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New beta released!

As always, you can download this latest beta release from our Patreon page.

Find below the release number and the changes in this version.

Version
2026.8.3.1

Highlights

New feature

We added a cover/thumbnail view option for the Owned Games Library / the Add Games page. The option is accessible from the hamburger menu. This was already available for the Installed Games Library, but is now also available for the Owned Games Library.

We added the Edge browser and now use it as the default. Using Edge enables support for DRM content. This means that now videos on Steam can be viewed for example. Unify now supports both Edge and Chromium and you can switch browser engines from the browser options popup menu.

Changes overview

• Global

  • Added Edge browser engine as an alternative to Chromium. Edge is now the default.

• Gaming

  • Games
    • Added store icon to thumbnail view.
  • Stores
    • Added cover/thumbnail view.

• System

  • Added function keys shortcuts to tabs (F1-F6) so they can be quickly accessed in case the mouse does not work.
  • Files tab
    • Can now check locks for folders. But it's still extremely(!) slow.

• Image Editor

  • Added Rasterize button to Shapes tab.

• Web Browser

  • Pressing the middle mouse button on a tab now closes it.
  • Pressing the middle mouse button on a tab while holding the Control key now closes all other tabs.

• Scripting

  • Code
    • Added SelectSingleNode method to HtmlDocument class, which returns a single node based on XPath.
    • Added SelectNodes method to HtmlDocument class, which returns a list of nodes based on XPath.
    • Added LoadHtml method that loads an URL and returns a HtmlDocument.
    • When using the popup browser, the webbrowser control will be added as a variable with key 'PopupBrowser'.
    • Added ExecuteScriptAsync method for the webbrowser control.
    • It is now possible to use multiline code, which is useful when creating string variables containing javascript. Just put the text inside quotes, like 'code ', and end with a ; on the last line.

• Global

  • Updated several core packages, like the webbrowser, image editor, compression, etc.

• Gaming

  • Stores
    • Updated user interface.
    • Double-clicking a game entry will open the game store URL.

• Collector

  • Parsing speed improved for images.

• Image Editor

  • After applying a perspective correction, the image will now be trimmed/cropped automatically.
  • Added web icons to tab list context menu.

• Web Browser

  • Increased animation speed for tabs.

• Scripting

  • Code
    • Changed the way empty lines and comments are handled because of the added support for assigning multiline strings to variables.
    • Added support for the Edge engine in the PopupBrowser.

• Gaming

  • General
    • When searching/filtering games in cover/thumbs view, the listview will now scroll to the first item so it becomes visible.
  • Games
    • The Genres column header is now correctly hidden in cover view.

• Registry

  • Multi String conversion to formatted string fixed.

• Image Editor

  • Applied rotation should now be preserved and no longer reset after performing other operations.
  • Fixed the 'MemoryStream cannot be expanded' bug.
  • Fixed the view area so the bottom part of the canvas is fully visible by default.

• Image Browser

  • Google image search should work again.

• Web Browser

  • Chromium
    • Threading bug fixed for popups.

• Scripting

  • Code
    • Fixed an issue where a basic variable setter (a = 'x';) could be recognized as a function. This happened for example with strings containing javascripts (a = 'function()';).
    • When opening an empty file, the editor will now be cleared.