Highlights
- Desktop update handling now separates checking from downloading. You can check for updates manually, download an available update from the banner, and restart when the downloaded update is ready.
- A new setting lets the desktop app download updates automatically after startup checks, while still keeping that preference local to the device.
- Staged verses keep their real translation labels even after switching the active Bible search translation, so already staged KJV, NIV, or other verses no longer get relabeled incorrectly.
- Themes that use the stage background now preview against the actual stage fallback background in the editor and thumbnail surfaces.
- The theme background option now says "Use stage background" instead of "None" for the main stage background, making the inherited background behavior clearer without changing strip background behavior.
Improvements
- Added a persistent desktop update preference service with tests for automatic update download behavior and workflow policy.
- Update checks now report clearer states for available, downloaded, up-to-date, failed, and non-installed app builds.
- Theme preview caching now includes the current stage fallback background, so changing the fallback refreshes themes that inherit it.
- The default stage fallback background now starts as the bluish gradient instead of a flat color.
- Theme thumbnails now show a `STAGE BG` badge when their main background inherits the stage fallback.
Fixes
- Fixed staged verse translation labels changing to the currently selected translation after the active search translation changes.
- Fixed the Present action on staged items so it presents the existing staged item instead of adding a duplicate staged entry.
- Fixed early auto-search result strips replacing each other before they begin stacking by keeping unique matches instead of suppressing newer matches by word-count heuristics.
- Fixed theme previews that showed transparent or empty backgrounds when the theme's main background was intended to inherit the stage fallback.
- Preserved fallback image blur when applying the stage fallback background under theme previews.
Notes
- This release focuses on desktop update control, staging correctness, inherited theme backgrounds, and a slimmer cloud deployment package.