Release Changelog

Last Updated: April 8, 2026

Track public Jot releases and the main changes shipped in each version.

Upcoming Work

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Jot keeps upcoming experiments, beta rollouts, and release timing notes in GitHub Discussions until they are ready to become public release history.

App Store submission

Assisted Composer: Selection Format Bubble: Floating toolbar for bold, italic, code, links, and headings — no Markdown syntax required.
Assisted Composer: Slash Menu: Type / to insert tasks, headings, lists, code blocks, quotes, tables, and images.
Home Screen: Redesigned greeting header with a calendar strip showing today's date and week context.
Home Screen: Greeting section transformed into a day agenda surface — surfaces next-up tasks, current events, and the daily plan signal.
AI Assistant — Expanded Actions: AI Assistant expanded from 3 to 18 integrated app actions: create notes, tasks, and projects; search notes; navigate to any screen; trigger Quick Jot; open the editor; and adjust settings.
AI Assistant — Expanded Actions: Action execution engine hardened with serialization fixes and detailed activity logging.
AI Dashboard: Redesigned AI dashboard with a new analytics header showing usage summary and model breakdown.
AI Dashboard: New Task Optimization screen — surfaces AI-suggested task priorities and focus recommendations.

Previous Release

New Infinity Threads live background preset in Visual Identity for a woven ribbon-style motion effect.
Live Activity quick captures can import finished recordings directly into the Recordings library after recovery.
Changed: iOS home widgets now inherit the selected widget theme palette and action accents.
Changed: Lock Screen and Dynamic Island capture controls now show clearer action colors and a dedicated microphone-permission state.
Changed: Recovered audio captures now route cleanly back into the Recordings hub.
Fixed: Pending Live Activity recordings are deduplicated before import and cleared safely when the source file is missing.
Fixed: Recording providers refresh immediately after a recovered capture lands, avoiding stale lists until relaunch.
Fixed: Quick capture handoff between the widget extension and the main app is more reliable for saved audio.

Earlier Release

Dashboard Widget Integration (#181): Displays current focus task directly on the dashboard
Enhanced Context Gathering (#178): Includes weather data and smarter rollover task selection
Custom Templates (#179): Support for user-defined templates with placeholders
Interactive Plan Preview (#184, PR #189): Drag to reorder tasks, exclude/include tasks before saving
Yesterday's Rollover Logic (#182, PR #188): Incomplete tasks from yesterday are highlighted and prioritized
Empty Task Fallback (#186, PR #190): Graceful empty state when no tasks exist, with suggestion to use Quick List mode
Regeneration Confirmation Dialog (#185, PR #191): Warns user before regenerating plan if manual edits were made
Daily Note Collision Prevention (#183, PR #192): Updates existing plan notes instead of creating duplicates

Release Archive

Phase 7: Dashboard Home Screen (#150, PR #158) - Productivity-focused dashboard with recent notes, active projects, stats overview, and quick actions widgets
Phase 8: YAML-Driven Theming (#151, PR #157) - Complete theming system with 5 preset themes, full customization UI, and Material 3 + Cupertino support
ProductivityStatsService for dashboard analytics
Theme customization screen with color pickers and typography controls
28 new files, 4,160 lines of code for dashboard implementation
Comprehensive theme validation and hot-reload support
Changed: Updated ThemeConfig to use nested structure (colors, typography, spacing, cupertino, material)
Changed: Migrated from flat theme properties to organized sections

Full engineering history is available in CHANGELOG.md and GitHub Releases. For product philosophy and positioning, see Why Jot.