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# August 20, 2026

## Heard 1.2.26

### Answer questions right from the notch — tap, type, or say it

When an agent asks you something, you can now answer it directly in the notch three ways, and each lands the exact choice you made:

* **Tap** an option — it now always selects the one you picked (no more landing on the default).
* **Type** a custom reply in the "Other answer" box.
* **Say it out loud** — a spoken option ("the second one", "Postgres"), or even a natural paraphrase ("let's be safe and not rush") maps to the right choice.

The terminal is still there as a fallback, and a question is no longer read aloud twice.

### Snappier, steadier voice dictation

Dictation cleanup moved to a faster model and path, so text lands quicker after you speak — and it self-heals if the upstream model changes.

### Ambient listening knows when you're actually on a call

Ambient now pauses only during a **real call** — when the mic is genuinely in use, including calls in a browser tab — instead of whenever a meeting app just happens to be open. It resumes on its own after you hang up.

## Heard 1.2.25

### Questions always show in your terminal

Agent questions now always render Claude Code's interactive menu right in your terminal — the reliable place to answer — for both single questions and multi-part prompts. A question can no longer end up stuck in the notch. The notch stays tappable for a single-choice question; multi-part and multi-select appear as a read-only heads-up that points you to the terminal.

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