We are trying out a new format for our updates! Let us know if you have any feedback.
Here are some of the cool things that we put out between 1-31 August 2026:
- New theme options on the website \- select your name/the ️ icon on the top bar and then Theme to try them:
- An all-new special light theme with a custom background image. In the Theme menu, set it to Light and toggle on Background image to try it.
- Adjustable background image opacity for background image themes, making many parts more readable in both light and dark styles.
- Customise how round the website is, from straight to very round edges on nearly every part of the user interface.
- Major mobile app improvements:
- Get notifications for broadcasts for tournaments and FIDE players you follow.
- Sign in by email, which resolved common sign-in issues. If you or your friends had issues signing into the app in the past, now is the time to try it again.
- Play against Maia offline, an engine designed to mimic human play.
- Go even darker with the AMOLED black theme. Being pure black, it complete turns off the pixels, saving you battery life on AMOLED screens.
- Analysing correspondence games on web is more convenient: copy sub-variations, prune to the main line, both accessible from the right-click menu on moves.
- We now include computer annotations in imported games you download from the website.
See the full changelog for the month on https://lichess.org/page/changelog#august-2026
*We are trying out a new format for our updates! Let us know if you have any feedback.*
Here are some of the cool things that we put out between 1-31 August 2026:
* **New theme options on the website** \- select your name/the ️ icon on the top bar and then *Theme* to try them:
* An all-new special **light theme with a custom background image**. In the *Theme* menu, set it to Light and toggle on *Background image* to try it.
* Adjustable **background image opacity** for background image themes, making many parts more readable in *both* light *and* dark styles.
* Customise **how round** the website is, from straight to very round edges on nearly every part of the user interface.
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* Major [mobile app](https://lichess.org/app) improvements:
* Get **notifications for broadcasts** for tournaments and FIDE players you follow.
* Sign in by email, which **resolved common sign-in issues**. If you or your friends had issues signing into the app in the past, now is the time to [try it again](https://lichess.org/app).
* **Play against Maia** offline, an engine designed to mimic human play.
* Go even darker with the **AMOLED black theme**. Being pure black, it complete turns off the pixels, saving you battery life on AMOLED screens.
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* Analysing correspondence games on web is more convenient: **copy sub-variations**, **prune to the main line**, both accessible from the right-click menu on moves.
* We now include **computer annotations** in **[imported games](https://lichess.org/paste) you download** from the website.
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See the full changelog for the month on https://lichess.org/page/changelog#august-2026
