Spellar 3.4.0 keeps you covered even when the app is closed — and gives you longer-lasting audio, cloud transcription on Pro, and a cleaner, faster app. New & Improved: • Always-on menu bar — Spellar now runs a lightweight background helper, so meeting reminders and auto-record work even when the app is fully closed. • Merge recordings — combine several recordings into one, without re-transcribing. • Longer audio retention — new 30-day and 90-day storage options to keep your audio around longer. • Cloud transcription on Pro — Pro now includes Spellar-funded transcription. No API key required. • Auto-export — automatically send your notes and action items to Todoist, ClickUp, Asana, Google Tasks, and your note apps. • Weekly & monthly recaps — opt in to periodic summaries of your meetings. • Redesigned Settings with search — find any setting instantly across cleanly grouped tabs. • Smarter transcription — adaptive, device-aware routing and better speaker names, including diarization improvements. • Rich-text formatting shortcuts in notes (Cmd-B, Cmd-I, and more), on any keyboard layout. • Drag & drop a file onto the window to import it — no extra dialog. • A fresh macOS look — a soft gradient background, unified content card, and refreshed color palettes. Under the Hood: • Fixed a bug that silently dropped the end of the transcript on some long recordings. • Magic-link sign-in now works even when the app is fully quit, and brings Spellar to the front. • Fixed a transient failure on the very first sign-in. • Summaries now match your spoken language instead of defaulting to English. • Exports no longer report success when nothing was actually exported. • Dozens of fixes for app freezes and hangs across the app.

Spellar 3.3.1 makes your recordings more reliable than ever — nothing gets lost, even if your Mac crashes mid-meeting. New & Improved: • Recordings now survive a crash, force-quit, or accidental exit — audio is recovered automatically when you reopen Spellar. • Play your local recordings even when cloud audio has expired — Spellar falls back to the copy saved on your device. • Recordings are saved locally by default, with readable file names and a new "Clear Local Audio" button to free up disk space. • See at a glance where each recording came from with new source icons (Mac, iPhone, or browser). • ⌘Q now asks before quitting during a recording, so you never lose a session by accident. Under the Hood: • More accurate, more reliable transcripts — fewer dropped first words, no more real speech mistaken for silence, and stronger on-device transcription. • Outlook recurring meetings now sync correctly to your calendar. • Dozens of fixes across AI Chat, sign-out, the recordings list, prep notes, and the onboarding walkthrough.

Spellar 3.3.0 brings Meeting Prep Notes — walk into every meeting ready. New & Improved: • Meeting Prep Notes: jot down your agenda, talking points, and links right on a calendar event before the meeting starts. They're waiting for you when you begin — open them in a floating panel beside Copilot while you record, and they sync across your devices. • Rich prep notes: clickable links plus bullet, numbered, and checklist formatting. • Regenerate Transcript on iPhone: re-run a transcript straight from your phone, with the audio player now below the tabs for easier playback. • Copy from the Actions tab: select text or right-click to copy any action item (Mac). • A new sidebar profile menu with quick access to the Community and What's New (Mac). Under the Hood: • Clearer errors when a transcript or summary can't be regenerated — tap to view and copy the full details. • Apple Dictation now follows your detected language instead of your system locale. • A batch of stability fixes resolving app freezes and hangs.

Spellar 3.2.6 introduces in-app Contact Support, refreshes iOS, and polishes the experience across platforms. New & Improved: • Contact Support is now in-app — choose the support form or email, attach files, and get help without leaving Spellar • iOS: All-new "My Notes" tab inside each recording, with full rich-text editing • iOS: Lock Screen audio controls — Spellar now publishes Now Playing metadata • iOS: Animated regeneration indicators and auto-refreshing summaries • AppSumo flow cleanup — clearer banners, 14-day cloud audio retention, no more confusing CTAs Under the Hood: • Fixed iOS recording stuck at 5% when the mic is held by another app • Cleaner audio import — files with mislabeled extensions now import correctly • BYOK key handling: confirms before disconnects, accepts every Gemini key format • Tighter feature-flag bootstrap so the right experience loads from cold start • macOS detail-view polish: divider gutters, status badges at large text sizes, single-line API-key input

Spellar 3.2.4 is a stability release. Fixed: • A crash some iPhone users hit when opening Spellar with a pending upload from a previous session. • Several app freezes on macOS — including in the meeting reminder window and during background feature lookups. • Missing ElevenLabs and Mistral icons in iOS Settings → Connections and the Recording engine picker.

Spellar 3.2.3 — a small stability and polish update. What's improved: • Transcription: choose from more on-device and server-side engines from one streamlined picker in Settings → Recording. • Sign-in: the window now sizes correctly on first install and stays put when leaving fullscreen. • Player: your selected playback rate sticks after Stop → Play. • Menu bar: "Show recordings" reliably opens the Notes list. • Recordings list: pagination resets cleanly when a new recording starts. • Ask AI & Note Taker: your draft is preserved when you collapse the window. Under the Hood: • Fixed a cluster of AI Copilot hangs. • Apple Speech now gracefully falls back to English when the saved language isn't covered by the installed model. • Transcript Reanalyse: cleaner error messaging, fewer duplicate toasts. • Logout: definitive fix for the crash on macOS 26.2 / Apple Silicon. • Many smaller fixes to import, export, settings, and notifications. Thanks for the bug reports — keep them coming via Help → Send Feedback.

Spellar 3.2.0 brings sharper transcripts, smarter meeting detection, and a major redesign across web, sign-in, and the recording pipeline. New & Improved • Sharper transcripts — new server-side transcription pipeline with ElevenLabs Scribe v1, faster turnaround from meeting end to finished summary. • Better speaker detection — diarization tuned for multi-speaker meetings with cleaner attribution and fewer merged speakers. • Smarter browser meeting detection — Spellar now picks up Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, and Discord calls running in Chrome, Safari, Arc, and Edge by listening for active microphone use, with per-app cooldown and Dismiss / Ignore / Switch-app actions. • Email magic-link sign-in — sign in or sign up from email, no password needed. • Localized in 16 languages — 161 new translations rolled out. • Import redesign — upload audio files up to 125 MB with live progress, cancel, and resume. Save locally before upload, with clearer errors. • Launch at Login — Spellar opens automatically on startup so you never miss a meeting. • Copilot polish — Note Taker and Ask AI now keep separate histories; your last mode sticks across restarts; Export to Docs routes to the right chat; submissions retry on transient failures. • Reanalyse transcripts — re-run transcription on any recording from the macOS transcript tab. • Notes — Copilot-submitted notes now merge into the Notes tab, with multi-select in the macOS 3-pane redesign. • iOS inline player — new floating bottom player with sticky controls as you scroll, plus live processing % on macOS. • Review prompts appear after a successful recording, not mid-flow. • New paywall — redesigned checkout under the unified design system. Under the Hood • Recording no longer drops audio when you quit mid-session. • Cloud-audio fix — server transcripts no longer inflate duration on long sessions. • Diarization two-pass retry recovers close-mic 2-speaker recordings that previously collapsed into one. • Chat auto-scrolls to bottom on send across Copilot, main chat, and Summary. • Closed three more re-entrant NSNotification sites that caused TestFlight UI freezes. • Settings no longer overwrites transcript language with "en" on cold start. • Stage Manager: traffic-light click handling restored on macOS. • "Analysing" indicator stays on the recording row until the pipeline terminates. • Recording list scrolls to top when a new recording starts. • Theme + palette consistency fixes — switches no longer flash, accents stop going stale. • Audio interruption + duration mismatch handled correctly on iOS. • Multiple crash fixes in theme resolution, media upload, and calendar. • Whisper model cache isolated per distribution (App Store / Setapp / Website). • Removed legacy on-device transcription path on Intel Macs (was crashing). • Diagnostics: full session logs for faster support.

Spellar 3.2.0 brings sharper transcripts, smarter meeting detection, and a major redesign across web, sign-in, and the recording pipeline. New & Improved • Sharper transcripts — new server-side transcription pipeline with ElevenLabs Scribe v1, faster turnaround from meeting end to finished summary. • Better speaker detection — diarization tuned for multi-speaker meetings with cleaner attribution and fewer merged speakers. • Smarter browser meeting detection — Spellar now picks up Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, and Discord calls running in Chrome, Safari, Arc, and Edge by listening for active microphone use, with per-app cooldown and Dismiss / Ignore / Switch-app actions. • Email magic-link sign-in — sign in or sign up from email, no password needed. • Localized in 16 languages — 161 new translations rolled out. • Import redesign — upload audio files up to 125 MB with live progress, cancel, and resume. Save locally before upload, with clearer errors. • Launch at Login — Spellar opens automatically on startup so you never miss a meeting. • Copilot polish — Note Taker and Ask AI now keep separate histories; your last mode sticks across restarts; Export to Docs routes to the right chat; submissions retry on transient failures. • Reanalyse transcripts — re-run transcription on any recording from the macOS transcript tab. • Notes — Copilot-submitted notes now merge into the Notes tab, with multi-select in the macOS 3-pane redesign. • iOS inline player — new floating bottom player with sticky controls as you scroll, plus live processing % on macOS. • Review prompts appear after a successful recording, not mid-flow. • New paywall — redesigned checkout under the unified design system. Under the Hood • Recording no longer drops audio when you quit mid-session. • Cloud-audio fix — server transcripts no longer inflate duration on long sessions. • Diarization two-pass retry recovers close-mic 2-speaker recordings that previously collapsed into one. • Chat auto-scrolls to bottom on send across Copilot, main chat, and Summary. • Closed three more re-entrant NSNotification sites that caused TestFlight UI freezes. • Settings no longer overwrites transcript language with "en" on cold start. • Stage Manager: traffic-light click handling restored on macOS. • "Analysing" indicator stays on the recording row until the pipeline terminates. • Recording list scrolls to top when a new recording starts. • Theme + palette consistency fixes — switches no longer flash, accents stop going stale. • Audio interruption + duration mismatch handled correctly on iOS. • Multiple crash fixes in theme resolution, media upload, and calendar. • Whisper model cache isolated per distribution (App Store / Setapp / Website). • Removed legacy on-device transcription path on Intel Macs (was crashing). • Diagnostics: full session logs for faster support.

Spellar 3.1.0 brings bridge transcription, audio privacy controls, copilot modes, new integrations, and dozens of reliability improvements. New & Improved: • Bridge Transcription — Apple Speech starts instantly while Whisper warms up, so your first word is captured the moment you hit record. • Audio Privacy — Choose Local Only or Process & Delete to control how audio is handled after transcription. • Copilot Modes — Switch between Ask AI and Note Taker with a toggle in the copilot panel. • Whisper on Intel — Re-enabled Whisper transcription on Intel Macs using CPU-only mode. • ClickUp & Obsidian — Export action items to ClickUp or send notes to Obsidian. • Apple Speech — Smarter phrase segmentation, Whisper fallback chain, and real import progress. • Push Notifications — Real-time sync with APNs on iOS and macOS. • In-Window Toasts — Notifications inside the main window with palette accent color. • Collapsible Sidebar — Icon-only mode for more screen space. • Resizable Panels — Drag to resize sidebar and detail panel. • Audio Player in Header — Quick playback access with expired-state handling. • Web OAuth — Google and Apple sign-in across all distribution channels. • In-App Stripe Checkout — Subscribe directly within the macOS app. • Calendar Visibility — Per-calendar toggle to control which calendars appear. • Help & Support — Built-in diagnostics and log export. • Webhook Formatting — JSON toggle for Discord and Slack compatibility. Under the Hood: • Fixed speaker duplication in transcripts. • Improved transcript splitting with pause-based sentence detection. • Fixed Bluetooth audio dropout and device switching. • Fixed recording data loss on cold launch. • Fixed App Hang from gradient caching issues. • Resolved ~43K crash events from the 3.0 release. • Upgraded Sentry SDK to 9.x for Xcode 26 compatibility.

Spellar 3.0.1 improves calendar reliability, fixes speaker detection, and resolves hundreds of stability issues. Improvements: • Per-calendar visibility — choose which calendars appear in your meeting list • Conference links from Google Meet and Outlook are now detected correctly • Recurring calendar events select the correct instance • Speaker names from on-device transcription now appear in recaps • Renaming speakers works more reliably • AI summaries use the latest Claude model Fixes: • Fixed recording list pagination jumping when scrolling • Fixed unread badge not clearing after viewing a recording • Fixed actions becoming available before recording finishes processing • Fixed calendar chip staying visible after disconnecting an account • Resolved 300+ crash reports for improved stability

Spellar 3.0 — completely rebuilt from the ground up. New macOS, iOS, and web apps with Teams collaboration, interactive walkthroughs, and a design system you can make your own. New & Improved: • Teams — Create workspaces, invite members, share folders and templates, control recording visibility (Private, Summary, or Team) • Interactive Walkthroughs — Context-sensitive guided tours with spotlight anchors help you discover every feature • Customizable Typography — Choose from Inter, Geist, or Plus Jakarta Sans with Small, Medium, or Large sizing • Redesigned iOS — All-new onboarding, notes, recordings, templates, folders, settings, and theme experience • Redesigned macOS — New 3-pane layout, collapsible sidebar, and cinematic login screen with physics-based logo animation • iOS AI Models — Connect Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini directly from your iPhone • iOS Recaps — Full recap detail view with summary, recordings, and actions tabs • Instant Launch — SwiftData caching loads your notes instantly on app start • Offline Indicator — Smart sidebar indicator replaces the old network banner Under the Hood: • Localized across 17 languages with 200+ new strings • Rebuilt audio engine with improved Bluetooth and device-switching • Fixed 30+ bugs including scroll hangs, theme artifacts, and Sentry crashes • Requires macOS 14.6+ / iOS 17+

Spellar 2.1.1 brings a refreshed design, new integrations, and significant performance improvements. New & Improved: • Todoist Integration: You can now export tasks directly to Todoist. • iOS Redesign: Enjoy a fresh look for the Home screen, Folders, and Meeting Summaries. • Better Calendar Sync: Improved reliability for shared meetings and tentative events across Google, Outlook, and Apple Calendar. • Enhanced Sync: Recording tags now sync seamlessly to Notion, Google Docs, and Confluence. Under the Hood: • Improved stability and faster performance, especially for long recordings. • Fixed various UI issues on macOS and iOS for a smoother experience.

Spellar 2.1.0: Weekly Recaps, New iOS Experience & Stability We are thrilled to bring you Spellar v2.1.0! This update focuses on giving you a bigger picture of your work, a powerful new mobile experience, and rock-solid stability. Introducing Recaps Never lose track of your progress again. Spellar now generates Weekly and Monthly Recaps of all your meetings and notes. Get a high-level summary of your projects, statuses, and key decisions at the start of every cycle—perfect for tracking progress or drafting status updates instantly. All-New iOS Experience Our iOS app has been significantly redesigned and expanded. With a fresh look and powerful new features, it is now a strong, independent tool for capturing meetings, thoughts, and notes on the go. Paired with our macOS app, your productivity ecosystem is now complete. Performance & Reliability We heard your feedback on reliability, and we took action. This release includes deep fixes for tricky bugs to ensure a smoother, faster, and more dependable experience across all platforms. Thank you to everyone in our [Slack community](https://slack.spellar.ai) for helping us identify these issues! Web UX Improvements We’ve refined the web dashboard to make managing your notes even easier. Log in and check out the smoother workflow.

We are continuing to refine Spellar AI following our major 2.0 release! This update focuses on under-the-hood improvements to ensure your experience is seamless. Bug Fixes: We’ve resolved minor issues reported by our users to improve overall reliability. Performance Stability: Optimized performance for a smoother, faster workflow. Polishing: General tweaks to make the app feel even better. Update now to enjoy the most stable version of Spellar AI!

We are continuing to refine Spellar AI following our major 2.0 release! This update focuses on under-the-hood improvements to ensure your experience is seamless. Bug Fixes: We’ve resolved minor issues reported by our users to improve overall reliability. Performance Stability: Optimized performance for a smoother, faster workflow. Polishing: General tweaks to make the app feel even better. Update now to enjoy the most stable version of Spellar AI!

Welcome to Spellar 2.0!  We’re kicking off the year with our biggest update yet. This version marks a new chapter for Spellar, bringing you more control, more power, and more models. Here is what you’ll find in this major release: **Bring Your Own Key (BYOK)** Unlock the full power of the world’s top AI models. You can now connect your own API keys for Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity to access their most advanced capabilities directly within Spellar. Combined with GPT, you now have the ultimate AI toolkit at your fingertips. **Local Audio Storage (macOS)** Your data, your rules. You can now configure the macOS app to automatically save audio recordings directly to a selected local folder on your laptop. Keep your raw audio accessible and secure. **Enhanced System Recording** We’ve rebuilt how Spellar listens. Enjoy significantly smoother recording and transcription of other meeting participants, especially when you are wearing headphones. No voice gets left behind. **Smarter AI Commands** Turn talk into action faster. We’ve expanded the command library with powerful new actions like "Generate draft email" and "Quick Highlights" to streamline your post-meeting workflow. **iOS Workflow Refinements** Productivity on the go just got better. We’ve refined the iOS experience, making it faster and more intuitive to access your folders and apply AI templates right from your phone. **Fixes & Improvements** -New "How It Works": Check the macOS app for a guide on unlocking hidden capabilities. -Calendar Sync: Squashed bugs related to calendar syncing reliability. -Plan Updates: We have streamlined our pricing tiers to support these new features. The previous "Pro" plan is now Lite, and "Pro+" has been consolidated into the new Pro plan. -Multi recording selection: Quicker organization of your recordings Update now to experience the new era of AI note-taking!

Spellar 1.11.0: Light Mode, AI Engines, and Audio Upgrade We are back with a sparkling new update! Based on your most requested features, Spellar 1.11.0 brings a massive visual refresh and a significant boost to our core technology. **Finally... Light Mode is Here!** You asked, we listened. Say hello to Light Mode! Whether you prefer working during the day or just want a fresh look for your workspace, Spellar now adapts to your style. It is clean, bright, and designed to look stunning on your screen: • System Sync: Automatically matches your system appearance settings.
 • Fresh Look: Experience Spellar in a completely new light. **Select Your AI Engine**: You can now select OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, or Perplexity engines to power your AI features. Customize your experience by choosing the model that works best for you. **All-New Audio Engine**: We have completely overhauled what is under the hood. Our upgraded audio engine captures sound with significantly higher fidelity. • Crystal Clear Audio: Recordings are now sharper and clearer than ever before.
 • Superior Transcripts: Better audio quality directly translates to our most accurate AI transcription yet. Even in noisy environments, Spellar catches every word. **Enhanced Workflow**: • New Event Screen: You can now click on a specific event to see relevant info and connect templates instantly.
 • Smarter Templates: In your template settings, you can now select the specific language and AI engine to be used for any meetings generated with that template.
 • Better Chat: We improved the chat experience and added a button to easily copy AI responses. **Critical Fixes**: We fixed major issues which could cause app freezing or slowness. The app now works and records much more efficiently.

**Spellar 1.10.0: Redesign, Templates, and Sync** Get ready for a massive update! We are bringing powerful features to your mobile experience. **A Fresh New Look** We have completely redesigned the main screen and your notes screen! The iOS app now matches the same slick and familiar design as our macOS app, for a seamless experience across all your devices. **Folders, Templates, and AI on the Go** We are bringing some of our most powerful features to your iPhone. You can now organize your notes with folders, use templates for your meetings, and get quick answers with "Ask AI," all from your mobile device. **Sync Your Notes Everywhere** Your notes now go wherever you need them. We have added slick synchronization with Notion, Google Docs, Miro, and more, so you can keep everything in one place. P.S. Keep an eye out for something special we have prepared for Black Friday!

**Spellar 1.9.1: Redesign, Templates, and Sync** Get ready for a massive update! We are bringing powerful features to your mobile experience. **A Fresh New Look** We have completely redesigned the main screen and your notes screen! The iOS app now matches the same slick and familiar design as our macOS app, for a seamless experience across all your devices. **Folders, Templates, and AI on the Go** We are bringing some of our most powerful features to your iPhone. You can now organize your notes with folders, use templates for your meetings, and get quick answers with "Ask AI," all from your mobile device. **Sync Your Notes Everywhere** Your notes now go wherever you need them. We have added slick synchronization with Notion, Google Docs, Miro, and more, so you can keep everything in one place. P.S. Keep an eye out for something special we have prepared for Black Friday!

This is our biggest update yet, bringing a completely redesigned experience. • All-New Home: A new central place for quick access to your notes, upcoming meetings, and templates.
 • Unified Meeting View: The chat, summary, and transcript are now on a single screen. No more context switching.
 • Editable Summaries: You can now edit summaries by removing individual blocks to keep your notes tidy without altering the transcript.
 • Chat Commands: Use powerful new commands to instantly generate follow-up emails and to-do lists right from the chat.
 • Major Speed Boost: The app is now significantly faster and more responsive.

This update makes Spellar ready for the latest iOS and improves your overall experience! • Ready for iOS 26: The app is now fully optimized for iOS 26. We've updated the user interface to ensure a seamless and modern experience on Apple's newest operating system.
 • Improved Onboarding Experience: New to Spellar? We've completely redesigned our welcome experience to help you get started and discover powerful features in just a few simple steps.
 • General UI Polish & Fixes: This release also includes several other UI tweaks and under-the-hood fixes to improve app performance and reliability. Thank you for using Spellar!

• Multiple Languages Support - Now available in English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish and more • Enhanced Meeting Summaries - Faster and more accurate AI-powered meeting insights • Improved Mobile Experience - Redesigned interface for easier navigation and review • Seamless Sync - Better synchronization with Spellar for Mac • New Integrations - Export your meeting notes to Notion, Craft, and Asana • Meeting Presets - Create custom meeting contexts for different types of conversations (now out of beta!) • Performance Boost - Faster app startup and smoother playback • Bug Fixes - We've squashed several bugs to make your experience even better Thank you for using Spellar! We're constantly working to improve your meeting experience.

Introducing AI Modes & Performance Boosts! Spellar AI just got smarter and more personal on your iPhone and iPad! What’s New: • New AI Modes (iOS exclusive): Choose from 10 specialized Copilot modes like Brainstormer, Spanish Translator, Math Tutor, and more – tailored to your meeting style. • Improved Recording Stability: Enjoy smoother and more reliable recordings. • Lower Battery Usage: Spellar now runs more efficiently in the background. • UI/UX Polish: Minor design and interaction tweaks for a cleaner experience. Update now and experience a more powerful, flexible Spellar AI!

Introducing AI Modes & Performance Boosts! Spellar AI just got smarter and more personal on your iPhone and iPad! What’s New: • New AI Modes (iOS exclusive): Choose from 10 specialized Copilot modes like Brainstormer, Spanish Translator, Math Tutor, and more – tailored to your meeting style. • Improved Recording Stability: Enjoy smoother and more reliable recordings. • Lower Battery Usage: Spellar now runs more efficiently in the background. • UI/UX Polish: Minor design and interaction tweaks for a cleaner experience. Update now and experience a more powerful, flexible Spellar AI!

Smarter Recording & Custom Defaults This update brings helpful refinements to your Spellar experience: • Improved Meeting Reminders: Spellar is now better at detecting when your meetings start, helping ensure you don't forget to hit record. • Set Your Default AI Mode: Save time by setting your favourite Copilot mode (e.g., Note Taker) as the default in Settings. It will be automatically selected when you start recording. • Reliability Improvements: We've made under-the-hood tweaks for a smoother and more stable performance. Update now for the latest enhancements!