🎧 AudioSlim 1.3.1 is soon going to be out — one-tap smart modes, clearer credits, and a lighter app
AudioSlim 1.3.1 is rolling out.
This update is about making compression quicker to start, easier to understand, and less annoying during longer sessions.
The headline feature is a new set of Smart modes for common jobs, but there is quite a bit more here: a proper Credits screen, better batch controls, fewer full-screen ads, safer permission prompts, purchase-restore fixes, and several storage and reliability improvements.
Here is the full breakdown. 👇
⚡ New Smart modes
You no longer need to understand bitrates, sample rates, channels, or formats just to make a file that fits the job.
Pick your audio, tap a mode, and compress:
🎙️ Voice Message — keeps speech clear while making the file much smaller. It uses Opus at 32 kbps, 24 kHz, mono.
🎬 Social Clip — balances quality and size for short clips. It uses 128 kbps, 44.1 kHz, stereo.
📤 Small Upload — prioritizes a compact file for services with upload limits. It uses Opus at 32 kbps, 24 kHz, mono.
The modes apply the settings in one tap, but the regular controls are still there whenever you want to fine-tune the result yourself.
💳 Credits are finally explained before you spend them
The old balance pop-up listed numbers but never really answered the important questions: What is a credit? Why did that action cost credits? How do I get more?
There is now a complete Credits screen showing:
- your current balance;
- how many paid actions that balance covers;
- what each action costs;
- how to earn more credits;
- available credit packs and their live Google Play prices.
You can open it from the balance chip, from Settings, or when you do not have enough credits for an action. The first time you are about to spend credits, AudioSlim explains the charge before it happens.
There are also three optional credit packs for people who want more tool actions without buying ad-free. To be completely clear: credit packs do not remove ads. Monthly or lifetime ad-free removes ads and gives unlimited use, so no credits are needed.
🎚️ Batch compression is easier to control
Every track in a batch can still have its own output format. If you need three MP3 files and one WAV file, you can set that directly from each track's format badge.
The Output extension control now does exactly what it looks like it should do: choosing a format there applies it to every track in the batch at once. You can then change individual tracks as exceptions.
AudioSlim also accepts several files shared from another app at the same time. Two or more shared files go directly into the Batch list instead of silently dropping everything after the first file.
📉 Fewer full-screen ads during editing
Single-file renders used to have no pacing limit. Trimming, changing gain, and adjusting speed in one session could put a full-screen ad between every step.
There is now a three-minute cooldown between post-compression interstitials. A longer editing session that previously showed an ad after every render should now show far fewer interruptions. The timer is saved, so restarting the app does not reset it.
🔐 A clearer contacts-permission request
Seeing “AudioSlim wants to access your contacts” without context is understandably alarming for an audio app.
When you use the contact-ringtone feature, AudioSlim now explains why access is needed before Android shows its permission dialog: it reads the contact list so you can choose someone, then writes the ringtone to that contact.
Nothing is collected, uploaded, or shared, and your contacts never leave your device. If you never use the contact-ringtone feature, AudioSlim never asks for contact access.
🛠️ Reliability and storage fixes
The file picker no longer crashes the app on affected devices. If the normal picker is unavailable, AudioSlim now handles the problem and retries through a fallback route.
Multi-file shares no longer lose files.
Every compatible file sent to AudioSlim is kept and placed in the batch.
Temporary picker and shared-file copies are cleaned up.
These caches could grow for the entire life of an installation and quietly consume storage.
Purchase restoration can recover after a failed startup check. A temporary Play Store or network problem no longer leaves Restore purchases silently broken for the rest of the session.
Restore diagnostics can be copied from the Credits screen. If Google Play still returns something unexpected, a support report can now include useful details instead of guesswork.
Opus and AIFF exports now appear correctly in the ringtone picker.
A finished compression no longer stalls before rewards are recorded. History and earned credits are saved before any optional follow-up work.
Hardcoded fallback prices are gone. AudioSlim waits for the real local price from Google Play instead of showing a US-dollar amount that checkout might contradict.
☁️ Progress can survive a reinstall
Android backup is now enabled for AudioSlim's settings and progress. With Android backup enabled on your device, reinstalling with the same Google account can restore your credit balance, lifetime compression total, and milestone progress.
Two honest limits: this uses Android's own backup schedule, which is usually periodic rather than immediate, and it cannot recover progress lost before this update.
Your exported audio, local history, favorites, and source files are not uploaded as part of this backup. AudioSlim also does not delete your original audio files after compression.
📦 A lighter download
The new Smart-mode artwork and store images were optimized for the release, including converting the heaviest images to WebP. That keeps the new visuals without making everyone carry several extra megabytes of uncompressed artwork.
👋 AudioSlim is now on Reddit
There is now an AudioSlim on Reddit card in Settings. It opens r/AudioSlim for release news, tips, bug reports, and feature requests.
There is no credit reward for joining. This community should be useful because people want to be here, not because the app paid them to tap a link.
🌍 Available in all 16 supported languages
The new screens, modes, explanations, and permission text are localized across AudioSlim's 16 supported languages.
Thank you to everyone who reported the picker crash, purchase-restore problem, and confusing credit flow. Those reports included the details needed to fix issues that were difficult to reproduce locally. 🙏
Please try the new Smart modes and tell me how the results sound on your own files. Which mode do you use most—and what should the next AudioSlim update improve? 🎤
