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Moonlight can stream games and other applications from another PC with Sunshine or GeForce Experience software installed. Features include: - Hardware accelerated video decoding with VAAPI, VDPAU, and Vulkan Video support - H.264, HEVC, and AV1 codec support - 7.1 surround sound audio support - 10-point multitouch support - Gamepad support with force feedback for up to 16 players - Support for both pointer capture (for games) and direct mouse control (for remote desktop) - Support for passing system-wide keyboard shortcuts like Alt+Tab to the host

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New features: Behavior Changes: Security: Bugfixes: - Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K has been added to toggle system keyboard grab - Added support for DualSense adaptive triggers (requires a compatible host) - Gamepads with a second trackpad can now be passed to the host (requires host support) - Client identifiers are now provided to the host to allow client-specific session management - Added an option to disable pre-launch warnings - Most video renderers now use full range color instead of limited range - The cursor is now also locked to the video area in single display borderless windowed scenarios. This was previously only done in true full-screen mode. - The cursor is no longer captured by default in windowed mode. Clicking on the streaming window or pressing Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z will capture the cursor. - GPUs on non-x86 Linux platforms are now assumed to be slow by default, which enables a number of optimizations for improved performance. GL_IS_SLOW=0/VULKAN_IS_SLOW=0 can be set at runtime to override this. - The default streaming resolution for new installs is now 1080p instead of 720p. - Video bitrate no longer resets when adjusting resolution or frame rate if it's already been manually adjusted - CVE-2026-33546, CVE-2026-33547, and CVE-2026-41210 have been fixed - These vulnerabilities could allow a malicious host to crash Moonlight when connecting - Reduced background CPU usage - Improved startup, settings page, and stream load times - Optimized the EGL/GLES renderer to improve performance on low end GPUs and embedded devices - Fixed EGL/GLES renderer failures under X11 when GLX was used for the UI - Improved readability of the statistics overlay by adding an outline - Improved timing accuracy in the statistics overlay - Improved performance when multiple gamepads are sending input simultaneously - Improved performance when recovering from dropped network packets - Fixed black or green padding being rendered on the bottom or right side of the video stream when streaming from certain hosts - Fixed horizontal scroll direction not being correctly inverted when requested - Fixed Moonlight not exiting after an abnormal stream termination when launched via the CLI - Fixed failure to start on Linux systems where desktop OpenGL is not available - Fixed broken overlay rendering on PowerVR systems using the proprietary driver - Fixed automatic selection of AV1 on systems where HEVC is not available - Fixed instability when using VAAPI decoding under X11 - Fixed small deviations in chroma co-siting and color conversion - Fixed suboptimal format selection on some V4L2 decoders - Fixed handling of some non-US keyboard layouts - Fixed stale app list being displayed when using CLI commands - Fixed handling of IPv6 literals that are not URL-escaped - Fixed AV1 Vulkan Video decoding on newer versions of FFmpeg - Fixed Ctrl+C/SIGTERM when running from the console - Fixed several GUI interoperability issues with Qt 6.9 and later - Fixed the IME or software keyboard being unexpectedly displayed in various situations - Fixed launching in a new VT while a Wayland compositor is running - Fixed moving focus from the app grid into the toolbar via the gamepad or keyboard - Fixed a possible crash in the Vulkan renderer when disabling an overlay - Fixed keyboard grab not working under sdl2-compat on Wayland compositors that lack support for keyboard-shortcuts-inhibit-unstable-v1 - Fixed CLI stream launch causing the saved manual address to be overwritten - Fixed distinguishing between Enter and Numpad Enter keys (requires updated host software) - Fixed mDNS discovering unexpected devices after running for a period of time - Fixed libdecor-gtk window decorations not being displayed on the streaming window - Updated community-contributed translations from Weblate

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