Motion 0.5.2

6 November 2026

Lighter, smoother scenes, a much more stable Studio, and a lot of polish everywhere! Here's what's changed since 0.5.1.

A lot of this release is also getting things ready for 0.6.0, which brings a new renderer and material system. You won't notice that part yet.

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Motion Studio

Learn Motion is in the Help menu and on the Start page, with step-by-step tutorials. Open in Studio gives you your own copy of a tutorial's scene.
The preview bar shows how long each frame takes on your graphics card, and turns amber when it can't keep up.

Studio doesn't crash on start-up anymore.
Ctrl+Q works from the Start page too.
A scene saved for the first time keeps its picture.
Two files with the same name in a scene don't get mixed up when you save.
On Windows, scenes you had open when Studio crashed come back with all their pictures.
On Android, you can start a scene from a picture or video on your phone.
On Android, materials work.
On Android, the save sheet and everything else above the keyboard stays on screen.
On Android, Delete and Move up in the layer menu work after you've opened a visual script.
On Android, the side rail fits when your phone is sideways.
Screen readers read more of Studio, including node graph pins, node search and the Inspector.

On Windows and Linux, screens showing the same scene can share one player to save memory. Turn it on in Settings › Performance.
On Windows and Linux, Learn Motion is in Settings.

On Windows and Linux, Home tells you when a screen is paused because a window's covering it.
On Windows and Linux, the tray menu has Motion's look, and Settings uses simpler words.
On Android, Graphics and Quality are now Presets, Frames a second and Detail, and each one says what it does.
On Android, if you've blocked Music's permission, Motion shows you how to allow it.
On Android, sideways phones use the whole screen, and switches and dialogs are easier to see.
On Wear OS, Remove and Add are easier to use on a small screen.

On Windows and Linux, a few tray and Settings fixes.
On Android, the page you're on stays put when you change theme, font size or language.
On Android, very large text fits, and TalkBack reads buttons as buttons.
On Wear OS, the status line stays clear of a round screen's edge.

Scenes use up to a third less graphics card time and often a lot less memory, especially on big screens and in scenes that glow.
On Windows, frames are smoother and wallpapers use less graphics memory.

On Windows, updates don't give up when a virus scanner holds a file for a moment.
On Windows, See what's sent in the crash reporter opens straight away.