# BetterDisplay v5.0.1

- Product: BetterDisplay (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/betterdisplay)
- Vendor: waydabber
- Date: 2026-07-23
- Version: v5.0.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay/releases/tag/v5.0.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/betterdisplay/releases/v5.0.1
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: macOS

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- **added** — Support for applying custom 3D LUTs to Image Adjustments and Stream/PIP video filters using compositor filters
- **added** — Built-in app console for quick access to CLI features
- **added** — Keyboard shortcut for quickly opening the app console
- **added** — exit and clear app console commands
- **added** — Optional app logging output to the console
- **added** — HDMI-CEC TV controller for volume, mute, power, and input-source control on compatible HDMI ports and adapters
- **added** — CLI commands for HDMI-CEC TV control, including volume, power, and input switching
- **added** — Per-display integration actions for running commands when a display is connected or disconnected and when the system wakes or sleeps
- **added** — Per-display ambient light sensor readings, including support for compatible external Apple displays such as the Pro Display XDR
- **changed** — Updated the ambientLight CLI feature to support individual displays
- **added** — Compositor filter-based rendering to the Video Filter window for improved performance, enabled by default
- **added** — Geometry and advanced color compositor filters to display group syncing, with CLI and Shortcuts access
- **added** — Additional compositor filter options
- **changed** — Improved the performance of the experimental compositor filter
- **added** — CLI option to export Display Information
- **added** — Link, bandwidth, DPCD, tiling, and DSC details to Display Information
- **added** — DPCD report (dpcdReport) CLI command
- **added** — CLI option to dump raw DPCD data
- **added** — EDID report (edidReport) CLI command
- **added** — DSC report (dscReport) CLI command

This updated BetterDisplay 5 pre-release provides an important compatibility update for macOS 27 Golden Gate public beta 2 and adds new features, including custom 3D LUT filter support and a built-in app console. Other highlights in BetterDisplay 5 include advanced compositor filters, expanded display reporting and integration capabilities, HDMI-CEC control, improved per-display automation, app menu and OSD refinements, performance improvements, and updated styling for recent macOS releases.

**Important: BetterDisplay 5 requires an Apple Silicon Mac running macOS 26 or later. Intel Mac users and users running an earlier version of macOS should continue using BetterDisplay 4 – [the latest version is v4.3.5](https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay/releases/tag/v4.3.5).**

**BetterDisplay 5 is a free upgrade for Pro licenses purchased after January 1, 2025.**

- If you update through the built-in updater with an already activated older Pro license, Pro will remain active and the app will display an outdated-license notice. You can purchase a current license at any time to remove the notice and ensure continued activation eligibility.
- If you are not yet ready to purchase a new license, you may continue using Pro on that Mac with the existing activation and outdated-license notice. Do not deactivate the license, as an outdated license cannot activate a new or deactivated BetterDisplay 5 installation.
- Free features remain available without a Pro license, as before.

More information: [Outdated Pro License FAQ](https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay/discussions/5632)

This cumulative changelog includes every change since the latest stable BetterDisplay 4 release, [v4.3.5](https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay/releases/tag/v4.3.5).

###### Enhancements

- Added support for applying custom 3D LUTs to Image Adjustments and Stream/PIP video filters using compositor filters (#4284) `v5.0.1`
- Added a built-in app console for quick access to CLI features (#5642) `v5.0.1`
- Added a keyboard shortcut for quickly opening the app console (#5644) `v5.0.1`
- Added `exit` and `clear` app console commands (#5645) `v5.0.1`
- Added optional app logging output to the console (#5646) `v5.0.1`
- Added an HDMI-CEC TV controller for volume, mute, power, and input-source control on compatible HDMI ports and adapters (#3394)
- Added CLI commands for HDMI-CEC TV control, including volume, power, and input switching (#5506)
- Added per-display integration actions for running commands when a display is connected or disconnected and when the system wakes or sleeps (#5574)
- Added per-display ambient light sensor readings, including support for compatible external Apple displays such as the Pro Display XDR (#5565)
- Updated the `ambientLight` CLI feature to support individual displays (#5566)
- Added compositor filter-based rendering to the Video Filter window for improved performance, enabled by default (#5558)
- Added geometry and advanced color compositor filters to display group syncing, with CLI and Shortcuts access (#5551)
- Added additional compositor filter options (#5249)
- Improved the performance of the experimental compositor filter (#5491)
- Added a CLI option to export Display Information (#5485)
- Added link, bandwidth, DPCD, tiling, and DSC details to Display Information (#5484)
- Added a DPCD report (`dpcdReport`) CLI command, with credits to @joevt and AllRez (#5496)
- Added a CLI option to dump raw DPCD data (#5498)
- Added an EDID report (`edidReport`) CLI command (#5508)
- Added a DSC report (`dscReport`) CLI command (#5509)
- Added an HDMI-CEC report (`cecReport`) CLI command (#5510)
- Added an Apple display brightness controller report (`AppleBrightnessReport`) (#5507)
- Added a Color Table Control toggle and indicators showing which Image Adjustments sliders use color table control (#5557)
- Added support for overriding the nits values of built-in Apple displays to allow manual adju

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