Play, pause and skip from the Echo app now always reach the song or video you are actually hearing, even on pages that hold more than one player, such as when an advert plays first. If a press from Echo ever didn't reach your music, this update resolves that.

The welcome page now recognises when the Echo app is connected and updates itself, so it no longer suggests a step you have already completed.

Echo's browser companion now connects to the Echo app for Mac over a faster, more reliable on-device channel, and the popup has been cleaned up.

Echo's browser companion just got a friendlier first run and a cleaner popup.

A new welcome screen appears right after install, so it's clear Echo works hand-in-hand with the Echo app for Mac.
The popup has been redesigned with Echo's own typeface and a refreshed light and dark theme.
The toolbar icon now shows at a glance whether the Mac app is connected.
The "Now Capturing" line only appears while something is actually playing, so it always reflects what you're hearing right now.

Improved the now-playing controls: the Next and Previous buttons now reliably skip tracks in web players like Spotify, YouTube Music, SoundCloud, and Apple Music.