Release notes.

Home, with somewhere to begin

• A conversation initiator. Put the idea on your mind into the Home composer. Send it to Neo with the button or ⌘Return when the composer is focused.
• A productivity dashboard. Pick up recent conversations, saved Studio work and projects. See scheduled work, active tasks and anything that needs your attention when there is work to show.
• Drafts that stay put. Your unsent Home idea is kept on this Mac as you move around. Starting from Home preserves a separate draft you already have in Neo.
• Useful empty states. New workspaces explain where to start, without invented activity or statistics.

One goal, a connected workspace

• Plan before acting. An idea sent from Home leads to a clarifying question or a proposed plan. Review the steps and their scope before approving the work.
• Neo, Chats, Surf and Studio working together. Linked steps pass their findings forward, so research can become a saved document without copying it between conversations.
• Progress you can follow. See the active step, inspected sources and saved results from the plan. Stop a run from Neo; work already saved stays available.
• Clearer recovery. When a Studio step can safely be retried, reuse the completed research and approved instructions. Uncertain or already completed actions are not silently repeated.

A shorter path to the first useful result

• Shorter setup. Add an optional name, connect your AI, and enter the workspace. Personalization, extra permissions and phone pairing can wait.
• A guided first task. Start with Neo, review its plan, follow the research, and open the saved Studio result. The highlights follow the real task and can be dismissed or replayed.
• Set up with your existing AI. Paste or open a prepared JSON setup response containing preferences, project context and rules. Edit and select suggestions before saving, with an undo option while those imported values remain unchanged.

The Shift Design Language

• A more consistent interface. Quieter surfaces, clearer spacing and Lucide outline icons across core workspace controls bring Home, conversations, settings and work views together.
• Three familiar layouts. Choose Sidebar, Tabs or Windows. Windows moves the active work into one separate work window; closing it returns that work to the main workspace.
• Four native themes. Neutral, Linen, Ocean and Forest work with system, light or dark appearance. Choose your accent color separately.
• More personal control. Adjust interface font, text size, density, sidebar width and conversation width. Customize Neo’s avatar and conversational tone.
• Settings that are easier to find. Search grouped sections for workspace, assistant, devices, account and permissions. Interface animation preferences respect your Mac’s Reduce Motion setting.

Studio, ready to keep working

• Editable blocks and Markdown. Work with headings, paragraphs, lists, checklists, quotes, code and tables. Edit the Markdown source when that suits you, with undo and redo for canvas edits.
• Reviewed AI revisions. Apply changes to the intended blocks. If the page changes while AI is writing, Shift asks you to review a new edit rather than overwrite your newer work.
• A recoverable Bin. Files moved to Studio Bin can be restored for 30 days. Permanent deletion is a separate action.
• Results you can take with you. Keep the source links with a generated document and export it as Markdown, rich text, Word or PDF. Saved pages remain available to edit and reopen.

Research with clearer evidence and less overhead

• Public PDF reading. Surf can extract text from a supported public PDF it has reached, such as a menu or guide. Reading limits and unreadable documents are reported instead of treated as verified evidence.
• Better source handoffs. Research carries inspected URLs and uncertainty into later steps. Google redirect notices no longer count as useful source material.
• Fast mode for short work. Short Neo plans and concise Studio documents use lower reasoning while keeping your selected model. Concise documents can be written in one generation step; research still checks the sources it needs.

Completion time depends on the model, network, sources and task. Fast mode is not a fixed completion-time promise.

A clearer conversation with your Mac

• A conversation-first companion. Message Neo, follow an approved plan and open its saved document results from your iPhone. The screen preview sits alongside the conversation when you need it.
• Simpler pairing guidance. Same-account setup comes first, with nearby QR and manual pairing available as alternatives. Connection status distinguishes the available paths.
• Clearer message delivery. A message is delivered when it appears in the Mac’s conversation. Confirmed rejection lets you recover the text and resend; an uncertain result asks for review without duplicating work.
• Fresher saved results. Document previews refresh from the Mac, including saved edits and changes to files moved into Bin.
• Clearer control and unlock status. Screen control keeps its explicit approval. Personal Unlock refreshes expired challenges after phone authentication and waits for confirmed Mac state before reporting success.

The details around the work

• Keyboard behavior that follows focus. Workspace commands respect the active window and text field. Home submission, navigation and Studio editing have dedicated keyboard paths.
• A deliberate voice shortcut. Hold right Option + right Shift to talk, then release to send. Ordinary Command shortcuts stay available. Choose Both Shift keys or turn hold-to-talk off in Settings → Shortcuts.
• Safer saves and stops. Pending Studio edits remain visible, and interrupted work keeps its saved result. A failed save does not quietly allow an update restart.
• A welcome after updating. See what changed in 0.2 after setup, and send feedback from the labeled workspace button.
• Update preferences. Installed Mac releases offer automatic checks, downloads and install-on-quit controls. Update restarts wait for active work, calls and unsaved Studio changes.

A new home for Shift on the web

• A closer look at the real product. Updated native 0.2 captures, clearer feature explanations and practical setup guides.
• Personality and quick navigation. A theme picker, ⌘K / Ctrl K page search, keyboard-friendly controls and a new Journal for product and design stories.
• A place to shape what follows. Share a feature request, explore the Shift Design Language, or contact hello@meetshift.app.