What's new

New Features

• Support file attachment (pdf, csv, text, code)
• View attached file directly on browser side by side with the extension
• Enable instant in-page AI assistance in the file viewer

Updates

• Update context length estimation
• Use file inline instead of reference
• Add loading indicator for user login

Bug Fixes

• Fix surfmind extension window got added to selected tabs
• Fix user avatar issue
• Fix summarize issue and unknown active tab
• Fix various stability and performance improvements

New Features

• Bring your own models
  • Add Custom API support with dedicated configuration UI
  • Add preset list for popular LLM inference tools like Ollama, llama.cpp, LM Studio and vLLM
• Smarter in-page writing
  • Introduce the Input Focus Dot to trigger AI on input focus
  • Enhance quick actions, reply prompts, and multi-version responses for more control over edits and rewrites
• Add Apple In-App Purchase support
• Switch to Credits system

Updates

• Improve response parsing and streaming reliability
• Support thinking display for custom models
• Better replace/insert behavior in all input fields
• Implement auto-retry for blocked streaming requests
• Show regenerate button for failed responses

Bug Fixes

• Fix undefined model edge cases
• Make surfmind popup in Arc browser work again
• Various stability and performance improvements

New Features

• Add dark mode
• Support Sign in with Apple

Updates

• Slash command improvements
  • Enable slash commands while editing an inline message
  • Dismiss the slash command menu with Esc
• Refactor login flow for better stability

Bug Fixes

• Fix Safari storage issue
• Fix Safari window “read tab” behavior
• Resolve maximum iteration processing errors
• Improve layout and interactions for touch devices

Updates

• Update and refine prompt messaging
• Improve survey experience
• Improve welcome section with more content
• Add insert and replace button for input elements

Bug Fixes

• Fix Continue in Chat state not persisting in the side panel
• Fix in-page issues (layout, positioning, size and spacing)

New Features

• Introduce In-page Toolbar for interacting with selected text directly on web pages
• Add quick prompts and slash (/) command support for faster actions
• Add user prompts, allowing users to create, save to quick prompts, and pin prompts for faster access
• Enable Add to Chat to seamlessly move selected text into the main chat
• Introduce Open Page tool to enable page-level actions

Updates

• Replace the extension popup with a new window so the extension can stay open independently
• Refactor authentication, popups, and internal structure for better reliability
• Improve streaming, keyboard navigation, and overall performance

Bug Fixes

• Resolve Safari and iOS issues including login, layout, and feature availability
• Fix window focus, tab selection, and multi-window behavior
• Prevent page shortcuts from interfering with chat input
• Fix translation, localization, and locale loading issues
• Fix various UI and styling issues across toolbar, sidebar, and chatbox

New Features

• Add OpenRouter support to access more models with capability-aware behavior
• Introduce System Prompt control, giving users more transparency and control over how models respond
• Enable chat sharing to share and manage chats easily with different sharing modes
• Enable rewards program to gain extra free credits

Updates

• Improve chat behavior based on selected model capabilities and context limits
• Add scroll to bottom button for long conversations
• Simplify and improve the model selector with provider and capability-based filtering

Bug Fixes

• Fix authentication, session sync, and token refresh issues
• Handle chat error more reliably
• Fix UI issues across popups, dialogs, history, and mobile views

New Features

• Introduce Google login with free credits to get started instantly
• Introduce subscription plans
• Add GPT-5.2 and Gemini 3 Flash models

Updates

• Refresh UI across popups, toggles, shortcuts, and the model selector
• Improve streaming response display for better readability and consistency

Bug Fixes

• Improve data storage stability and prevent sync loops
• Fix several UI and stability issues across the extension

Updates

• Add Claude Opus 4.5
• New keyboard shortcut (⌘E) to open the sidepanel and popup
• Better table and code formatting for clearer, cleaner outputs
• General storage updates for better reliability

Bug Fixes

• Fix issue with missing thought signature for Gemini 3 Pro

Updates

• Image uploads now always use JPEG for improved compatibility
• Add built-in image compression to reduce upload size and speed up performance

Bug Fixes

• Fix display issues with conversation items on phones for a smoother, more reliable mobile view
• Fix an issue where conversations couldn’t be deleted properly

New Features

• Support multi-tab chat
  • Improve behavior when reading pages, managing permissions, and syncing tabs
• Improve chat experience
  • Add message toolbar and enable inline edit
  • Enable regenerate for all asistant messages
  • Enable stop streaming
  • Smoother streaming with background processing enhancements
  • More reliable handling of AI responses formatting for code and tables
• New Models & Integrations
  • Add Gemini 3 Pro
  • Add GPT-5.1
  • Add Claude Haiku 4.5
  • Enhance LLM integration and improve tool-call handling

Bug Fixes

• Fix translation issues, language loading problems, and search bar in tab selector
• Fix bugs related to editing/regenerating messages when popup is closed
• Fix sync issues, read-page toggle bug, styles, and general UI inconsistencies

New Features

• Improve chat experience
  • Cleaner interface and refined styling
  • Faster, smoother scrolling with auto-scroll fixes
  • Send button now disables while responses are streaming
• Add 50+ languages
• Support image input
  • Upload, drag & drop, or paste images directly into the chat.
  • Enjoy smoother previews, better error handling, and more reliable image processing
• Support both page context and free-form chats with "Read Page" toggle
• New "Summarize" button

Updates

• Better API key setup flow
• General cleanup and performance enhancements

Bug Fixes

Lots of improvements across Safari, toggles, dialogs, sidepanels, image clearing, and more

Updates

• Add Claude Sonnet 4.5
• Add capture screenshot tool
• Improve OpenAI integration and fixed display issues for a smoother AI experience
• Show the popup when the side panel isn’t available, ensuring uninterrupted access
• Fix several UI and stability issues across the extension