dia Release Notes

v1.16.0 deepens Dia's tab story with new ways to make your workspace feel settled, organized, and tailored to how you actually work. Pin the projects that matter most, grow into Tab Groups with a familiar click, and tune tab behavior from a dedicated home in Settings. Here's what's new:

What's new

• Pin the tab groups that anchor your day. You can now pin tab groups to the top of the sidebar or the leading edge of the tab strip.

• Command‑click into a tab group. Command‑clicking a link from a tab now opens that link in a new tab group, instead of just a standalone background tab. The original page and the new tab live together in that group, so a simple "open in new tab" gesture quietly becomes a lightweight project space.

• Shortcut to open a new tab in a group. Option‑Command‑T now opens a new tab inside your current tab group instead of next to it so you can keep related work together.

• A Tabs pane in Settings. Tab‑related preferences now live together in a dedicated Tabs pane in Settings. Switch between sidebar and top bar layouts, and adjust Tab Group behaviors like automatic meeting grouping from one place.

• Recently closed groups are easy to restore. When you close a tab group, it now shows up in the Recently Closed section in Tab Overflow and History menus. If you close a project group a bit too aggressively—or just want to revisit yesterday's setup—you can bring it back in a couple of clicks.

• Profile indicators and menus that feel more at home. The profile indicator now lives more subtly inside the pinned tabs tray and sidebar header, with refined theme colors that make windows feel cohesive without shouting for attention. Context menus for empty spaces in the sidebar and top bar have also been standardized, so common actions are easier to find no matter where you right‑click.

• Default profiles are easier to set. Making a profile your default is now a clear, first‑class action from the Profiles pane in Settings.

• Manifest V2 extensions are phasing out. Starting in v1.17, Dia will no longer supports legacy Manifest V2 extensions. With a built‑in ad blocker in place and the ecosystem moving toward Manifest V3, this keeps Dia aligned with modern extension standards and improves security and stability over time.

Dia v1.15.0

Dia v1.15.0 is a polish-heavy release focused on the small upgrades to the features you use every day. Here's what's new:

• Google Meet PiP share fix. Clicking Share in Picture‑in‑Picture now returns you to the Meet tab so the share dialog is accessible.
• Automatic reload after turning off ad block. Pages now automatically reload when ad block is disabled to avoid stale content.
• Option to delete Chats. You can now Delete chat conversations from Chat history with the right click context menu.
• Slack scraping improvements. Dia now reads more structured content for channels and threads when you attach Slack to a Chat.
• New Tab Page theming. The New Tab Page now uses your profile color, with a theme‑colored gradient animation under the command bar that fades in and shimmers.
• Tahoe Liquid Glass designs. Refined visuals for macOS Tahoe with polished corners and a new glass‑style app icon.
• F12 opens Developer Tools. You can now open DevTools with F12 and bind function keys (F1–F12) as shortcuts.
• Tab Handoff. Open tabs from your iPhone directly in Dia on Mac via macOS Handoff.
• Confirm dialog loop protection. Tabs stuck in repeated confirmation dialogs can now be closed without locking the entire window.
• Bookmark Bar menus auto‑size. Dropdown menus now auto‑size up to 600px, making long document titles easier to read.
• Select and copy dialog text. You can now select and copy text from dialog titles and messages for debugging and support.

Thank you for continuing to use Dia! We're already looking forward to bringing you more updates next week.

Dia v1.14.0

Here's what's new:

• Tab Groups for Meetings. Tab Groups for Meetings ship in this release, keeping your meeting tabs and related links together. Now when you join a meeting, Dia automatically creates a Meeting tab group to keep your call anchored and your meeting resources together. As you open meeting-related links, Dia drops them into the meeting's group, and the group can show how much time is left when you're close to the end. After the meeting ends, it becomes a normal tab group, with auto-cleanup behaviors so meeting groups don't turn into clutter.

• Mention Tab Groups in Chat. You can @-mention Tab Groups in assistant queries to attach all the tabs at once. Think of a tab group as a context container for bringing your work to Chat.

• Tab Group refinements. Close out tab groups in sidebar mode with a click of the X and right click to copy all URLs in a group.

• Profile-wide Tab Search. ⌘-shift-A now searches across all windows in the current profile, not just the current window.

• Customize your tabs with emojis. Choose a custom emoji/icon for any tab so it's easier to spot.

• Default profile management. Change which profile is default and delete any non-default profile (including the initial one).

• Cleaner assistant links. Links in assistant responses now show favicons, cleaned-up titles, and informative hover tooltips.

• More reliable search fetching. Assistant Google search scraping now uses rate limits and delays to avoid triggering reCAPTCHAs.

• YouTube summaries in Chat. Open Chat on any YouTube video for a pre-generated summary of the video.

• New status page. Visit status.diabrowser.com to check the status of Dia.

• Extension search engines fixed. Extensions that provide custom search shortcuts work properly again.

• Duplicating pinned tabs. Duplicating a pinned tab now opens a normal tab instead of another pinned one.

• Popups behave more like tabs. Popups now support printing, Find in Page, and ⌘+shift+C copy.

• This week includes a bump to Chromium 144, which includes improvements to security, stability, and performance.

Tab groups improvements

Dia v1.13.0 kicks off the new year by tidying up the everyday details in Dia.

Tab groups improvements. Closed tab groups now overflow into a simple button instead of crowding your strip. Group menus show icons and colors to make destinations easier to spot, and new groups drop you straight into renaming so you can label projects in the moment. Command‑click‑created single‑tab groups automatically ungroup once only the original tab remains, so quick one‑offs don’t linger.

A calmer side panel

The side panel has a refined look and no longer flickers when you move between tabs with different side panel states, keeping context changes feeling smooth and steady.

Better ad block coverage

Ad blocker blocklists have been updated to give you better coverage while reducing odd breakages on the sites you rely on.

No more missing favicons

Dia now pre‑warms the favicon cache on launch so icons appear right away as you restore tabs and windows. A Notion‑specific favicon bug has also been resolved, so workspaces show up with the right identity.

Bookmarks that are easier to file

When you save a bookmark, the interstitial now shows the full folder tree inline, making it faster to drop links into the right place without digging.

Lists in Chat that read cleanly

Chat now renders bulleted and numbered lists with correct markers and indentation, avoids hard‑to‑read lists‑in‑tables, and can auto‑correct slightly off list formatting so your writing and pasted content stay legible.

More resilient Notion attachments

We've shipped a series of page scrapping improvements for more reliable attachments from Notion and other tools.

A cleaner look for meeting reminders

Meeting reminders now use richer, platform‑specific branding.

Dia v1.10.0

Dia v1.10.0 is all about tying up loose ends—from long‑requested support, to polish on new features, to fixes that keep day‑to‑day work feeling smooth. Here's what's new:

What's new

• Chromium Side Panel support. Extensions that use the Chromium Side Panel can now render their side-panel UI directly in Dia.

• Tab groups get easier to scan and name. New tab groups derive their color from the site's favicon or URL bar theme color, and when you create a new group with tabs on top, Dia now drops you straight into renaming so you can label projects while you're in the flow.

• Google Sheets support in Chat. The Assistant can now see beyond the first visible slice of a sheet—reading across all sheets and rows in a document so summaries and analyses capture the full picture.

• Retry without attachments. If a query fails because of a problematic attachment, you can now quickly rerun it without that attachment instead of starting from scratch.

• Ask on Page now opens in new tabs. Links from Ask on Page results now open in a new foreground tab, preserving the original context while you jump into the answer.

• Non‑US keyboard shortcuts, fixed. Keyboard shortcuts like ⌘Z now behave correctly on layouts such as AZERTY and Dvorak, so undo and other core commands work the way you expect across apps.

• Fewer dark‑mode flashes. Notion and Slack now honor their dark backgrounds when you switch tabs, preventing distracting white flashes as you move between workspaces.

• More reliable window controls. A speculative fix addresses rare cases where macOS window traffic lights could appear duplicated after unlocking or moving in and out of fullscreen.

• Faster navigation from history. Back, forward, and reload history entries can be cmd‑ or middle‑clicked to open in a new tab, making it easier to explore alternate paths without losing your place.

• Smarter fullscreen on multi‑display setups. Sites using the Fullscreen API can now target another display, so full‑screen experiences land where you want them.

Thanks for using Dia and for all the shared feedback that shapes these releases.

Dia v1.9.0

Here's what's new:

Stay organized with Tab Groups

Organize your work by project, topic, or client with tab groups. Groups are color‑coded, customizable, easy to scan, and stay put so you can return to your work exactly where you left it.

Meetings that stay in reach

A refreshed calendar experience helps you show up prepared: Dia will automatically create an Active Meeting tab group when you join calls, keep "relevant links" pointing to the right docs and boards, and show live badging on the Calendar icon so you always know how long you have until your next meeting. Logged‑out calendar previews now include a clearer sign‑in prompt and update as soon as you log in.

Smarter tool calling behind the scenes

Dia automatically decides when to reach for tools like Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack, or Tabs based on your request, so you can just ask and let the browser handle the wiring.

Create more with shortcuts

We've added support for new wiki, new jira, new form, new meeting, new gist, new Figma and more from the command bar.

Fewer accidental voice triggers

After user reports of voice mode triggering at unwanted moments we've introduced tighter constraints for when it turns on and off.

There was a bug where Resy sometimes would not load correctly

We've fixed that so you can get back to booking your reservations.

Thank you for using Dia!

Please keep the feedback coming.

What's new in Dia v1.8.0

Dia v1.8.0 is filled with simple, team favorite, updates that smooth out daily frictions. Here's what's new:

• Tab renaming. Double‑click any tab to rename it in place.
• Faster, clearer voice input. Voice input gets a refreshed UI plus keyboard shortcuts so it's easier to start dictation from wherever you are.
• More Slack in context. You can now use Slack activity search to see mentions, unreads, and recent workspace activity directly in Dia. It's a quicker way to pull up the details that matter without hunting through channels.
• Create docs without breaking flow. Type "new …" into the Command Bar to spin up a new document, spreadsheet, slide deck, or ticket right from Dia. It's the fast path from idea to artifact.
• Fewer flashes and empty tabs. Closing a tab no longer flashes the background page—Dia simply brings the next site into view. Under the hood, we now protect your last 10 recently used tabs from being proactively discarded (they can still be closed under heavy memory pressure or by extensions).
• Downloads under control. Paused downloads can finally be canceled directly, fixing a long‑standing bug that left them stuck in limbo.
• Meeting PiP fixes. Picture‑in‑Picture for Google Meet behaves more reliably. When you switch around Dia, the PiP window now appears when and where you expect it, so you can move between tabs without losing sight of the conversation.
• Chrome pinned tabs come along. When you import from Chrome, your pinned tabs now arrive in Dia already pinned, so your anchors stay right where you expect them.

Thanks for browsing with Dia. If anything doesn't feel quite right in v1.8.0, tell us—each fix helps keep the browser feeling fast, stable, and ready for real work.

Dia v1.7

Dia v1.7 keeps you in flow with series of ergonomic improvements and bug fixes the team was eager to work on. Here's what's new:

• AppleScript and Raycast integration: AppleScript support lets external apps query windows and tabs or focus them. Use the new Raycast integration to jump to the right Dia tab from your launcher.
• Search Memory, where you need it: Memory Search is now accessible from the Tab Overflow menu, so finding past work happens right in the flow.
• Bookmarks, upgraded search: Bookmarks appear in Command Bar results alongside history, ranked for relevance. Your go‑to links are now faster to reach.
• Tab hover actions: Pin, add to Bookmarks, Split with Tab, or Open Chat directly from tab hover.
• Fewer flashes: Reduced high‑contrast flashes (like sudden whites) when switching or navigating tabs. Transitions feel steadier and easier on the eyes.
• Presented tab indicator: When you're sharing your screen on a call, the tab favicon shows a presentation indicator—clear signaling for what's live.
• Meeting reminder in PiP: Just‑in‑time meeting reminders now live in Picture‑in‑Picture, making placement consistent and movement smooth.

Thanks for using Dia and for the regular feedback that helps us tune the details.

Dia v1.6.0

Dia v1.6.0 brings Slack search, improved voice dictation and more Chat improvements. Here's what's new:

• Search Slack Tool. Search your Slack messages and files directly from Dia to pull up conversations and docs without switching apps.
• Dictate with confidence. Voice mode gets streaming transcription for better accuracy, punctuation, and capitalization.
• Meeting reminders get some polish. A redesigned reminder attaches to your source calendar tab, is movable, and stays visible when you need it. Settings are clearer, too.
• See what the Assistant did. Tool call bylines now show when Dia reads, opens, or closes tabs—always with clear controls.
• Smarter tab attachment suggestions. When attaching context, Dia prioritizes open tabs first, then history/bookmarks, then previous chats—with tie‑breaks by recency and a boost for short queries.
• Fewer false safety errors. Stronger injection detection, better LaTeX parsing, and tightened tool handling.
• Fix to show toast when actions are performed in fullscreen mode.

Thanks for using Dia. If anything feels off, tell us—your feedback helps us keep polishing the details and reducing friction.

Dia v1.5.0

Dia v1.5.0 has your back in a day of back-to-backs—previews to plan, reminders to join, and small touches that keep you on time and in control. Here's what's new:

• Show up on time to meetings with Live Calendar Preview and Just‑in‑Time Reminders. Hover over a Calendar tab to glimpse the rest of your day and jump straight into your next meeting from the preview. Right before a meeting, Dia surfaces a corner reminder with attendees and a direct join link so you're always on time.
• Tabs load smarter. On launch, Dia automatically reloads select recent background tabs based on your device and tab activity. Tab discarding now considers app active time, so tabs won't silently disappear while you're away.
• Split view gets smoother. Larger drop targets appear immediately so it's easier to place splits exactly where you want.
• Drag distractions away. Fully collapsing the sidebar enters Focus Mode so you can hide chrome and stay in flow.
• Find in Page, refreshed. The Find UI is restyled to match Dia's design.
• Chat clarity and speed. When attachments fail to load, Dia shows which tab failed and why, with clearer recovery steps. Memory Search now triggers more often without special phrasing—just ask.
• Core chat behavior is sharper. You'll see Read Links progress in the chain, better image reasoning, more reliable inline code, and fewer stated assumptions. UI polish includes stronger icon contrast, a fixed "Recreate" draft state, and copy tweaks for feedback.
• Better deep reasoning control. Choosing "Skip" falls back to minimal reasoning (not a quick answer) and keeps helpful follow‑up support.

Thanks for being here and using Dia. If something looks off, tell us—we're eager for the feedback.