvements.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Beta 3: Sign in from any device</title>
    <id>https://keylayersapp.com/updates#beta-3</id>
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    <updated>2026-10-02T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;h3&gt;New&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sign in from any device: the email shows which device asked, and one tap lets it in.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;One account on up to three devices. Sign in on a fourth and the one used least recently is signed out, with nothing deleted.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Your songs and sets are backed up to your account and come back on every device.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Improved&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;On iPhone, KeyLayers sounds play with the silent switch on and the screen locked.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A phone call no longer stops your sounds for good, and pulling out headphones stops the sound instead of playing through the speaker.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Fixed&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Security improvements.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Beta 2: A new layout on every device</title>
    <id>https://keylayersapp.com/updates#beta-2</id>
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    <updated>2026-10-01T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;h3&gt;New&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Play, Library, a new song, Search and Settings, always at hand in one bar.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Library lists every song with its artist, genre and key, with filters that stay in view.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A new song in four short steps.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Improved&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Request a song you need from inside the app, and see it saved even before it is sent.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Beta 1: Changes that keep up with you</title>
    <id>https://keylayersapp.com/updates#beta-1</id>
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    <updated>2026-09-30T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;h3&gt;New&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;A sound picked on the keyboard itself comes into KeyLayers as it is.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Switches for what the sustain pedal and the wheel reach on each layer.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Improved&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Only what moved is sent to the keyboard, so every change lands at once.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;One solo at a time, shown in yellow.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;No Save button: every change is kept as you make it.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Fixed&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Audio interfaces are never mistaken for your keyboard.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content>
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