Changelog

What's new.

Notable changes, roughly in reverse chronological order.

  1. v0.11.6
    • Added Weekly free Pro uses. After your Pro trial, the free tier now includes 50 Pro uses each week for Live Transcription, assistant turns, and spoken replies. Pro remains unlimited.
    • Added Working directory picker. Choose where your assistant works right from the Super Voice panel — a quick dropdown with your favorite and recent folders, and a star to pin the ones you use most. It's now a single setting every assistant shares.
    • Changed Codex keeps its train of thought. When Codex is your assistant, it now holds context reliably across a back-and-forth, so your follow-up questions stay in the same conversation.
    • Changed History moved into Settings. Your dictation and assistant history now lives in its own Settings pane with a cleaner timeline — jump straight to it from the panel footer.
    • Changed A calmer Super Voice panel. Tidied up the live panel with repositioned footer controls and lighter styling for a cleaner look.
    • Fixed Smoother spoken replies. Starting a new request now cleanly takes over from whatever's being spoken, so replies no longer overlap.
  2. v0.11.5
    • Added History. A new History view gives you a timeline of your dictation and assistant activity, color-coded by source. Click any spoken line to replay it in place. Loads a recent window with "Load older" for going further back.
    • Added Playback controls. Pause, resume, and stop spoken replies right from the menu-bar popover. Pressing to talk now cleanly cuts off whatever's being spoken so you're never talking over the assistant.
    • Changed A live Super Voice panel. The assistant drawer is rebuilt as a single live panel that shows your dictation and the assistant's replies as they happen, color-coded by source. It peeks open on its own when you start talking and tucks away when you're done. On by default — the classic drawer stays available as a fallback.
    • Changed Cleaner assistant setup. Removed the "Recommended" tag on backends and a permissions warning that no longer applied, so choosing an assistant is less cluttered.
    • Fixed Spoken replies no longer talk over themselves. The assistant won't play its short acknowledgment while it's already speaking.
    • Fixed A sensible default voice. New installs fall back to a built-in voice when none is set, instead of staying silent.
    • Fixed Accurate model list. The Models pane no longer counts unrelated downloaded models toward your installed voices and LLMs.
  3. v0.11.4
    • Fixed Cleaner Slate replies. Your assistant's prose no longer picks up stray protocol tags — only genuine document content lands in Slate, even when you mention things like <slate> mid-sentence.
  4. v0.11.3
    • Added Live Transcription. Double-tap the dictation key to start a hands-free session with live subtitles. Words stream to the screen in real time with AI corrections — great for emails, meeting notes, and longer writing.
    • Added A context-aware assistant. The voice assistant now reads the window you're looking at and knows which app you're in — and can act: drive Mail, Calendar, and Notes, open URLs, and remember your preferences across sessions.
    • Added What's New window. A curated feature-highlights window appears on first launch after an update, so you always know what changed. Also available from the app menu and the Dashboard Help menu.
  5. v0.11.2
    • Added Assistant activity at a glance. The Insights pane now shows an analytical summary of what your assistant did — which tools ran, the apps it touched most, how much data moved, and its success rate — instead of a raw log. Turn it on in Dashboard → Assistant → Insights.
    • Fixed Reliable app detection for connected assistants. Connected assistants now correctly identify the app you're focused on for every action, instead of occasionally acting on a stale one.
  6. v0.11.1
    • Added Smarter spoken replies. The assistant now speaks just its final answer aloud and keeps mid-task narration silent, so you hear the conclusion without the play-by-play.
    • Fixed More natural speech. Contractions, possessives, and stray symbols are handled correctly so spoken output sounds smoother.
  7. v0.11.0
    • Added Agentic Context (Beta). Voice Mode now gives a connected AI assistant a set of tools to see your screen and act on your behalf — read the window you're looking at, pull your highlighted selection, take a screenshot when text alone isn't enough, paste results back into your app, drive scriptable apps like Mail, Calendar, Notes, Messages, and Finder, open apps and URLs, and remember a few stable facts about you across turns. Connect once from Dashboard → Assistant → Tools.
    • Added Safer pasting. When the assistant pastes into your frontmost app, Voice Mode first checks that your focus is actually an editable field — so a stray paste can't land on a button or accidentally hit Send.
    • Added Personal preferences. Your assistant can remember small, stable facts about you — how you sign emails, naming preferences, who's on your team — kept in a file you own and can edit, and capped so it can't quietly balloon.
    • Added Audit trail. Every time a connected assistant reads from or acts on your Mac, Voice Mode logs a one-line entry and plays a soft tone, so you always have passive awareness of what's being touched. Visible live in the Insights pane.
    • Fixed License countdown. The trial countdown no longer shows "0 days left" after your trial has actually ended — it now correctly switches to the upgrade card.
  8. v0.10.9
    • Added Insights (Beta). A new pane reflects your dictation back to you — a voice signature that captures your pitch, cadence, and pace at a glance, a words-per-hour waveform across your day, the words and phrases you reach for most, and a quiet summary of what your AI corrections were actually doing (formatting, translating, rewriting tone, and so on).
    • Changed Your dictation history is now encrypted on disk. Every line is sealed before it touches storage, with the key kept in your Mac's Keychain. Existing history upgrades automatically on first launch, and nothing about how dictation feels changes.
  9. v0.10.8
    • Changed A warmer onboarding. Granting each permission now flashes green and chimes, with a calmer "all set" beat when the last one lands. The "Try it" step shows your dictation speed after each phrase, and finishing onboarding lands on a calm "You're set" screen with your visualizer, your hotkeys at a glance, and one concrete thing to try first.
    • Changed Something to watch while the AI model downloads. The download step plays a short looping demo of what's coming — "make this shorter," "translate to French," "rewrite in a friendly tone" — so the wait isn't wasted.
    • Changed A clearer license shortcut. The sidebar shortcut now shows the action that fits where you are — "Upgrade to Pro" on the free plan, "Renew Pro" if an annual plan lapsed, and a calm countdown like "5 days of Pro left" during a trial that turns urgent in the final days.
  10. v0.10.7
    • Fixed The Codex assistant works again out of the box. A change in the Codex command-line tool left fresh installs unable to start it without manual setup. Voice Mode now drives it correctly, so the Codex and Gemini assistants just work after install.
    • Changed Codex is ready to go on new installs. The Codex assistant works the moment you press the hotkey, with no manual setup. You can adjust what it's allowed to do under Assistant → Codex Settings, and existing setups keep whatever you already configured.
  11. v0.10.6
    • Added A thank-you when your trial wraps. The first launch after a trial ends shows a short greeting — what stays free, what Pro unlocks, and a soft nudge toward the voice assistant.
    • Changed Pro features stay visible to free users. Slate, Assistant, Voice, Personas, and Augments now show in the sidebar with a lock curtain inside, instead of being hidden until you upgrade — so it's clear what Pro adds.
    • Changed Buttons stay vivid when another window is in front. Primary actions across the app used to fade to grey when the Dashboard wasn't the active window, especially in light mode. They now keep their accent color so they stay easy to find.
    • Fixed Trials now end correctly. An expired trial properly drops to the free plan at launch, instead of sitting on an active trial indefinitely.
  12. v0.10.5
    • Changed One-click Slate from its pane. The Slate pane now puts an "Open Slate" button right next to the pitch, so the demo is one click away.
  13. v0.10.4
    • Changed Update banner stays put. When a new version is out, a banner pins to the top of the Dashboard and stays there until you install — closing the update window doesn't dismiss it anymore. The only way to make it go away short of installing is "Skip This Version."
    • Changed New versions reach you faster. Voice Mode now checks for updates every few hours while it's running, instead of once a day. Releases land on your machine the same day they ship, not the day after.
    • Fixed The update banner stops disappearing on you. A handful of edge cases in the update check could make the banner blink off after a few hours even when an update was actually waiting. It now stays lit from the moment a new version is detected until you install it.
  14. v0.10.3
    • Changed Tables in Slate read like tables. Cells render bold, links, and code the way the rest of the document does. Wide tables scroll sideways inside their block instead of squishing every column, and a tall cell only stretches its own row.
    • Changed Right-click recents. Open, reveal in Finder, or move to trash from the recents list. Saved slates all live in one place now.
    • Changed Spoken homographs sound right. Words like "read", "lead", and "wind" get the right pronunciation for the meaning instead of guessing.
    • Fixed Cmd-W closes the front window. The shortcut had quietly stopped working for non-Pro accounts; now it works for everyone, on any window.
  15. v0.10.2
    • Added A bigger, calmer Slate. Each block in the canvas now shows who wrote it — you, the assistant, or a pending suggestion you can accept, reject, or take over. A small pill lets you undo a single edit without rolling back the whole reply. Streaming feels less like a wall of text and more like a document being written.
    • Added Token usage in the footer. See how much of your conversation is fresh, cached, or response — and which model actually answered. Reset context with a button or by saying so out loud when you want to start a new train of thought.
    • Added Zoom Slate the way you'd expect. Pinch on a trackpad or use Cmd-=, Cmd--, Cmd-0. Diagrams and equations rescale with the prose. Your zoom level sticks across sessions.
    • Added Frontmatter, files, and drag-drop. A collapsible metadata strip above the document round-trips YAML cleanly. The assistant can read your other open files when you ask. Drop a markdown file onto Slate or double-click one in Finder to open it.
    • Changed Markdown that finally looks like markdown. Tables read as proper tables. Horizontal rules are visible. Diagrams stay readable instead of getting clipped. Mousing over a diagram or equation no longer freezes page scrolling.
    • Changed Auto-save is opt-in. Slate stays an ephemeral scratchpad by default. Turn auto-save on in Settings when you want changes to persist without thinking about it.
  16. v0.10.1
    • Changed Better recording on AirPods and Bluetooth headsets. A new audio capture path makes dictation reliable on Bluetooth — no more dropped starts or missing first words when you press to talk.
    • Added Other apps duck instead of muting. While you're dictating, music and video drop to a comfortable background level instead of being silenced. Adjust how far they duck in Settings → Dictation.
    • Added Permissions pane. Microphone, Accessibility, and Automation permissions now have their own home in Settings, with a cheerful animation when you grant one and a tap-to-replay if you want to see it again.
    • Added Replay any paragraph in Slate. Click any paragraph of a spoken assistant reply to hear just that bit again, with a moving highlight that follows along.
    • Changed Spoken paths and emails come out right. Saying "slash users slash mike" or dictating an email address now produces a clean path or email instead of literal words.
    • Changed Polish. Hotkeys section in General collapses to a single row that opens the full Hotkeys sheet. Subtle haptic snaps on key toggles. Menu bar popover dismisses cleanly when you click another menu bar item.
  17. v0.10.0
    • Added Slate (beta). A live, voice-driven canvas where your assistant's replies stream in as proper markdown — headings, lists, code, tool calls. Save when something's worth keeping; ephemeral by default. Pro feature, in active development. Learn more →
    • Changed A more alive Dashboard. Every pane now shows what your settings actually do — Augments lists each active directive, AI Writing rotates concrete before/after examples, Voice Output gets a clearer "Speaking" indicator, Dictionary has a try-it sandbox, and Assistant has a live trigger-word preview.
    • Changed Bigger, clearer keycaps. Hotkey symbols across the app render at proper size and shape — easier to read at a glance, and the same visual everywhere they show.
  18. v0.9.8
    • Changed A clearer Dashboard. The settings window is now split into a Dashboard (where you live — AI Writing, Dictionary, Assistant, Voice Output, Characters, Personas, Augments) and a Settings overlay for the configuration bits (General, Dictation, HUD, Models, History, License). The sidebar regroups around what you actually do: Writing, Assistant, Voice Stack. No more one-item sections.
    • Changed The Dashboard always opens at launch. Removed the toggle — opening Voice Mode always brings up the Dashboard so you land somewhere instead of having to hunt the menu bar.
    • Changed AI Writing toggles can't thrash anymore. Rapidly turning AI Writing or AI Correction on and off used to queue several seconds of model reload per flip. The toggles now coalesce to a single load or unload, and disable while the model is loading so you can't pile work on top of work.
    • Changed "Enter" command handles trailing punctuation. Saying "send the message enter" or "send the message. Enter." both work, and the period stays attached to the right word in the typed text.
    • Changed Polish across the Dashboard. A bit more space under the Super Voice title and between row labels and their descriptions; AI Writing's sub-options stay visible (dimmed) when AI Writing is off so you can see what's there.
  19. v0.9.7
    • Changed Workspace opens quietly after onboarding. Finishing onboarding still surfaces the Workspace so first-run users land somewhere useful, but it no longer steals focus from whatever you switch to next — it's there waiting in the Dock when you want it.
    • Changed HUD marked experimental. The recording visualizer is flagged as experimental in the Workspace while we tune the styles and full-screen modes.
  20. v0.9.3
    • Changed A redesigned Workspace. The settings window has a fresh look — a cleaner sidebar with light and dark modes, a redesigned About and License experience, a refined HUD with a new extra-small size, and a Characters space alongside Personas. Active augments and personas appear in a strip across panes so you always know what's on.
    • Added A guided first run. New users are welcomed with a short tour of the assistant and sensible defaults, so Voice Mode is ready to use the moment you open it.
  21. v0.9.2
    • Changed AI Correction is now free. The on-device LLM cleanup pass on dictation, plus highlight-and-correct on selected text, are now part of the free tier — no subscription required. Pro continues to cover the voice assistant, character voices, personas, and augments.
  22. v0.9.1
    • Fixed Voice output reads file paths and code references naturally. Backtick-wrapped names like notes/meeting.md are now spoken as "notes forward slash meeting dot md" instead of leaking raw symbols. Em-dashes also read as natural pauses.
  23. v0.9.0
    • Added Voice Mode integrates with AI coding assistants. Your assistant can now read your Voice Mode settings, switch personas, swap voices, and adjust augments — all with your permission. Connect from Settings, and revoke access any time.
    • Added Ask the assistant about Voice Mode. A new Voice Mode Help augment teaches the assistant how Voice Mode works — turn it on and ask things like "how do I change my voice" or "what's a persona". Activate from Workspace → Augments.
    • Added More assistant options. Additional backends are now selectable in Workspace → Assistant.
    • Fixed Settings are safer. Voice Mode now keeps a backup of your settings and recovers automatically if the file ever gets corrupted, so you don't lose your configuration.
    • Fixed Switching voices no longer interrupts speech. Changing the voice backend used to leave you mute while the new one downloaded. The previous voice now keeps working until the new one is ready.
    • Fixed Voice downloads show progress. Larger voice models now display real download progress and surface errors in the Models pane, instead of silently churning.
  24. v0.8.5
    • Changed Polish across personas and AI Correction. Small refinements to behavior and defaults.
  25. v0.8.4
    • Changed Edit & Correct works without a selection. Press the edit hotkey with nothing highlighted and your spoken instruction becomes a command — say "translate the following to German: hello how are you" and the result pastes at the cursor. With text selected, the rewrite-in-place behavior is unchanged.
    • Changed Edit & Correct is the default in the menu bar. The tray popover now surfaces Edit & Correct instead of AI Correction. AI Correction is still available in Settings but is labeled experimental.
    • Fixed AI Correction is much faster. Correction lands in about a second and a half now, instead of occasionally timing out and skipping the pass.
    • Fixed AI Correction is harder to trick. Phrases like "translate to German" or "ignore previous instructions" inside your dictation are now treated as words to transcribe, not commands to run.
  26. v0.8.3
    • Added Say your character's name to wake the assistant. When a character or persona is active, say their name to activate the assistant — "Iris, what time is it" or "hey Iris, look this up". The default wake word still works too.
    • Added Character name in the UI. The popover, drawer, and top-notch bar now show the active character's icon and name.
  27. v0.8.2
    • Added Menu-bar update indicator. A small dot appears on the mic icon when a newer version is available.
    • Changed Multilingual dictation, for real. The default speech-to-text engine now supports all 99 advertised languages. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Vietnamese, Turkish, Persian — all transcribe correctly.
    • Changed Smart formatting respects your language. Spoken-number and spoken-operator rules no longer corrupt non-English dictation.
    • Fixed Downloads resume where they left off. Interrupted multi-gigabyte downloads no longer restart from the beginning.
  28. v0.8.1
    • Added Edit & Correct (Pro). Highlight text in any app, hold the edit hotkey, speak an instruction — the selection is rewritten in place. Works across native Mac apps and most Electron editors.
  29. v0.8.0
    • Changed Improved local AI model. Correction and the local-AI assistant both move to a new model with meaningfully better punctuation, grammar, and list formatting.
    • Fixed Live download progress when activating an AI model. The percentage now advances as the download runs instead of sitting at "Loading…".
  30. v0.7.0 Pro subscriptions
    • Added Pro subscriptions are live. Monthly and Annual plans. Every paid plan starts with a 14-day free trial, cancel anytime.
    • Added License activation in-app. Paste your SVM-… key in the License pane to unlock Pro. Up to 3 Macs per license.
    • Added 14-day offline grace period. Travel, fly, work without wifi — your Pro features keep working.
  31. v0.6.0 Async assistant
    • Added Keep dictating while the AI thinks. Dictation works immediately after speaking, even while a request is still processing.
    • Added Task panel. See running, completed, and failed assistant requests with live timers. Cancel or replay any of them.
    • Added Top-notch mode. The assistant lives in the MacBook Pro notch area. Works on non-notch Macs too.
    • Added Voice cancel. Say "cancel that", "never mind", or "stop" to interrupt running tasks.
  32. v0.3.0 Fully native
    • Changed One native app, no extra setup. Dictation and AI are now a single Mac app — no background helpers, no dependencies to install, no setup after dragging it into Applications.
    • Changed Faster, more efficient speech-to-text. Transcription is noticeably quicker and easier on the battery.