From a56cdb96c9c8e3d23b877bbcc7d26bd0cda231e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Geier <Matthias.Geier@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2021 12:53:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Release 0.4.4

---
 NEWS.rst       | 3 +++
 sounddevice.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 059f768..367ff34 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+0.4.4 (2021-12-31):
+ * Exact device string matches can now include the host API name
+
 0.4.3 (2021-10-20):
  * Fix dimension check in `Stream.write()`
  * Provide "universal" (x86_64 and arm64) ``.dylib`` for macOS
diff --git a/sounddevice.py b/sounddevice.py
index 810a4dc..3b55085 100644
--- a/sounddevice.py
+++ b/sounddevice.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     https://python-sounddevice.readthedocs.io/
 
 """
-__version__ = '0.4.3'
+__version__ = '0.4.4'
 
 import atexit as _atexit
 import os as _os