# BetterDisplay v5.0.4

- Product: BetterDisplay (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/betterdisplay)
- Vendor: waydabber
- Date: 2026-08-31
- Version: v5.0.4
- Original notes: https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay/releases/tag/v5.0.4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/betterdisplay/releases/v5.0.4
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: macOS

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- **added** — Added a Traditional OSD option for brightness, volume, and mute
- **added** — Added an Arrange Displays menu under Tools
- **added** — Added an Arrange mode to the Move Display menu
- **added** — Added on-screen guides for Move Display
- **added** — Added CLI controls for selected-content streaming
- **added** — Added selected-window and multi-window PIP/Stream capture
- **added** — Added the fpsTarget CLI option for PIP/Stream
- **added** — Added target FPS controls for PIP and Stream
- **added** — Added right-to-left interface support
- **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
- **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 HDMI-CEC TV control for volume, mute, power, and input
- **added** — Added per-display commands for connection, disconnection, wake, and sleep events
- **added** — Added per-display ambient light readings, including compatible Apple displays
- **added** — Added Display Information export through the CLI
- **added** — Added Prevent Cursor Entering for stream target displays
- **changed** — Redesigned the Move Display menu with layout and completion feedback
- **fixed** — Improved nits-based brightness syncing after wake for Apple displays

This updated BetterDisplay 5 pre-release adds various features including selected-content streaming, expanded display arrangement tools, per-stream frame-rate limits, right-to-left interface support, Arabic localization, together with brightness-sync and macOS 27 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 lists BetterDisplay 5 changes not included in the latest v4.3.6 stable release.

###### Enhancements

- Added a Traditional OSD option for brightness, volume, and mute (#5760) `v5.0.4`
- Made the Tools/Groups menu always available (#5757) `v5.0.4`
- Added an Arrange Displays menu under Tools (#5756) `v5.0.4`
- Added an Arrange mode to the Move Display menu (#5755) `v5.0.4`
- Added on-screen guides for Move Display (#5749) `v5.0.4`
- Redesigned the Move Display menu with layout and completion feedback (#5747) `v5.0.4`
- Added CLI controls for selected-content streaming (#5746) `v5.0.4`
- Excluded the Tools menu from automatic app menu tidying (#5745) `v5.0.4`
- Updated the default visibility of Tools menu items (#5744) `v5.0.4`
- Added selected-window and multi-window PIP/Stream capture (#5743) `v5.0.4`
- Added the `fpsTarget` CLI option for PIP/Stream (#5742) `v5.0.4`
- Added target FPS controls for PIP and Stream (#5738) `v5.0.4`
- Improved nits-based brightness syncing after wake for Apple displays (#5728) `v5.0.4`
- Added right-to-left interface support (#5727) `v5.0.4`
- 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 l

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