Hi everyone! Vealo has now been launched by more than 20,000 people, thank you! This update brings a lot of what you asked for in reviews and emails.
Steam
New setting “Hide Steam activity”
- You'll find it in Settings, in the “Behavior” section.
- Vealo no longer sits in the “In-Game” status all day, and your account stays free for games on other devices, for example the Steam Deck.
- Vealo connects to Steam only at launch, while the Workshop is open and during a purchase.
- If you start Vealo from the Steam library, Steam itself treats it as a game. So it's better to start it from the shortcut or together with Windows.
Radio
- 6 new styles: Pop, K-pop, Anime & J-pop, Latin, Country, 80s & 90s.
- The radio follows your keyboard media keys, and you can pause it from the tray.
- New “Pause” setting: Vealo's sound fades out while a video is playing or a game is running, and comes back on its own afterwards.
- The sounds and radio timer has been reworked to save space.
Visualizer
Clear the desktop
- Right-click the preview in the Studio: turn off widgets, effects or sound all at once or one by one.
- “Restore previous” turns everything back on.
Effects
- Particles (snow, rain, leaves, sparks) now run at your monitor's refresh rate and look smoother.
Profiles and Workshop
- A profile thumbnail shows the profile's own wallpaper when you save the profile.
- Images used by profiles are no longer deleted together with a Workshop setup.
- The preview of a setup with notes now matches the real desktop.
- The Pro badge on Workshop setups is shown only to those who don't have Pro yet.
Fixes
- Video wallpapers work on Windows 10 and on Windows 11 before version 24H2.
- Plus lots of small fixes.
Special thanks to everyone who shares their work in the Workshop! There are already more than 400 setups there. To show your interest, be active and leave likes, so the author sees that you liked their work.
Answers to frequent questions are collected on the website in 14 languages: vealo.app/help
Thank you for choosing Vealo. If you run into a problem, write to [email protected]!
Enjoy!