Windows Notch Overlay v0.1.1

Update Notes

This release is a large feature and stability update on top of v0.1.0. It expands the notch into a more complete control center, adds deeper Windows integrations, and fixes several risky system-control behaviors from earlier builds.

New features

• Added long-press drag-and-drop reordering for quick action tiles, including movement across quick menu pages.
• Added a richer in-app Settings home with language, theme, appearance, startup, quick menu, privacy, system, update, external app, and About controls.
• Added Turkish and English localization files loaded from src/renderer/i18n/*.json, so more languages can be added later without redesigning the settings UI.
• Added theme presets: default/night, graphite, contrast, light, forest, ruby, plus a custom theme mode.
• Added custom theme color controls with live preview for panel, surface, text, active state, and connected state colors.
• Added notch appearance previews and selectable styles for attached, floating, pill, and compact layouts.
• Added Windows startup control from inside the app.
• Added a themed About page with app version and project summary.
• Added a Windows notification helper and notification ticker in the notch; new Windows toast text can replace the expanded clock/date area and scroll from right to left.
• Added DDC/CI brightness support for external monitors, alongside the existing Windows brightness path where available.
• Added an in-notch brightness slider with clear unsupported-display messaging.
• Added an in-app per-application audio mixer using Windows Core Audio sessions, including volume sliders, mute buttons, and peak indicators.
• Added direct Night light toggling from the quick action without opening Windows Quick Settings.
• Added a Focus Assist tool view with clearer status and action messaging.
• Added GitHub update checking from inside the app, with manual and optional automatic checks.
• Added built-in external service launcher infrastructure for services such as YouTube, YouTube Music, Discord, and GitHub; the visible shortcut entry is hidden for this release.
• Added notification helper packaging to the Windows build so the WinRT notification reader is included with the portable app.

Improvements

• Improved quick menu ordering persistence through appearance.menuOrder in the user settings file.
• Improved settings scroll behavior, including proper scrollable quick-menu and external-app settings lists.
• Improved compact and pill visual states, spacing, scrollbars, and overall settings panel layout.
• Improved Spotify/media behavior so the media scene stays tied to actual playback instead of taking over only because Spotify is open.
• Improved brightness handling by disabling the software dimmer fallback that could open an unwanted dark overlay window.
• Improved README documentation for notification helper, localization, external services, brightness, Bluetooth behavior, and user-defined quick menu ordering.
• Improved build scripts so media and notification helpers are built together before packaging.

Fixes and safety changes

• Fixed Bluetooth toggling so it only targets real Bluetooth radio/adapter devices and does not touch network or internet adapters.
• Fixed microphone behavior so the app no longer turns microphone privacy to Deny, no longer mutes capture endpoints as a normal toggle, and no longer disables microphone devices.
• Added a microphone repair-only path that keeps access allowed, unmutes capture endpoints, and avoids changing the user's selected input device unless it needs to avoid virtual capture devices.
• Added safeguards for old builds that could leave microphone endpoints muted or disabled.
• Fixed pnputil handling so “failed to enable/disable device” output is treated as an error even when Windows exits with code 0.
• Fixed quick-action and settings UI behavior around pointer handling, scroll containment, and compact list overflow.

Release asset

• Portable Windows build: Windows.Notch.Overlay.0.1.1.exe