# Obtainium v1.6.11

- Product: Obtainium (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/obtainium)
- Vendor: Imran Remtulla
- Date: 2026-08-07
- Version: v1.6.11
- Original notes: https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/releases/tag/v1.6.11
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/obtainium/releases/v1.6.11
- Labels: Platforms: Android

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- **changed** — Improve French translation
- **changed** — Update Arabic translation
- **changed** — Update Korean translation
- **changed** — Update Chinese translation
- **changed** — Update Polish translation
- **changed** — Update Japanese translation
- **fixed** — Fix vivo app store
- **changed** — Begin app installation immediately after each download completes during batch updates
- **changed** — Include app name in duplicate-detection error messages
- **added** — Add obtainium://refresh deep link action for triggering update checks
- **changed** — Separate background checks from silent installs: interval gates checks, toggle gates installs only
- **fixed** — Prevent downgrades in update check when showAppDowngradeError is enabled and versions share a standard format
- **fixed** — Persist in-memory install status corrections from loadApps to disk
- **changed** — Use versionCode as version string in F-Droid sources when toggle is enabled
- **fixed** — Fix FGBG stream conflict and extend external installer polling to 30s
- **added** — Add inline TV add-app button and fix settings bottom padding on TV
- **fixed** — Fix double-decode in obtainium:// import causing unicode errors
- **changed** — Reorganize settings into separate navigable sub-pages
- **fixed** — Read import file via bytes fallback when path is null, fixing Samsung import
- **added** — Add export installed-only filter

##### What's Changed
* Improve french translation by @mgdx in https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/pull/3165
* Update ar.json by @jermanuts in https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/pull/3156
* Update ko.json by @justcontributor in https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/pull/3135
* Update zh.json translations by @Jursin in https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/pull/3126
* i18n: update `pl.json` by @krvstek in https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/pull/3125
* Update ja.json by @bluefly000 in https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/pull/3120
* Fix vivo app store by @iKirby in https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/pull/3140
* Begin app installation immediately after each download completes during batch updates by @Psychosoc1al in https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/pull/3162
* By @ImranR98 in https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/pull/3173:
    * Include app name in duplicate-detection error messages (#3038)
    * Add obtainium://refresh deep link action for triggering update checks (#3050)
    * Separate background checks from silent installs: interval gates checks, toggle gates installs only (#3070)
    * Prevent downgrades in update check when showAppDowngradeError is enabled and versions share a standard format (#3078)
    * Persist in-memory install status corrections from loadApps to disk (#3090)
    * Use versionCode as version string in F-Droid sources when toggle is enabled (#3117)
    * Fix FGBG stream conflict and extend external installer polling to 30s (#3121, #3091)
    * Add inline TV add-app button and fix settings bottom padding on TV (#3124)
    * Fix double-decode in obtainium:// import causing unicode errors (#3127)
    * Reorganize settings into separate navigable sub-pages (#3134)
    * Read import file via bytes fallback when path is null, fixing Samsung import (#3142)
    * Add export installed-only filter (#3144)
    * Fix category chip alignment in narrow portrait layouts (#3147)
    * Force English locale for uptodown non-English URLs (#3158)
    * Increase pinned app background contrast using primaryContainer colour (#3160)
    * Defensive copy of additionalSettings values on save to prevent toggle persistence issues (#3161)
    * Fix uptodown files downloading without .apk extension (#3164)
    * Add haptic feedback across UI actions and download/install lifecycle
    * Convert filter dialog to bottom sheet
    * Don't cap RateLimitError retries and reduce HandshakeException retries from 5 to 2
    * Fix download size display and probe it regardless of update availability
    * Fix per-app empty string shadowing global GitHub token in getSourceConfigValues
    * Move app import into the renamed Import/export settings page
    * refactor: comprehensive code review — bugfixes, dead code removal, perf improvements, architectural cleanup
    * Set parallel downloads default to true; hide action banner when fewer than 2 pending updates/installs

##### New Contributors
* @mgdx made their first contribution in https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/pull/3165
* @justcontributor made their first contribution in https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/pull/3135
* @opekope2 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/pull/3169

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/compare/v1.6.10...v1.6.11