#What's New — Release History

Every ambientChat release, newest first. Each release has its own guide with the full detail — this page is the map.

The version running on the App Store today is 0.14.0, released 13 August 2026.

To check which version you're on: Settings → About. If your version is older than the one above, update from the App Store to get everything below it in this list.

#How ambientChat is versioned

Versions look like 0.13.8 — read as major.minor.patch.

• Patch (0.13.7 → 0.13.8) — fixes and small improvements.
• Minor (0.12.x → 0.13.x) — new features.
• Major (0.x → 1.0) — reserved for the first full public release.

Two things worth knowing:

• Not every version number reaches the App Store. Some builds go to TestFlight only, and some version numbers are used internally and never published. This page lists only the releases that actually reached users, which is why the numbers skip.
• The app and the web interface update separately. app.ambientchat.ai updates continuously and is often ahead of the iOS app. Where a feature landed on one surface first, the release guide says so.

#Releases

#0.14.0 — 13 August 2026 · current

The release that made the features hold up at real size. Searching inventory, checking what's expiring and listing a folder used to go quietly incomplete above 500 records — that whole class is fixed. Sharing became something you can manage rather than only perform, chat got cheaper and more reliable on long questions, the web app works properly on a phone, and beacons grew a real model of place with venues, zones and Walk & Teach.

→ What's New in 0.14.0

#0.13.8 — 24 July 2026

Reliability and answer quality. The assistant searches the web more dependably and draws on your context for up-to-date information, and long answers stopped showing a false "interrupted" message.

→ What's New in 0.13.8

#0.13.3 — 9 July 2026

The biggest update so far: GPT-5.6, Image Studio, shareable Q&A threads, Digital Product Passport viewer, and third-party connectors.

→ What's New in 0.13.3

#0.12.3 — 26 May 2026

Inventory and Documents unified onto one engine, emailable answers, the exhibit Audio Guide, and chat that can change your settings for you.

→ What's New in 0.12.3

#Earlier releases

#Asking the assistant

You can ask ambientChat about its own releases in chat:

• "What's new in the latest version?"
• "What version am I running?"
• "When did Image Studio ship?"
• "What changed between 0.12.3 and 0.13.3?"
• "Has voice chat always been there?"

The assistant reads these release guides the same way it reads the rest of Don't Panic, so it can answer from the actual record rather than guessing.

#Known Limitations

• Release guides cover user-facing change only. Plenty of work in every release is invisible by design — performance, cost, security, infrastructure. If a release looks thin, that is usually why.
• Dates are release dates, not build dates. A version is typically built a day or two before it reaches the App Store.
• Nothing before 0.10.3 is recorded here. Earlier builds pre-date the public App Store listing.

#Version History

• v1 — First published. Release history backfilled from the App Store record for 0.10.3, 0.12.1, 0.12.3, 0.13.3 and 0.13.8.
• v2 — Added 0.14.0 (13 August 2026) as the current release and demoted 0.13.8. The 0.14.0 guide was drafted while the version was still numbered 0.13.9; the release shipped as 0.14.0 and there is no v0.13.9.