RailControl Pro now fully embraces Liquid Glass on iOS 26 and macOS 26. But that’s not all, this update also makes connecting to your Central Station easier than ever.

Liquid Glass

Back in September, I wrote about why I was holding off on adopting Apple’s new design language. At the time, too many things were broken or barely functional. I’m happy to report that Apple has since addressed a lot of these issues, and RailControl Pro now looks right at home on iOS 26 and macOS 26.

If you’re still on a slightly older OS version, don’t worry, the app will continue to look and work exactly as it did before.

Automatic Discovery

Connecting to your Central Station just got a whole lot easier. RailControl Pro now automatically discovers Central Stations on your network. No more manually entering IP addresses. You won’t see the Connect screen anymore, unless we can’t find any Central Stations on your network, or unless we find more than one, and you haven’t connected with any of them before. Of course, you can always manually open the Connect screen from the System menu, just like before.

This is especially handy if you’re visiting a friend’s layout or your local club, where you might not know the IP address by heart. Combined with the recently used stations feature from version 3.2, getting connected should now be a breeze.

Hidden Collection

For users with lots and lots of locs, there’s a new type of collection called Hidden. Locs added to this collection won’t appear in other collections—not even in All. This is perfect for locs you want to keep around but don’t need cluttering up your everyday view. Think of that test decoder you use once a year, or locs collecting dust on a shelf, but you’re not ready to sell just yet.

Other Changes

A few more things worth mentioning: the Articles filter for CS3 now includes Track Diagram areas, making it easier to find articles by their location on the layout. And for macOS users, you can now navigate through your locs using the up and down arrow keys when in list view. Lastly, we fixed a lot of issues too. Check out the full release notes.

As announced with version 3.3, this update drops support for iOS 15 and macOS 12. If you’re still on one of these systems, you can continue using version 3.3, but you won’t receive any future updates.

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Get the update from the App Store. If you encounter any issues or want to share some ideas, let me know.