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Release notes, behind-the-scenes, and thoughts on voice-first computing.

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Cue 1.5.26: A Sidebar That Gets Out of the Way
ChangelogOct 20, 2026v1.5.26

Cue 1.5.26: A Sidebar That Gets Out of the Way

A sidebar that stays out of the way, walkthroughs that set features up for you, a model picker that fits on one screen, and dictation that pastes sooner.

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Cue 1.5.25: Meetings Tag Themselves
ChangelogOct 14, 2026v1.5.25

Cue 1.5.25: Meetings Tag Themselves

When a meeting ends, Cue adds the tags that fit from sixteen ready-made ones. A person now has a page of their own, and quitting in the middle of a call no longer loses it.

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ChangelogOct 11, 2026v1.5.24

Cue 1.5.24: Calls Record by Themselves Again

Choose Always, Trusted, Ask or Off for the calls Cue notices. Trusted apps and websites record without a card, and a recording ends 30 seconds after the call does.

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ChangelogOct 7, 2026v1.5.23

Cue 1.5.23: Meeting Prompts and Connected Agents

Calendar reminders can join and record, meeting cards recognize websites, and Claude Code and Codex can search your Cue notes.

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Cue 1.5.22: No Wait After a Break
ChangelogOct 4, 2026v1.5.22

Cue 1.5.22: No Wait After a Break

The on-device voice model stays loaded, the meeting pill follows your voice, and you can switch between Cloud, On-device and Private from the menu bar.

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Local notes and cloud models can work together
BlogOct 4, 2026

Local notes and cloud models can work together

Learn what stays local, what crosses the network, and how to use selected note context with a cloud AI model without uploading your whole working record.

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How to speak an AI prompt that is easy to follow
BlogOct 4, 2026

How to speak an AI prompt that is easy to follow

Use a simple four-part order for voice prompts: goal, context, constraints, and output. Then add exact inputs and review before sending.

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What should an AI agent confirm before it acts?
BlogOct 4, 2026

What should an AI agent confirm before it acts?

A practical five-part check for AI agent actions: action, target, payload, consequence, permission scope, and a clear receipt after execution.

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Why screen context makes voice more useful
BlogOct 4, 2026

Why screen context makes voice more useful

Screen context helps voice tools understand what “this” refers to. Learn why the active app, selection, scope, and review matter.

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Your notes should be files you can keep
BlogOct 4, 2026

Your notes should be files you can keep

Learn what file ownership changes for your notes, what Markdown does not guarantee, and how to test whether a note remains useful outside its app.

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How to keep AI notes tied to their sources
BlogOct 3, 2026

How to keep AI notes tied to their sources

Keep AI-generated notes connected to recordings, transcripts, meetings, and documents with a simple source, transformation, claim, and review workflow.

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How to organize notes so AI can use them later
BlogOct 3, 2026

How to organize notes so AI can use them later

Organize project notes with clear titles, current state, decisions, sources, dates, and links—without building a high-maintenance second brain.

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Why Karpathy’s LLM Wiki makes sense for AI agents
BlogOct 3, 2026

Why Karpathy’s LLM Wiki makes sense for AI agents

A plain explanation of Karpathy’s LLM Wiki, how agents can navigate its knowledge, and why sources, updates, and human review still matter.

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Why Markdown is useful memory for AI work
BlogOct 3, 2026

Why Markdown is useful memory for AI work

Learn why Markdown works well as durable AI context, what it does not solve, and how to keep one project note useful across sessions.

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ChangelogOct 1, 2026v1.5.21

Cue 1.5.21: A Sharper English Model

Parakeet Unified English hears more words right and writes its own punctuation, and Cue no longer freezes when iCloud has moved your notes to the cloud.

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Rent your intelligence. Own your context.
BlogSep 30, 2026

Rent your intelligence. Own your context.

Your AI tools may change. Your knowledge should stay yours. Why context ownership shapes Cue’s local-first architecture, from voice capture to connected agents.

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ChangelogSep 29, 2026v1.5.20

Cue 1.5.20: Your Last Words Make It In

Cloud dictation waits for your final words, a very short press no longer breaks the next dictation, Fn stays your talk key, and new users get a checklist that earns credits.

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Meeting Notes Without a Bot Joining the Call on Mac
BlogSep 29, 2026

Meeting Notes Without a Bot Joining the Call on Mac

Learn how bot-free meeting notes work on a Mac, how to check both sides of the audio, and what to verify before relying on a transcript.

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A Meeting Summary Template for Decisions, Actions and Open Questions
BlogSep 29, 2026

A Meeting Summary Template for Decisions, Actions and Open Questions

Copy a practical meeting summary template, see a worked example, and learn how to keep decisions, action items and unresolved questions separate.

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Cue 1.5.19: See the Rewrite Before It Lands
ChangelogSep 26, 2026v1.5.19

Cue 1.5.19: See the Rewrite Before It Lands

Edit with AI in your notes shows the change as a tracked edit you accept or discard, Edit mode pastes over the right text every time, and memory stays flat.

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Cue 1.5.18: Meetings That Survive a Wi-Fi Drop
ChangelogSep 22, 2026v1.5.18

Cue 1.5.18: Meetings That Survive a Wi-Fi Drop

Cloud meetings catch up after the internet drops, notes rebuild themselves, and everything that landed since Cue 1.5.

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ChangelogSep 16, 2026v1.5.17

Cue 1.5.17: Clearer Voices in Meetings

Echo cancellation reduces duplicate speech, named voices carry across meetings on this Mac, and Private Mode becomes one switch.

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Cue 1.5.16: Agents Follow Your Notes
ChangelogSep 13, 2026v1.5.16

Cue 1.5.16: Agents Follow Your Notes

Ranked search and links help agents find related notes, while the microphone recovers after sleep and long multilingual dictations keep their ending.

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Cue 1.5.15: People, Tags and Links
ChangelogSep 9, 2026v1.5.15

Cue 1.5.15: People, Tags and Links

People connect to their meetings, notes link to each other, and work written by agents gets its own Inbox.

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Why Cue gives you both on-device and cloud AI
BlogSep 9, 2026

Why Cue gives you both on-device and cloud AI

Cue gives you a fast, offline-capable local path and connected AI when a task needs more capability, while your durable work stays in files you control.

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How to turn a spoken brain dump into a useful note
BlogSep 9, 2026

How to turn a spoken brain dump into a useful note

Capture a messy voice thought without interrupting yourself, then use Cue Edit Mode to structure, rewrite, and review the useful part.

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AI Meeting Notes on Mac: From Conversation to Decisions and Action Items
BlogSep 7, 2026

AI Meeting Notes on Mac: From Conversation to Decisions and Action Items

Learn how to capture a meeting on Mac and turn the transcript into reviewed notes, decisions, action items, and clear next steps.

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How to turn your notes into working memory for Claude, Cursor, and Codex
BlogSep 7, 2026

How to turn your notes into working memory for Claude, Cursor, and Codex

A practical workflow for turning a few current notes into selective, source-linked working memory that an AI coding agent can actually use.

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Cue: A private, voice-first AI workspace for Mac
BlogSep 7, 2026

Cue: A private, voice-first AI workspace for Mac

Meet Cue: free on-device dictation, meeting capture, local Markdown notes, sourced AI, and voice editing in one private, voice-first Mac workspace.

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ChangelogSep 6, 2026v1.5.14

Cue 1.5.14: Open Chats in New Tabs

Open a chat beside what you are reading, with the same tab action used for notes and meetings.

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ChangelogSep 6, 2026v1.5.13

Cue 1.5.13: Better Punctuation, More Languages

Meetings get their own language setting, emails and documents get useful formatting, and dictation cleanup keeps more of your meaning.

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ChangelogSep 4, 2026v1.5.12

Cue 1.5.12: Meetings Name Themselves Again

Meeting titles and summaries finish even when you are on another page, and recording prompts focus on real calls.

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ChangelogSep 1, 2026v1.5.11

Cue 1.5.11: Free, Basic and Pro

Three clearer plans, cloud dictation that follows your chosen language, and a quieter reading experience.

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Cue 1.5: A Voice-First Workspace
ChangelogSep 1, 2026v1.5.0

Cue 1.5: A Voice-First Workspace

One workspace for dictation, meetings, notes, Chat, and follow-ups.

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Voice input in Claude Code and Cursor on Mac: setup and Cue workflow
BlogAug 24, 2026

Voice input in Claude Code and Cursor on Mac: setup and Cue workflow

Set up voice input in Claude Code and Cursor on Mac, compare built-in dictation with Cue, and learn which prompt details to speak, type, and review.

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Voice input should work like a keyboard
BlogAug 20, 2026

Voice input should work like a keyboard

Voice should feel like dependable input on a Mac, with local processing available and cloud models used by choice.

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Free voice-to-text for Mac
BlogAug 12, 2026

Free voice-to-text for Mac

A short guide to when built-in dictation is enough, and when a dedicated Mac voice-to-text app makes more sense.

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ChangelogJul 6, 2026v1.4.0

Cue 1.4: On-Device Dictation, 8x Faster

Cue's offline engine now runs on the Apple Neural Engine. Private just became the fast option.

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ChangelogJun 26, 2026v1.3.3

Cue 1.3.3: Private Mode, Front and Center

Every on-device model is free, no account needed. And pasting no longer touches your clipboard.

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ChangelogJun 15, 2026v1.3.2

Cue 1.3.2: Hears You, Not the Room

Hush filters out background noise and other voices. Cloud dictation gets automatic failover.

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ChangelogJun 1, 2026v1.3.1

Cue 1.3.1: The Overlay Grows Up

Right-click the orb from any app, put it anywhere on screen, and dictate for as long as you want.

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ChangelogMay 18, 2026v1.3.0

Cue 1.3: Your AI, Your Rules

Use Cue's cloud, or bring your own key. Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and more. Keys never leave your Mac.

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ChangelogMay 2, 2026v1.2.0

Cue 1.2: Edit With Your Voice

Select text in any app, press the hotkey, say what you want changed. Cue rewrites it in place.

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ChangelogApr 16, 2026v1.1.0

Cue 1.1: Speak Any Language, Paste in Another

Translation Mode is here. Plus corrections that understand which app you're in.

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ChangelogMar 30, 2026v1.0.0

Cue 1.0 — Streaming Offline Models Are Here

Cue 1.0 is here. Real-time streaming transcription that runs entirely on your Mac. No internet. No latency.

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ChangelogMar 28, 2026v0.7.0

Cue 0.7 — Focus Sessions & Analytics

Track how much you dictate, set goals, and enter focus mode for distraction-free voice input.

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ChangelogMar 14, 2026v0.6.0

Cue 0.6 — Performance Overhaul

Rebuilt from the ground up for speed. 60% less CPU, instant activation, buttery smooth.

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ChangelogMar 1, 2026v0.5.0

Cue 0.5 — Auto-Formatting

Cue now formats your text as you speak. Lists, paragraphs, and structure — hands-free.

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ChangelogFeb 18, 2026v0.4.0

Cue 0.4 — Custom Vocabulary

Teach Cue the words only you use. Custom vocabulary for names, brands, and jargon.

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Cue 0.3 — Offline Mode Is Here
ChangelogFeb 5, 2026v0.3.0

Cue 0.3 — Offline Mode Is Here

Transcribe without an internet connection. Your voice stays on your Mac.

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Cue 0.2 — Smarter Corrections & Multi-Language
ChangelogJan 22, 2026v0.2.0

Cue 0.2 — Smarter Corrections & Multi-Language

Auto-corrections now understand context. Plus, support for 8 new languages.

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Introducing Cue 0.1
ChangelogJan 10, 2026v0.1.0

Introducing Cue 0.1

The first public release of Cue. Talk anywhere, text appears.

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How We Built Cue's Real-Time Transcription Pipeline
BlogMay 15, 2025

How We Built Cue's Real-Time Transcription Pipeline

A look under the hood at how Cue delivers sub-200ms voice-to-text with context-aware corrections.

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Why Voice Typing Is the Biggest Productivity Unlock You're Ignoring
BlogFeb 20, 2025

Why Voice Typing Is the Biggest Productivity Unlock You're Ignoring

You speak at 150 WPM. You type at 40. The math is obvious — so why aren't more people voice-typing?

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