Web AU3.0 - App Store

Web AU brings a real web browser into your DAW workflow, keeping reference material, tutorials, documentation, support pages, videos, and downloads close to the tools you are already using, with powerful new preset snapshots for saving and reopening complete browser setups.

Built for musicians, producers, and power users working in compatible AUv3 hosts, Web AU delivers a focused browsing experience with modern essentials:

- Preset snapshots for saving and reopening browser setups from Preset Browser
- Multi-tab browsing
- Complete bookmark management
- Browser history
- iCloud sync for presets, bookmarks, and browsing history
- Mobile or desktop browsing modes
- Built-in ad blocking and privacy controls
- Safe Browsing warnings
- Device permission controls for Photos, Camera, and Microphone
- Local file loading and media playback on iPhone and iPad

Web AU is designed to keep the web available without pulling you out of your creative environment. Open multiple pages, move quickly between tabs, save the sites you actually use, and save full browser setups as presets so you can return to the same working context later without rebuilding it tab by tab.

Preset snapshots give Web AU a stronger workflow advantage inside music production sessions. Use them to capture a group of pages, references, and browsing state for a specific task, then reopen that setup later from Preset Browser. This makes it easier to keep recurring research, manuals, tutorials, support pages, and work-specific browsing layouts ready when you need them.

Privacy and control are built in. You can enable ad blocking, manage Safe Browsing warnings, switch between mobile and desktop user agents, view and clear saved website data to manage storage use, review device-permission status from inside the app’s settings experience, and back up or restore bookmarks when needed.

Presets, bookmarks, and browsing history can stay in step across your devices through iCloud. Web AU also includes sync status details in Settings, along with manual sync controls when you want to check or refresh sync while the browser is open.

Web AU is built for compatible AUv3 host workflows, including setups running on Apple silicon Macs.

Whether you need synth manuals, plug-in documentation, patch notes, support articles, YouTube tutorials, download pages, or quick searches while you work, Web AU keeps that material close without turning your session into window-management overload, and presets make it much faster to return to the exact kind of browser setup you use most.

In accordance with copyright laws, Web AU does NOT permit the downloading, recording, or capturing of content. All online playback operates independently of audio recording capabilities.

Version History This release marks a major step forward for Web AU, with a more capable browser, stronger privacy controls, and a more complete companion app experience.

What’s new in this version:

- Multi-tab browsing for working across multiple pages in a single session
- Built-in ad blocking and expanded privacy controls
- Device permission controls for Photos, Camera, and Microphone
- Preset snapshots for saving a browser setup and reopening it later from Preset Browser
- iCloud sync for presets, bookmarks, and browsing history across devices
- Bookmark backup and restore
- A full redesign across the browser, bookmarks, and settings experience
- A rebuilt companion app with an in-app user manual and direct Web AU access 3.0 Apr 15 This update includes stability improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.2 Jan 27 - Stability improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.1 01/06/2025 - Revitalized user interface design for a more engaging and intuitive experience.
- Enhanced web engine for superior performance.
- Revised companion app manual.
- Stability improvements and bug fixes. 2.0 10/30/2024 - Stability improvements and bug fixes. 1.4.1 12/26/2023 - Redesigned settings window.
- Web Cache Management.
- Updated iOS Companion App (User Guide). 1.4 12/18/2023 - Qualified for iOS 17.
- Discontinued macOS support. 1.3.5 10/31/2023 - Qualified for iOS 17.
- Discontinued macOS support. 1.3.4 10/30/2023 - Qualified for iOS 16. 1.3.3 10/16/2022 - Updated the iOS companion app's In-App manual. 1.3.2 06/06/2022 - Qualified with iOS 15.5 1.3.1 05/20/2022 - Fixed bug preventing images from being saved to the camera roll.
- Updated In-App Manual. 1.3 01/21/2022 - Complied with latest SDK.
- Updated in-app manual. 1.2 11/13/2021 THE WORLD’S FIRST AUDIO UNIT WEB BROWSER IS NOW EVEN BETTER!

Version 1.1 includes three highly requested features:

• Bookmarks (favorites)
• iOS 12.4+ compatibility
• User Agent switching

Web AU is now equipped with a Bookmark Manager allowing you to store frequently visited sites and NAS. Simply tap on the Bookmark icon to launch the Bookmark Manager interface.

iOS 12 support has officially been added for iOS 12.4 and up. You may now enjoy the powerful resources that Web AU can bring to your workflow on older devices.

If you haven’t already discovered, the appearance of some sites optimally changes when using a desktop user agent or a mobile user agent. Web AU now allows you to dynamically switch between a mobile user agent or a desktop user agent. A simple page refresh will apply changes to your currently active session.

** Please review the iOS companion app for an updated and comprehensive user manual. **
Follow me on Twitter for new app releases and updates. 1.1 02/03/2021 Addressed the issue that was preventing Web AU from loading for some iOS 13.6 & 13.7 users. 1.0.1 01/07/2021 1.0 12/22/2020