diff --git a/.github/workflows/android.yml b/.github/workflows/android.yml
index 0eaf22d..dd328dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
             "ndk;27.0.12077973" "cmake;3.22.1" > /dev/null
 
       - name: Build and unit test
-        run: ./gradlew assembleDebug :app:testDebugUnitTest --stacktrace
+        run: ./gradlew assembleDebug :app:testDebugUnitTest :app:lintVitalRelease --stacktrace
 
       - name: Upload debug APK
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 8bcb6bb..68d65b6 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ android {
         }
     }
 
+    lint {
+        // Calling an API newer than minSdk crashes on older TVs and cars (1.4.0 did on any key
+        // before Android 12); lintVital, which CI and every release build run, stops on it.
+        fatal += "NewApi"
+    }
+
     buildTypes {
         debug {
             // Installs beside the release app, with the simulated sender (src/debug) for tests.
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/weenas/castbay/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/weenas/castbay/MainActivity.kt
index a78f5e1..0d760de 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/weenas/castbay/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/weenas/castbay/MainActivity.kt
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
         }
         // Media keys (a steering wheel's too) always work and don't wake the screen saver;
         // any other key wakes it, and does nothing else.
-        if (!KeyEvent.isMediaSessionKey(event.keyCode)) {
+        if (event.keyCode !in MEDIA_KEYS) {
             if (event.action == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
                 val asleep = viewModel.screenSaverOn
                 viewModel.noteActivity()
@@ -146,3 +146,14 @@ private fun Screens() {
         DeviceRequestDialog(deviceRequest, onAnswer = viewModel::answerDeviceRequest, onDismiss = viewModel::dismissDeviceRequest)
     }
 }
+
+/**
+ * The keys a media session handles (as KeyEvent.isMediaSessionKey, which is Android 12+: before
+ * that, calling it crashed on any key).
+ */
+private val MEDIA_KEYS = setOf(
+    KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PLAY, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PAUSE, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE,
+    KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MUTE, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_HEADSETHOOK, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_STOP,
+    KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_NEXT, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PREVIOUS, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_REWIND,
+    KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_RECORD, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_FAST_FORWARD
+)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/weenas/castbay/ui/screen/ChangelogScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/weenas/castbay/ui/screen/ChangelogScreen.kt
index 298cf70..41874f6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/weenas/castbay/ui/screen/ChangelogScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/weenas/castbay/ui/screen/ChangelogScreen.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.draw.clip
 import androidx.compose.ui.focus.onFocusChanged
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalConfiguration
+import androidx.core.os.ConfigurationCompat
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
 import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ fun ChangelogScreen(viewModel: AirPlayViewModel) {
     val context = LocalContext.current
     val update by viewModel.update.collectAsState()
     val installed = remember { AppVersion.name(context) }
-    val chinese = LocalConfiguration.current.locales[0].language == "zh"
+    // The compat form: Configuration.locales is Android 7+.
+    val chinese = ConfigurationCompat.getLocales(LocalConfiguration.current)[0]?.language == "zh"
     val current = update ?: return
     val notes = current.notesSince(installed)