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App release notes

What changed in each Busy Tag app release. Store versions can reach you a few days after the release date. Your installed version is shown under Settings → App info. Installers of every version are in the download archive.

1.7.4 — September 2026​

  • New integrations: GitHub Copilot Usage and Codex Usage.
  • Claude Code and Codex usage show the remaining time in days, hours and minutes.
  • Sign-in for integrations goes through a Busy Tag server, so no secrets are stored in plugins.
  • Integration playback resumes after the app restarts.
  • Android: update check and Open on Google Play.
  • Fixed outdated firmware information and update prompts after refreshing device info, and a crash on iOS.

1.7.1 — August 2026​

  • New languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Estonian, Polish, Portuguese, Italian and Lithuanian.
  • Video to GIF: turn a video clip (up to 20 seconds) into a GIF for a design.
  • Import design from link, and busytag:// links open in the desktop app.
  • iOS and Android: sign-in for integrations that need an account (Google, Microsoft).
  • Integration playlist countdown and better plugin configuration pages.
  • New ⋯ menu for items in Designs, and accessibility improvements throughout the app.
  • Moved to .NET 10, with support for Android 16.
  • Fixes for device cloud sync, secure storage, popups and a Windows crash when selecting items.

1.6.4 — July 2026​

  • Device sharing improvements.
  • Wi-Fi settings: enter a network name by hand, rescan networks, live signal strength.
  • Windows: native Arm64 builds, and separate x64 and Arm64 installers.
  • Gmail and Google Drive integrations use narrower Google permissions.

1.6.2 — June 2026​

  • Share devices with other people using a QR code or link.
  • Share and import designs as .busytagdesign files, links or QR codes.
  • Install integrations from a file (.busytagplugin).
  • New integrations: Google Calendar, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Tasks and Claude Code Usage, with redesigned integration settings pages.
  • New Wi-Fi setup, device setup for the first device, and Wi-Fi signal indicator.
  • Faster Gallery with offline caching and category browsing.
  • Factory reset confirmation and automatic time zone for Busy Tag 2.

1.5.8 — April 2026​

  • Smoother progress display while images upload to the device.

1.5.7 — April 2026​

Windows setup only.

  • Tooltips on buttons throughout the app.
  • Firmware updates are downloaded from a new server, and the firmware update flow is clearer in store versions of the app.

1.5.6 — April 2026​

  • Gallery: search moved to the header, and a new layout.
  • Design editor: colour picker in a popup, and search for online images and GIFs.
  • Updated Spanish translation.

1.5.5 — April 2026​

  • First version for the Mac App Store.
  • Fixes for macOS and Windows.

1.5.2 — March 2026​

  • Device recovery on Windows and macOS: reinstall the firmware on a device that no longer starts.
  • New languages: German, French, Spanish and Japanese.
  • Windows: new setup program (.exe) next to the app package.
  • Screen-reader support: accessible names and announcements across the app.
  • Smaller GIFs thanks to better encoding, and clearer firmware update steps.

1.4.5 — February 2026​

  • Images and GIFs are optimised automatically to fit the device.
  • Design editor: search online photos and GIFs (Pexels, KLIPY), choose fill or fit scaling, vertical text alignment and a live preview.

1.3.9 — January 2026​

  • Drag and drop to reorder designs and integrations.
  • Custom icon colours for integrations.
  • Integration updates keep your settings.
  • Desktop: cloud sync for Busy Tag 2.
  • New app icons and layouts for tablets.

1.3.3 — December 2025​

Windows.

  • Accessibility improvements and busytag:// links.
  • Fixes for cloud sync and file uploads.

1.3.0 — December 2025​

macOS.

  • Busy Tag 2 support: Wi-Fi setup, cloud connection and remote control.
  • Share devices by QR code.
  • Android and iOS support.
  • New colour picker.
  • Latvian language.
  • Firmware files can be dropped onto the app to install them.

1.1.0 — April 2025​

  • Integrations: live content on Busy Tag, with a playlist that rotates through them. The first integrations: Analog Clock, Digital Clock, Weather, Weather Forecast, Countdown, Days Since, Days Left This Year, Lunar Phase, Marquee Text, Stock Price, Bitcoin Price and Microsoft Teams.
  • Integrations can animate, play LED patterns and open web pages.

1.0.6 — April 2025​

  • Menu button navigation for small windows.
  • The app reopens the page you used last.
  • Fixes for Windows single-instance mode and macOS.

1.0.5 — April 2025​

  • Fixed: the device was not found on the first launch after a clean install.
  • Crash and error reporting, and anonymous usage statistics.

1.0.2 — March 2025​

Windows. On macOS the same changes shipped as 1.0.1.

  • LED page with patterns.
  • Only one copy of the app runs at a time on Windows.
  • Fixed GIF optimisation and firmware updates on macOS.

1.0.1 — March 2025​

macOS. See 1.0.2. Adds the option to start the app when you log in.

1.0.0 — March 2025​

  • New Designs page.
  • New LED page with a colour picker.
  • Online gallery designs come with LED colours.
  • The app tells you at start-up when a new version is available.
  • Faster USB transfers on macOS, and the start-at-login option works again.

0.2.5 — February 2025​

Windows. Preview of the 1.0.0 changes.

0.2.2 — February 2025​

  • Online gallery page.
  • Settings are stored more reliably.

0.2.1 — November 2024​

  • Fixed: default designs were hidden after a clean install.

0.2.0 — November 2024​

  • Focus Session: a Pomodoro timer and countdown shown on Busy Tag.
  • Create designs from templates, and edit designs you made earlier.
  • Cancel an image that is being sent to the device.

0.1.6 — October 2024​

  • Your affirmation images are saved.
  • A warning when an image is larger than the 1 MB the device accepts.
  • Dropped files are filtered to supported types, and drag and drop works on macOS.

0.1.5 — October 2024​

First release for Windows and macOS:

  • Create images with text, fonts, colours and backgrounds, and send them to Busy Tag.
  • Set the LED colour and the screen and LED brightness.
  • Firmware updates, automatic clean-up of old images on the device, and the Help and Learning centre pages.