Release notes

Build 13 · Apple Silicon · macOS 14.0 or newer.

• Improved web search and follow-up questions.
• File and image uploads, with drag-and-drop support.
• More reliable image answers in long conversations and when using calculations.
• Chat interface and stability fixes.

Build 12 · Apple Silicon · macOS 14.0 or newer.

• Introducing VxNewton for 8GB RAM Apple Silicon MacBooks — the installer automatically selects the app and AI model suited to your Mac.
• Automatic Updates — VxNewton checks for new releases and updates itself while preserving your chats, settings, and downloaded model.

Build 6 · Apple Silicon · macOS 14.0 or newer.

• Faster local processing — improve response speed on supported newer macOS versions.
• Broad Mac compatibility — continue supporting Apple Silicon Macs running macOS Sonoma or newer.
• The same reliable experience — preserve the working web-search, setup, and local-model behavior from VxNewton 0.1.4.
• No model redownload for updates — existing installations continue using their verified local model files.

Build 5 · Apple Silicon · macOS 14.0 or newer.

• Smoother installation — VxNewton can move itself to Applications and open the verified installed copy.
• More reliable setup — improved verification, download resume, retries, progress, and useful error details.
• Sonoma compatibility — fixed model extraction and verification on supported macOS Sonoma systems.
• No developer tools required — removed a packaged startup check that could make macOS offer developer tools.
• Reliable consecutive searches — fixed an issue where a second web-search question could fail to start.
• No model redownload for updates — existing installations continue using their verified local model files.

Build 2 · Apple Silicon · macOS 14.0 or newer.

• More reliable web search — fixed an issue that could give an unhelpful clarification instead of answering a straightforward current-information question.
• Faster sourced answers — current answers are more direct, with clearer sources that are easy to inspect.
• Related images — image results can appear without delaying the text answer, and can be opened for a larger preview or their original source.
• A seamless app update — existing installations keep their saved conversations and local model without downloading it again.

Build 1 · Apple Silicon · macOS 14.0 or newer.

• Local AI chat — a capable assistant running entirely on Apple Silicon.
• Streaming answers — responses appear as they're generated, with comfortable long-form and Markdown rendering.
• Saved chats — conversations are kept locally on your Mac, organized in a sidebar, and deletable at any time.
• Web search with sources — live search for current facts, with visible attribution for the sites used.
• No account required — install, open, chat.
• A calm dark interface — a focused, native-feeling Mac app built for everyday use.