Improvements: - improved download stability of new model downloads in the welcome screen and stable diffusion model downloads - added TTS setting for a global default voice - added the ability to given your character/LLM a custom instruction during chatting in Chat Actions - added UI setting to control text area expansion in voice chat - think content is removed when reloading the chat (a compromise between removing think content on every message causing a reload, which is too slow for mobile) - added "copy" character button for user created characters - TTS now skips speaking unpronounceable characters (such as ASCII art, tables etc.) - added a button in Diagnostics popup that force restarts Layla Bug fixes: - fixed a bug where Dreams keep scheduling messages for the same character more than once - fixed a bug where blockquotes were not being rendered correctly - fixed a bug where Layla character cannot be duplicated - fixed a bug where different model options in Inference Settings cannot be scrolled sometimes - fixed a bug where "Speak Responses" chat actions were not working - fixed a bug where searching chat history does not search through all chat histories - fixed a bug where GPT-OSS model was not generating responses - fixed a bug where if you cancel voice chat before it initialises the UI dark cover is gone - fixed a bug where edited memories are still using old embeddings, causing recalled content to be different to queried content - fixed a bug where reloading chat sometimes do not read from cached session and instead loads everything from scratch - fixed prompt format for GPT-OSS - fixed a bug where Layla as your phone's default assistant was not working properly

Improvements: - improved download stability of new model downloads in the welcome screen and stable diffusion model downloads - added TTS setting for a global default voice - added the ability to given your character/LLM a custom instruction during chatting in Chat Actions - added UI setting to control text area expansion in voice chat - think content is removed when reloading the chat (a compromise between removing think content on every message causing a reload, which is too slow for mobile) - added "copy" character button for user created characters - TTS now skips speaking unpronounceable characters (such as ASCII art, tables etc.) - added a button in Diagnostics popup that force restarts Layla Bug fixes: - fixed a bug where Dreams keep scheduling messages for the same character more than once - fixed a bug where blockquotes were not being rendered correctly - fixed a bug where Layla character cannot be duplicated - fixed a bug where different model options in Inference Settings cannot be scrolled sometimes - fixed a bug where "Speak Responses" chat actions were not working - fixed a bug where searching chat history does not search through all chat histories - fixed a bug where GPT-OSS model was not generating responses - fixed a bug where if you cancel voice chat before it initialises the UI dark cover is gone - fixed a bug where edited memories are still using old embeddings, causing recalled content to be different to queried content - fixed a bug where reloading chat sometimes do not read from cached session and instead loads everything from scratch - fixed prompt format for GPT-OSS - fixed a bug where Layla as your phone's default assistant was not working properly

- fixed a bug with llama.cpp fix params setting

New features: - redesigned character selection page to give you detailed information of your character before starting the chat - added ability to save custom sampler settings in the Advanced Settings screen - added ability to attach saved sampler presets as part of your custom Inference Engine Improvements - supports sending images to OpenAI compatible API inference settings Bug fixes: - fixed a bug where some app data was not deleted when removing a mini-app from Layla - fixed a bug where LTM sometimes crashes when handling very very long messages - fixed a bug where images generated during chat were not being backed-up - fixed a bug where tags from TavernPNG were not being imported - fixed a bug where backup cannot copy references with spaces or special characters in their name - fixed a bug where automatically converting JPGs when saving as TavernPNG was giving an error - fixed a bug where personas were not being saved as part of your Inference Engine - fixed a bug where upscaling anime images caused a crash

- updated llama.cpp to support the latest iPhones

New features: - visualisation of temporal relationships in Layla's long-term memory A while ago, Layla introduced temporal memories: memories that evolve in time. This update brings a whole new way to visualise your character's memories! Your memories are now laid out in a 3D space; past memories are "deeper" into the z-axis. A slider at the bottom allows you to navigate through your memories in time, jumping from past to present. You will notice that memories naturally form "clusters" in time. These are memories that occur within a relatively short timeframe. Each cluster has it's own central node(s), with auxiliary memories branching out around them. These clusters are segmented via a time-dilated algorithm: recent memories are finely-segregated, while older memories are more clustered together. This mimics how human memories work; you often remember recent events clearly, while the longer the events are in the past, the more they combine into one big cluster. Important nodes in each cluster are linked together in time. These are usually "common entities" between temporal clusters. Intuitively, this should be important characters, topics, etc. The graph reflects this. The "anchors" in each cluster are usually the two main participants of the conversation (you and your character). These nodes glow brighter in the memory network, and you can see faint "temporal links" between them. These temporal links are annotated by the time elapsed between each cluster, which is visible in the memory graph. There are a lot more ways in which this marshalled data and relationships can be used during the recall process, and this is something I will continually improve on over time! Improvements: - significant improvements to the performance of chatting, especially for very long conversations spanning hundreds/thousands of messages - long-term memory will now recall earlier memories from the same conversation that has been cycled out through context shifting - fixed a few conditions in triggering new search agent - supports the new Ministral-3 family [THINK] tags Bug fixes: - fixed a bug where invalid filename in References mini-app causes Layla to crash - fixed a bug where characters list will sometimes show nothing when updating a filter - fixed a bug where character list resets to the first page after edit/saving a character - fixed a bug where regenerate messages leaves a large amount of empty space when the length of the regenerated message varies largely - fixed a bug where automatically searching for models in OpenAI compatible API endpoints was not working - fixed a bug where Layla does not stop the server from generating messages even after pressing "stop" - fixed a bug where voice chat does not speak aloud responses - fixed a bug where audio is only played through speakers and not AirPods

New features: - Layla supports Qwen3-VL family models: images are automatically down-sized before sending to the LLM to keep processing times reasonable on mobile, you can control how much down-sizing occurs in Advanced Settings - Layla supports animated PNGs and GIFs for your character cards Improvements: - added setting in Reference documents to control the threshold of how long a document needs to be before it is summarised instead of injected wholly into the context - prompt templates are now case insensitive - display character full name in chat instead of just the first name - automatically convert JPGs to PNGs when exporting your characters as a TavernPNG - you can share text with Layla to start a chat with that text Bug fixes: - fixed a bug where the document name was not detected correctly when adding a document from chat - fixed a bug where character sorting changes back to the default after exiting chat - fixed a bug where tool calls are included in long-term memory messages - fixed a bug where Layla crashes on importing a huge TavernPNG card

- fixed bug where option toggles are not showing

- improved stability in chatting - fixed a few bugs in edit/regen - fixed bugs related to the calendar agent

Layla 6 supports Agents! Agents are fully configurable, self-contained workflows that can be triggered and executed by Layla during chats. Their functionalities can range from injecting simple context, to fully automated workflows such as reading a webpage and saving it as a reference document. Each agent is also modular: you can attach them to your own characters; they will still complete their respective tasks, but under the personality of your attached character. An agent is comprised of two parts: triggers and tools. An agent can have multiple triggers and call multiple tools. You are free to mix and match them in any combination when creating your own agents! New features: - Long-term memory has been significantly improved! - LTM now implements a 4 stage retrieval process, to balance speed and quality: - “raw memories” are created immediately as you chat; they are available immediately when starting the next conversation, no processing time needed - “embeddings” are created in the background; this process is relatively fast, and will be available 5-10 minutes after a conversation ends - “summaries” are created as a background process, when your phone is idle; this process can either be done by the built in summariser, or a chosen LLM - “knowledge graphs” are created last, with all the information available in the previous step, and require an LLM to process - During recall, memories are retrieved starting from “raw memories”, and re-ranked by content in each level as they become available, so you will immediately get memories, but the injections will increase in quality as new memories are ingested Improvements: - support for Gemma 3n models - improved prompt format slightly for vision models - backup and restore data now prevents back button presses or navigation to avoid accidentally corrupting your data if you move away from the screen - added ability configure a character level image generation prompt prefix - LTM no longer processes think tags from reasoning models - performance improvements to rendering chat messages - Layla will now automatically select the best prompt format after you've selected your model - backups & restore will now also backup your OpenAI inference settings Bug fixes: - fixed a bug where favourite characters were not being saved - fixed a bug where searching for language names in the Offline Translator app was searching for the language's English name instead of the name in the UI language - fixed a bug in native speech-to-text where it stops listening after the first round - fixed a bug where horoscopes were not showing - fixed a bug where a character with an empty description stops all characters from showing up - fixed a bug where OpenAI inference settings was not backed up

- fixed bug where Metal GPU inference was not working

Improvements: - added support for Kroko ASR (speech-to-text model, this is now the default STT model in Layla) - ability to configure KV Cache quantisation settings in Advanced Settings - added French, Portuguese, and Spanish UI translations Bug fixes: - fixed bug where the correct number of characters in Roleplay was not showing - fixed bug where chat images cannot be expanded when tapped on - fixed bug where slightly moving your finger during hold-to-speak mode stops Layla from listening - fixed bug where sometimes phone native voices are not being shown or not working in text-to-speech

- fixed bug where edit and delete actions were not showing for previous messages - removed animated backgrounds temporarily due to a bug

New features - app UI has been translated to multiple languages! Currently supports: English, Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian - Offline Transcription: transcribe audio such as lectures, audiobooks, or videos in real time - all preset characters now have animated backgrounds! Improvements: - allow configuring minimum silence length and other settings for speech-to-text - made stop generating slightly more responsive - improved UI performance when generating responses, should reduce speed inconsistencies where response times sometimes start slow and speeds up at the end of the message - added TopK in advanced settings Bug fixes: - fixed bug where DuckDuckGo news search was not working - fixed bug where multiple regens make the model increasing incoherent - fixed bug where text-to-speech sometimes pauses unnecessarily after the first sentence

- fixed bug where the AI sometimes repeats what you said before responding

- fixed a small bug where chat screen is not redirecting to Layla Cloud login if you are logged out

New features: - Gemma3 family models support! - added new CPU stable diffusion models Improvements: - Layla supports displaying LaTeX formulae in chat messages - backup data will now backup your custom prompts - added ability to copy generated code in chat messages - added support for MultiTTS voices - added ability to continue generating a message from the LLM Bug fixes: - fixed bug where GPU inference was not working with Background Inference

New features: - added a new animated character - added ability to duplicate characters (including preset characters and animated characters, which will allow you to use the animation for your own characters) - added XTC samplers in Advanced Settings - added support for Phi-4 family models Improvements: - added feature to generate image prompt using your selected LLM in SD mini-app - improved animated character lips movement; lips will start moving when sound is played instead of on LLM output Bug fixes: - fixed bug where saving backup data directly to file system does not work for very large backups - fixed bug where character info is not updated after editing until a reload - fixed bug where deleting a character does not refresh the characters list - fixed bug where TTS voices were not playing in phone silent mode - fixed bug where TTS voices do not play after stopping it once - fixed bug in image generation resulting in "workspace alignment" issues - fixed bug where character tags are not showing in the character creator - fixed bug where deleted characters were still sending proactive messages

New features: - added iniVerse Mix Layla Cloud model - added Cohere API support - added support for importing webpages as Lorebooks - added support for Kokoro TTS model Improvements: - optimised Character Selection page: added sorting options, optimised loading a large number of characters Bug fixes: - fixed bug where {{instruction}} tags were being force injected for some characters

New features: - Layla supports reasoning models Deepseek R1 family! Improvements: - redesigned Lorebook UI to handle lots of documents better - improved UI of model import - added timestamps to Long-term Memory table view - backup data now directly allows you to choose a folder to save to - added a Download Manager app to give the ability to view/cancel download tasks in case they get stuck - added Whisper Base and Whisper Base (English) models - added ability to configure the language Whisper models listen in - Q4_0 quants are now automatically converted on the fly to support your current architecture - allows saving TavernPNG directly to file system in character creation - supports sherpa-onnx TTS engine APK - redesigned chat message quick actions (copy button is now always visible, tap & hold the message to bring up a context menu with more action) - Create Character (AI) image generation now uses the default negative prompt configured in the SD mini-app Bug fixes: - fixed bug when importing chat history - fixed bug in Layla Cloud when handling very long conversation histories - fixed bug where an error in one memory will stop ingestion of all LTM memories - fixed bug where too many quick actions take up all your screen in chat - fixed bug where chat accent colour was not being applied to character responses - fixed bug in default character image generation fallback phrase

- fixed bug where sometimes LTM says task not found - fixed bug where sometimes messages were not being sent properly to Layla Cloud

Improvements: - default characters can now generate images based on your Inference Settings Bug fixes: - fixed a bug where Diagnostics was not working - fixed bug "zip headers not found" when backing up data - fixed bug where Lorebooks overall summary injection was not working - fixed bug where Lorebooks max injection number setting was not working - fixed a bug where multiple same memories are being injected into the same conversation - fixed a bug where multiple memories were not being injected

New features: **Layla supports local image generation via Stable Diffusion!** - configurable prompt/negative prompt, step number, and guidance scale - ability to connect to your local instance of Automatic1111/stable-diffusion-webui on your PC - Layla Cloud supports image generation _Characters can now generate images during chat!_ - added new settings in character creation which allows you to set per character image generation settings - configurable fallback phrases to force your character to send you an image - quick message action to generate an image using the contents of a particular chat message **Model Benchmarks app - benchmark your local LLMs on your phone** - run inference on local LLMs, store tps, ram usage, cpu usage, etc. in a table - generate report with hardware info and benchmark results **AI Character Creation** - generate characters by inputting keywords or vague descriptions - LLM will generate the character description and personality for you - generate images for your character using Layla Stable Diffusion **Long term Memory** - re-wrote Long-term memory with significant algorithmic improvements - employs a 3 stage retrieval algorithm to increase recall precision dramatically - LTM now supports "temporal recall" (you can mention something like *"that conversation we had 3 months ago"*, your characters will be able to pinpoint the conversation summary at that time, if any) - memories are now strengthened over time, earlier memories are now less likely to be returned, however, frequently recalled memories will offset this **Welcome Screen redesign** - Layla v5 comes with a completely new on-boarding experience - Choose from 6 different uses for your on-device AI: - Basic - LLM only, fast, clean, no-frills - Assistant - professional, tool-calling, good at general knowledge - Friend - empathetic, casual, with long-term memory - Roleplay - multi-characters, Lorebooks, character creation - Image Generation - on device image generation with stable diffusion, AI powered character creation - Cloud - access to a wide variety of powerful cloud models, limited privacy - Expert - bring your own models, enable/disable features of your own choosing Improvements: - all mini-apps can now be downloaded in the background - added configurable Lorebook injection prefix and suffix - redesigned Personality Hub, Character Selection screens - added ability to load GGUF models from external SD card - added advanced setting "max response length" - added import/export chat history feature - added UI settings for character text colour - added ability to select multiple messages in chat - selecting the "Default" preset now resets all important settings in the Advanced Settings to their defaults (not just sampler settings) - added setting to toggle whether to "tap and hold message to copy" - redesigned character tag filtering in Character Selection and Personality Hub - added ability to share debug logs of individual chats - added a special "Cloud" prompt format Bug fixes: - fixed bug where greeting was not being imported from TavernPNG - fixed bug where sometimes cloud models do not respond with anything - fixed bug where regen was removing an extra token, causing the regenerated response to be unpredictable - fixed a bug where a chat was "locked" into tool calling mode after the first tool call

- fixed bug where roleplay app was not working - fixed bug where to-do app was not working - synced llama.cpp to latest version

New Features: - Tasker Integration! Layla will show up as a Tasker Plugin Improvements: - allow selection of character greetings before starting the chat - added "basic characters" roleplay mode, where you can add short descriptions without creating a separate character - added support for SmartVoice TTS: https://poretsky.github.io/android/smartvoice/index.html - Roleplay now supports Background Inference - Voice Chat app now allows you to configure different Whisper models for speech-to-text - improved "stop generating" button to be able to stop even while processing input Bug fixes: - fixed bug where context length setting was getting reset every time you switch models - fixed bug where chat name was not being saved - fixed bug where things get messed up if you exit a chat before waiting for it to load