{"generatedAt":"2026-09-15T05:10:15.966Z","announcements":[{"id":"2aad3b1f-1309-4d45-bd65-99390e6aab52","title":"Join our discord server & invite your friends :)","preview":"Join our Discord community, connect with other gamers, and invite your friends to warmUP.","createdAt":"2026-09-12T13:38:46.387Z","availableFrom":null,"availableUntil":null,"blocks":[{"text":"Join our discord server & Invite your friends! :)","type":"heading"},{"text":"Join the warmUP Discord and become part of the community shaping what comes next. Connect with other gamers, share feedback and ideas directly with the team, get early updates on new features, fixes, and upcoming releases, and be among the first to hear what we’re working on. Whether you want to report a bug, suggest a feature, find people who use warmUP the same way you do, or simply follow the journey, Discord is the best place to stay connected and help make warmUP better.","type":"paragraph"},{"href":"https://discord.gg/vMTJwDxMP","type":"button","label":"Join the community now","action":"url"}],"teaser":{"imageUrl":"https://pub-9750c362faa1481f941c5b06cfdd51a1.r2.dev/announcements/268c3564-d9d5-41f7-b1f9-040910f7d3fd-264ffa74-eea6-44fb-9106-f17d21655f75.png","title":"Join Discord & Invite your friends! :)","body":"Join the warmUP community, meet other gamers, share feedback, and invite your friends to be part of what we’re building! 💜"}},{"id":"a6458007-2cef-4675-a1b4-be3b859cd59f","title":"The best way to use warmUP 🎮","preview":"How I turned my PC + TV into a console-like setup.","createdAt":"2026-09-14T13:40:47.776Z","availableFrom":null,"availableUntil":null,"blocks":[{"text":"The best way to use warmUP","type":"heading"},{"text":"I wanted to share how I personally use warmUP at home — because I think this setup gets very close to what warmUP was originally built for:\nTurning your PC into something that feels much more like a console.\nMy PC is connected to my normal monitor at the desk, but it's also permanently connected to my TV through HDMI.\nWhenever I want to play on the TV, I grab my wireless controller, wake the PC and jump straight into warmUP.\nNo moving the PC. No reconnecting cables. And most of the time, I don't even touch a mouse or keyboard.\nHere's the setup.","type":"paragraph"},{"type":"stat","label":"things you really need — PC + TV · HDMI cable · Wireless controller","value":"3"},{"type":"bento","items":[{"body":"Keep your normal monitor connected while also connecting your TV to your GPU through HDMI.","title":"PC + TV","eyebrow":""},{"body":"Xbox, PlayStation, Switch-style or another supported controller.","title":"Wireless Controller","eyebrow":""},{"body":"Move your warmUP experience between your displays from the couch.","title":"Jump Screen","eyebrow":""},{"body":"Wake your PC before you even pick up the controller.","title":"Your Phone","eyebrow":""}],"columns":2},{"text":"1. Connect your PC to your TV","type":"heading"},{"text":"The first part is surprisingly simple.\nKeep your regular monitor connected to your PC and run an HDMI cable from your graphics card to your TV.\nDepending on where your PC and TV are located, that might simply mean buying a longer HDMI cable.\nThat's it.\nYour PC can stay exactly where it already is.\nFor the best experience, make sure the cable supports the resolution, refresh rate, HDR and VRR capabilities you want to use on your TV.","type":"paragraph"},{"text":"2. Turn on Jump Screen","type":"heading"},{"text":"Now open:\nwarmUP → Settings → Screen & Sound\nand configure Jump Screen.\nThis is one of my favorite warmUP features.\nInstead of going into Windows display settings whenever I move from my desk to the TV, I can switch the experience directly from warmUP using my controller.\nSo I can start on my monitor, sit down on the couch and move over to the TV without turning the whole thing into a Windows-settings session.\nConfigure your preferred display and controller shortcut once, and after that it becomes part of the routine.","type":"paragraph"},{"text":"3. Let warmUP start with your PC","type":"heading"},{"text":"I also have Start warmUP with Windows enabled.\nThat way, I don't wake my PC, log in, search for warmUP and launch it manually.\nIt's already there.\nAnd you don't necessarily have to shut your PC down every time either.\nPersonally, I usually put mine into Sleep instead.\nwarmUP can stay open before I put the PC to sleep. When I wake the machine again, I log back into Windows and continue where I left off.\nOn my setup, I can even bring up the keyboard from the login screen with L3, enter what I need with the controller and continue without reaching for a physical keyboard.\nThe result feels much closer to waking a console than starting a traditional desktop PC.","type":"paragraph"},{"type":"divider"},{"text":"4. Wake your PC from your phone","type":"heading"},{"text":"This is where the setup gets even better.\nMy PC supports Wake-on-LAN, which means another device on my network can send it a small network request — often called a “Magic Packet” — and wake it from sleep.\n\nOn iPhone\nI personally use an app called Wake Me Up – Wake-on-LAN.\nYou add your PC once using its network information and can then wake it directly from your iPhone.\nThe app also integrates with Siri and Apple Shortcuts, so you can turn this into a voice command or a one-tap shortcut.\nFor example, I can simply ask Siri to wake my PC before I even sit down.\n\nImportant: Wake-on-LAN has to be supported and enabled by your PC.\nTypically you will need to:\n1. Connect the PC through Ethernet.\n2. Enable Wake-on-LAN in your BIOS/UEFI.\n3. Enable the relevant Wake-on-LAN options for your Ethernet adapter in Windows.\n4. Use the MAC address of your Ethernet adapter when configuring the app.\n\nThe exact names of these settings differ between motherboards and network adapters.","type":"paragraph"},{"text":"iPhone: my Wake shortcut","type":"heading"},{"text":"Once your PC is configured inside Wake Me Up:\n1. Open the Shortcuts app on your iPhone.\n2. Create a new Shortcut.\n3. Add the Wake Me Up action for your PC.\n4. Give the Shortcut a simple name such as Wake Gaming PC.\n5. Optionally add it to your Home Screen, Control Center or another automation.\n6. You can then trigger it manually or with Siri.\n\nSo my routine can basically become:\n“Siri, wake my PC.”\nThen I grab the controller, switch to the TV with Jump Screen and start playing.","type":"paragraph"},{"text":"What about Android?","type":"heading"},{"text":"Wake Me Up itself is currently an Apple app, but Android has plenty of Wake-on-LAN alternatives.\nApps such as Wolow or WolOn can send the same type of Wake-on-LAN request to your PC.\nThe basic setup is the same:\n1. Enable Wake-on-LAN on your PC.\n2. Add your PC to the Android app.\n3. Enter the PC's Ethernet MAC address and network details.\n4. Send the Wake command from your phone.\n\nDepending on the app you choose, you can also use Android widgets, automation tools or SSH commands to build a similar one-tap setup.\nUse whichever solution works best for your phone and network.","type":"paragraph"},{"type":"divider"},{"text":"5. Bonus: I can also put my PC to sleep from my iPhone","type":"heading"},{"text":"This part is completely optional and a little more advanced.\nI wanted the opposite of Wake-on-LAN too: I wanted to put my PC back to sleep from my phone.\n\nOn my Windows PC, I created a Scheduled Task called: Sleep PC\nThat task performs my normal Windows sleep routine.\nI then enabled Windows' OpenSSH Server, so my iPhone can securely run a command on the PC over my local network.\nInside Apple Shortcuts I use: Run Script over SSH — with my PC as the SSH host.\n\nThe script itself is simply:\nschtasks /Run /TN \"Sleep PC\"\n\nThat tells Windows Task Scheduler to execute my existing Sleep PC task.","type":"paragraph"},{"text":"How to create the iPhone Sleep shortcut","type":"heading"},{"text":"On Windows\nFirst, create and test a Scheduled Task that puts your computer to sleep. Give it a clear name such as: Sleep PC\nThen make sure OpenSSH Server is installed and running on Windows. You can find it under Windows Optional Features / Optional Features settings.\nAfter installing it, make sure the OpenSSH SSH Server service is running and that Windows Firewall allows the SSH connection.\n\nOn your iPhone\nOpen Shortcuts and create a new Shortcut.\nAdd: Run Script over SSH\nEnter the details for your Windows PC:\n• Host: your PC's local IP address or hostname\n• User: your Windows/SSH username\n• Authentication: your configured password or SSH key\n\nThen use:\nschtasks /Run /TN \"Sleep PC\"\n\nSave the Shortcut as something like: Sleep Gaming PC\nYou can now run it from Shortcuts or trigger it through Siri.\n\nMy personal routine is essentially:\nWake PC → play → Sleep PC\nwithout needing to walk back over to the computer.","type":"paragraph"},{"type":"bento","items":[{"body":"Wake the PC from your phone.","title":"Wake","eyebrow":"1"},{"body":"Use your controller and the on-screen keyboard.","title":"Login","eyebrow":"2"},{"body":"Move warmUP to your TV with Jump Screen.","title":"Jump","eyebrow":"3"},{"body":"Your entire library is already waiting for you.","title":"Play","eyebrow":"4"}],"columns":2},{"text":"The end result","type":"heading"},{"text":"Once everything is configured, this is basically my normal routine:\nMy PC stays connected to both my desk monitor and TV.\nwarmUP starts automatically with Windows.\nWhen I'm done, I usually put the PC into Sleep instead of shutting it down.\nWhen I want to play again, I wake it from my phone — or Siri — pick up the controller, log in, use Jump Screen to move to the TV and continue playing.\nNo mouse. No keyboard. No moving cables around. No walking back and forth to the PC.\nIt turns a normal gaming PC into something that feels surprisingly close to having a console connected to the TV.\nAnd that is probably my favorite way to use warmUP.","type":"paragraph"},{"type":"divider"},{"text":"A quick note about Wake Me Up","type":"heading"},{"text":"This is not sponsored and we are not affiliated with Wake Me Up, Wolow, WolOn or the developers behind them.\nI'm mentioning Wake Me Up simply because it is what I personally use and it works well for my setup. The basic Wake-on-LAN functionality can also be used for free.\nWe're actually working on our own app and a broader warmUP ecosystem as well.\nOur goal is to eventually make even more of this experience feel like one connected system instead of several separate tools.\nMore on that in the future. 👀","type":"paragraph"},{"text":"One last thing 💜","type":"heading"},{"text":"warmUP is still growing because people are trying it, giving us feedback and telling others about it.\nIf you enjoy using warmUP, one of the biggest ways you can support us is incredibly simple:\nTell a friend about it.\nShow them your setup. Send them warmUP. Invite them to play something with you.\nEvery new person helps us keep building the PC gaming experience we want to exist.\nThank you for being here this early.\n— The warmUP team","type":"paragraph"}],"teaser":{"imageUrl":"https://pub-9750c362faa1481f941c5b06cfdd51a1.r2.dev/announcements/1bb5e3fb-c708-421b-93d1-370a42aa7d3d-chatgpt-image-14-sept-2026-15-39-33.png","title":"The best way to use warmUP 🎮","body":"Want the full console feeling? Here's how I personally use warmUP with my TV, controller and phone — without walking over to my PC every time."}}]}