Monthly Update - June 2026
June was a full month, and a lot of what shipped came directly from players asking for it. Wand Maps are now available in the mobile app for all players. WeChat Pay arrived for annual plans in China. The video experience got a round of improvements players have been asking for, from clip navigation inside the player to better thumbnails. Our new Montages feature turns the clips Wand captures for you into a themed highlight reel automatically, no editing required. And the library kept growing, with 61 new games, customizations updated for 266 games, and 18 new maps.
Here's the full picture.
Wand already captures your best gameplay moments for you through Auto Highlights. Montages take those clips and assemble them into a highlight reel after your session, with no editing required.
Each montage is themed around how your session went, whether that's boss kills, combat highlights, or deaths and close calls. Wand picks the clips and builds the montage, so moments that used to sit unwatched in your library become something you can play back in a single click.
When a montage is ready, a notification appears in the app with a thumbnail and a Watch button. Montages also show up on that game's video page and pinned at the top of its Highlights section, so you can find them easily. With unlimited cloud storage, you don't need to worry about montages taking up space on your drive. You can always download any montages you want to keep.
Montages are live for R.E.P.O. and Elden Ring to start, with more on the way.
The Wand mobile app started as part of Wand Pro, giving members a way to browse game maps and control their customizations from their phone. This month it expanded so everyone can now download the app and use Wand Maps while they play.
Sign in to your Wand account to get started, and from there you can search for a game, open its map, and follow along while you play.
Remotely controlling your mods from the mobile app is still a Pro exclusive feature, exactly as before. If you have used Wand Maps on the web, this brings the same experience to a dedicated app, with your account and favorites carried across.
Available on iOS and Android
Also This Month
- WeChat Pay for annual plans in China. Players in China can now pay for an annual Wand plan with WeChat Pay at checkout.
- Game tools for Gothic 1 Remake. When Gothic 1 Remake launched, Wand was ready with day one support: Wiki entries for early decisions like faction choice and the blacksmithing system, Game Guide support to get help without leaving the game, Mission Explorer to see every quest laid out, and even a save editor.
Check out the Wiki Here - Browse your clips without leaving the player. The video player now has previous and next navigation, so you can move through your library clip by clip from inside the player.
- A new action menu on map pins. The Maps Explore button now opens a quick action menu with nearby pins, any checklists a pin belongs to, and related pin actions in one place.
- A clearer voice controls prompt. The in-game prompt for voice controls is now larger, higher contrast, and stays on screen a little longer, so it is more noticeable when you launch a game.
- Retiring the old Game Bar overlay. The legacy Windows Game Bar overlay has been retired. If you still have it installed, Wand will prompt you to remove it. Your mod controls and Game Guide live in the Wand overlay built into the app.
This Month in Games
In June we added 61 new games, updated mods for 266 games, and published 18 new maps on Wand Maps. A few of the new additions:
- FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH (Xbox/PC Game Pass)
- Mortal Shell II (Open Beta)
- Gothic 1 Remake
- 007 First Light (Xbox/PC Game Pass)
- Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II
- Mina the Hollower
- Directive 8020
- GRIME II
- Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age
- Voyagers of Nera
- Realm of Ink
Improvements & Fixes
Beyond the highlights above, here's what else shipped this month.
Improvements
- New filters on the videos page
- Updated highlights list view
- Hover previews on highlight thumbnails
- Event tags on highlight thumbnails, showing what triggered the clip —Kills, Deaths, Wins, or the mod name
- Highlights page now limits each game to two rows, with a "View all" link to the full library
- Updated titles and category headers on the videos page
- Getting started guide and clearer empty state on the Highlights page, for players who haven't captured a clip yet
- Duration now shown on video thumbnails
- Larger thumbnails on the My Videos page
- New "Show only" option when you right-click a category on a map, to focus the map on a single category
- Map search now includes hidden subcategories
- Smoother map pin selection and hover
- Free trial signups now use a small temporary verification hold of around $1
Bug Fixes
- Window focus now works correctly the first time a game loads
- Video thumbnails now load correctly after a clip uploads to the cloud
- Fixed a cloud-upload edge case where the video player could fail to load a clip
- The input overlay no longer appears on clips that have no captured inputs
- The nearby pin toggle no longer shows for games without maps or live location
- Game Guide responses no longer overlap after you rate a reply with like or dislike
- Fixed a case where submitting cancellation feedback did not complete a subscription cancellation
- Fixed the wand.com homepage loading slowly or appearing dark in mobile browsers
- Fixed missing text on the billing page, including around the option to pay for Pro monthly
Under the Hood
Platform work ran through June alongside everything above. A desktop engine upgrade for better performance and stability, video improvements, continued work on how mods are delivered across more games, and a lot more.