Dynamic Island
Every release
- v0.11.19 October 2026Latest
- Battery that matches the charge, a Notifications pane with a preview.
- v0.11.02 October 2026
- Messages from any app on the island, without macOS's duplicate banner.
- v0.10.01 October 2026
- Far less CPU and battery while music plays; the waveform follows the music.
- v0.9.01 October 2026
- While music plays: six styles for a tucked island, and the title on a new song.
- Dashboard: the GPU on the CPU card.
- v0.8.01 October 2026
- Update window: a timeline of releases with Update Now; version 0.8.0.
- v0.7.11 October 2026
- Opening Settings closes the island; version 0.7.1.
- v0.7.01 October 2026
- Reveal animations: slide under the notch, ink, elastic, curtain; live preview; version 0.7.0.
- v0.6.01 October 2026
- Show the island only when the pointer is at the camera; version 0.6.0.
- v0.5.21 October 2026
- One-line installer that avoids the first-launch block.
- v0.5.11 October 2026
- App icon; version 0.5.1.
- v0.5.01 October 2026
- Unlock animation on the island; compact status alerts; earbuds from any maker.
- Updates with Sparkle; version 0.5.0.
- v0.4.130 September 2026
- Draft releases so the DMG can be attached before publishing.
- v0.4.030 September 2026
- Show the song and artist on hover; smoother island animations.
- Compact island fits its content; no +N chips; dashboard button always there.
- v0.3.030 September 2026
- One Width setting for the compact and the open island: a slider in Settings › Layout, Narrow / Standard / Wide in the island's menu, or drag the island's left or right edge.
- Layouts adapt instead of cutting things off: extra app icons and activities fold into +N, the Open apps grid picks its columns from the width, and the player, timer and shelf switch to compact layouts when narrow.
- Dashboard columns follow the width (3, 4 or 5).
- Dashboard button on the island (on hover by default; always or off in Settings).
- Full-screen apps: keep showing the island, hide it unless something is live, or hide it.
- Show the island on the built-in display, the display with the menu bar, or all displays.
- Keyboard: <kbd>⌥⌘I</kbd> opens the dashboard (recordable in Settings), <kbd>Esc</kbd> closes it, <kbd>Tab</kbd> moves between controls.
- VoiceOver descriptions and actions; an Increase Contrast edge.
- v0.2.030 September 2026
- Shelf: drag something toward the notch to keep it; drag it out later, or AirDrop, share or show it in Finder.
- Volume and brightness HUD on the island (opt-in; needs Accessibility to replace the system HUD).
- AirPods and Bluetooth: connect alerts with left, right and case batteries.
- Downloads: progress for files that browsers download.
- Mic and camera in-use indicator.
- New dashboard widgets: Weather (Open-Meteo), Shelf, Clipboard (opt-in, kept in memory only), Shortcuts, Devices.
- Settings: module details, widget settings, new permission rows.
- v0.1.030 September 2026
- Hybrid, Glass or Black material, drawn with the system's Liquid Glass so it follows your Liquid Glass slider, Reduce Transparency and Increase Contrast.
- Compact style: beside the notch or below it.
- Hover, click, scroll to open and close, right-click menu, alerts.
- Now Playing: artwork, controls, seek; output picker (Mac outputs with a volume slider, plus Music's AirPlay speakers); synced lyrics from LRCLIB (tap a line to seek); Up Next.
- Timers with presets, Battery, Calendar with meeting links, Background apps (as many as you choose).
- Widget dashboard: Now Playing at most half the width, plus CPU, memory, storage and network.
- Settings window with a live preview of the island, a menu bar icon, open at login, a global shortcut and dynamicisland:// links.