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v1.30

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New Features

  • •Suggestions can now be applied without opening the suggestion card first (this can be turned off in Settings)
  • •Added support for changing highlight styles

Improvements

  • •Improved format preservation for LaTeX and Markdown
  • •Text inside quotation marks is no longer checked by default (this can be turned off in Settings)
  • •Improved support for right-to-left languages

v1.29

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New Features

  • •Added support for Catalan
  • •Added Appearance settings for customizing suggestion card size, style, and diff colors
  • •Added support for choosing separate action keys for dismissing and applying suggestions
  • •Added an option to ignore sentence-ending punctuation suggestions for standalone sentences

v1.28

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New Features

  • •Added validation when launching a local model to make sure the downloaded model is complete

v1.27

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New Features

  • •The Floating Editor now supports edit history, text translation, and text-to-speech
  • •Added an option to automatically disable "Check Writing Automatically" when using battery power

v1.26.1

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Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed a startup crash from the previous release

v1.26

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New Features

  • •Added support for more local models, including Gemma 4 E2B, Gemma 4 E4B, Qwen 3.5 4B, and Qwen 3.5 9B

v1.25

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New Features

  • •Added support for assigning different models for Grammar Checks, Fluency Checks, and Explanations

Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed an issue with Microsoft Word integration where suggestions might use a stale text location after scrolling

v1.24

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New Features

  • •Explanations now support explaining grammar and fluency changes in different languages
  • •Dictionary now supports ignoring all changes for a specific word

Improvements

  • •Reduced memory usage when idle

Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed an issue where the Settings window might open unexpectedly
  • •Fixed an issue where the Floating Editor would not paste back when activated by PopClip
  • •Fixed an issue where suggestions might flicker unexpectedly

v1.23

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New Features

  • •Added support for PopClip integration

Improvements

  • •Improved stability of model downloads

Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed an issue where suggestions would sometimes flicker

Troubleshooting

  • •Added a guide for solving the issue where text is mistakenly replaced with "a"

v1.22

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New Features

  • •Added the "Explain" feature
  • •Added support for checking text in floating apps (requires manually adding those apps in Troubleshooting settings)
  • •The Floating Editor can now be pinned and resized

Improvements

  • •Improved suggestion popover UX: the popover is now draggable, and suggestions can be ignored by clicking the highlighted changes

Other

  • •Various small fixes and improvements

v1.21

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Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed an issue where the model might not launch when opening the app

v1.20

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Improvements

  • •Added support for dismissing suggestions with the Escape key

Troubleshooting

  • •Added support to verify the SHA-256 checksums of the downloaded model

Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed an issue where applying a suggestion in Slack could unexpectedly delete surrounding text
  • •Applying text from the floating editor now preserves whitespace

v1.19

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Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed an issue where grammar suggestions might not appear in some Chromium-based apps
  • •Fixed an issue where the "Check Selected Text in Floating Editor" shortcut might not check the selected text when the editor opens

v1.18

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New Features

  • •Added an option to customize right-click behavior for the menu bar icon
  • •Added an option to customize typing responsiveness
  • •Added Website Filter settings

Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed a caching issue that could serve stale results

v1.17

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New Features

  • •Added the "Check Selected Text in Floating Editor" feature with a keyboard shortcut to check grammar without leaving your current app, especially useful for apps that have limited integration (e.g., Google Docs, Sublime Text, Adobe Creative Suite)
  • •BYOK now supports AWS Bedrock

v1.16

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Improvements

  • •Improved app stability and performance
  • •Reduced memory usage when using a cloud model
  • •Updated the App Filter UI/UX to avoid a misleading interface

Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed a potential crash issue introduced in version 1.13

v1.15

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Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed a potential crash issue introduced in version 1.14

v1.14

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New Features

  • •Added support for Slovak, Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian languages
  • •Enhanced Language-Aware Checks: now supports mixed languages in one article and checks each paragraph in its matching language
  • •Language exclusion: ability to exclude specific languages from checks
  • •BYOK now supports Ollama and LM Studio
  • •Custom shortcut support for toggling "Check Writing Automatically" setting
  • •Added troubleshooting settings to fix integration with Chromium-based browsers like Arc and Dia

Improvements

  • •Should now be compatible with Intel-based Macs

Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed integration with Anthropic
  • •Fixed an issue where applying suggestions in some apps like Messages might remove an extra space

v1.13

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New Features

  • •Language-aware checking: automatically detects the language you're writing in and checks grammar and fluency accordingly
  • •Added model switching from the status bar menu
  • •Live checking indicator: the status bar icon shows progress while checks run

v1.12

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Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed misconfigured prompt template issues that could cause incomplete or incorrect suggestions in some contexts

v1.11

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New Features

  • •Added Dictionary to persistently ignore specific suggestions (e.g., keep 'Btw' without suggesting 'By the way')
  • •Added Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) support (Beta)
  • •Added custom prompts for personalized suggestions (Beta)

Improvements

  • •Improved suggestion card stability and added Tab key support
  • •Enhanced grammar checking performance
  • •Expanded fluency suggestions to apply to entire paragraphs

Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed settings window not appearing on app launch

v1.10

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Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed integration with Microsoft Word

Improvements

  • •Improved integration with Bear app
  • •Grammar and fluency checking now ignores code blocks

v1.9

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Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed integration with Bear app
  • •Fixed an issue where keyboard shortcuts could be duplicated when syncing across devices

Improvements

  • •Slightly improved grammar and fluency suggestions
  • •Improved the visual presentation of text changes when showing corrections

v1.8

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Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed unexpected whitespace suggestions

v1.7

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New Features

  • •Added keyboard shortcuts to quickly check grammar in different languages or manually trigger checks when auto-checking is disabled
  • •New toggle to enable or disable automatic grammar checking, giving you full control over when Refine assists your writing

Improvements

  • •Slightly improved grammar and fluency suggestions

v1.6

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Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed an issue where applying a delete suggestion would unexpectedly insert the character 'a'

v1.5

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Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed integration issues with Chrome, Slack, and many other Electron-based apps

v1.4

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Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed an issue where applying grammar suggestions could introduce extra spaces

v1.3

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New Features

  • •Expanded language support with 30+ new options including Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, and many more regional variants

v1.2

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Bug Fixes

  • •Fixed integration issues with Mail.app and Obsidian.app, and improved overall app compatibility

Improvements

  • •Slightly improved grammar and fluency suggestions

New Features

  • •Settings now sync across all devices via iCloud

v1.1

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Improvements

  • •Improved grammar and fluency suggestions to be more accurate and natural, though we're still fixing some quirks

New Features

  • •Language selection with 15+ options including American, British, Canadian, and Australian English, plus German, French, Spanish, Swedish, and more

Changes

  • •Removed the dictionary feature for now; we're building something better

v1.0

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Initial Release

  • •Hello world! Refine is here to help you write better.