Updated WiiM Ultra and Amp Ultra Roadmaps Are Here

We just published an updated roadmap for the WiiM Ultra and the WiiM Amp Ultra, and we’ll be updating some other roadmaps soon. You can see the full details on our Help Center (Ultra| Amp Ultra), but here are some highlights and a quick look at where we're headed.

What This Roadmap Represents​

This is a transparent look at what we're actively building, what we're exploring, and what we've recently shipped. Some of these features will land exactly as described. Others might evolve as we work through technical realities and a few might not make it at all. You’ll also notice that there are no timelines, development is a long process and priorities shift throughout the year, so we’re not going to commit to specific timing right now.

We're sharing this openly because your feedback directly shapes our priorities. We watch all the forum conversations, app surveys, and feature requests you share, and use it all to feed into this. So check it out, and we hope there’s something in here you love the idea of!

These roadmaps focus on the Ultra and Amp Ultra first. They're our flagship devices with the hardware to support more advanced features. Where it makes sense and where it's technically feasible, we'll bring capabilities to other products in the lineup. Some features will be Ultra-specific by necessity.

What's Next​

Display & Interface Upgrades

Input-specific screen layouts that remember your preferences and automatically switch based on active input. Black background mode for album art that blends seamlessly with the bezel. Standby and clock options including permanent clock display during playback with adjustable timeout durations. Direct USB and Favorites browsing on the touchscreen without needing your phone.

Next-Generation Room Correction

BassFit integration automatically aligns time and level between your main speakers and subwoofer for seamless low-end coherence. SurroundFit calibration provides precise automated alignment of front, surround, and subwoofer channels for immersive experiences. RoomFit+ evolution delivers tighter bass response and improved transient handling. CenterFit phantom center creates adjustable vocal enhancement for improved dialogue clarity. Context-aware bass management assigns independent crossover and gain settings per source. Discrete dual subwoofer control enables independent calibration to smooth out room modes.

Smarter Audio Processing

Scenario-based presets for Night, Dialog, and Sports modes powered by our 10-band PEQ engine. Adaptive dynamic loudness using Fletcher-Munson curves to preserve bass and treble at low volumes. Pro-grade filter import from REW or AutoEQ. Advanced profile management for transferring correction data across devices with Expert Mode for weighted measurements.



Connectivity & Ecosystem

Adaptive source profiles let you customize EQ curves, volume, display layouts, and grouping logic per input that automatically engage when you switch sources. Universal hi-res multi-room with expanded support across Roon Ready and Google Cast endpoints. NAS Mode (SMB Write) transforms the devices into network music servers, managing and transferring files to your USB drive wirelessly. Native Plex integration with Plex control. Complete overhaul of the internet radio engine for faster buffering and higher bitrate streams. Expanded wireless subwoofer protocol to Roon and Google Cast. Support for USB libraries up to 200,000 tracks.

Smart Home Integration

Deeper Home Assistant integration with support for presets and alarms. Native Apple HomeKit and Shortcuts support. Smart input switching that preserves playback context and volume states.

Future Concepts Under Consideration

Specialized streaming integrations for Idagio (Classical), Nugs.net (Live Events), and SiriusXM. Personal cloud locker support for Dropbox, OneDrive, and iCloud, allowing you to stream your collection directly without a physical NAS or USB drive.

What We've Already Delivered​

Visual personalization with new VU meter styles, dynamic music spectrums, and expanded clock faces. Native WiiM Home App on Apple TV, Google TV, and FireTV. On-glass navigation for local radio and recently played tracks. Home screen widgets for iOS and Android. Precision volume with customizable remote steps. Multi-point room calibration. Per-output EQ. Advanced DAC filter settings with user-selectable interpolation filters (Amp Ultra).

Flexible wireless home theater supporting scalable 4.0, 4.1, and 5.1 channel configurations. Smart presets that trigger complex routines—setting input, volume, EQ, and grouping simultaneously. Persistent grouping for fixed speaker zones. Native YouTube Music support. Completely rewritten USB media engine.

Your Suggestions!​

These roadmaps are a starting point. We're watching your responses, reading the threads, and paying attention to what resonates. If there's a feature you're interested in, say so. If something doesn't make sense for your use case, let us know, but be respectful. Not every feature is going to hit for every person, a feature you’ll never use might be exactly what someone else needs.

We're building this with you, not for you. The difference matters.

Check out the full roadmaps (Ultra | Amp Ultra).

 

[Aquaman]

I'm confused.

So you want to see the the screen from 3 meters away - which would certainly require eye strain, but from the other hand you don't want to have TV turned ON, because it distract from serious listening.

Maybe only to me, but it doesn't make any sense.

90% of the requests here don‘t make any sense, at least not to 99% of the actual users.

Remember, we are all geeks, otherwise we woudn‘t be on this forum.

 

[anonyless]

No

so maybe dial down a bit the whole "brand fanboy"ism

it's none of your business how they handle customer's support tickets, and i didn't ask for your opinion about WiiM presenting new features that were not yet complete, and officially post about them as a "done deal"

 

[Valentino]

@anonyless We are some Community Curators on here. @Wiimer and myself are among those. One of our tasks is to keep the forum civil. How can I help you?

 

[anonyless]

@anonyless We are some Community Curators on here. @Wiimer and myself are among those. One of our tasks is to keep the forum civil. How can I help you?

you can start by asking @RyanWithWiiM to edit the first post to reflect on facts regarding the WiiM roadmap, as I clearly explained before

 

[jfbuk]

you can start by asking @RyanWithWiiM to edit the first post to reflect on facts regarding the WiiM roadmap, as I clearly explained before

By posting you have already asked him
We know he diligently monitors the forum

 

[QuarryHunslet]

so maybe dial down a bit the whole "brand fanboy"ism

it's none of your business how they handle customer's support tickets, and i didn't ask for your opinion about WiiM presenting new features that were not yet complete, and officially post about them as a "done deal"

This is Not appropriate behaviour for this forum, and I am asking you politely to carefully reconsider your comments, and aggressive style of posting on this forum in the future.

The Community Curator team, and myself are not working for WiiM, but are simply volunteers who are prepared to give their time to help others, and advise them on all things related to WiiM products.

If you want a direct response from WiiM, you would be better off contacting them directly via More > Feedback and Tickets in the WiiM Home app.

 

[anonyless]

This is Not appropriate behaviour for this forum, and I am asking you politely to carefully reconsider your comments, and aggressive style of posting on this forum in the future.

The Community Curator team, and myself are not working for WiiM, but are simply volunteers who are prepared to give their time to help others, and advise them on all things related to WiiM products.

If you want a direct response from WiiM, you would be better off contacting them directly via More > Feedback and Tickets in the WiiM Home app.

kindly read previous comments on this thread. WiiM's replies to me, provoked me to this so called "aggressive" post.
if he or any other curator have nothing useful or informative to add in a thread,no one's forcing you to these constant unhelpful replies

 

[QuarryHunslet]

kindly read previous comments on this thread. WiiM's replies to me, provoked me to this so called "aggressive" post.
if he or any other curator have nothing useful or informative to add in a thread,no one's forcing you to these constant unhelpful replies

I have been reading every post on the forum, and your aggressive posting manner is not acceptable.

 

[cooky560]

We are lucky that wiim is as customer focused as this. Not many big brands will have a forum where actual employees provide advice to developers directly.
Negative positing not promote wiim to keep doing this. We need to be postive and engage so that the products are better for everyone invested.

 

[HansD-NL]

I have been reading every post on the forum, and your aggressive posting manner is not acceptable.

Completely agree. I vote for the removal of the user. Grounds for that are solid reading all posts.

 

[MotleyG]

kindly read previous comments on this thread. WiiM's replies to me, provoked me to this so called "aggressive" post.

This is why most brands simply do not post any kind of development roadmap whatsoever. It is replies like this that have the few that do share with users withdraw completely at some point.

These WiiM products already do what they are supposed to do out of the box. What other audio gear before these streaming devices regularly received new features? Or even just a quick update on the fly? When Google breaks Chromecast functionality it often takes months for them to even acknowledge it before they eventually get around to publishing a fix. Get over yourself when there is a gap of a few days between the news, the beta, and the full release of new ideas.

Seriously, some of the fringe/niche use cases here are just that and push the limits of the product. It comes with the territory I guess. Some take longer than others to get it right. Or sometimes what is right for some is not for others. There has to be some balancing going on behind the scenes. But the expectations some seem to have are just absurd.

 

[RyanWithWiiM]

you can start by asking @RyanWithWiiM to edit the first post to reflect on facts regarding the WiiM roadmap, as I clearly explained before

While I understand being frustrated if something you're excited for isn't working right, I don't think it's productive to get into a conversation on if something is delivered when it's in beta vs being fully implemented in all builds. I certainly didn't think there was need to add a section that said "things partially released".

This is after all, a summary post for a complete roadmap, so everything in it is subject to no longer be accurate as time goes on.

Let's all try to be friendly here, this should be a fun post, a look behind the covers that as has already been mentioned, something most companies won't do anymore

 

[r5yk5]

All I wanted was to be able to choose my music with a remote control and play it through my Wiim Ultra.

Wiim relies on a smartphone. I have a smart LG tv that has a dlna player; apps such such as Plex, Spotify, amazon music and also Emby which is my media server of choice.
The problem was that the LG tv resamples everything and when playing through my Ultra I can tell. (Funnily enough, I can't tell if I hook my tv straight to the Arcam A5 which is what the Wiim goes through anyway but that's another story).

So I can listen to all my Szymanowski Violin Sonatas and 70s Kiss albums in all their high res glory but have to mess about unlocking my smartphone, and my fingerprint never works, and going in the app, and pressing the wrong thing, and all this malarky, if I can even find the damn thing or haven't left it in the car.
Or I can relax with a tv screen, a remote and the LG Emby app but get this b-tech resampled version of my (expensive) high res favourites.

But it turns out that the Emby app on a fire stick has the ability to control other emby sessions. Think dlna control point rather than just a renderer which the LG app is. And I've had an unused fire stick in my gubbins drawer the whole time!! Now I can listen, at the highest resolution with all the wiim goodies applied without a damn smartphone.

Very happy

So Wiim, carry on with eq curves and Adaptive source profiles and 10-band PEQ engines and whatever. Put improving the Ultra's remote capabilities on the back burner. I don't need it. My wiim now does, and always has actually, everything I want it too.

Anyone want a one plus 13 smartphone?

 

[hgo58]

All I wanted was to be able to choose my music with a remote control and play it through my Wiim Ultra.

Wiim relies on a smartphone. I have a smart LG tv that has a dlna player; apps such such as Plex, Spotify, amazon music and also Emby which is my media server of choice.
The problem was that the LG tv resamples everything and when playing through my Ultra I can tell. (Funnily enough, I can't tell if I hook my tv straight to the Arcam A5 which is what the Wiim goes through anyway but that's another story).

So I can listen to all my Szymanowski Violin Sonatas and 70s Kiss albums in all their high res glory but have to mess about unlocking my smartphone, and my fingerprint never works, and going in the app, and pressing the wrong thing, and all this malarky, if I can even find the damn thing or haven't left it in the car.
Or I can relax with a tv screen, a remote and the LG Emby app but get this b-tech resampled version of my (expensive) high res favourites.

But it turns out that the Emby app on a fire stick has the ability to control other emby sessions. Think dlna control point rather than just a renderer which the LG app is. And I've had an unused fire stick in my gubbins drawer the whole time!! Now I can listen, at the highest resolution with all the wiim goodies applied without a damn smartphone.

Very happy

So Wiim, carry on with eq curves and Adaptive source profiles and 10-band PEQ engines and whatever. Put improving the Ultra's remote capabilities on the back burner. I don't need it. My wiim now does, and always has actually, everything I want it too.

Anyone want a one plus 13 smartphone?

Isn't the WiiM devices just fantastic? I almost only use my phone (a One Plus) to control them and they do (nearly) everything I want them to.

 

[r5yk5]

My wiim now does, and always has actually, everything I want it too.

Actually, I'd still like to have the option to have the clock displayed when playing something.

 

[harkpabst]

Actually, I'd still like to have the option to have the clock displayed when playing something.

And luckily ... that's on the roadmap!

 

[chardo]

I would just like to be able to change the font size of all the text displayed on the screen (artist name, album name, radio station name, etc.).

 

[Aquaman]

I would just like to be able to change the font size of all the text displayed on the screen (artist name, album name, radio station name, etc.).

You can choose from several playback screens. They all have different font sizes.

 

[chardo]

You can choose from several playback screens. They all have different font sizes.

I know. But that comes at the sacrifice of, for example, the size of the album cover.
I would like to be able to choose the classic screen #1 with the large album cover and increase the font size of the artist's name, which is much too small for me.

 

[Aquaman]

I know. But that comes at the sacrifice of, for example, the size of the album cover.
I would like to be able to choose the classic screen #1 with the large album cover and increase the font size of the artist's name, which is much too small for me.

Consider it decoration, not information. If you want info look at the playback screen of your phone.

Otherwise: