# BetterDisplay v5.0.3

- Product: BetterDisplay (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/betterdisplay)
- Vendor: waydabber
- Date: 2026-08-18
- Version: v5.0.3
- Original notes: https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay/releases/tag/v5.0.3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/betterdisplay/releases/v5.0.3
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: macOS

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- **changed** — Replaced expandable Settings blocks with sheets for easier navigation
- **added** — Added a simpler default manifest connection method for LG webOS TVs
- **added** — Added direct LG webOS MAC address retrieval alongside ARP discovery
- **added** — Added manual MAC address overrides for Samsung Tizen controllers
- **changed** — Holding SHIFT while connecting or disconnecting a display now performs the inverse operation on all other displays
- **changed** — Restored Intel Mac support on macOS 26
- **changed** — Improved handling of soft-disconnected displays when hardware connections change
- **added** — Added detection for exclusive virtual screens and non-connectable displays
- **added** — Distinguished app soft-disconnections from system or third-party soft-disconnections
- **added** — Added display connection controls to Settings
- **added** — Added Apply All Protections to Tools/Groups with an automatic option
- **added** — Added manual group UI scale matching to the app menu
- **changed** — Improved touch interaction on macOS 27
- **changed** — Moved additional controller settings into sheets
- **added** — Added custom 3D LUT support to Image Adjustments and Stream/PIP filters
- **added** — Added a built-in app console for CLI features
- **added** — Added an app console keyboard shortcut
- **added** — Added HDMI-CEC TV control for volume, mute, power, and input
- **added** — Added CLI commands for HDMI-CEC control
- **added** — Added per-display commands for connection, disconnection, wake, and sleep events

This updated BetterDisplay 5 pre-release improves compatibility with latest macOS 27 beta version and provides some additional improvements and bug fixes. Other BetterDisplay 5 highlights include advanced compositor filters, custom 3D LUT support, expanded display reporting and integrations, HDMI-CEC control, improved per-display automation, a built-in app console, app menu and OSD refinements, and numerous performance improvements.

**Important: BetterDisplay 5 supports Macs running macOS 26 or later. Users running an earlier version of macOS should continue using BetterDisplay 4 – [the latest version is v4.3.6](https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay/releases/tag/v4.3.6).**

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

- Updating through the built-in updater preserves an already completed activation with an older Pro license, but displays an outdated-license notice. A current license removes the notice.
- 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 contains all BetterDisplay 5 changes not already included in stable BetterDisplay 4 releases through v4.3.6.

###### Enhancements

- Replaced expandable Settings blocks with sheets for easier navigation (#5720) `v5.0.3`
- Added a simpler default manifest connection method for LG webOS TVs (#5713) `v5.0.3`
- Added direct LG webOS MAC address retrieval alongside ARP discovery (#5714) `v5.0.3`
- Added manual MAC address overrides for Samsung Tizen controllers (#5712) `v5.0.3`
- Holding `SHIFT` while connecting or disconnecting a display now performs the inverse operation on all other displays (#5701) `v5.0.3`
- Restored Intel Mac support on macOS 26 (#5667) `v5.0.2`
- Improved handling of soft-disconnected displays when hardware connections change (#5685) `v5.0.2`
- Added detection for exclusive virtual screens and non-connectable displays (#5690) `v5.0.2`
- Distinguished app soft-disconnections from system or third-party soft-disconnections (#5693) `v5.0.2`
- Added display connection controls to Settings (#5695) `v5.0.2`
- Added “Apply All Protections” to Tools/Groups, with an automatic option (#5679) `v5.0.2`
- Added manual group UI scale matching to the app menu (#5682) `v5.0.2`
- Improved touch interaction on macOS 27 (#5678) `v5.0.2`
- Moved additional controller settings into sheets (#5676) `v5.0.2`
- Added custom 3D LUT support to Image Adjustments and Stream/PIP filters (#4284) `v5.0.1`
- Added a built-in app console for CLI features (#5642) `v5.0.1`
- Added an app console keyboard shortcut (#5644) `v5.0.1`
- Added `exit` and `clear` console commands (#5645) `v5.0.1`
- Added optional app logging in the console (#5646) `v5.0.1`
- Added HDMI-CEC TV control for volume, mute, power, and input (#3394)
- Added CLI commands for HDMI-CEC control (#5506)
- Added per-display commands for connection, disconnection, wake, and sleep events (#5574)
- Added per-display ambient light readings, including compatible Apple displays (#5565)
- Made the `ambientLight` CLI feature per-display (#5566)
- Added compositor filter rendering to Video Filter windows (#5558)
- Added geometry and advanced color filters to group syncing, CLI, and Shortcuts (#5551)
- Added more compositor filter options (#5249)
- Improved compositor filter performance (#5491)
- Added Display Information export through the CLI (#5485)
- Added link, bandwidth, DPCD, tiling, and DSC display information (#5484)
- Added the `dpcdReport` CLI command, with credits to @joevt and AllRez (#5496)
- Added raw DPCD data export through the CLI (#5498)
- Added the `edidReport` CLI command (#5508)
- Added the `dscReport` CLI command (#5509)
- Added the `cecReport` CLI command (#5510)
- Added the `AppleBrig

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