Changelog - StarWhisper

v1.3.119 March 2026 Latest

New Hold-to-Talk — hold your hotkey to record, release to transcribe. Hands-free, zero accidental recordings.
New Mic auto-switch — StarWhisper now detects when you plug in a headset and switches to it automatically.
New Silence auto-stop countdown — a visible countdown appears when silence is detected, so you always know when recording will stop.
New Cloud fallback consent — explicit opt-in prompt before any audio is ever sent to cloud transcription.
New Click-the-circle hint — first-launch onboarding hint shows new users how to start recording.
Fix Vocabulary sync — custom vocabulary words now sync correctly across sessions after a restart.
Fix Circle drift — the recording overlay no longer drifts off-screen on multi-monitor setups with mixed DPI.
Improve Minimum recording duration lowered from 1.5s to 0.8s — short words and commands are now captured reliably.

v1.3.117 March 2026

New Trial countdown — Pro trial users now see how many days remain directly in the overlay.
New Direct Stripe checkout — subscribing is now a single click; no intermediate login page.
New Referral program — share your unique link and earn free Pro time when friends subscribe.
New Email drip sequence — onboarding emails guide new users through key features over the first week.
Improve Onboarding VU meter — the setup wizard now shows a live mic level meter so users can confirm their mic is working before finishing setup.

v1.3.112 March 2026

Improve Preflight re-check on update — after an app update, StarWhisper automatically re-runs the preflight health check so broken installs are caught immediately.
Fix Hotkey guard — global hotkeys are now properly released and re-registered during update, preventing stuck hotkeys after a restart.
Improve Enhanced telemetry — diagnostic events now include more detail to help the support team identify transcription failures faster.

v1.3.105 March 2026

Fix Whisper CLI timeout — long recordings no longer hang indefinitely; the transcription process is now terminated and retried after a configurable timeout.
Improve Runtime health check — StarWhisper verifies the Whisper runtime is healthy at startup and shows a repair prompt if something is missing.
Fix Hallucination regex — improved filter to strip common Whisper hallucination artifacts (repeated filler phrases) from output.