VLC Media Player App Gets Split Screen Multitasking, Touch ID, WatchOS 2 Support

VLC has released an update to its app that brings split screen multitasking for iPad, Touch ID and watchOS 2 support.

VLC for Mobile is a port of the free VLC media player to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.
It can play all your movies, shows and music in most formats directly without conversion.
It allows file synchronization with Dropbox, GDrive, OneDrive, Box, iCloud Drive, iTunes, direct downloads and through WiFi sharing as well as streaming from SMB, FTP, UPnP/DLNA media servers and the web.

What's New In This Version:
∙ Dropped support for iOS 6.1. VLC requires iOS 7.0 now
∙ Added support for SMB file sharing
∙ Re-wrote Apple Watch extension for watchOS 2
∙ Media stored in folders on remote servers is now played as a list
∙ Reworked networking UI
∙ Added support for system-wide search "CoreSpotlight"
∙ Added improved UI support for Right-to-Left languages
∙ Added support for the split-screen appearance in iOS 9
∙ Added support for Touch ID to unlock app
∙ Added option to configure playback continuation
∙ Added option to configure gestures
∙ Added support for music albums with more than 1 disk
∙ Display chapter duration in playback UI
∙ Recently played network stream URL are now shared across all devices
∙ Stored login information is now shared across all devices
∙ Cloud login credentials are now shared across all devices


You can download VLC from the App Store for free.

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