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For every tagged build, see [all Heard releases on GitHub](https://github.com/heardlabs/heard/releases). ## 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. ## August 19, 2026 ## Heard 1.2.24 ### Answer anything from the notch Multi-part prompts now answer cleanly in place. When an agent asks you several things at once, tap your picks in the notch (or say them) and Heard sends them all back in one go — no more hunting for the terminal to finish a stacked question. ### Mute the cues, keep the words A new **Cue sounds** toggle in Settings → Event Sounds silences the finish, question, and error chimes while your spoken summaries keep playing. For when you want Heard's voice but not its dings. ### Jump back to the exact pane Click a session and Heard now surfaces the precise tmux pane it is running in, not just the terminal window. And a new **Glossy** notch style adds a thicker, higher-contrast Liquid Glass surface — pick it (or the clearer Glass) in Settings → Notch. ### Prompts that fit your plan Free and Pro no longer see Power-only errors or upsells they can't act on. The talk key still silences narration for everyone, without the nag. ### Connections you control **Disconnect All** is now a true disconnect: Heard steps back from every agent config and goes dormant until you press **Reconnect**, which restores exactly what you had connected. ### Fixes Duplicate menu-bar instances clean themselves up (no more two icons or a stuck microphone), a crashing engine now backs off instead of hot-looping, and agent-config writes are atomic so a busy machine can't corrupt them. The turn view no longer shows internal system messages, plan downgrades re-lock voice correctly, and permission prompts read a clear reason. Two full pre-release audit passes across the notch, voice, and session board. ## August 15, 2026 ## Heard 1.1.53 ### Heard Parrot: talk to your codebase Hold the talk key, say your narrator's name (or "Hey Parrot"), and ask about the repo you are working in — architecture, behavior, where a feature lives. Parrot digs read-only and answers out loud. It can also open apps and projects by voice, and that is the only action it takes. See [Heard Parrot](/parrot). ### Catch me up Say **"catch me up"** or **"what did I miss?"** after stepping away and hear a fresh recap of exactly the window you were gone — what landed, what is running, and what is waiting on you. **"Catch me up on everything"** sweeps every active project at once, mission by mission. ### The Liquid Glass notch is the default The minimal translucent conductor: click a lane to surface its terminal, reply from the panel, answer questions and permissions in place. Idle sessions collapse into a quiet fold, and status marks stay honest — green under an hour after finishing, white cross after, off the board at 24 hours untouched. Classic remains available in Settings → Notch. ### Voice that explains itself The push-to-talk key is never silently dead. If something is missing — sign-in, microphone, Accessibility — the HUD says exactly what when you press it, and the notch shows a persistent notice with a Grant shortcut. "Something not working?" in the menu bar now checks the entire voice chain live and can repair stale macOS permission grants in one click. ### Courtesy mute, simplified Any app using the microphone holds narration; held lines replay afterward as a catch-up. Recording a demo? Turn "Stay quiet during calls" off and narration stays on the track. ### Dictation dictionary sync Your custom vocabulary now syncs with your account, so it survives updates and reinstalls. ### Fixes The pro→Power welcome tour resumes where it left off if anything interrupts it. Session lanes follow your recent work, so a long-running session can no longer wear another project's name. A status-line bug affecting existing installs self-heals on first launch. Dozens of stability fixes across the notch, voice pipeline, and session board from three full audit passes. ## August 12, 2026 ## Heard 1.1.52 ### Interrupt narration with the talk key Press Right Command while Heard is speaking. Tap to stop the current sentence, or hold the key to begin talking back. This works with push to talk and ambient input. ### Clearer system audio in ambient mode Ambient mode no longer switches macOS into call processing. System audio, videos, and Heard narration remain clear while hands free input is active. ### Faster first launch The Heard notch now appears immediately after onboarding finishes. [View Heard 1.1.52 on GitHub](https://github.com/heardlabs/heard/releases/tag/v1.1.52)