Release Notes
What's new, improved, and fixed in each version of Band Central — across the website, Android, and iOS.
Website
Updates that ship to bandcentral.com — typically rolled out continuously and grouped into numbered builds.
Band Central for Web -- Build 236
June 2026
Every release note now opens its own page. Previously the "Read full notes" links on the Release Notes page led to a "not found" message for all but a few builds; now each build has a real page showing what changed. Behind the scenes, the website also fixed how these pages are generated so that search engines and link previews see the actual title and summary of each release instead of a blank page. No change to how the app itself works.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web -- Build 235
June 2026
Lyric colors now match the iOS and Android apps. The website now reads the same up-to-date format settings the apps use, so the font colors, background highlights, section-header bands, and subtitle styling you set on your phone or tablet finally show on the web. The Format toolbar adds a font Color and Background color picker (a full color palette with a "None" option), reordered to Song Part, Font, Font Size, B/I/U, Color, Background. Pick a part (Lyrics, Chords, Song Part, Title, and so on) and set its colors right in the lyric view; changes save and sync back to the apps. The Font Size menu now lists plain pixel sizes (8px to 32px) instead of numbered steps, matching the apps.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web -- Build 234
June 2026
Fixed the free online Chord Transpose tool so it no longer changes letters inside lyric words. Before, transposing could read the start of a word like "Amazing" as an "Am" chord and turn it into "Cmazing." Chords are now only transposed when they stand on their own, so your lyrics are left exactly as written.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web -- Build 233
June 2026
Fixed a chord-spelling glitch when transposing on the web. Some transposed chords showed theoretical note names that nobody writes on a chart, like Fbm7 or Cb, instead of the natural equivalent (Em7, B). Transposed chords now fold back to natural names, matching how the iOS and Android apps display them. The chords always sounded correct; this only fixes the spelling on screen.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web -- Build 232
June 2026
Finding how to upgrade is now easier. The account menu has a new Subscription item that opens the Plans & Subscriptions page, and whenever you reach a free-plan limit (songs, set lists, bands, or members) the message now includes a View Plans button that takes you there. The page explains that subscriptions are purchased in the iOS or Android app and that paid features then unlock everywhere you sign in, including the website.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web -- Build 231
June 2026
Deleting is now safer and tidier. When you delete a song, set list, or lyric it is hidden right away but kept on the server for 30 days before it is permanently removed, instead of being erased immediately. Deleting also clears the item's attached document and audio files from the "Update Dropbox files" list in the mobile apps, so files for deleted songs no longer show up there. This matches how the iOS and Android apps already work.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web -- Build 230
June 2026
Share songs between bands you own. From the song list, use the new Share button to pick songs (or the per-row menu to share one) and copy them, along with your own lyrics, into another band you own. The copies stay linked: edit a shared song or lyric in either band and the change syncs to the other. A linked song shows a "Synced from" badge, and a Disconnect action breaks the link so the two copies can diverge. A single share copies up to 100 songs at a time. This first version works on the website and is limited to bands you own.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web -- Build 229
June 2026
The free plan now holds up to 50 songs per band (up from 25). A new Plans & Subscriptions help page at bandcentral.com/help/subscriptions explains that every feature is free and a subscription only raises limits -- so a band you are invited to has no restrictions because the owner pays, and you only need to subscribe to own more than 1 band or keep more than 50 songs in a band you own.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web -- Build 228
May 2026
Lyric editor preview panel polish. The preview and editor panes are now the same height and each scroll independently -- no more page-level scrollbar. The preview opens by default and your on/off preference is remembered between sessions. The song info block (key, tempo) now stays inside the preview panel instead of floating above the toolbar.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web -- Build 227
May 2026
Live ChordPro preview in the lyric editor (desktop only). Click the Preview button on the right side of the toolbar to open a side-by-side rendered view of your ChordPro text. Chords appear above lyrics, section headers are styled, and the preview updates as you type. The Convert panel still appears above the editor when open, and the preview can be shown at the same time.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web -- Build 226
May 2026
New tool: ChordPro Converter at bandcentral.com/tools/chordpro-converter. Paste lyrics in the chords-above-lyrics format used by Ultimate Guitar and most tab sites, and the tool converts them to ChordPro bracket notation instantly. The output pane has two tabs -- raw ChordPro text and a live rendered preview. On mobile, a Convert button switches between the input view and the tabbed output view.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web — Build 225
May 2026
Adding a new lyric version now automatically becomes your default for that song. Any prior default lyric for you on the same song is cleared in the same write, so you only see one starred lyric per song. The existing star icon in the lyrics list still works the same way for manually changing your default.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web — Build 224
May 2026
Chorus and bridge gutter bar: sections opened via {soc} / {start_of_chorus} and {sob} / {start_of_bridge} now display a thin vertical bar in the left margin with content indented 16px, matching the BC iOS native lyric viewer. Sections using [Chorus] bracket markers or bare {chorus} directives are unchanged.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web — Build 223
May 2026
Fixed a bug where section headers (Verse, Chorus, Bridge, etc.) ignored Format Lyrics settings. Saved format settings created before the Song Part format option existed were missing that entry, causing section headers to render unstyled. The format is now filled with defaults for any missing part types on load.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web — Build 222
May 2026
ChordPro rendering fixes: multiple {soh}...{eoh} highlight pairs on a single line now all render correctly. Lowercase chord notation like [g] is preserved as-is instead of being capitalized to [G]. Highlight state now carries correctly across lines when {soh} and {eoh} appear on different lines.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web — Build 221
May 2026
Fixed a bug where printing lyrics to PDF in Chrome produced the wrong font (a system serif instead of Roboto). The print path now preserves all stylesheets correctly.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web — Build 220
May 2026
Fixed a rendering bug where some songs (imported from older versions or edited on Windows) showed an extra blank line between every lyric line in the viewer and editor. The app now normalizes mixed line endings on load, save, and parse so lyrics always display correctly.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web — Build 219
May 2026
Tags page improvements: the desktop tag list now shows a checkbox icon next to each tag name so it is clear which tags are selected in multi-select mode. Fixed a bug where the back button from a song lyrics page (reached via Tags) skipped tag songs and jumped straight to the tags list. Also fixed the tag songs view on mobile not showing songs.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web — Build 218
May 2026
Setlist rows now show song count and total duration without opening the edit dialog. The right-pane setlist preview now shows full song details (artist, genre, key, tempo, duration) for each song, matching the mobile app layout.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web — Build 217
May 2026
Bug fix: songs added to a setlist via the catalog (multi-select) now correctly store the reference back to the master song. Previously the songId was saved as an empty string, which caused lyrics to fail to load when viewing a song inside a setlist.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web — Build 216
May 2026
Bug fix: when a band owner adds a member, the member's uid is now validated before being pushed into the band's users array. Without this, a missing uid could land a null slot in the array, the /bands query would never match the new member, and they'd be able to see themselves in the Band Users dialog but not open the band.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web — Build 215
May 2026
Band Small plan ($29.99/yr) now covers up to 6 members instead of 5. Useful for small ensembles with a regular sub or a sound engineer in addition to the four/five core members.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web — Build 214
May 2026
Bug fix: the trash icon for removing band members from the Users dialog (the one opened from the band card) is now visible on bandcentral.com. The "remove" column was defined in the template but missing from the mat-table displayed-columns list, so it never rendered. Owners can now self-serve member removal again.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web — Build 213
May 2026
Setlist break printing: breaks now show as a clear divider — 14pt non-bold "---- Break ----" label with solid 2px rules above and below — instead of blending into the song list when songs are set to a large font. Help center: new "Do I need wifi at the venue?" FAQ under Cloud Sync (iOS + Android).
Read full notes →Band Central for Web — Build 212
May 2026
Setlist printing polish: 1cm margin on all four sides (no more uneven left/right), full 2-point font-size steps from 8 through 36 plus 40/44/56/64, and a Left/Center alignment toggle in the Font menu.
Read full notes →Band Central for Web — Build 211
May 2026
First numbered web build — combines several months of work on bandcentral.com into one release: redesigned setlist list, profile dialog, CSV/HTML export, tag filter on the setlist catalog, accent-insensitive search, duplicate setlist, ChordPro fixes, drag-and-drop polish, and tightened sign-in routing.
Read full notes →Android
Updates released to Google Play for Band Central on Android phones and tablets.
Band Central for Android 3.0.1
June 2026
Fixed a crash when importing PDF song files from Dropbox, and a crash that could happen when viewing your setlists. Setlists now rearrange only after you tap Reorder, so songs do not move by accident. The Songs A-Z index now shows non-Latin letters (such as Greek) instead of grouping them under "#". Import now accepts more ChordPro file types (.cho, .crd, .chordpro, and more). In Page Sections, each section is a fixed page that fits the screen, and a foot pedal moves one section at a time. The free plan now includes up to 50 songs (up from 25). Band cards now show your plan as a label, with an easy way to subscribe.
Read full notes →Band Central for Android 2.1.2
May 2026
Show/Hide display settings now sync across devices and stay applied as you swipe between songs. Setlist total time no longer includes break duration. Lyric scroll position is preserved when changing display settings. Setlist contents update in real time. Small Band plan raised to 6 members. Fixed crashes, keyboard overlap when editing lyrics, stale metronome beat count, and improved Dropbox file sync reliability.
Read full notes →Band Central for Android 2.1.1
April 2026
Faster lists with live updates, A-Z scroller on Songs, swipe between songs in the lyric viewer, file-type filtering on import, a Detect Pedals settings screen, plus a long list of crash and stability fixes.
Read full notes →iOS
Updates released on the App Store for Band Central on iPhone and iPad.
Band Central for iOS 3.0.1
June 2026
Setlists now rearrange only after you tap Reorder, so songs do not move by accident. The Songs A-Z index now shows non-Latin letters (such as Greek) instead of grouping them under "#". Import now accepts more ChordPro file types (.cho, .crd, .chordpro, and more). In Page Sections, each section is a fixed page that fits the screen, and a foot pedal moves one section at a time. The free plan now includes up to 50 songs (up from 25). Band cards now show your plan as a label.
Read full notes →Band Central for iOS 2.1.2
May 2026
Setlist total time no longer includes break duration. Setlists over one hour now display as H:MM:SS. Chord charts now render correctly for section names like "Verse (x2)", "Chorus 2a", or "Solo - Joe". Importing lyrics from Ultimate Guitar now works correctly. Break rows now show the running set time up to that point. Small Band plan raised to 6 members.
Read full notes →Band Central for iOS 2.1.1
May 2026
A-Z alphabet scroller and a 9-field Sort By menu on Songs, swipe between songs from both the Songs list and the Lyrics list, Bluetooth pedal navigation restored, Greek lyric rendering fix on iPad, and Setlist sort that matches the editor.
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