Solar is not yet stable for everyday use - we recommend using this only if you're willing to face bugs and report issues at github.com/thesolarproject/solar/issues
Solar is a custom firmware and launcher for the Innioasis Y1 — a full interface replacement with podcast downloads, a global quick menu, Reach (Deezer + Soulseek), Y1 theme support and a Stem Player clone.
Features
- 🎵 Reach — search, play and download music from Deezer and Soulseek
- 📺 YouTube — Play / Download videos and music from YouTube
- 🎙️ Podcasts — search and download episodes to your Y1 over the internet
- ⚡ Quick menu — global context menu for playback, queue, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, and more
- 🎨 Y1 themes — install and apply themes from the original Y1/Y2 firmware
Assets
app-release.apk— signed Solar launcherrom.zip— Y1 type A firmware (2.0.0+, MT6572)rom_type_b.zip— Y1 type B firmware (before 2.0.0, MT6572)
Recent commits
- 24d3740 Merge branch 'main' into nightly
- ba735c4 Flow handoff polish, screen transitions, and Solar Development support experiment.
- 6040935 Bump stable version for next release.
- 51ae704 Bump nightly version for next release.
- e7b33af Merge branch 'main' into nightly
- 5e1c4a6 Fix podcast playback speed parameter application and update default album art UI effects
- 7025188 Merge branch 'main' into nightly
- f76ba80 Offload play queue file IO from onResume to background thread
- e8455dd Merge main into nightly
- 8ed2e24 Trigger library scan and theme reload when SD card mounts (e.g. after disabling USB storage)