Superwhisper Release Notes

Features & Improvements

Added tone control when using Message, Mail, and Notes, giving you more say over how your text sounds.

Redesigned the model details sheet with a cleaner layout, download size info, and clearer confirmations for downloading and deleting models.

Refined tooltips throughout the app for a smoother, more consistent experience.

Improved language detection accuracy for more reliable transcriptions.

Fixes

Fixed a stuck "Discard recording?" prompt in mini mode.

Resolved compatibility issues on the latest version of macOS.

Stopped previously copied content from leaking into super mode results.

Fixed an issue where transcription could be blocked, ensuring faster and more reliable results.

Made shortcut hover interactions feel snappier and more responsive.

New Features

Introducing the S1 family of models.

Improvements

Faster, smoother settings window with refined picker, disclosure, and Appearance card animations.

Short silent clips are now skipped before transcription for improved reliability.

Fixes

Cohere Transcribe now preloads from recording start so short transcription are fast from cold start.

Fixed copy, undo, and clipped text issues in the agent prompt box.

Corrected settings window placement.

Fixed an issue where the wrong message could appear after advancing the agent message queue.

Improved autocapitalization when inserting text after a newline.

Fixed the X link in the license view.

Resolved a model download reliability issue.

Features

You can now transcribe .mov video files directly from the file picker.

Vocabulary management is now simpler with a combined search and create input bar.

Experimental S1-mini model and Tone settings for more control over your transcriptions.

Fixes & Improvements

Updated vocabulary focus styling with a brightened stroke for better visibility.

Tightened the menu bar icon for a cleaner, narrower appearance.

Refined the typing speed test and stat sharing controls.

Polished the onboarding experience with smoother toast animations and improved card usability.

Fixed the Return key not releasing properly after closing the mode panel.

Resolved an issue affecting app framework packaging.

Improvements

• Improved the audio input device picker to favorite and exlude audio devices.
• New installations now use ~/superwhisper instead of ~/Documents/superwhisper as their configuration folder. Existing installations are unchanged, but we recommend switching your directory

Fixes

• Fix for handling control characters in some languages
• Additional safeties and recovery if app folder access is temporarily denied.
• Fixed for the mini window stealing focus from other apps if mode switching during dictation.

Features & Improvements

Added new deep links to start and stop recording, making it easier to control superwhisper from external shortcuts and automations.

Vocabulary hints for adding or replacing words are now clickable for quicker editing.

Improved sound effects with cleaner audio, now sounds good even at high volume on studio monitor headphones

Fixes

Fixed cloud transcription occasionally hitting API rate limits, improving reliability during longer sessions.

Fixed an issue where unexpected Unicode characters could appear in Japanese transcripts.

Features & Improvements

Faster pasting — time to paste latency reduced by 300ms

Improved transcription accuracy with enhanced vocabulary support and forced alignment (Whisper offline models)

Tightened history card UI with new expand/collapse reveal animations

Polished mini-mode pill with refined animations and tooltips

Cleaner sound effects — removed the trailing noise from sound effects

Updated DMG installer background and window layout

Now requires macOS 14 or later

Fixes

Fixed first realtime transcription occasionally failing after the app had been idle

Fixed duplicate messages appearing when dismissing multi-request agent sessions

Fixed recording clip height and collapse icon positioning in the recording view

Agent Escape/Enter shortcuts now respond only when the relevant window is focused

Fixed agent chat sizing issues, including dead space and table spacing

Resolved a freeze that could occur when displaying notifications

Features & Improvements

Added a copy button to code snippets in agent responses for quicker reuse.

Polish and refinement of Coding agent panel, beautiful animations and presentation

Refined a range of visual and interaction details across the share card, Super picker, top bar, and recording details views.

Fixes

Fixed words occasionally being dropped at the start of a real-time transcription session.

The recording window now stays clamped to the screen edge instead of jumping off-screen.

Stopped the agent window from drifting leftward when resizing.

Pressing Esc twice now only dismisses the agent window when it's visible.

Fixed issues with the Claude Code integration

Features & Improvements

Added theme control to switch between light, dark, and system appearance modes

New sound effect style & options

Experimental access to S1-Mini local model

Enhanced vocabulary processing - support for up very large vocabulary lists

Added Stat share card feature

Fixes

Meeting mode now respects language selection in AI summary

Model picker now shows checkmarks for downloaded models

Fixed "No voice found" error that could occur during live transcription

Improved S1 region failover and host handling reliability

Fixed side sheet and mode panel slide animations

Settings sidebar now resets to list view when reselecting tabs

Massive improvements to the local language model output quality

Features & Improvements

You will now get a warning when no audio is detected from your microphone
Performance improvement for all Cloud hosted voice models
Improved vocabulary and word timestamps handling on S1
Improved silence removal in noisy environments

Fixes

Fixed icon compatibility on macOS 13.3
Fixed CPU usage spike that occurred after extended use
Improved performance when transcribing from audio files
Fixed potential crashes when interacting with vocabulary items
Improved waveform display performance