# ANNOUNCEMENT: Mopidy Mobile 1.8.0 Android Beta
**URL:** https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/announcement-mopidy-mobile-1-8-0-android-beta/1503
**Category:** Show and tell
**Created:** [February 10, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/announcement-mopidy-mobile-1-8-0-android-beta/1503 "2017-02-10T19:34:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@tkem](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/tkem)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/announcement-mopidy-mobile-1-8-0-android-beta/1503/1 "2017-02-10T19:34:13Z")
Mopidy Mobile v1.8.0 for Android is now available as public beta on the [Google Play store](https://play.google.com/apps/testing/at.co.kemmer.mopidy_mobile).
It’s been quite some time since the last update to Mopidy Mobile (or MoMo, as it’s sometimes called affectionately), and several third-party dependencies had to be upgraded as well, so joining the Beta testing program is probably more important than ever!
So, what’s in for _you_ if you join the Beta testing program:
- Added Music Controls plugin (giving you access to Mopidy from your device’s lock screen).
- Added option to share log messages (for nagging the developer more conveniently).
- Configurable hardware volume key step .
- Updated cover art archive logo 😉
If you choose to install Mopidy Mobile v1.8.0 Beta, please feel free to post any comments or issues either here or on [GitHub](https://github.com/tkem/mopidy-mobile/issues/)…
Enjoy,
Thomas
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### Author:  [@jjok](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/jjok)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/announcement-mopidy-mobile-1-8-0-android-beta/1503/2 "2017-03-17T12:08:02Z")
Good job. I’ve been using this for the last month with no problems. Music Controls works well. 👍
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### Author:  [@Steve\_Lambert](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Steve_Lambert)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/announcement-mopidy-mobile-1-8-0-android-beta/1503/3 "2017-03-18T07:24:10Z")
Nice app works smoothly once I’ve entered manually entered the server address - it doesn’t seem to pick up any of the 4 instances of Mopidy I have running. How do I check if Zeroconf is running?
From my point of view, trying to use it with Snapcast it would be much easier if it would recognise the ‘hostname.local’ save me going to the router each time I reboot any of them to check ip address.
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### Author:  [@tkem](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/tkem)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2017, 8:00am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/announcement-mopidy-mobile-1-8-0-android-beta/1503/4 "2017-03-18T08:00:15Z")
Thanks for the feedback! There are several free ZeroConf browser apps available on the Google Play store - if any of them is able to find your Mopidy instances, this should work in MoMo, too.
I’m also using `hostname.local` without problems, though I heard there may be issues with Android 4.4.
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### Author:  [@Steve\_Lambert](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Steve_Lambert)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2017, 8:30am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/announcement-mopidy-mobile-1-8-0-android-beta/1503/5 "2017-03-18T08:30:25Z")
Thanks for the quick reply, I’ve installed ZeroConf Browser and it doesn’t find the Mopidy pi’s,
Can you tell me how do I turn on ZeroConf in Mopidy, the only instances of it I can find if I run
’sudo mopidyctl config’ are
’zeroconf = Mopidy MPD server on $hostname’
zeroconf = Mopidy HTTP server on $hostname
is this correct or do I need to change something else?
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### Author:  [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2017, 9:25am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/announcement-mopidy-mobile-1-8-0-android-beta/1503/6 "2017-03-18T09:25:43Z")
If I remember correctly you need to install avahi-daemon and python-dbus.
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### Author:  [@Steve\_Lambert](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Steve_Lambert)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2017, 11:25am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/announcement-mopidy-mobile-1-8-0-android-beta/1503/7 "2017-03-18T11:25:29Z")
Correct again, thanks a lot!!
avahi-deamon was already installed so it was
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-dbus
sudo reboot
that was required.
Momo then picked it up straight away.
Is it mentioned in the docs anywhere, I did a search for ZeroConf but couldn’t find any instructions to make sure python-dbus was installed?
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### Author:  [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/announcement-mopidy-mobile-1-8-0-android-beta/1503/8 "2017-03-18T11:37:43Z")
I’m not sure it is, that would be a good addition. Also not sure what section it belongs in though.
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### Author:  [@tkem](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/tkem)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2017, 10:10am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/announcement-mopidy-mobile-1-8-0-android-beta/1503/9 "2017-03-19T10:10:25Z")
In the Debian package for `mopidy-2.1.0-1` it’s not listed as a dependency (or even a `Recommends`), either. Though Mopidy can run fine without `python-dbus` (and therefore _without_ zeroconf), I’m also a little confused about this - didn’t notice until now, since `mopidy-dleyna` requires `python-dbus` anyway.
Maybe @jodal can shed some light on this…
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### Author:  [@jjok](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/jjok)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/announcement-mopidy-mobile-1-8-0-android-beta/1503/10 "2017-03-24T13:20:11Z")
I think it makes sense to list it as a recommended extra.
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### Author:  [@Steve\_Lambert](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Steve_Lambert)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/announcement-mopidy-mobile-1-8-0-android-beta/1503/11 "2017-03-26T07:16:43Z")
> [@tkem](#):
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> I’m also using hostname.local without problems, though I heard there may be issues with Android 4.4.
Hi Tkem, are you using hostname.local on an android phone? I have been trying to use an app called Raspberry SSH and it will only recognise the IP address. The same happens in MoMo, if I manually add kitchen.local it will not connect but the IP address does.
I’m using android 5
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### Author:  [@tkem](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/tkem)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2017, 7:57am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/announcement-mopidy-mobile-1-8-0-android-beta/1503/12 "2017-03-26T07:57:26Z")
With MoMo, I can use both `hostname.local` and plain `hostname`. However, I guess this will also depend on your router settings - can’t remember if I set `.local` explicitly as local domain suffix on my dd-wrt based R7000. I’d try a `ping` from a desktop machine connected to your local network first…
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### Author:  [@Steve\_Lambert](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Steve_Lambert)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2017, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/announcement-mopidy-mobile-1-8-0-android-beta/1503/13 "2017-03-26T08:18:36Z")
I can ping using .local or ip address from my laptop or iphone to any of the 3 Pi’s I have running. I can also ping from the Pi’s to each other using either .local or IP address, but from android I can only ping using IP address.
It could be because I am using a Virginmedia “superhub” as router, I think it might be a bit limited in it’s scope.
I’ve asked similar question on Raspberry pi forum and answers have varied from changing the DNS in the wifi settings (its set to go to google by default) or that Ahavi and bonjour aren’t supported by android so it won’t work.
It seemed an obvious thing that they would all talk to each other, I should have known better 😆
I think I will set static IP address instead!!
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### Author:  [@tkem](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/tkem)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2017, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/announcement-mopidy-mobile-1-8-0-android-beta/1503/14 "2017-03-26T08:25:10Z")
I don’t know if that’s relevant, but I _do_ use static IPs, but not configured on the Pi, but on my router using MAC address mapping. Much more convenient than having to set this up separately on all machines, IMHO.
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### Author:  [@Steve\_Lambert](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Steve_Lambert)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2017, 8:45am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/announcement-mopidy-mobile-1-8-0-android-beta/1503/15 "2017-03-26T08:45:47Z")
Good idea - that would certainly be easier than doing each Pi. Thanks