diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4d8ac4d..28f0245 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.35.0
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+0.36.0
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diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts b/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
index ca40153..1899328 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ export interface ReleaseEntry {
 }
 
 export const RELEASE_NOTES: ReleaseEntry[] = [
+  {
+    version: "0.36.0",
+    date: "2026-07-10",
+    summary: "Sharper in-app playback and full access to YouTube's own player menu.",
+    features: [
+      "The in-app player is now larger and asks YouTube for higher quality, so videos look sharper than the old low-resolution default. (For the maximum your connection allows, go fullscreen.)",
+      "You can now open and navigate YouTube's own player menu — Quality, Speed, Captions and More options — all the way down. When you use YouTube's built-in controls, the app's click-to-play and scroll-for-volume shortcuts briefly step aside (a small badge shows this), and they return the moment you move the pointer off the video.",
+    ],
+  },
   {
     version: "0.35.0",
     date: "2026-07-10",