The notch, brought to life.

What is a Dynamic Island for Mac?

Since 2021 on the MacBook Pro, and 2022 on the MacBook Air, the display has a notch at the top for the camera. macOS leaves it empty: a black shape the menu bar simply works around. A "Dynamic Island for Mac" is an app that puts that space to work, the way the iPhone turned its own cut-out into a live, expanding display.

Glance is that app. It sits in the notch, stays invisible when nothing is happening, and grows just enough to show what matters right now: the song that is playing, a file you parked, your next meeting, or an AI agent that needs your approval.

Smaller than a window, faster than an app

There is no window to arrange and no dock icon to click. Hover over the notch and it opens into a panel; move on and it folds back. Everything you would normally open three apps for is gathered in the few pixels you already look at.

• Music from Spotify and Apple Music, with track peeks and lyrics.
• Shelf and AirDrop to park and send files.
• Calendar, reminders and weather for the rest of your day.
• AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. Learn more.

A notch that glows

What sets Glance apart is light. Instead of a flat black pill, the notch wears a thin line of light that reacts to what is happening, like a calm halo while agents work in the background. Pick the style that fits your desk: the clean Classic line, the deep Volumetric glow, the retro Pixelated texture, the softer Wet rays, or Glance's own organic Bioluminescence.

Native, light and private

Glance is a native macOS app, notarized by Apple and updated automatically. It is built to use little CPU and memory while it waits in the notch. There is no account, and what it shows you, from notifications to agent output, stays on your Mac. Try it in your browser first with the live demo, or browse every feature.