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SECURITY UPDATE
- Removed EXE-based application wallpapers entirely from Steam Workshop support
- This follows a malware incident where a malicious executable was distributed
through the Workshop as a "wallpaper application" - Steam Workshop does not allow locking items from future updates, so application
wallpapers were removed as a precaution - Standard image, video, and web wallpapers are NOT affected and remain fully safe
NEW FEATURES
- Added HDR10+ support for compatible displays
- New audio visualizer presets: circular spectrum, waveform, bass-reactive rings
- Multi-monitor wallpaper sync: apply a single panoramic wallpaper across all screens
- Added Android 15 and iOS 18 companion app sync support
- New built-in wallpaper editor timeline: keyframe animation, layer compositing
IMPROVEMENTS
- GPU usage reduced by 15% during video wallpaper playback (DXVA2 hardware decoding)
- Workshop download speed improved with parallel chunked downloading
- Memory usage reduced by 80MB during idle wallpaper state
- Razer Chroma SDK updated to v4.0 for better lighting sync
- Philips Hue bridge discovery now supports Hue Bridge v2 (Matter)
- Corsair iCUE integration updated for iCUE 5.x
FIXES
- Fixed wallpaper disappearing after Windows 11 24H2 update
- Fixed black screen on NVIDIA GPUs with driver version 556.x+ (DXGI swapchain fix)
- Fixed memory leak when rapidly switching between video wallpapers
- Fixed audio visualizer not detecting system audio on some Windows configurations
- Fixed multi-monitor wallpaper offset on mixed-DPI setups
- Fixed crash when loading corrupted Workshop wallpaper metadata
COMPATIBILITY
- Windows 10 (build 19045+), Windows 11 (all builds)
- Steam client optional (standalone mode supported)
- macOS Sonoma and Sequoia via Steam
- Linux via Steam Play/Proton
Full Changelog: https://github.com/CasperX-VersusXIII/Wallpaper-Engine-Steam/commits/v2.8.42