Audio & Recording

• Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) eliminates the need for heuristics-based micOnly mode
• Record microphone and speaker as separate stereo channels for cleaner audio separation
• Recordings saved as .wav instead of .ogg for better compatibility
• Sleep detection automatically stops recording when your laptop lid closes or system sleeps
• Audio visualizer now uses RMS-based amplitude for smoother, more accurate loudness display
• Improved macOS speaker capture with real-time safe buffer reuse
• Device priority selector in audio settings
• Fixed null pointer crash in microphone detection on macOS 26.x

AI & Speech-to-Text

• Added Mistral as a new LLM provider
• Added ElevenLabs as a new speech-to-text provider
• Language support checking warns when your selected STT provider doesn't support your language
• Show local model in Finder and delete downloaded models from AI settings
• Improved automatic model selection for Hyprnote Cloud users
• Better Deepgram language variant recommendations
• Fixed custom OpenAI endpoint configuration not being respected

Editor

• Added table support for inserting and editing tables directly in notes
• Added search and replace with case sensitivity option
• Cmd/Ctrl+click to open links in new tab
• Search auto-populates from selected text
• Improved markdown rendering styles and spacing

Attachments

• Images saved as files in session folder instead of base64
• Duplicate filenames automatically get numbered suffixes

PDF Export

• Export beautiful PDFs with metadata cover page including title, date, and participants
• PDFs save directly to Downloads folder and open automatically

Transcript

• Regenerate transcript from existing audio files via note header
• Optimize transcript word rendering and scrolling performance
• Fixed partial words leaking to inactive session transcripts during live recording

UI & Experience

• Redesigned app settings with improved layout and UX
• Changed app font from Inter to SF Pro
• Recording indicator overlay on dock icon while recording
• Split floating action button into separate "Join" and "Start listening" buttons
• Listening tab pinned to fixed left position during recording
• Sidebar automatically expands when searching
• Sidebar auto-scrolls to "Now" indicator on initial load
• Expandable fields in metadata panel
• "Open in new tab" context menu option
• Confirmation dialog when closing active listening tabs
• Video chat link visibility adapts to available editor width
• Event start times displayed in timeline sidebar
• Fixed timeline bucket sorting (weeks before months, correct chronological order)
• Reduced toast notification delays

Contacts

• Pinned contacts with drag-and-drop reordering
• Duplicate contact detection with merge functionality
• Current user pinned at top with "Me" badge
• Preserve "me" label when merging contacts

Calendar

• Enhanced context menu: "Open in new tab", "Reveal in Finder", "Delete completely"
• Create calendar events from Apple Calendar integration
• Fixed recurring event sync and recurrence series ID population
• Fixed timezone offset causing dates to appear off by one day
• Ignored events now persist after app restart

Data & Storage

• Replaced sqlite-based persisters with json and markdown-based persisters

Authentication & Account

• Auth session persists across app updates (no more re-login after updates)
• Stay logged in when app is backgrounded
• Fixed authentication token refresh errors
• Pro trial auto-starts on first app launch
• Prevent trial expired modal from interrupting onboarding
• Show "Upgrade to Pro" for expired trials instead of disabled features
• Auto-reset cloud STT and Hyprnote LLM settings when trial expires

Feedback & Support

• In-app feedback modal for bug reports and feature requests via Help menu
• Report Issue button on error page with pre-filled device info
• Git hash display in feedback modal

System

• Cmd+Q intercepted by default; Cmd+Shift+Q to force quit
• Tray menu shows update download progress
• Handle menubar "New Note" navigation correctly
• Reordered onboarding permissions for better UX flow