Windows is still the most popular operating system and most Windows users are now on Windows 10. Windows 10 offers several ways to customize your PC experience. You can add skins, use widgets, customize themes, and more. Changing desktop wallpaper is the most simple and one of the oldest ways to customize your PC. Now you can also try Live wallpapers to give life to your PC desktop. Windows 10 doesn’t offer native support for live wallpapers, but there are a few software that brings this ability to Windows 10. If you are thinking to try Live wallpapers on your Windows 10PC, keep reading. In this article, I am adding the best live wallpapers for Windows 10.
Best Live Wallpapers for Windows PC
Have a look at the list of best live wallpapers for Windows PC.
1. Rainmeter
Rainmeter is free and open-source software that brings several skins or themes for your Windows PC. The app is basically a platform that brings several customization tools including themes. You can also download from thousands of themes made by the Rainmeter user community. You can also install several live wallpapers using the app. Once you install Rainmeter, it will work in the back and there will be a system tray to access the options quickly. It gives you three categories: Skins, Layouts, and Settings. Skins section holds all the options you need to customize the desktop. By using several options on Rainmeter, you can also enable the live background that works seamlessly without using a processor or RAM much. You can read the manual to learn how to properly use Rainmeter,
2. PUSH Video Wallpaper
PUSH Video Wallpaper is an amazing Windows app that lets you set live video as your desktop wallpaper. You can also select any of your videos to keep as live wallpaper on your Windows PC desktop. One of the coolest features of the app is that it also supports YouTube videos as a desktop wallpaper. You just add the video by URL and it will show the YouTube video as desktop live wallpaper. When your system is inactive, it pushes the video screensaver.
3. RainWallpaper
RainWallpaper is also a good live wallpaper software for Windows. It lets you use animated wallpapers, videos, and even a website as live wallpaper. This live wallpaper app for Windows also supports both 3D and 2D live wallpapers. Some of the live wallpapers also support mouse interactions. It also claims that live wallpapers use minimum CPU and RAM, so it won’t affect system performance.
The software also has a built-in wallpaper editor that lets you customize or create your own live wallpapers. It also supports all aspect ratios and including 16:9, 21:9, 16:10, 4:3. When you are playing a game, it pauses the live wallpaper to offer you full CPU power.
4. Wallpaper Engine
Wallpaper Engine is also a good software to set live wallpapers on Windows 10 desktops. The software also comes with several options to customize the desktop. You can choose from various graphics, videos, and even a website as a live wallpaper. You can also personalize the animated wallpapers. Some of the wallpapers are also interactive and they react to mouse movements and clicks. It also gives an option to pause live wallpapers while playing games so it won’t affect system performance.
Wallpaper Engine supports the most common screen aspect ratios. So, you can even use live wallpapers on an ultra-wide monitor and multi-monitor setup. This software also supports Razer Chroma and Corsair iCUE.
Wallpaper Engine isn’t free. You will have to buy it to use its live wallpaper feature on your Windows 10 desktop.
Price: Rs. 229
Also see: Best Wallpaper Engine Wallpapers
5. Sim Aquarium III
Sim Aquarium III brings a beautiful Aquarium as your desktop live wallpaper. You can populate up to 100 fish from the selection of 30 highly detailed species of fishes. This live wallpaper is also interactive and lets you play with your fish pets using a mouse pointer. Fishes have realistic swimming behaviors and appearances. There’s also an option to feed these virtual fishes. It looks really realistic due to advanced graphics and nice effects.
6. Desktop Live Wallpapers
This is another excellent Windows app that brings animated wallpapers to your desktop. You can load all your personal video files into this app and it set them as your wallpapers. You can also download from a collection of beautiful animated wallpapers to use on your system. When you are using any full-screen app or game, it will pause the wallpaper.
If you purchase the pro version, you can set any video file as your desktop background.
7. Chameleon Wallpaper App
Chameleon wallpaper has the characteristics of a Chameleon. It changes your desktop wallpaper based on the current battery, time of day, weather conditions, wind speed, temperature, humidity, or heat index. It brings a collection of high-quality 4K wallpapers for each setting. You can select as per your interest. For using the weather option, you will have to select the weather station to gather the weather data. It is not exactly a live wallpaper but a wallpaper rotator.
8. WinDynamicDesktop
WinDynamicDesktop is one of the best live wallpaper apps for Windows. This app brings the Dynamic Desktop feature from the macOS to Windows. You get Dynamic Desktop on Windows. Dynamic Desktop changes the wallpaper according to the time of the day. The software uses the system’s location information to determine the time of the day and changes the wallpaper accordingly.
9. Lively Wallpaper
Lively Wallpaper is another excellent app that brings dynamic and live wallpapers to Windows desktop backgrounds. The app is free and open-source. It lets you use GIFs, videos, or web pages as your desktop wallpaper. Lively Wallpaper brings live wallpapers for multiple monitors and ultra-wide aspect ratios. It also brings light and dark themes.
Frequently asked questions about Windows 10 Live wallpapers.
Q. How do I get live wallpapers on Windows 10?
A. I have already mentioned a few good software that lets you enable Live wallpapers on your Windows PC
Q. Can you get moving wallpapers on Windows 10?
A. Yes, you can. There are several good live wallpaper software for Windows that lets you set moving wallpapers on Windows 10 desktop.
Q. Do I need to download software for using Live wallpaper?
A. Yes, Windows 10 doesn’t natively support live wallpapers. So, you need to download wallpaper engine software to enable it on your Windows PC.
Q. Can I use a video as a live wallpaper?
A. Yes, you can. Some of these software let you set videos as desktop wallpapers.
