Changelog

A running list of everything new, improved, and fixed in Walkie.

v0.9.2
May 2026
  • •Fast Mode is now the default transcription mode for new installs and any case where settings fall back to defaults — previously users could end up on Local Mode unexpectedly after an update
v0.9.1
May 2026
  • •Three overlay styles — choose Full (the classic pill), Compact (a slim bar), or Square (a small icon with a cancel button) in Settings → Advanced
  • •System language default — new installs now use your system locale instead of "auto", improving out-of-the-box accuracy for accented speech
  • •Free tier is now 2,000 words/week for both Fast Mode transcription and AI polish
v0.8.9
May 2026
  • •Fixed a crash on macOS 26.3.1 (developer beta) where the app icon lookup could receive an unexpected numeric type from AppKit instead of image data, causing an unrecognized selector crash on launch
v0.8.8
April 2026
  • •Fixed a rare macOS crash after pasting into certain apps — the history icon lookup now uses the target app's process ID instead of a LaunchServices bundle-ID query that could segfault inside Apple's frameworks
v0.8.7
April 2026
  • •History entries now show the icon of the app you dictated into, making it easy to skim what you said where
  • •Fixed a macOS freeze when Walkie itself was the paste target — dictation into Walkie's own windows now routes in-app instead of through synthetic keypresses, reducing paste time from ~216ms to ~1ms
  • •New "Export Logs for Support" button in About: bundles your logs + basic system info into a single file on your Desktop and opens a pre-drafted email to support@b150.ai
  • •Fixed an Agent settings page bug that could leave dropdowns unrendered
v0.8.6
April 2026
  • •Removed live dictation mode — transcription now runs once after you release the key, for more reliable results across all apps
  • •Recording overlay now shows the target app's real system icon, matching what you see in the Dock
  • •Smoother overlay entrance and exit animations — the app icon sweeps in from the left and retreats when you release
  • •Append trailing space is now enabled by default for everyone
  • •Smarter capitalization when resuming dictation: if you pause mid-sentence and click back into a text field to keep going, Walkie now flows your next words in lowercase instead of starting a new sentence
  • •Fixed a macOS 26 crash when the main window was activated from a background thread
v0.8.5
April 2026
  • •Added a settings backup safety net: if Walkie ever can't fully read your settings file, it now snapshots the prior version to a recovery file before falling back to defaults — so things like custom dictionary entries can be recovered if a future bug ever wipes them
v0.8.4
April 2026
  • •Fixed settings being silently wiped on app restart — transcription mode (Fast/Local) and audio feedback now persist correctly across updates
  • •Audio feedback now defaults to enabled for new users
v0.8.3
April 2026
  • •Push-to-talk button: press and hold the orange side button on the ticket to record without a keyboard shortcut
  • •Improved empty state: history now shows your configured shortcut key to help you get started
v0.8.2
April 2026
  • •Fixed dictionary and snippet expansions not applying to cloud (Fast Mode) transcriptions
  • •Fixed missing connector icons for Jira and File System
  • •File System connector now shows the correct platform icon (Apple on Mac, Windows on PC)
v0.8.0
April 2026
  • •Smarter dictionary: auto-learned corrections now use Apple Intelligence (on Apple Silicon) to reject false positives — a name like "Rina" will never be learned as "I"
  • •Less aggressive word matching: reduced false positives where common words were incorrectly replaced by custom vocabulary entries
  • •App-aware formatting: the AI polisher now applies concrete rules per app — no vocative commas in emails, no trailing periods in Slack, minimal changes in code editors and terminals
  • •Email greeting fix: "Hey Paul," no longer becomes "Hey, Paul," — the extra vocative comma is now explicitly prohibited
  • •Proper noun protection: the AI polisher will no longer replace a person's name with a pronoun when applying self-correction logic
v0.7.99
April 2026
  • •Quick Ask retry: if Walkie misses what you said during a session, it asks you to repeat instead of closing
  • •Quick Ask paste: Walkie now checks for a focused text field before pasting — no more text going nowhere
  • •New voice: Valeria — plus voices renamed to Lydia, HAL, Charlotte, and Valeria
  • •Connector logos now load reliably in all environments
  • •Removed accidental shortcut: Shift+Option+Space no longer triggers post-processing (Fast Mode handles it automatically)
v0.7.98
April 2026
  • •Quick Ask: hold a shortcut, ask anything out loud, and Walkie speaks the answer back — live weather, top news by topic, and instant web search, all hands-free
  • •Gmail connector: connect your Gmail account once via OAuth and send emails directly by voice — no browser required
  • •10+ app connectors: Asana, Linear, GitHub, Slack, Notion, Jira, HubSpot, Airtable, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Spotify — ask Walkie to create tasks, send messages, and manage your workflow
  • •Cancel TTS mid-speech with Escape or the overlay X button
  • •Visualizer accuracy improved: TTS waveform now reflects actual speech dynamics instead of peaking at max volume
  • •Email client setting: choose Gmail, Outlook, or system default for compose actions
  • •Quick Ask and connectors are Pro-only — visible to all, unlocked with a subscription
  • •Updated app icon grill to use the Walkie favicon dot pattern
v0.7.97
April 2026
  • •Analytics: track transcription usage, word counts, engine, and polish in Amplitude
v0.7.96
April 2026
  • •Keep microphone stream warm for 60s after recording — eliminates AirPods (and other Bluetooth) reconnect delay on back-to-back recordings
v0.7.95
April 2026
  • •Faster recording start: waveform appears immediately when you press the shortcut instead of after a ~500ms delay
v0.7.91
April 2026
  • •Auto-learn corrections: fix a word after transcription and Walkie remembers it for next time
  • •Auto-learned words show a sparkle icon in Dictionary settings
  • •Removed regex-based list formatting — no more false-positive bullets
  • •Cmd+, opens settings
v0.7.81
March 2026
  • •Fixed phantom 'Thank you' transcription when no speech is detected
v0.7.80
March 2026
  • •Auto-detect formatting from active app: email formatting in Gmail/Outlook/Mail, note formatting in Notes/Notion/Obsidian, casual inline for Slack and others
v0.7.79
March 2026
  • •Fixed onboarding email/note formatting — polish now correctly adds line breaks in Email and Note modes
v0.7.78
March 2026
  • •Fixed onboarding email and note placeholders not showing line breaks
v0.7.77
March 2026
  • •Fast Mode: cloud transcription with built-in AI polish in a single call — much faster than local
  • •Onboarding polish demo now formats emails and notes correctly
  • •Custom start/stop recording sounds
  • •Fixed crash when signing in with Google in dev mode
  • •Transcription mode selector: choose between Cloud (Fast) and Local in onboarding and settings
  • •Cloud transcription usage tracking for free-tier limits
v0.7.75
March 2026
  • •Pre-roll audio buffer captures the moment before you press record — no more lost first words
  • •AI polish now falls back to raw transcript gracefully when the LLM returns empty or fails
  • •New amber error indicator in the recording overlay when AI polish fails
v0.7.73
March 2026
  • •Fixed AI polish truncating long voice messages
v0.7.72
March 2026
  • •Fixed window not coming to the front on app launch (macOS)
  • •Improved self-correction handling in AI polish (e.g. 'Monday, actually Tuesday' correctly becomes 'Tuesday')
  • •Onboarding state now persists reliably across app restarts
v0.7.71
March 2026
  • •New Polish Level setting: choose between Light (minimal cleanup) and Full (formatting and structure)
  • •Light polish keeps your words as-is — only removes filler words, fixes capitalization, and adds end-of-sentence punctuation
  • •Updated default prompt to be less aggressive with comma insertion
v0.7.70
March 2026
  • •Voice commands are now a Pro-only feature
  • •Manage subscription and upgrade to Pro directly from the app
  • •Profile automatically refreshes when switching back to the app
  • •Account page on walkie.b150.ai with profile, tier, and billing management
  • •Downgrade to Free option on account page
v0.7.67
March 2026
  • •Fixed AI polish limit banner not rendering correctly
  • •Super admin and Pro users now have unlimited AI polish with no word limit
  • •AI polish upgrade prompt now shows every time free users attempt polish after hitting the limit
  • •Fixed super_admin tier label display
v0.7.64
March 2026
  • •Per-app text style: automatically adjust formatting based on which app you're typing into
  • •App-aware AI polish: the LLM now knows which app and window you're in for smarter formatting
v0.7.63
March 2026
  • •Fixed missing spaces between sentences in transcription output
  • •Added OpenClaw agent integration
v0.7.50
March 2026
  • •Fixed Windows release packaging so Walkie bundles the Vulkan runtime correctly
  • •Fixed Google sign-in callback handling on Windows
  • •Increased the default app window size for a roomier first-run experience
v0.7.32
March 2026
  • •Fixed crash on Windows when loading account settings
v0.7.31
March 2026
  • •You can now add your full name to your profile
  • •Language selector now correctly shows your current language
  • •Improved model management and stability
v0.7.30
March 2026
  • •New Smart Commands — say "Hey Claude, I have an idea" and Walkie routes your message to the right app
  • •MCP Servers section added to settings (coming soon)
v0.7.28
March 2026
  • •Google profile image now shows on your account page
  • •Added analytics to help us improve Walkie
v0.7.27
March 2026
  • •Better spacing for the footer bar
v0.7.26
March 2026
  • •Fixed keyboard shortcuts not working after signing out and back in
  • •Update available indicator is now more prominent with a pulsing dot
  • •Improved update checker pill styling and spacing
v0.7.25
March 2026
  • •Check for updates pill in the footer
  • •Auto-update toggle moved to General settings
v0.7.24
March 2026
  • •Added a welcome screen after signing in for the first time
  • •Fixed Google sign-in sometimes getting stuck loading
  • •Keyboard shortcuts now restore properly after signing out and back in
  • •Updated the look of the update checker notification
v0.7.23
March 2026
  • •Smoother permission setup during first launch
  • •Improved visual feedback while recording and processing
  • •Fixed an issue where models wouldn't unload properly
  • •Added error boundary for more graceful crash recovery
v0.7.22
February 2026
  • •Fixed buttons being hard to see in light mode
  • •Improved settings reliability
v0.7.21
February 2026
  • •Text style, snippets, and dictionary settings now save properly between sessions
  • •Walkie checks for updates automatically every 4 hours in the background
v0.7.20
February 2026
  • •New Style tab — choose between formal, casual, or very casual text output
  • •New Snippets — define trigger phrases that expand into full text
  • •Reorganized settings for easier navigation
v0.7.19
January 2026
  • •Added text style setting with three formatting modes
  • •Merged Models and Advanced settings into General for a simpler layout
v0.7.18
January 2026
  • •Moved always-on microphone toggle to General settings for quicker access
  • •Walkie now skips permission setup if permissions are already granted
  • •Smoother sign-in experience
v0.7.17
January 2026
  • •Fixed sign-out issues on some systems
  • •Enabled auto-update support on macOS
v0.7.11
December 2025
  • •Improved onboarding flow
  • •Added email confirmation screen
  • •Fixed tutorial recording during first-run setup
v0.7.10
December 2025
  • •Cross-platform release improvements
  • •Better Windows compatibility
v0.7.9
November 2025
  • •Added account creation and sign-up flow
  • •New system tray icon
  • •Rebranded from Handy to Walkie