WiiM Ultra Firmware v5.2.717053 - May 15, 2025

Please review the WiiM Ultra update release notes below. If you encounter any issues, feel free to reach out to us. This firmware update is being rolled out in stages, with devices updating sequentially over the next few days.

5.2.717053 (In Progress)​

Release date:

5 / 15 / 2025

What's New:

1. New Radio Widget: Quickly select and play a radio station directly from the screen.
2. Audio Input Management: Choose which audio inputs to display and switch between them easily.
3. Improved Group Playback Sync: Fixed synchronization issues that occurred after applying subwoofer and main speaker delay calibration.
4. Enhanced DSD Playback: Resolved stuttering during multi-channel DSD file playback for smoother high-res listening.
5. Group Mute/Unmute via Master Device: Instantly mute or unmute the entire speaker group directly from the master device for seamless group control.
6. Device Discovery Enhancements: Improved stability and connectivity for WiiM Home, Spotify and TIDAL apps.
7. Knob Volume Step: Adjust the volume step when rotating the knob (requires the upcoming app update).

Bug Fixes:

1. A/V Sync Optimization: Enhanced audio/video synchronization for HDMI ARC to improve lip-sync accuracy.
2. Plex Playback Fix: Resolved playback failure when Secure Connections is set to "Required".
3. Standby Mode Fix: Resolved an issue preventing the device from entering standby mode when in follower mode.
4. TIDAL Connect Fix: Addressed the issue of track skipping delay and corrected track duration when using the HTTP API.
5. General Performance: Stability improvements and behind-the-scenes optimizations.

 

[MatthewS2077]

It's already available.
Open network stream has 28 places for radio urls as far as I can remember.
Then there's tunein
Then vtuner
Iheart radio
And radio paradise
And probably more

Paying customers shouldn't have to jump through hoops just to get basic functionality!
Wiim should step up it's game... very poor effort Wiim!

 

[canard]

Paying customers shouldn't have to jump through hoops just to get basic functionality!
Wiim should step up it's game... very poor effort Wiim!

You didn't pay enough to be so demanding perhaps

 

[Ronnie D]

Paying customers shouldn't have to jump through hoops just to get basic functionality!
Wiim should step up it's game... very poor effort Wiim!

You are complaining in the wrong place. In the app there is a three dot menu with the word more in the right bottom corner of the app.
When you press this you can submit feedback directly to wiim. When you do this they will send you an email. You have to reply to the email to have someone contact you directly .
Rgds
Ronnie

 

[MatthewS2077]

You didn't pay enough to be so demanding perhaps

Rubbish.

What's amazing is that this new "Radio" feature, which is broken, was released as a firmware update. The Wiim QA is sorely lacking. With such poor QA they must be crossing their fingers every time they release a firmware update hoping not to wake up to the news "Wiim firmware update bricks thousands of devices"...

The Wiim Ultra hardware is outstanding, amazing value! The UI/UX is not so good...

 

[Ronnie D]

With respect @MatthewS2077 . This is a user forum. The community curators, moderators, major contributors etc work very hard at pushing the wiim ecosystem forward. As I said you would be better to spend your time taking this up with wiim directly.

 

[MatthewS2077]

With respect @MatthewS2077 . This is a user forum. The community curators, moderators, major contributors etc work very hard at pushing the wiim ecosystem forward. As I said you would be better to spend your time taking this up with wiim directly.

forum.wiimhome.com - is this not an official forum hosted by Wiim?

This original post was made by WiimTeam, is this not an official Wiim "employee"?

I didn't pay to be their QA, Wiim should be monitoring this thread. All feedback regardless of what avenue it's delivered should be digested by Wiim.

Frankly, they have dropped the ball with this firmware update. I hope they have not "jumped the shark" too!

 

[Ronnie D]

forum.wiimhome.com - is this not an official forum hosted by Wiim?

This original post was made by WiimTeam, is this not an official Wiim "employee"?

I didn't pay to be their QA, Wiim should be monitoring this thread. All feedback regardless of what avenue it's delivered should be digested by Wiim.

Frankly, they have dropped the ball with this firmware update. I hope they have not "jumped the shark" too!

You are correct. I am just saying that there is a seperate system in place to contact wiim directly for the issues and suggestions that you have.

 

[WiiM Team]

My "Local radio" is empty (I'm in Australia)
My "Top iHeartRadio stations" is empty.
I'm also seeing "BBC Radio" in the top level menu, but that's of no interest to me.
"Popular Music Stations" is the only one that has stations showing.

Wiim your "radio stations" is pathetic. Who tested/developed this? They should be making the coffee instead...

Hi @MatthewS2077 ,

Thanks very much for your feedback. Our team will investigate this issue promptly.

 

[joeltheconner]

You didn't pay enough to be so demanding perhaps

he sounds nice.

 

[MatthewS2077]

he sounds nice.

Sounds just like a fanboi who's happy to put up with mediocrity...

 

[joeltheconner]

Sounds just like a fanboi who's happy to put up with mediocrity...

No, I am a person for whom the new features are working decently well, and I am a person that has a bit of patience when new features are released and understand that they might need some tweaking. And, I am someone who tends to think people working on anything deserve a bit of respect and understanding and not to be pissed on by unreasonable people.

 

[MatthewS2077]

No, I am a person for whom the new features are working decently well, and I am a person that has a bit of patience when new features are released and understand that they might need some tweaking. And, I am someone who tends to think people working on anything deserve a bit of respect and understanding and not to be pissed on by unreasonable people.

So "I'm alright Jack"?

We'll probably be waiting another month for the fix. But anyway at least they responded! That's promising...

 

[hgo58]

Hi @MatthewS2077 ,

Thanks very much for your feedback. Our team will investigate this issue promptly.

Thanks for looking into it but do we really need to use this kind of language (@MatthewS2077) to get attention? The issue was already mentioned in post #16.

 

[Valentino]

@MatthewS2077 Please reconsider your choice of words in future posts.

On a side note my state broadcaster NRK will only be available in best possible quality on direct URL.

 

[CliffyBC]

Sounds just like a fanboi who's happy to put up with mediocrity...

You sound like a person who needs to calm down a tad. You paid a budget price for the WiiM and it seems that your expectations are a little higher than your budget. Respect for others on this forum costs nothing , theres no point in ranting because something doesn't go as you would like.

 

[QuarryHunslet]

Audio Input Management: Choose which audio inputs to display and switch between them easily.

This is finally allowing me to hide the unwanted inputs, TV / HDMI, and Bluetooth.

Hopefully this feature will be added to the WiiM Amp firmware soon.

 

[Burnside]

This is finally allowing me to hide the unwanted inputs, TV / HDMI, and Bluetooth.

Hopefully this feature will be added to the WiiM Amp firmware soon.

It would be nice to be able to re-order them too

 

[Smartplug]

If someone has issue and unhappy, they can just send message to wiim and their log will also be sent for further investigation. There is no point to bring your frustration here because complaining in this tread will not fix your issue.

 

[pieterv1]

The Wiim QA is sorely lacking. With such poor QA they must be crossing their fingers every time they release a firmware update hoping not to wake up to the news "Wiim firmware update bricks thousands of devices"...

The Wiim Ultra hardware is outstanding, amazing value! The UI/UX is not so good...

I tend to agree with this somewhat... Many of the recent updates introduced a bug or some half-baked feature (HDMI being a recent example).

If someone has issue and unhappy, they can just send message to wiim and their log will also be sent for further investigation. There is no point to bring your frustration here because complaining in this tread will not fix your issue.

It's a bit of both: if there's a serious issue, one should send feedback through the app, but I like to read about them in the forums as well before installing an update myself. These individual threads for the different firmware versions are created to share personal experiences. WiiM/Ryan have stated they actually DO read the forums.

 

[Jamiewednesday]

Thanks for the on screen Radio button and BBC sub folder, however they are the low bitrate (96) versions of the stations.

Any chance you could replace these with the higher (320) bitrate versions?