Amarok 2.7 Fixes 470+ Bugs, 15+ New Features

Posted by Michael Larabel on January 18, 2013

KDE's Amarok 2.7 music player was released on Friday. This major release to Amarok addresses more than 470 bugs while taking care of 15 feature requests and numerous other ideas to the open-source music player.

Amarok 2.7 entered beta in December and presented new features like statistics synchronization. There's also an improved MP3 downloader, improved file browser behavior, restructured CD audio playback, Last.FM enhancements, and much more.

More details on the KDE Amarok 2.7 music player for Linux and Windows operating systems can be found via the extensive release announcement at amarok.kde.org.

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