Small Key

TestFlight Release Notes

Create light presets by adjusting brightness and color temperature with a tap or a drag. Give your lights custom names, and sort by brightness, color, and more. Presets sync across all of your iCloud-enabled devices.

NOTE: This app is most useful on iOS and iPadOS, where the light coming from a physical iPhone or iPad can illuminate your face, subject, or room. This app also exists on macOS and visionOS to allow for preset management.

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February 18th, 2026

Version 1.1.0

Build 19

What's new

  • Improved sort menu for macOS
  • Added contextual menu on right-click to lights in the sidebar
  • Improvements to debugging tools

February 9th, 2026

Version 1.1.0

Build 18

What's new

  • Improved performance — Optimized the keylight control surface for smoother interactions
  • Fixed “Edit Light” getting stuck in the title bar on macOS
  • Fixed incorrect increment indicators below settings sliders — Brightness and color temperature sliders now show the correct step values
  • The onboarding / welcome view now displays properly across device sizes
  • Moved create and sort controls to the bottom of the sidebar on macOS

May 22nd, 2025

Version 1.0.0

Build 12

What's new

  • Fixed issues related to some image assets
  • Fixed issues around internal alpha builds

February 28th, 2025

Version 1.0.0

Build 10

What's new

  • New lights will be shown with technical label instead of custom name “Example light”
Known issues
  • If you’ve installed a previous version of Small Key you will need to uninstall then reinstall the app
  • On macOS and visionOS the screen won’t actually dim. Just the view in the app itself. This is expected.
  • Creating a new light on macOS may set its initial value to -100

February 22nd, 2025

Version 1.0.0

Build 8

What's new

  • Last selected light will still be selected on relaunch
  • Light selection syncs across devices
  • Added a light preset indicator to the Edit Light view
  • Default light now has a custom name, “Example light”
  • Further improvements to settings debug view
Known issues
  • If you’ve installed a previous version of Small Key you will need to uninstall then reinstall the app
  • On macOS and visionOS the screen won’t actually dim. Just the view in the app itself. This is expected.
  • Creating a new light on macOS may set its initial value to -100

February 11th, 2025

Version 1.0.0

Build 6

What's new

  • If you’ve installed a previous version of Small Key you will need to uninstall then reinstall the app
  • Sort settings now sync across devices
  • Improve reliability of synced light presets

February 11th, 2025

Version 1.0.0

Build 5

What's new

  • Updated icons across all platforms
  • Improved tint-able icon on iOS & iPadOS
  • New welcome screen and get-started guide
Known issues
  • On macOS and visionOS the screen won’t actually dim. Just the view in the app itself. This is expected.
  • List doesn’t always show selection state
  • Creating a new light on macOS may set its initial value to -100
  • Sort settings won’t sync across devices, or app launches

February 4th, 2025

Version 1.0.0

Build 4

What's new

  • Try creating multiple lights with a variety of settings
  • Ensure lights sync across devices (requires iCloud)
  • Ensure tapping on the light control screen adjusts both brightness and color temperature
  • Ensure lights with custom names save and syncs across devices
  • App icons are not final
  • Support for dark mode and tinted icons on iOS
  • Changed minimum OS requirements to include more devices
  • Added safe area inset to prevent accidentally adjusting light around screen edges
  • Fixed layout of individual light settings view
  • Added light sorting menu
  • Updated light selection indicator
Known issues
  • On macOS and visionOS the screen won’t actually dim. Just the view in the app itself. This is expected.
  • List doesn’t always show selection state
  • Creating a new light on macOS may set its initial value to -100
  • Sort settings won’t sync across devices

January 29th, 2025

Version 1.0.0

Build 3

What's new

  • App icon is temporary and not final
  • Try creating multiple lights with a variety of settings
  • Ensure lights sync across devices logged into iCloud
  • Ensure tapping on the light control screen adjusts both brightness and color temperature
  • Ensure editing the name of the light saves correctly, and syncs across devices
  • List doesn’t always show selection state, this is a known issue
  • On macOS and visionOS the screen won’t actually dim. Just the view in the app itself. This is expected.

January 27th, 2025

Version 1.0.0

Build 1

What's new

  • App icon is temporary and not final
  • Try creating multiple lights with a variety of settings
  • Ensure lights sync across devices logged into iCloud
  • Ensure tapping on the light control screen adjusts both brightness and color temperature
  • Ensure editing the name of the light saves correctly, and syncs across devices
  • List doesn’t always show selection state, this is a known issue
  • On macOS and visionOS the screen won’t actually dim. Just the view in the app itself. This is expected.

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