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What changed, and where.

The complete Windows Version 2 release history, the older Version 1 archive, and the first public Apple silicon build.

Windows

Version 2

Every public Version 2 release, from the Windows 11 rebuild through the current release.

v2.3.3

Fixes

  • Resetting LumoTray to its defaults now preserves an existing license.
  • Custom menus opened from Hot Corners now appear at the activated corner, open inward, and remain correctly aligned at screen edges and across multiple displays.
  • Fixed app notifications in packaged test and release builds.

Improvements

  • Updated WebView2 and supporting components for improved embedded web content reliability.

v2.3.2

Fixes

  • Reduced memory usage while rendering static images for wallpapers, screensavers, and the lock screen, improving stability with large images and multiple displays.
  • Fixed NASA EPIC wallpaper credit and timestamp placement.
  • Fixed first-install license reminder timing so it does not appear immediately after installation.

New

  • Refreshed the getting-started wizard with a guided tour of LumoTray's features. It can now be replayed from Settings > About.
  • NASA EPIC images are now cached locally, making rotations faster and reducing repeated downloads.

Improvements

  • NASA EPIC rotation timing now supports durations from 10 seconds up to 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds.
  • Wallpaper, screensaver, and lockscreen mode lists now use a consistent order.
  • New installations now target display 1 by default when configuring Hot Corners.

v2.3.1

New

  • Added shared Image Layout settings to every static-image screensaver and lockscreen mode. Choose Center, Tile, Stretch, Fit, or Fill, with a configurable background color for Center and Fit.
  • Added transition type and duration controls when Bing and Windows Spotlight screensavers detect a new image.
  • Added a switch automatically option for the Museums screensaver mode.

v2.3.0

New

  • Custom menu shortcuts now support adding websites, with automatically discovered and cached favicons. The sample menu now includes a Websites folder.
  • Custom menu editor now includes Expand all and Collapse all controls, and its sample menu separates top-level folders.
  • Matrix mirror scene can now be applied independently to any custom color effect, with an optional camera input.
  • Color Fader and Live Color Fader color swatches can now be edited directly by selecting them.
  • Hot Corners now shows indicators on each display corner and highlights corners affected by joined monitor edges.
  • Added a link to open the changelog from the About page.

Improvements

  • Validation errors now appear next to the Save and Discard controls for wallpaper, screensaver, and lockscreen settings.
  • NASA EPIC image duration can now be set up to 10 minutes.

v2.2.0

New

  • Museums mode shows a random selection of famous paintings and sculptures from multiple museums around the world.
  • NASA EPIC mode shows the latest image or a timelapse of up to the last 7 days from NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera API.
  • Added a custom video effect to the Matrix screensaver and Live Matrix wallpaper modes.
  • Added a per-display option to prevent screensavers from starting automatically while a fullscreen app, game, video, or presentation is active.

Improvements

  • Reworked the Matrix settings UI to clearly separate presets from fully customized configurations.
  • Removed the unsupported Matrix isometric option.
  • Screensaver automatic start delays now have a minimum of one minute.

v2.1.0

New

  • Monitor-specific fit modes and background color. You can now set different wallpaper fit modes for each monitor.
  • Added the Microsoft Store rating widget to the license reminder.

Fixes

  • Adjusted Matrix mode parameters with better defaults and limits.
  • Matrix 3D mode parameters were not shown correctly in the interface.

v2.0.8

New

  • Monitor-specific fit modes and background color. You can now set different wallpaper fit modes for each monitor.
  • Added the Microsoft Store rating widget to the license reminder.

Fixes

  • Adjusted Matrix mode parameters with better defaults and limits.
  • Matrix 3D mode parameters were not shown correctly in the interface.

v2.0.7

New

  • Added the ability to add separators to the custom menu.

Fixes

  • Fixed live wallpapers not being applied correctly on certain display topologies with negative coordinates.
  • Display maps now refresh and reapply only when monitor, resolution, or related parameters actually change.
  • Fixed transient wallpaper COM error noise.
  • Fixed an edge-case race condition when saving images.

Miscellaneous

  • Minor interface and copy fixes.
  • Improved the menu tree experience.

v2.0.6

New

  • Added mode indicator icons to the display map.

Fixes

  • Fixed remote error notifications always showing on new installations, even when the setting defaulted to off.
  • Fixed internal Partner Center event handling.

Miscellaneous

  • Minor interface and copy fixes.

v2.0.3

Version 2 highlights

  • LumoTray was rebuilt from the ground up for a native Windows 11 experience.
  • Live Wallpapers: set videos, webpages, Matrix effects, and more as wallpapers.
  • Windows Spotlight pictures can be used as wallpapers, screensavers, and Lock Screen images.
  • Hot Corners can trigger actions when you move the pointer into a screen corner.
  • Screensaver hotkeys start screensavers on demand with global shortcuts.
  • English and Portuguese localization.
  • A faster, more efficient app with a smaller memory footprint.
  • A completely redesigned settings window.

Settings migration

  • Version 2 changed how settings are stored, so existing Version 1 configurations were reset.

v2.0.0 - 2.0.2

Internal testing

  • Internal development and testing releases.
Legacy Windows archiveVersion 1 changelog40 releases

LumoTray Version 1 was released between December 2022 and December 2025. Expand this archive whenever you need the older release history.

v1.3.13

  • FIXED: Edge case issue with display ordering

v1.3.12

  • FIXED: Fixed a breaking bug due to .NET10 upgrade.

v1.3.11

  • FIXED: Issue with countdown timer fullscreen mode
  • IMPROVED: Monitor order detection
  • MISC: Updated to .NET10

v1.3.10

  • FIXED: The Windows 11 bug that prevented middle clicking on tray icons (since LumoTray v1.0.11) has now been fixed by Microsoft so you can now configure middle click functionality again!
  • Make sure your Windows 11 system is updated with the latest patches.

v1.3.9

  • FIXED: Edge-case crash when using Wallhaven modes
  • MISC: Minor copy and padding fixes
  • IMPROVED: Microsoft Store rating widget

v1.3.8

  • FIXED: Muting audio on video fullscreen modes was not working correctly

v1.3.7

  • NEW: Wallhaven mode (wallhaven.cc) now available as wallpaper, lockscreen and fullscreen modes

v1.3.6

  • FIXED: Layout issue when moving windows between monitors with different DPIs
  • FIXED: Typos and copy corrections
  • IMPROVED: Dropdowns smooth scrolling

v1.3.5

  • FIXED: APOD wallpaper mode regression/bug introduced on v1.3.4 🤦

v1.3.4

  • NEW: Unsplash mode now available as wallpaper, lockscreen or fullscreen modes
  • NEW: When not using the double-click action, the single-click is now immediate (doesn't add a delay to detect the double click)
  • NEW: Images/Icons on mode selectors
  • FIXED: Image slideshow with fade disabled now works correctly
  • FIXED: Minor typos, syntax corrections and UI/UX adjustments
  • MISC: Updated internal packages

v1.3.3

  • NEW: Better higher quality icons and logo
  • NEW: Ability to disable auto-showing the changelog
  • FIXED: Crash when saving settings with lockscreen slideshow selected

v1.3.2

  • FIXED: Another crash when accessing the fullscreen tab introduced on v1.3.1

v1.3.1

  • NEW: Shadertoy fullscreen mode
  • FIXED: Crash/hang when trying to access fullscreen tab on some non-English systems
  • IMPROVED: Menu editor now has split buttons for add folder and add shortcut
  • IMPROVED: Image slideshow fade effect and added customizable fade duration
  • MISC: Updated internal packages

v1.3.0

  • NEW: Video Playlist fullscreen mode
  • FIXED: Slideshow order bug
  • IMPROVED: Better visual feedback when saving or applying settings
  • IMPROVED: Fullscreen modes close dropdowns
  • IMPROVED: Video rendering should be faster and smoother
  • IMPROVED: Custom menu editor can now edit entries
  • MISC: Updated to .NET9
  • MISC: ARM64 builds

v1.2.0

  • NEW: Customizable menu icons
  • FIXED: Issue starting fullscreen modes when also using "close on mouse move" feature
  • FIXED: Rendering issues on high DPI displays
  • MISC: Minor UI/UX and copy fixes

v1.1.4

  • FIXED: A bug where the custom menu could crash the app if a menu entry was not found

v1.1.3

  • NEW: Import/Export/Reset functionality. Load factory defaults, backup or recover your LumoTray configuration
  • FIXED: Minor UX and copy fixes

v1.1.2

  • FIXED: An issue when toggling the lockscreen feature would cause other tabs to not load correctly
  • FIXED: An issue with the license type detection

v1.1.1

  • NEW: Added ability to close fullscreen modes automatically on mouse move
  • FIXED: Issue where fullscreen modes wouldn't start after configured idle time

v1.1.0

  • NEW: Lockscreen Manager - Add colors, images or slideshows to your Windows lockscreen!

v1.0.19

  • Fixed a date parsing bug introduced on v1.0.18

v1.0.18

  • Updated to .NET 8
  • Added NASA APOD timer mode
  • Fixed internal issue with international date formats
  • Fixed potential crash when doing monitor detection

v1.0.17

  • Increased the network timeout for image requests that should reduce the number of issues while fetching images from bing or NASA's APOD on slower connections

v1.0.16

  • Updated internal libraries

v1.0.15

  • Fixed an edge case when there is a server error while trying to download bing or apod images
  • Updated webview2 libraries

v1.0.14

  • Fixed an issue when trying to load the APOD image for the day and the image was still not available on the API
  • Improved some windows notifications to include an "Open Settings" button and clearer messages.

v1.0.13

  • Updated Webview2.
  • Fixed typos and improved tooltip texts.

v1.0.12

  • Fixed an issue where the custom menu editor would not enable the Apply button on certain situations.

v1.0.11

  • Microsoft has since released Windows 11 Version 22H2 (Build 22621.1413) that still features the middle-click issue.
  • Starting with this version, LumoTray will now detect any versions that are still affected with this issue. (At the time of this writing, those are builds 22621.1344 or newer)

v1.0.10

  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 (Build 22621.1344) introduced an issue where middle clicking tray icons is no longer possible.
  • LumoTray will now detect this version and disable the middle-click functionality.
  • Minor copy and grammar fixes.

v1.0.9

  • Fixed an issue when switching themes
  • Fixed an issue with slideshow modes
  • Updated Webview2

v1.0.8

  • Fixed some bugs and compatibility issues with latest Windows 11 (build 22621.1344)
  • Improved validations for image and slideshow modes
  • Fixed issue with slideshow wallpaper mode

v1.0.7

  • Fixed an infinite loop issue when APOD API key got rate limited
  • Added ability to use your own NASA API key for APOD modes
  • Minor UX, copy and typo fixes

v1.0.6

  • Fixed an issue on the send feedback form
  • Adjusted timeout on image fetching modes
  • Removed alpha channel from background color
  • Improved error and duplicate instance detection

v1.0.5

  • Updated webview2
  • Improved error detection and logging

v1.0.4

  • Improved UX when there's any issue downloading images on Bing or APOD modes
  • Fixed issue with Hexells mode when random mode was selected
  • Added "Rate App" link on the about window.
  • Other minor copy fixes

v1.0.3

  • Registration reminder window should now appear as unfocused
  • Minor typo fixes

v1.0.2

  • Fixed issue with Bing IOTD and NASA's APOD image checks

v1.0.1

  • Minor copy and typo fixes

v1.0.0

  • First Public Release