What’s new

A new menu bar icon.

• ImprovedNew menu bar icon: a shield with blind slats. Part of the unified icon family shared by all micro apps — clearer and easier to tell apart at menu bar size.

New icon and a Touch ID-only unlock option.

• NewRefreshed the app icon with a new layered design (Liquid Glass on macOS Tahoe).
• NewAdded "Unlock with Touch ID only" — turns off automatic unblur on face recognition.
• ImprovedSettings now shows the exact system-rendered app icon.
• ImprovedPermission warnings use the shared red-dot badge, and the license entry in the menu bar matches other micro apps.

A new face-recognition engine, battery savings and microIsland.

• ImprovedNew face-recognition engine (SFace). Much more robust to lighting and angle changes — far fewer false blurs. Re-enrollment required after updating.
• New"Don't protect on battery" option, plus a lower-power camera pipeline.
• NewmicroIsland integration: a "Blur now" chip in the notch.
• NewmicroAI Bundle license keys are now accepted.
• FixedSettings and onboarding windows could hide behind the frontmost app.

Remote toggle, manual protect and a new icon.

• NewToggle the blur from your iPhone via microRemote's shield icon — turning it off holds until you're seen again.
• NewProtect or unprotect the screen manually from the menu bar.
• ImprovedApp, Settings and menu bar icons unified on the new shield design.
• FixedLicense screen now describes how keys actually arrive (via the link in your purchase email).

First release.

• NewFace-recognition presence detection: the screen blurs with frosted glass while you're away and clears the moment you return — no password.
• NewAdjustable grace period (5 s–1 min), Touch ID / password manual unlock, camera picker with hot-plug fallback.
• NewPrivacy by design: video is processed only on this Mac; only an irreversible feature vector is stored.
• NewPower-aware: 5 fps adaptive sampling (~5% of one efficiency core), auto-pause on display sleep and clamshell.
• New14-day full trial, license activation on up to 3 Macs, 14 languages, launch at login, automatic updates.