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v. 4.2.1.1 (29. May 2026)ADDED an optional settings that prevents the presentation-clicker from exiting PowerPoint
FIXED some issues with "Link presentations" and network-commands for advancing slides
FIXED an issue that could cause APS to be in a bad state if the computer went to sleep-mode for several hours then wake up again
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v. 4.2.0.5 (20. April 2026)
FIXED an issue where escaping the google slides presentation wouldnt exit presentation mode.
IMPROVED seamless switching with Google Slides: now the “fullscreen notification” of Google Chrome will be suppressed if you use APS commands to put Google Slides to fullscreen while a still-image is already displayed.
IMPROVED the network-commands that bring our presentations-apps to front: now also presenter-view will go to front of the page with these commands. Applies to Google Slides, PowerPoint and Okular.
IMPROVED network-feedback for Google Slides feedback for presentation-slides: now the slides-info is updated automatically when the Google Slides presentation goes in and out of focus.
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v. 4.2. 0.3 (15. April 2026)
FIXED an issue when using Controlled Mode for PowerPoint with Google Drive files: Now the “next presentation” commands should be more robust in this case.
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v. 4.2.0.2 (4. April 2026)
Switch Google Slides by switching Chrome tabs. When you switch to a new tab, APS automatically takes the new presentation into fullscreen and exits fullscreen on the previous one — so you can switch between Google Slides presentations just by changing tabs.
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v. 4.2.0.1 (3. April 2026)
Added support for Google Slides in Google Chrome, including presentation control, optional Presenter View and slide feedback over network
Added a new Webpages tab in the UI so you can open, close, and fullscreen webpages in the APS-controlled Chrome browser without using network-commands.
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v. 4.1.0.5 (22. March 2026)
FIXED an issue where the display-names wouldnt show properly in the settings. (regression in v.4.1.0.3)
IMPROVED PowerPoint communication while a presentation is displayed: now we rely more on info stored in memory so we send less queries to PowerPoint about the current state of the presentation. This saves some computer-resources
IMPROVED PowerPoint media feedback accuracy: faster polling for media-timer
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v. 4.1.0.3 (8. March 2026)
ADDED display-names to Main Presenter Screen, so its easier to see which screen you select
ADDED more info for network-feedback: app version-number and computer name set by user
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v.4.1.0.2 (18. February 2026)
– FIXED an edge-case rendering issue where certain non-square-pixel (PAL) videos could appear misaligned on 4K displays.
– FIXED an issue where resuming playback from pause could unintentionally trigger a fade effect.
-FIXED an issue where playing a video on top of another could briefly reveal the desktop background.
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v. 4.1.0.0 (9. February 2026)
NEW: Exportable diagnostic log file to assist with troubleshooting and support.
NEW: Controlled presentation handling mode. In this mode, APS uses the configured Watched Folder to determine the current and next presentation in the folder.
NEW: information panels in the Settings menu explaining available options and how they affect program behavior.
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v.4.0.0.3 (3. February 2026)
Startup checks & improved reliability
APS now performs additional checks on startup to verify that required system components are available. This includes:
– Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable
– Required PowerPoint components used for communication with APS
– To make this more robust, the installer now includes the Visual C++ Redistributable and will install it automatically if it’s missing.
Improved video scaling in Media Player
– Fixed an issue where videos with non-standard resolutions did not scale correctly and only filled part of the screen
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v. 4.0.0.2 (19. January 2026)
– NEW native Windows libraries for audio, video, and image rendering.
– FASTER app startup-time
– FIXED a crash that could occur if PowerPoint was not installed
– REMOVED LAN Control API v1 support
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v.3.1.3.24 (9. November 2025)
– NEW Video timer from PowerPoint feature over network (Companion)
– FIXED an issue where the images and videos would momentarily disappear while hovering over the taskbar programs.
– FIXED an issue where we couldnt see slide progress from Okular.
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v.3.1.3.22 (1. October 2025)
– FIXED an issue where slide-transitions would create a glitch in the slide counter
– FIXED an issue with Microsoft Sharepoint folders, where APS didnt detect the files correctly
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v.3.1.3.19 (14. May 2025)
🔧 Bug Fixes
– Fade values now work correctly on systems using commas for decimals
– Media files shorter than one second now play properly
– Unnecessary pop-up warnings removed
📄 Improved File Handling
– PDFs no longer launch PowerPoint at the same time
🧹 Chrome Integration Improvements
– Improved compatibility with Chrome v136+
– New command to refresh the Chrome tab via the debugging port
– New option to delete the Chrome profile used by APS for a clean session
🗑️ Cleaner Uninstall
– Auto Presentation Switcher now removes all user files on uninstall, including settings and temporary data
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v.3.1.3.14 (1. April 2025)
New features ready for Companion 3.5:
– Google Chrome control. Open webpages, display them in fullscreen, and monitor your web-tabs on Companion buttons.
– Set the active application. Multitask between PowerPoint, PDF and Google Chrome with Companion buttons, and get feedback for the active application.
– Slide and build variables specifically for PowerPoint. These variables will show the slide info for PowerPoint also when other apps are in window-focus.
Other changes:
– Update notifications: APS will now only look for updates on startup, not while the program is running.
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v.3.1.2.0 (28. January 2025)
– CHANGED how to set the screen used for Okular PDF presentations: Now this is selected from the Okular program-settings (not from APS). This gives the option to have the main Okular window (presenter view) on main display, with the presentation displayed on the extended display.
– FIXED an issue where a notification text about Companion 3.5 kept showing up also after selecting “don’t show again.
– FIXED a rare issue where APS could crash when advancing slides in Okular
– IMPROVEMENTS to slide-detection in Okular. There were some user-actions that could break the slide-feedback from Okular, now it should work better.
– ADDED option “Hold at end” for the media-player. This will pause on the last frame when the video is finished.
– FIXED an issue where images in the media-player would exit after 10 seconds
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v. 3.1.0.2 (30 December 2024).
– Changes to presentation-linking: when going backwards to a previous presentation, you go to the last slide, not the first.
– Changed the warning-popup window that comes if you connect to an older Companion version, added “dont show this again” option
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v.3.1.0.0 (26. December 2024)
New network commands:
– Realtime-updates of presentation folders on Companion buttons
– Feedback when a presentation is in fullscreen
– Set filepath for images and slot-presentaitons
– Clear images and presentation slots
– Capture the current presentation as a destination for the slot-presentations or slot-folders
– Rewritten network-API for improved security and reliability
– Realtime-updates of media folders on Companion buttons. From here you can select files for the media player and still-images.
– New option to link presentation with the presentation-clicker. Works with PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat DC and Okular.
– Fixed a glitch that could happen when displaying still-images and screenshots
-Fixed an issue where the media-player could freeze for a short time when opening new presentations
– When starting a presentation from the beginning, APS will ignore hidden slides
– Fixed an issue where animations on the first slide wouldn’t start automatically
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v.3.0.1.21 (10. August 2024)
– ADDED More PowerPoint file formats to the slot commands. APS now fully supports these file extensions for PowerPoint: `pptx`, `ppsx`, `pptm`, `ppsm`, `ppt`, `pps`.
-FIXED an issue where the network feedback would only show Latin characters. Now you can display presentation names in most languages.
-FIXED an issue where the presentation feedback wouldnt be properly updated when closing presentations.
– FIXED sn issue where keyboard shortcuts wouldnt work in trial mode.
– CHANGED Slide feedback for PowerPoint: Now it’s also updated when PowerPoint is not the frontmost application.
– ADDED option to minimise the program UI to the taskbar. This will be turned on by default.
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v.3.0.1.11 (21. June 2024)
– ADDED a new media-player with 40 slots for image, video and audio-files
– ADDED the option to minimize the app-interface to the main toolbar, making it more accessible.
– FIXED some potential issues with taking screenshots and the seamless switching method
– FIXED an issue where Adobe Acrobat DC files wouldnt open
– FIXED an issue with Okular PDF where putting it to fullscreen could close the PDF-file
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v.3.0.0.12 (17. march 2024)
– ADDED update-notifications and in-app updates
– ADDED more network-feedback about presentations: view current slide and presentation-name on Companion buttons
– ADDED Okular as PDF-program you can control
– ADDED seamless switching for PDF when using Okular. This means switching between pdf-pdf, pdf-ppt or ppt-pdf will look seamless
– ADDED 20 slot presentation-slot commands, bringing the total to 40
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v.2.2.0.4 (26. November 2023)
– FIXED an issue where the images wouldnt display properly if the app auto-launces on startup
– ADDED an option to set the refresh-rate of the image-fades, from 25 to 120 FPS.
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v.2.2.0.2 (13. November 2023)
– FIXED an issue where Powerpoint wouldnt react to the presentation-clicker after displaying images on Windows 11.
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v.2.2.0.1 (11. November 2023)
– ADDED optional fades to the images
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v. 2.1.0.16 (15. October 2023)
– FIXED an issue where network-command would stop working when trying to exit the application
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v. 2.1.0.15 (6. January 2023)
– Improvements on the responsiveness of the menu
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v. 2.1.0.14 (28. December 2022)
– FIXED a bug where the menu would be unresponsive while performing presentation-commands
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v. 2.1.0.13 (18. December 2022)
– IMPROVED the performance of the slot and presentation-commands when Powerpoint is closed when the command is performed
– ADDED seamless switching for the slot and presentation commands
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v. 2.1.0.11 (29. November 2022)
– NEW slot-commands for presentations
– NEW open presentation from filename&filepath network command
– NEW go to slide network-command
– NEW next slide for Powerpoint and Adobe Acrobat DC network-command
– NEW feedback for current, next and previous presentation network-command
– NEW 64 bit PDF support for Adobe Reader and Adobe Acroba
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v. 2.0.0.8 (5. February 2022)
– INTERNAL changes to the licencing-system, preparing for the future.
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v. 2.0.0.4 (30. November 2021)
NEW variable port-number for Companion connection
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v. 2.0.0.2 (28. September 2021)
FIXED a bug which could prevent Powerpoint-files from switching when the preview-pane in file-explorer was on
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.2.0.0.1 (12. September 2021)
– FIXED better error-handling in case the save configuration file gets corrupted
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v.2.0.0.0 (9. August 2021)
– NEW still-images
– NEW freeze-screen command
– 64 bit version
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v.1.0.0.7 (20. s]September 2020)
– FIXED an issue in v.1.0.0.6 where licence-activation sometimes wouldn’t work properly
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v. 1.0.0.6 (9. September 2020)
– NEW option to launch automatically on startup
– IMPROVEMENTS to auto-saving of app-settings
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v.1.0.0.0 (15 april 2020)
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