| 7.6.5 | 3/17/2026 | - Added static marquees only option in settings (will skip video marquees)
- Lookup cache auto-refreshes on uploads with manual refresh button
- Added Favorites and slideshow feature (includes video marquees)
- Added copy button to log
- /list handler for third party integration
- Fixed intermittent ‘not connected’ boot screen
- Changed video icon indicator
- Ability to delete user-added system/console names
- Fixed wifi reconnect issue on some networks
- Fixed intermittent sports scoreboard not configured message
- USB formatting for a blank thumb drive fixed and works from mobile app too
- Added bulk upload support from Custom Upload in Companion, takes around 10 minutes to process 2000+ marquees and shows a progress update
- Fixed intermittent marquees showing up without images in Companion
- Browse marquees in Pixelcade Companion is much faster now
- Added variations filter in Companion so by default we don’t show all the rom name variations, mainly for MAME
- User added systems in Companion will show up in a different color and sorted at the top
- Time zone can be set in settings which is needed for log time stamps and clock widget
- MP4 video will now upload to the right location in the mp4marquees folder
- Device info in Companion shows total number of marquees in system, internal, and USB storage
- USB marquees are now found immediately during boot even while cache is still scanning
- Marquee info page in Companion shows more details including if from USB or internal storage
- The uploader in Companion now shows the progress and activity for each file
- Some users were getting WiFi connected but no Internet
- Files uploaded to internal storage weren’t getting picked up
- Browse marquees sorting always alphabetical
- Can now delete user added video marquees
- New header logo so easier to tell the difference between Pixelcade Companion LCD and LED
- Added app based WiFi setup with hotspot when no WiFi configured
- Added WiFi password validation so we don’t kill existing WiFi if wrong password entered
- Adding option to forget WiFi connection which reverts to HotSpot setup mode
- Favorites changed to playlist — you can add widgets, drag and drop order, and control each item duration
- Fixed new USB formatting issue when hot swapping a new USB drive without a reboot
- Added clear button to log
- If no connectivity, show the QR code for the mobile apps to setup WiFi on startup
- Added eject button for safe USB eject
- Added attract mode option to playlist that if on will prevent interruption during arcade scrolling and game launches
- Added drag icons to playlist items
- Added plumbing for arcade front end Attract Mode/screen saver integration
- Added YouTube channel stats widget
- Added Google Calendar widget
- Added Google Tasks widget
- Added AI marquee generation widget that generates an AI marquee from the last selected game
- Added Spotify now playing widget with album art for music, podcasts, and audiobooks
- Added Google Photos widget with ability to select photos
- Playlist drag indicator — visual drop indicator shows exactly where items will be placed when reordering the playlist
- Widget settings now open as full-screen pages instead of modals for better mobile experience
- Widgets were not stopping consistently when other widgets or arcade marquees are sent
- Added Custom Mappings to LCD Companion which auto redirects to the local Pixelcade Companion UI
- Spotify widget can now be added to your playlist
- Added Last.fm widget which can also be added to your playlist
- Note that the Spotify widget currently requires a manual whitelist — DM on Pixelcade Discord to get added
- Note that Last.fm does not require a whitelist but you do need a Last.fm account
- Added Last.fm stats widget that shows most played artists, albums, recent tracks, discoveries, or a calendar view
- Added stats for DOFLinx in-game events
- Added share button for logs on mobile devices (requires version 2.5+ of the iOS and Android apps)
- Custom artwork upload works now from the Pixelcade Android app (requires version 2.5+ of the app)
- Fixed bug with Playlist on dual Pixelcade LED and LCD setups where the LCD playlist was getting multiple widget calls at the same time
- Added text param to /arcade handler, will scroll the game title or alt text if the dot matrix display is connected
- Added ?nomini, ?clearmini, and ?minilcdonly options to /arcade handler
- New widgets: Plex Now Playing, Yahoo Fantasy, Daily Horoscope, Commute Traffic, Netflix Top 10, World Clock
- Added missing 1player and 2player marquees for LCD Only DOFLinx in-game effects users
- Fixed bug where Google Photos widget was not always loading photos
- Shuffle default option for news ticker and Google Photos so they don’t always start from the same sources
- Faster load time for news feed
- Added widget that simply shows the marquee of the current/last selected game
- Fixed crash when there is an invalid news feed, added buffer spacing for the first news scroll
- Last game widget will display when Attract Mode is in no interrupt mode
- Weather widget UI and load time improvements
- Artwork update with 1,500+ new marquees
- Added incremental artwork updates so only new or changed artwork is downloaded vs. the whole repo every time
- Fixed bug where weather in Attract Mode wasn’t using the settings
- Fixed AI marquee widget
- Added default attract mode playlist and widget usability improvements
- Added ?nogif and ?novideo params to /arcade handler to prevent sending video marquees for that call
- Added settings option to support BitLCD hardware using the external HDMI input
- Added progress bar in the Pixelcade app and Companion during firmware updates
- USB search fix for large number of files on USB (thousands)
- Added video only filter on browse marquees
- Added more clock types: Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Tetris, Pong, Retro CRT, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Arkanoid, Galaga, Street Fighter, Dig Dug, and Rectangle
- Multiple clock types can now be added to Attract Mode
- Minor clock face improvements and you can change the clock face from Attract Mode
- Added additional resolutions in Companion settings including for 14.9 1280×390 screens
- Added &nocomma param to the score display, removes comma automatically if score is over 1,000,000
- Added user defined Google API key for commute traffic widget
- Score display comma fix
- Shuffle option added to Attract Mode
- Added support for Orange Pi Zero 3 boards
- Pre-rendering for sports, news, and stocks widgets now much faster
- Fixed score formatting on sports scoreboard when running in 1280×390 mode
- Removed pop up message when updating marquees from Companion, instead each marquee turns grey briefly as it is updated
- Added error message for Netflix Top 10 widget if API times out
- WiFi setup fix for Orange Pi Zero 3 boards
- Added user messages during startup when no Ethernet or USB connectivity
- Network detection startup optimizations for Orange Pi Zero 2 boards
- Fixed bug where clock settings (24-hour or second hand) weren’t being saved
- You can now add multiple sports tickers, each with different leagues, to Pixelcade Attract Mode
- WiFi setup hotspot will not appear if USB is connected (but will not appear if Ethernet is connected)
- Adding LCD explosion and other effects for DOFLinx in-game
- More LCD explosion and other effects for DOFLinx in-game and naming convention match to LED effects
- Explosions will overlay when explosions are back to back
- Fixed /stats handler to use the right resolution
- Improved retroachievements effects with a random animation and cleaner achievements text
- Added tabs to settings in Companion for better organization and easier navigation
- Fixed bug where uploading a new network was requiring a reboot — now immediately available
- Added a new artwork theme selection that will change the default system & console marquees
- Improved marquees for: Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, Game Gear Japan, and Sony PSP
- System marquee thumbnails now shown in Companion’s Browse Marquees console list; marquee display no longer blocked by thumbnail loading
- Added settings links to relevant Pixelcade LED settings pages (in-game effects and custom system mappings)
- Marquee download and alias bug fixed from Companion
- Added MAME output coin and start button effects for DOFLinx users
- Adding an alias now does not require a restart and is immediately available in the system; alias can also be deleted
- Added support for custom system names in aliases, so you can have an alias for a game that is different than the system marquee name
- User added marquees can now be deleted and will fall back to the system marquee if it exists
- Individual marquees can be replaced from the individual marquee info dialog
- /arcade endpoint now supports a queue system with looping, just like LED does
- Settings tabs in Companion easier to see
- Added Support tab in Settings which gives information about current setup in one page
- Bug fix when uploading a marquee with a hyphen in the name from Companion
- Logging clean up and system info box added to the Log page in Companion
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