New versions and release notes of Dynamic Theme app (Current Release flight).

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.103 (1.7.103.0)

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:26:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.103 (1.7.103.0)

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What's changed:

Windows SDK upgraded to version 10.0.26100.0
Microsoft.UI.Xaml library updated to version 2.8.7
Win2D.uwp library updated to version 1.28.2
Removal of AppCenter SDK due to depreciation of the service (telemetry)
Portuguese translation
Portuguese (Brazilian) translation
Chinese (Simplified) translation
Bulgarian translation
Romanian translation

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.102 (1.7.102.0)

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:25:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.102 (1.7.102.0)

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What's new:

New proxy setting that allow you to choose the mode: automatic, on or off (based on Windows settings) - when automatic mode is used, the application attempts to use the proxy but if connectivity issues appear attempt to execute the same request without it

What's fixed:

Application may hang when the network is not available/is in a bad state

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.101 (1.7.101.0)

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:22:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.101 (1.7.101.0)

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What's changed:

Romanian translation
Italian translation
German translation
Remove the compatibility with legacy Windows 10 ARM devices - ARM64 continues to be supported

What's fixed:

Incorrect detection of the native size of Windows Spotlight pictures in portrait mode (including incorrect file name after saving)
Prevent application crash when a format key is unknown (for Bing and Windows Spotlight pictures)
Random EXIF issue that result of a corrupted saved/exported picture
The execution of some background tasks may be incorrectly delayed, with an impact on the slideshow option or daily updates, due to the detection of display resolution changes

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.100 (1.7.100.0)

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 01:38:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.100 (1.7.100.0)

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What's changed:

Keep the last folder selections (albums) in the “recently used” list

What's fixed:

Error with the picture export feature in the viewer after a lot of save (1000+)

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.98 (1.7.98.0)

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:55:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.98 (1.7.98.0)

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What's new:

You can now enable/disable the use of the elegant text wrapping for the picture description incrustation/overlay

What's changed:

Support new Windows Spotlight format used randomly by Microsoft since few weeks (solves random loading issue)
AppCenter SDK updated to version 5.0.5

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.97 (1.7.97.0)

Wed, 15 May 2024 12:50:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.97 (1.7.97.0)

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What's changed:

Turkish translation
German translation
Bulgarian translation
Chinese (simplified) translation
Flemish translation
Dutch translation

What's fixed:

Unneeded folder creation inside the Pictures library when the automatic export is disabled (when navigation into the Bing and Windows Spotlight pages)

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.96 (1.7.96.0)

Sat, 09 Mar 2024 22:10:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.96 (1.7.96.0)

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What's changed:

Chinese (Traditional) translation
Polish translation

What's fixed:

Some reliability fixes and optimizations

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.94 (1.7.94.0)

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:26:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.94 (1.7.94.0)

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What's changed:

Hebrew translation

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.91 (1.7.91.0)

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 04:46:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.91 (1.7.91.0)

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What's new:

You can now disable the dynamic display resolution management (Information > Display)

What's changed:

Some internal optimizations

What's fixed:

Fix the dynamic display resolution detection

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.90 (1.7.90.0)

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:15:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.90 (1.7.90.0)

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What's fixed:

For some users (lower rate), loading the list of available font families can crash the application

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.87 (1.7.87.0)

Sun, 29 Oct 2023 01:31:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.87 (1.7.87.0)

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What's changed:

English translation
Is now more easy to see if you are running a prerelease version of the application (in application title + 'About' page)
Description overlay: when no EXIF data is available, the file name is now used (local pictures only)
Improved Bing picture descriptions by removing the 'Info.' prefix when used by Microsoft

What's fixed:

Some fixes related to the picture cache management

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.86 (1.7.86.0)

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 23:03:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.86 (1.7.86.0)

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What's fixed:

EXIF metadata management error may prevent the daily Bing or Windows Spotlight picture to be updated under certain conditions

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.83 (1.7.83.0)

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:38:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.83 (1.7.83.0)

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What's fixed:

Incorrect reading of the EXIF data in some cases (slideshow, local pictures)
Pause options other than 1 week are not working in the Lock Screen settings

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.82 (1.7.82.0)

Sun, 06 Aug 2023 22:03:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.82 (1.7.82.0)

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What's new:

Japanase translation

What's changed:

Portuguese translation

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.81 (1.7.81.0)

Mon, 17 Jul 2023 00:03:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.81 (1.7.81.0)

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What's changed:

Removed alpha mask settings for picture fill color related to the selected adjustment (background and lock screen) as this is not applicable in this context
Better picture viewer history navigation in some cases (prevent duplicate items, the current picture may not be displayed) when the viewer is opened with a specific picture
Improved resiliency of the picture overlay settings changes
Windows UI Library updated to version 2.8.5
Italian translation
Dutch translation
Flemish translation
Czech translation

What's fixed:

Prevent an application crash in rare circumstances with the picture description overlay options page
Prevent an application crash on old Windows 10 versions whith the action message in the picture viewer
Management of the animation of the action message in the picture viewer where there are a mutiple actions done in a short amount of time
Cache incorrectly provisioned when last available Bing picture in the history is selected (+ the background/lock screen not updated)

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.80 (1.7.80.0)

Fri, 07 Jul 2023 22:07:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.80 (1.7.80.0)

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What's new:

Italian translation is back! (thank you Leonard)

What's changed:

Microsoft Store Services SDK updated (version 10.2307.3001)

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.79 (1.7.79.0)

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 21:52:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.79 (1.7.79.0)

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What's changed:

Optimization of the fonts list loading in incrust options

What's fixed:

Incorrect 'File' button label when the picture is available locally (wrong path displayed) in the picture viewer (regression of the last version)
Russian translation: invalid default directory names for automatic Bing and Windows Spotlight pictures automatic saving

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.78 (1.7.78.0)

Sun, 02 Jul 2023 20:33:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.78 (1.7.78.0)

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What's new:

Added keyboard shortcuts in the picture viewer: Ctrl+O to open the local image if available, Ctrl+S to save it, Shift+S to save it locally, Alt+S to share it, Ctrl+B to use it as wallpaper and Ctrl+L to use it as lock screen
Added keybord shortcuts when selecting a picture: ESC to quit ou ENTER to choose the displayed picture
Russian translation is back! (thank you Ruslan and Roman)

What's changed:

Allows the picture viewer to work on a limited connection (intentional user actions)
Bulgarian translation
Romanian translation
Czech translation
German translation
Spanish translation
Dutch translation
Flemish translation
Chinese (traditional) translation
Ukrainian translation

What's fixed:

The application can crash in some rare circonstances when the incrust options are changed often and quickly
Slideshow: bad cache management may cause option not to work in some cases
Slideshow: default slideshow directory (user's image library) disappears after adding a custom directory
Focus management when the picture viewer is open (full page)
In rare circumstances (when Windows is unstable), prevent the application from crashing at startup when updating the local cache
Windows Spotlight: support a new URI format (or funky related to a Microsoft publishing error) to be able to download the corresponding picture (a case of this type appears recently)
The troubleshoting wizard does not indicates the real state of the connectivity when opened from the picture viewer

Dynamic Theme build 1.7.77 (1.7.77.0)

Wed, 28 Jun 2023 21:24:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.7.77 (1.7.77.0)

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What's changed:

Bulgarian translation
Korean translation
Spanish translation
German translation
Romanian translation
Chinese (traditional) translation
Polish translation
Portuguese translation
Portuguese (Brazil) translation
Serbian translation
Serbian (Cyrillic) translation
Remove incomplete (partial) persian translation
Remove incomplete (partial) croatian translation
Remove incomplete (partial) indonesian translation
Remove incomplete (partial) italian translation
Remove incomplete (partial) japanese translation
Remove incomplete (partial) lithuanian translation
Remove incomplete (partial) russian translation
Remove incomplete (partial) turkish translation
Microsoft Store Services SDK updated (version 10.2306.12002)
Tweaks the performance during the application loading
Improved algorithm for the picture's description overlay to better support small and medium-sized screens

What's fixed:

Prevent the application to crash if the system network stack is in bad state

Dynamic Theme build 1.6.88 (1.6.88.0)

Wed, 24 May 2023 02:39:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.6.88 (1.6.88.0)

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What's fixed:

The UI can be truncated in some languages (troubleshoting wizard)
Bad UI alignment in the about page in narrow mode
If the application is opened from an 'update available' notification but there is no more, the interface could remain frozen indefinitely on the update page
If the application is opened from an 'update available' notification but there are no more updates, the interface might not reflect the actual state of the selected options

Dynamic Theme build 1.6.87 (1.6.87.0)

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 14:17:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.6.87 (1.6.87.0)

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What's changed:

Some internal optimizations

Dynamic Theme build 1.6.83 (1.6.83.0)

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 22:48:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.6.83 (1.6.83.0)

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What's fixed:

Bing picture source availability detected incorrectly for Chinese users

Dynamic Theme build 1.6.81 (1.6.81.0)

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 04:02:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.6.81 (1.6.81.0)

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What's changed:

Better startup management (with an appropriate screen) when the application's internal data must be migrated following an update

What's fixed:

Viewer performance with Bing pictures when the UHD and 1920x1200 formats are not available
Poor handling of Bing UHD picture availability which may impact the reliability of the automatic change if the picture is also unavailable in 1920x1200 resolution
Incorrect next update date when a Bing picture is not available in UHD format
The picture quality indicator in the viewer is displayed sometimes even when there is no picture displayed

Dynamic Theme build 1.6.80 (1.6.80.0)

Sun, 19 Mar 2023 12:34:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.6.80 (1.6.80.0)

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What's new:

The current picture quality is now displayed in the viewer (+ tooltip to shows the detailed resolution)

What's changed:

When the UHD resolution of the Bing picture is not available, the fallback system to the next best available resolution is now supported (Microsoft has changed some things since a month or so, and the UHD resolution is less available than before)
In the Bing pictures settings, the warning that indicates all the resolution are not always available now uses a bold font
Lithuanian translation

What's fixed:

When the Bing picture is not available in the UHD format, when saved the file name indicates the right resolution of the picture
Some internal issues

Dynamic Theme build 1.6.78 (1.6.78.0)

Sat, 11 Mar 2023 02:04:00 GMT

Dynamic Theme app
Version 1.6.78 (1.6.78.0)

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What's fixed:

Some reliability fixes with the new picture providers availability test logic
Viewer: an incorrect error is displayed when there is no file selected (cancellation) with the saving feature
Contact Form: bad state of the email field (UI)
Some internal errors