Muzei is a unique live wallpaper app that transforms your home screen into a constantly refreshing art gallery. Every day, Muzei gently updates your wallpaper with famous works of art curated from museums worldwide. But Muzei goes beyond just showing art—it smartly blurs and dims the images so your icons and widgets always remain in focus. If you want to admire the artwork in full detail, simply double-tap the wallpaper or open the Muzei app to bring the masterpieces front and center.
Famous Artwork Curated Daily
Muzei features a beautiful collection of renowned artworks, carefully selected and updated daily. Thanks to the collaboration with WikiArt.org and its contributors, the app offers a rich variety of masterpieces spanning styles and eras.
Personal Photo Rotation
If you prefer a more personal touch, Muzei lets you select your favorite photos from your gallery or other apps. It will then rotate these images every few hours, keeping your home screen fresh and vibrant with your own memories and snapshots.
Smart Blur & Dimming Effect
To keep your home screen functional and your icons visible, Muzei applies a subtle blur and dimming effect to wallpapers. This elegant feature ensures that your apps and widgets stand out clearly while still enjoying beautiful backgrounds.
Developer-Friendly & Open Source
Muzei is designed with developers in mind. The entire codebase is open source and available online, encouraging the Android community to contribute and create their own wallpaper sources. The app also provides a simple API to build custom wallpaper plugins, making it highly extensible.
Battery Optimization Tips
For users utilizing third-party or legacy wallpaper sources, Muzei advises disabling battery optimizations for those apps to ensure smooth and uninterrupted artwork updates.
About Muzei
Created by Roman Nurik and Ian Lake, Muzei is a blend of art and technology, with a name derived from the Russian word музей, meaning “museum.” It is powered by the generosity of WikiArt.org and a dedicated community that helps curate daily featured artwork.
FAQs
1. How often does Muzei update the wallpaper?
Muzei updates the wallpaper daily with curated famous artworks or rotates your selected photos every few hours.
2. Can I use my own photos as wallpapers?
Yes! You can choose your favorite photos from your gallery or other apps, and Muzei will cycle through them to keep your wallpaper fresh.
3. Does Muzei interfere with app icons and widgets on my home screen?
No, Muzei intelligently blurs and dims the wallpaper so your icons and widgets remain clear and easy to see.
4. Is Muzei open source?
Yes, Muzei’s entire code is open source and available online, with a developer-friendly API for creating custom wallpaper sources.
5. Do I need to change any settings for third-party wallpaper sources?
Yes, if you use third-party or legacy sources, you should disable battery optimizations on those apps to ensure wallpapers load properly.
Version History
v3.5.0—23 Oct, 2023
- New Material3 styling
- Android 13 feature support including a themed app icon
v3.4.5—14 Jun, 2021
- Muzei now automatically swaps between a bottom navigation when in portrait and a navigation rail alongside the left side of the screen when in landscape
- Fixed a regression with the Tasker integration that was introduced in Muzei 3.4.4
- Fixed a number of crash issues in previous Muzei 3.4.5 builds, particularly on Android 4.4 devices
Note that live wallpaper apps crash on Android 12 Beta 1 due to https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/188636390 - please update to Android 12 Beta 2.
v3.4.4—30 May, 2021
- Fixed an issue where the 'Next Artwork' button would not work if you were offline and only had a small number of images cached
- Thanks bellegardge-c for fixing pixelized images in the home screen widget when the aspect ratio of the wallpaper image was very different from the widget's aspect ratio
Note that live wallpaper apps crash on Android 12 Beta 1 due to https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/188636390 - Muzei now detects this and will not allow you to Activate Muzei.
