# BetterDisplay v4.3.3

- Product: BetterDisplay (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/betterdisplay)
- Vendor: waydabber
- Date: 2026-05-15
- Version: v4.3.3
- Original notes: https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay/releases/tag/v4.3.3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/betterdisplay/releases/v4.3.3
- Labels: Platforms: macOS

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- **added** — Direct brightness upscaling for built-in XDR displays (experimental)
- **added** — Universal nits-based brightness sync mapping for normalized brightness synchronization (experimental)
- **added** — Configurable nits ranges for displays that do not provide native nits readings
- **added** — Parsing for HDR minimum, sustained maximum and peak brightness levels in nits
- **added** — Option to show nits values in the app menu as well as the OSD
- **added** — Improved nits output precision for low brightness values in the OSD
- **added** — Forced HDR support and expanded Color Mode menu options, including mixed HDR modes
- **added** — Mixed color mode support for outputting an SDR framebuffer with an HDR signal
- **added** — Brightness upscaling support for third-party displays in mixed HDR mode
- **changed** — Forced HDR mode is now preserved on wake
- **changed** — Forced HDR mode is now preserved after refresh rate changes when the display drops out of HDR
- **changed** — Made forced HDR mode compatible with Configuration Protection
- **added** — Extra HDR capability details under Display Information
- **added** — HDR support for virtual screens
- **added** — HDR-only mode lists for virtual screens
- **added** — Explicit per-virtual-screen option for enabling resolutions over 8K / 4K HiDPI
- **added** — Minimum and maximum range limits for direct brightness control
- **added** — Separate device power on/off controls for LG webOS and Yamaha AVR devices
- **added** — Option to power LG webOS and Yamaha AVR devices on/off when the display is detected or removed
- **added** — Option to prevent LG webOS and Yamaha AVR devices from powering on after the display was disconnected during sleep

This release adds nits-based normalized brightness syncing, direct brightness upscaling for built-in XDR displays, HDR virtual screens, improved LG webOS support. The version includes various fixes, performance and compatibility improvements for the latest version of macOS Tahoe as well.

###### Features

- Added direct brightness upscaling for built-in XDR displays (experimental) - #5242
- Added universal nits-based brightness sync mapping for normalized brightness synchronization (experimental) - #1393
- Added configurable nits ranges for displays that do not provide native nits readings - #5327
- Added parsing for HDR minimum, sustained maximum and peak brightness levels in nits - #5358
- Added option to show nits values in the app menu as well as the OSD - #5208
- Added improved nits output precision for low brightness values in the OSD - #5241
- Added forced HDR support and expanded Color Mode menu options, including mixed HDR modes - #5292
- Added mixed color mode support for outputting an SDR framebuffer with an HDR signal - #5256
- Added brightness upscaling support for third-party displays in mixed HDR mode - #5264
- Forced HDR mode is now preserved on wake - #5303
- Forced HDR mode is now preserved after refresh rate changes when the display drops out of HDR - #5371
- Made forced HDR mode compatible with Configuration Protection - #5372
- Added extra HDR capability details under Display Information - #5267
- Added HDR support for virtual screens - #5257
- Added HDR-only mode lists for virtual screens - #5259
- Added an explicit per-virtual-screen option for enabling resolutions over 8K / 4K HiDPI - #5374
- Added minimum and maximum range limits for direct brightness control - #5252
- Added separate device power on/off controls for LG webOS and Yamaha AVR devices - #5291
- Added option to power LG webOS and Yamaha AVR devices on/off when the display is detected or removed - #5296
- Added option to prevent LG webOS and Yamaha AVR devices from powering on after the display was disconnected during sleep - #5295
- Added help text to the LG webOS control UI about relevant TV settings - #5009
- Added current input retrieval for Yamaha AVRs - #5304
- Added Yamaha AVR power control only when the associated audio device is active - #5320
- Added option to avoid stealing input from already powered-on Yamaha AVRs - #5321
- Added input switching on wake for Yamaha AVRs - #5322
- Added option to avoid putting Yamaha AVRs to sleep when not switched to the Mac input - #5323
- Added option to remember soft-disconnected display state on app restart - #5309
- Improved reconnect behavior for soft-disconnected displays when the Pro trial runs out - #5298
- Added new OSD positioning option to show the OSD at top-right when the menu bar icon is visible and centered when it is hidden - #5299
- Improved app menu hiding behavior when clicking outside the menu - #5355
- Added cached app menu support for faster menu presentation - #5334
- Improved app menu animation performance - #5332
- Added adaptations for SOTSU 16" Gen 2 and 16" ELITE displays - #5313
- Added update channel support for differentiated Apple Silicon builds - #5341
- Added a Terminal option to temporarily disable power management assertions - #5367
- Added CLI options to get and set display nits levels - #5387 `v4.3.1`
- Added CLI option to toggle direct XDR upscaling - #5388 `v4.3.1`
- Added app intent (macOS Shortcut) for direct brightness upscaling - #5400 `v4.3.2`
- Brightness upscaling keyboard now works with direct upscaling as well - #5401 `v4.3.2`
- Improved compatibility with the latest macOS Tahoe versions
- Various performance improvements

###### Fixed

- Image Adjustments menu being empty when color table control is disabled and Metal is enabled - #5194
- Image adjustment delta syncing being ineffective when a target control had never been changed before - #5378
- Rapid brightness upscaling with combined brightness

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