How to Upload Wallpaper Engine to Steam Showcase

How-do-you-do everyone, today we are releasing Wallpaper Engine 2.0! The update brings support for Android, a new logo, a new 3D depth effect and a handful of other additions and improvements to Wallpaper Engine.

Wallpaper Engine Android Companion App

We are happy to finally release the free Wallpaper Engine Android companion app. Some key features of the app are as follows:

• No hidden costs, no advertisements, no user tracking or information collection.
  
• Transfer Scene and Video type wallpapers from Wallpaper Engine on your computer to Android wirelessly.
  
• Import whatsoever uniform files from your device as a wallpaper: Videos, GIFs, images & Wallpaper Engine wallpapers
  
• Create a playlist of your wallpapers and use different playlist modes
  
• Automatically pauses when power saving way is enabled, offers FPS and quality settings.
  
• Total support for dynamic sound visualizers, clocks & other dynamic wallpaper elements
  
• Let wallpapers movement forth with the motion of your device (devices with gyroscope)
  
• Support for automatic theme colors based on the electric current wallpaper, including Android 12's Material You

Real-time interactive wallpapers on Android

Customize your wallpapers to your liking

Visualize your music with audio responsive wallpapers. Credit: Cube Visualizer

Let wallpapers react to the motion of your device (devices with gyroscope)

Customize the app by configuring playlists, performance settings and more

Wirelessly transfer your Workshop wallpapers from your reckoner

Download Wallpaper Engine for Android

We recommend installing the app through an official app shop, however, we also offer a straight APK download for more avant-garde users. View our website for all installation options here:

Adding new Wallpapers to Android

Straight connecting to the Workshop from a mobile device is not possible from a technical and legal point of view. However, we built a convenient system that allows owners of Wallpaper Engine on Windows to transfer their wallpapers to Android devices with ease:

Step i: Click on the new Mobile button in Wallpaper Engine on Windows, then select Connect new device. Wallpaper Engine will testify yous a iv digit PIN that y'all can utilize to connect to your mobile device now.

Step 2: Open up Wallpaper Engine on your Android device and click on the Add button in the lower correct corner. Select Pair with Computer, your reckoner should at present be visible in the device list. Select it and enter the 4 digit Pivot from pace 1.

Step 3: Your devices should now be continued. Right-click on whatever compatible wallpaper and click on Send to mobile device, then select your mobile device from the list. Your wallpaper volition now be transferred.

If y'all are unable to connect to Android: Correct-click on whatsoever wallpaper and select Send to mobile device, then select Export .mpkg. You tin can then transfer the exported mobile package file to your mobile device via cable or by transferring it to your mobile device in another way.

• Click here to read our Android connexion guide.

Tip: Yous can also transfer folders or multiple wallpapers at the aforementioned time by multi-selecting them by belongings the CTRL key. Clicking CTRL + A in the Installed tab selects all installed wallpapers and lets you transfer them all at the same fourth dimension.

New Wallpaper Engine Logo

Along with the release of the Android version of Wallpaper Engine, we felt information technology was fourth dimension to update our logo. The old logo mainly consisted of a computer screen - which does not brand much sense on a mobile device. A major release two.0 release felt like the best time to try something new and we are very happy with the outcome.

We accept experimented a lot with unlike designs and settled on a new logo which keeps the spirit of the old design, but with a more modern spin. With Wallpaper Engine ii.0, you lot volition find the new logo throughout the application, in Windows and on our websites:

New Depth Parallax Effect

A major new addition to the Wallpaper Engine editor is our new Depth Parallax effect. This consequence will allow y'all to create a perceived 3D depth to your images. On computers, the effect is influenced past the mouse while on Android, the move of the phone volition simulate the mouse movement.

To brand total-use of the consequence in the wallpaper editor, we recommend installing our new free Editor Extensions DLC. Nosotros decided to split up this particular editor characteristic into an optional DLC considering the features requires a download which is several gigabytes in size. When starting time using the effect in the editor, Wallpaper Engine will inquire you to install the DLC for you. For more than infos, run into our full guide on how to install and utilize the depth parallax result in the editor:

• Depth Parallax

It'southward important to annotation: You do not need to install the costless DLC unless yous desire to employ the upshot in the editor yourself - the upshot volition still work on computers and mobile devices even if the free DLC is non installed.

Weekday Playlists

A popular asking that we have received over time was the way to configure one wallpaper per weekday. With this update, nosotros are introducing a new weekday playlist. Merely add up to seven wallpapers to the playlist in the Installed tab of Wallpaper Engine, then click on Configure in the playlist section and select the Day of Week option from there. You will also discover the already existing playlist options in that location, such as the Time of Day playlist type.

Windows 11

Wallpaper Engine fully supports Windows 11, with this update, we are also adding support for the new rounded corners user interface design. If you are upgrading to Windows 11 and experience any bug with Wallpaper Engine, make sure to do a full re-installation of the latest graphics card drivers. Most Windows eleven users who reached out to us with issues were using outdated graphics menu drivers.

If you are using a Windows xi theme with transparency, you lot will notice that Wallpaper Engine will be ignored past Windows 11. To fix this event, simply enable the new Override wallpaper option in the Wallpaper Engine settings. This will keep your Windows wallpaper in sync with your Wallpaper Engine wallpaper and fix any issues with transparency on Windows xi.

Changelog

Additions / Changes

[h4]Main App[/h4]

• Added Android support and released the new Wallpaper Engine Companion app for Android.
  
• Added mobile drove to Observe tab.
  
• Updated Wallpaper Engine logo, color theme, including app icons.
  
• Added rounded corner back up for Windows 11.
  
• Added "twenty-four hour period of week" playlist style, limited to 7 wallpapers.
  
• Re-arranged search filters, added new "mobile compatible" filter option.
  
• Added "favorite" button when right-clicking on a wallpaper.
  
• "Stop style" now turns off automatically while wallpaper is existence changed manually.
  
• Improved user interface for configuring physics basic.
  
• Increased automated audio unmute delay from 3 to v seconds.
  
• Added scheme color to "apply to all wallpapers" dialog.
  
• Removed 12h / 24h clock pick from playlist, now detected automatically depending on system settings.
  
• Added CLI applyProperties support to windowed wallpapers.
  
• Improved app performance with new JSON parser.
  
• Updated core application binaries to latest Visual Studio 2022 compiler and latest Win SDK.
  
• Reduced occurrence of rare cursor flickering issue in CEF.

[h4]Wallpaper Editor[/h4]

• Added new depth parallax upshot.
  
• Added Costless editor extensions DLC for depth parallax event. Yous only need this if yous want to use it in the editor, users of your wallpapers do not need this DLC.
  
• Added colour picker tool to editor painting tools.
  
• Improved support for rendering Chinese, Japanese, Korean and more characters in scene wallpapers text layers with new fonts.
  
• Improved "Rope Renderer" for particle systems.
  
• SceneScript: init() and update() part volition now automatically convert numbers into vectors (Vec2, Vec3, Vec4) when they are returned. This helps to simplify some scripts.
  
• SceneScript: Reviewed and improved all sample code snippets slightly.
  
• SceneScript: Update reference URLs to new SceneScript documentation.
  
• Fabricated transparency cropping work with DXT compression in the editor.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed "High Performance" option for the texture resolution settings breaking a low number of wallpapers.
  
• Fixed editor crashing when importing textures with resolutions beneath the minimum required size.
  
• Fixed certain filter settings causing wallpapers to show up twice in the "installed" tab.
  
• Fixed crash related to video textures.
  
• Stock-still JPEG EXIF meta information sometimes not being applied on image layers. If you rotate images with Windows, they should at present likewise announced rotated in the app properly.
  
• Fixed issue with particle organisation colors not working properly.

Frequent Questions About The Android App

How much does the Android app price?

The Android app is free of accuse, there are no hidden costs, no in-app purchases and no advertisements. It can likewise exist used every bit a standalone app without owning Wallpaper Engine on your computer and import compatible wallpaper files from your mobile device.

Can the Workshop be accessed direct from the Mobile App?

No, the Workshop cannot exist accessed from mobile devices due to technical and legal restrictions. Nosotros built a convenient way to transfer your existing collection of wallpapers from your reckoner to Android. We tried to make this procedure equally like shooting fish in a barrel and elementary equally possible, in most cases you simply need to make certain your mobile device and your computer are connected to the same network. Click here to learn more.

Additionally, you can also but direct import any compatible wallpaper files from the files stored on your mobile device. Wallpaper Engine for Android also works well if you are simply looking for a way to plow whatsoever video files on your Android telephone or tablet into your mobile wallpaper or if you want to employ several static wallpapers in a playlist.

Does Wallpaper Engine drain the bombardment of my devices?

No, we have optimized the app extensively and most modernistic devices will not notice a negative consequence on bombardment life in day-to-day usage.

We have been using the app for months on our private devices now and on an average day and we have not seen any meaningful battery usage through Wallpaper Engine. The app automatically pauses when another app is full-screened on your device and when your device is turned off. Bombardment saving mode will automatically suspension your live wallpaper to reduce its impact on bombardment life even further. On peak of that, y'all tin also tweak the performance impact in the app settings by adjusting the FPS limit.

Do wallpapers also play sounds like on Windows?

No, all wallpapers are muted on Android. Still, audio visualizers piece of work as long as you grant the app the permission to tape your device's audio.

Can I set a wallpaper on my Android lock screen?

This depends on your device. Some Android manufacturers exercise not allow live wallpapers on the lock screen while some others exercise. If you are non offered the choice to set a lock screen wallpaper, and then your device manufacturer does not allow it.

What about Wallpaper Engine on iOS for iPhones and iPads?

Unfortunately, Apple's iOS does not support true live wallpapers like Android. Information technology is not possible to create anything like to Wallpaper Engine on iOS. If Apple ever changes their listen on this, we will probable besides follow-upwardly with an iOS version. Click here to read our lengthy explanation about Linux, Mac Bone and iOS.

Feedback, Questions and Technical Back up for Android

If you take any questions, suggestions or general feedback about the new Android app or if you run into whatsoever technical problems, be sure to post a message on the Android department of our Steam board:

• Wallpaper Engine - Android App Discussions

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