Changelog

What’s new.

Every meaningful change, in plain English. Ordered newest first.

1. FeatureNewMay 20, 2026

   Auto-dub support

   Videos with multiple audio dubs (e.g. Turkish original + English auto-dub) now expose every language. Pick the creator’s actual upload with one click — the “Original” badge sits on that track, not the dub YouTube defaults to.

2. FeatureNewMay 19, 2026

   Track your API usage

   Plus members can now see every /v1/* call their API keys make, with a 30-day chart and a per-endpoint breakdown. Find it under Account → Usage.

3. ReleaseNewMay 18, 2026

   Browser extension

   A one-click Download button on every YouTube watch page. Same fast local-mux pipeline the site uses — no upload, no queue. Free for Chrome and Edge.

4. ReleaseNewMay 16, 2026

   Public API + SDKs

   @vidpickr/sdk (npm), vidpickr (PyPI), and github.com/vidpickr/sdk-go all shipped. Mint an API key under Account → API keys, call /v1/info or /v1/stream from your own code, skip the website entirely. Plus only.

5. FeatureMay 13, 2026

   Reframe to vertical, square, or portrait

   Crop any 16:9 video to 9:16 (Shorts/Reels), 1:1 (Instagram), or 4:5 (IG portrait) entirely in your browser. Drag the crop window to keep an off-center subject in frame. Plus.

6. BetterMay 13, 2026

   Instant download page

   Click "Download" on the homepage and the next page paints in under 100 ms — the metadata fetch now runs client-side after the shell renders.

7. FeatureMay 13, 2026

   Geo-recovery for region-locked videos

   When YouTube says "not available in your country", VidPickr now parses the licensed-region list out of the error and retries through a proxy in one of those countries — turns silent failures into successful downloads.

8. BetterMay 13, 2026

   Honest DRM errors

   Vevo / sports content protected by Widevine no longer hides behind a generic "couldn't fetch this." It says "This video is DRM-protected" so you stop poking at it.

9. ReleaseApril 25, 2026

   Big update

   Faster, cleaner, large files now work properly.

10. FeatureJune 24, 2025

    Audio downloads

    Pull just the audio. Pick a language if there are several.

11. FeatureJune 23, 2025

    Age-restricted videos

    These work now too.

12. ReleaseJune 21, 2025

    More platforms

    Facebook, Instagram and TikTok joined YouTube.

13. BetterJune 19, 2025

    Faster

    Downloads start sooner and finish quicker.

14. LaunchJune 18, 2025

    Hello world

    vidpickr launches with YouTube and Shorts support.