kavish - Stardance

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LibrePods is a project that aims to liberate AirPods from Apple's ecosystem by reverse-engineering and implementing xOS-specific features like ear-detection, conversational awareness, etc. on Android and Linux.

This update is about adding a new design system for users who don't like the iOS look with liquid glass. I have added a design based on Material 3 Expressive, with new typography, and dynamic colors, which feels a lot more native to Android. I also reverse-engineered and added the new Equalizer feature that was announced at WWDC26.

I highly suggest anyone looking at this project to have a look at the v1.0.0-rc1 release on GitHub for more screenshots!

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@kavish on LibrePods · 18 days ago

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Instructions to enter demo mode:

Install the APK
Scroll down and click on Bypass compatibliity check if shown Not supported
Close the app and clear from Recents, and re-open the app.
Complete the onboarding
Long press anywhere outside the reconnect button to enter demo mode

Material 3 Expressive

I worked on adding a new design system, based on Material 3 for the users who don’t like Apple’s design system/Liquid Glass.

High quality audio recording

I also added a Recorder which uses AAC-ELD (received over AACP*).

This is of much higher quality than the mSBC or CVSD codecs available over Headset/Handsfree Profile where both directions of streams are of poor quality.

This also allows users to use A2DP while recording, meaning high quality playback as well.

I also spent a lot of time digging through AOSP code to understand how the audio system works, so that I can make the AAC-ELD microphone stream available to all apps and calls, and not just for recording from the app.

Equalizer (WWDC 2026)

I also reverse-engineered and implemented the Equalizer that was announced in WWDC26

*Advanced Accessory Control Profile