Superwhisper Release Notes

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

Features & Improvements

Added GPT 5.5 on Bring Your Own Key

Enhanced tooltips in model and preset pickers with warm-state information

Added direct coding agent plugin installation capability

Implemented standard search functionality in History view

Added CSV import functionality for vocabulary with newest-first sorting

Enhanced audio processing with improved dynamic normalization and live waveform gating

Added Codex hook support for extended functionality

Fixes

Fixed recording window position drift across show mode selector cycles

Resolved stale chat panel state when advancing queue

Fixed queued message display issues

Improved recovery from realtime connection drops

Fixed mode change view closing behavior during recording cancellation

Restored missing questions functionality in Claude agent

Enhanced gain recovery for whisper-level recordings

Added success messaging for plugin installations

Features & Improvements

• Added Enterprise login support for business users
• Introduced per-mode keyboard shortcuts for Push-to-Talk and toggle recording
• Redesigned model library with improved table layout and chip colors
• Added Help menu with quick links to documentation and support
• S1 Voice & Language features are now stable (no longer experimental)
• Improved clipboard handling to prevent pollution of clipboard managers
• Enhanced license page design and user experience

Fixes

• Fixed crashes during long recordings and system audio meetings
• Resolved Parakeet model download hangs and failures
• Fixed missing first words in Scribe real-time transcription
• Improved transcription error handling and stability
• Fixed language model selection issues
• Resolved smart capitalization problems in Superhuman
• Fixed audio device selection when device list changes
• Prevented crashes when quitting the app
• Cleaned up email prompt greetings and hallucination detection

ElevenLabs Scribe v2

Scribe v2 + Scribe v2 realtime is now available to all users!

Features & Improvements

• New recording retention setting — automatically clean up old recordings on a configurable schedule
• Added lower volume option that reduces output volume to 15% while recording
• Per-mode autocapitalize toggle — disable auto-capitalization for specific modes
• Search-scoped select-all and copy in history view
• Filler words (uh, um etc) are now removed automatically from transcripts
• Added mode activation to mode card context menu
• Strip stray think/thought prefix lines from LLM output
• Fix british english language when used with Nova realtime

Performance

• Optimized history list faster search, navigation and selection

Fixes

• Fixed recording results not displaying vocabulary replacements and post-processing cleanups
• Fixed flash attention crash on newer Macs by updating GGML to 0.9.7 with automatic fallback
• Fixed mirror-mode microphone auto-switching bug caused by transient display states
• Fixed mute option ordering so playback suppression starts before recording begins
• Fixed LLM result handling when using S1 models

Realtime Streaming

• New realtime streaming UI with live transcription display
• Improved Parakeet streaming performance

Features & Improvements

• Added British English spelling transform for transcription
• New input device auto-selection
• Added search field to language model dropdown
• Added Report Issue option to history items
• Play pre-stop sound before stopping recording
• Speakers and segments are now respected when copying transcriptions
• Added anti-hallucination parameters to faster-whisper transcription
• Clearer cancel recording confirmation dialog labels

Fixes

• Fixed recording bottom bar layout with long hotkey labels
• Fixed crash report boot loop caused by corrupt database rows
• Fixed SIGABRT crash in GGML backend
• Fixed long recordings stuck on pending due to continuation leak
• Fixed negative time saved showing on homepage stats
• Fixed vocabulary hints breaking ElevenLabs Scribe transcription
• Fixed crash when duplicating or deleting modes
• Fixed realtime streams not opening mid-recording
• Fixed websocket close crash on nil socket
• Normalized language codes for ElevenLabs WebSocket connections
• Fixed chevron rotation direction for model provider groups

ElevenLabs Scribe (experimental)

• Added ElevenLabs Scribe as a new cloud transcription provider (punctuation issues known, use at your own risk), enable experimental models in advanced settings

New Parakeet Realtime

Introducing Parakeet Realtime transcription offline

New Remote Cloud Models

• Added support for remote cloud AI models including Gemini and Grok
• Enhanced Gemini language support for better multilingual transcription

Features & Improvements

• Added copy and delete options for history items
• New per-mode auto-paste override setting for more control over clipboard behavior
• Added skip button to onboarding model download screen
• Added speaker name editing capability
• System audio and meeting mode can now be configured from organization settings
• Transcribe from file is now available during the 15-minute trial period

Fixes

• Fixed audio recording being cut off when the app loses focus
• Resolved NSOperation audio deadlock that caused 6+ minute hangs
• Fixed AI hallucination and transcription accuracy issues
• MacBook lid warning now properly dismisses when the lid is opened
• Fixed Groq API completion path for improved connectivity
• Corrected inactive traffic light button color in light mode
• Improved settings view button layout and sizing

New History

• New design
• Full text search
• Segmented playback
• Reprocessing now allows mode selection
• Fast load / navigation
• Multi-select and delete all recordings functionality

Model Library

• Browse available models
• Manage Favorites list
• Easily compare models
• Search for models by name
• Create custom models

New features & changes

• Smart capitalization on paste, allows mid sentence pasting
• Detect Lid state and warn if using builtin microphone
• Brand new, simplified, onboarding flow
• Default models updated
• Default modes to Pause media while recording

Features & Improvements

• New stats feature on home and words per minute typing test
• Update to classic recording window design
• Update to mini mode selector design
• New mode selector shortcuts - just tap the number '⌘' not needed
• Now switches back from app activation mode to last manually selected mode
• Recording window style selection in configuration
• Performance improvements for all Local models
• GPT 5.1 support
• Opus 4.5 support for custom models / BYOK

Fixes

• Recording window now re-centers itself properly if not within the screen bounds