As a general rule of thumb, 3D, 2D and video based wallpapers will perform best, while websites and applications will require more resources from your system. Many options to tweak quality and performance allow you to make Wallpaper Engine fit your computer perfectly. You can choose to automatically pause or completely stop the wallpaper while using another application or playing fullscreen (including borderless windowed mode) to not distract or hinder you while playing a game or working.

Wallpaper Engine aims to deliver an entertaining experience while using as few system resources as possible.

Support for Razer Chroma and Corsair iCUE.

Use the free Android companion app to take your favorite scene and video wallpapers on the go.

Supported video formats: mp4, WebM, avi, m4v, mov, wmv (for local files, Workshop only allows mp4).

Wallpaper Engine can be used at the same time as any other Steam game or application.

Use the Steam Workshop to share and download wallpapers for free.

Animate new live wallpapers from basic images or import HTML or video files for the wallpaper.

Create your own animated wallpapers in the Wallpaper Engine Editor.

Wallpapers will pause while playing games to save performance.

Multi monitor environments are supported.

Many aspect ratios and native resolutions supported including 16:9, 21:9, 16:10, 4:3.

Use interactive wallpapers that can be controlled with your mouse.

Personalize animated wallpapers with your favorite colors.

Use animated screensavers while you are away from your computer.

Bring your desktop wallpapers alive with realtime graphics, videos, applications or websites.

NEW: Use the free Android companion app to transfer your favorite wallpapers to your Android mobile device. Choose an existing wallpaper or create your own and share it on the Steam Workshop! In addition to that, you can use the free Wallpaper Engine companion app for Android to transfer your favorite wallpapers to your Android mobile device and take your live wallpapers on the go. Various types of animated wallpapers are supported, including 3D and 2D animations, websites, videos and even certain applications.

Wallpaper Engine enables you to use live wallpapers on your Windows desktop.

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