This vision resulted in a great partnership with the leader in hifi music streaming, TIDAL. And today, a new feature that will provide Volumio and TIDAL users the finest music experience is finally released on Volumio: TIDAL Connect. 

Over two years ago we incorporated the TIDAL Native Integration feature on Volumio, giving the chance for users to interact with TIDAL directly for the Volumio UI. With TIDAL Connect, we want to give our community what matters most: more options and more comfort. Whether you prefer to manage their TIDAL music content via their app or the Volumio UI, now the choice exists.

TIDAL Connect superb new feature is now available for MyVolumio users, giving a seamless experience to listen to your favorite music from the comfort of the TIDAL app. If you haven’t heard of TIDAL Connect before, let us tell you the advantages you can get with the TIDAL Connect feature in Volumio.

What is TIDAL Connect and the benefits of it on Volumio?

If you haven’t heard of TIDAL Connect before, it is a fairly new feature of the Norwegian music streaming service released back in November 2020.  Basically, you can stream your music directly from the cloud to supported third-party devices. And as of today, all Volumio devices are TIDAL Connect supported and ready to play on! 

Think of it as the same concept as Spotify Connect. TIDAL Connect works the same way: from your phone, computer or tablet, with a click on the TIDAL app, you can cast all your music content to your Volumio device.

Here is better news for audiophiles and music lovers! In addition to easily controlling your music straight from the TIDAL app, you get two more important benefits from it: TIDAL Connect lets you stream all the HIFI music in lossless quality and provides gapless playback. 

The TIDAL connect feature is now available to all MyVolumio Virtuoso and Superstar users.

Whether you have Volumio Primo, or Volumio installed on the official platforms, these will all be compatible with the TIDAL Connect feature. 

How do I get started with TIDAL Connect on MyVolumio?

To use the TIDAL Connect feature, follow these simple steps:

1. Make sure both of your devices are connected to the same network.

2. Update Volumio to the latest version v2.878

3. Login to your MyVolumio –Virtuoso or Superstar– account on the Volumio UI.

4. Make sure your TIDAL app version is on or above: 

– iOS: v2.16.0 or Later –Android: v2.32.0 or Later 

5. Open the TIDAL app from your phone, computer or tablet;

6. Go to the Now Playing page,

7. Click on the “Sound Output” icon and choose your Volumio device.

Now you can listen to your favorite music for hours; uninterrupted and without any limitations in the quality of the music you are listening to. Can’t get any better than this!

This could not have been achieved without the phenomenal community that gives us their inputs and suggestion to continue to improve Volumio. To Mervin and our developer’s team who worked on the integration of this feature for Volumio, and to the TIDAL Connect team to give us their support and a pleasant experience implementing this feature.

Now is time for you to try it out by login into your MyVolumio Virtuoso or Superstar account!

And if you haven’t subscribed to one yet…

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Ladies and gentlemen, the Volumio Team is proud to announce that MyVolumio beta phase is now over, and that starting from today it will be available to everyone!

If you’re late to the party and don’t know what MyVolumio is, here’s a quick recap for you:

MyVolumio is a set of premium features, together with some cloud wizardry that expand Volumio capabilities. Specifically:

• TIDAL and QOBUZ native implementations (so you can enjoy those two Streaming Services in their full Hi-Res glory
• Automatic syncing and backup of Favourites, Playlists and Webradios (and they do get automatically imported on new installs too!)
• Remote Control of your devices from myvolumio.org (so you will be able to control your devices remotely, and without messing with IP addresses or Dynamic DNS stuff…)

And the fun is not over here: thanks to the cloud infrastructure we’ve set up for MyVolumio, we will be able to bring you even more functionalities in the near future (such as CD Playback and Ripping, Remote Streaming of your files, Synced Multiroom Playback, Auto-Updates and so on). If you’re curious to see why we developed MyVolumio you will find a pretty comprehensive explanation in this post and in this forum thread.

I would really like to thank you all beta testers that participated in the MyVolumio Beta testing program: thanks to your help we are now able to deliver this amazing addition for all our beloved users!

So, if you’re eager to get started, here’s how you can do it:

1. Update your Volumio install or download it and flash it (you’re looking for version 2.501 onwards)
2. Create your MyVolumio account. You can do it either from Volumio’s User Interface or from myvolumio.org
3. From your profile page, select  “Upgrade your Plan” and select your favourite flavour of awesomeness: Virtuoso 2,99 euros/month and 28,99 euros/year or Superstar 6,99 euros/month and 66,99 euros/year.
4. From now on you will see TIDAL and QOBUZ settings into My Music section and you will be able to control your device remotely from myvolumio.org (click on the play button next to your device).

By selecting one of our Premium Plans, not only you’ll get the aforementioned features, but you will actively support our project (and fund the development of the next great features we have in mind).

If you want to experience the best Volumio has to offer and support the project SUBSCRIBE NOW TO MYVOLUMIO!

UPDATE

I really wish to say a huge thank you to everyone which joined MyVolumio in the first 3 days of release. We really had an overwhelming response, well beyond our most optimistic expectations (we got hundreds of MyVolumio subscriptions in the first 3 days).

A sincere thank you to whom subscribed, to who will do it and to everyone which participated to development and discussion of MyVolumio!

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