Release Notes

List of the changes applied to Screenbits after each update can be found below. This list gets updated every time a new version arrives.

Aug 2026

Version 10.8.1

  • Ability to change application language to Japanese
  • Ability to zoom in on screen
  • Added Numbering tool to drawing tools
  • Improved user interface of drawing panel
  • Default audio bitrate changed to 192kbps

Jul 2026

Version 10.7.1

  • No Scaling option for video scaling mode is available again
  • UI improvements for area selection tool
  • Are selection tool now ignores desktop window when selecting an area
  • Improved licensing UI
  • Fixed an issue which could result a minor blurring in output video

Jun 2026

Version 10.6.2

  • Fixed a crash on application startup

Jun 2026

Version 10.6.1

  • Performance improvements
  • Internal improvements

May 2026

Version 10.5.1

  • Ability to snap compact view to top of screen
  • Improved UI, performance and usability of compact view
  • Compact view now scales properly on multi-display setups with different DPIs
  • Minor UI improvements

Apr 2026

Version 10.4.3

  • Fixed a UI issue in dark theme for area selection tool
  • Fixed a UI issue after changing application theme
  • Fixed application crash after exiting the app in compact view

Feb 2026

Version 10.4.2

  • New design for area selection tool significantly improves its performance
  • Fixed a crash after stopping recording since the last Windows Update
  • Fixed an issue related to moving compact view between displays with different DPIs

Feb 2026

Version 10.3.1

  • Ability to change layout options from preview (interactive preview)
  • Ability to assign separate hotkeys for actions such as start/stop recording
  • Ability to change captured display by hotkey
  • Ability to select background color for text
  • Ability to filter hotkeys in settings view
  • Statistics section now includes average video frame rate and average cpu usage
  • Statistics section now includes stats for all output audio streams (if multitrack recording is on)
  • Smoother transition between modes
  • Minor UI improvements

Dec 2025

Version 10.2.1

  • Ability to record audio in 320kbps (requires Windows 11)
  • Ability to record capture audio sources onto individual tracks (multitrack recording)
  • Ability to select profile (baseline/main) for H.264 harware encoders
  • Ability to exclude user interface from screen capture
  • Ability to manually select dark/light theme for user interface
  • Improved hotkey control
  • Minor user interface improvements
  • Fixed "Camera format is not supported." error caused after rotating camera image from system settings
  • Fixed flashing white background when restoring the app in dark mode
  • Fixed an issue with the window frame on recent versions of Windows 10
  • Fixed a video encoding issue
  • Fixed untranslated strings