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Release notes for the public builds of Reed for Mac. Installed copies are offered each new version from inside the app, or use Check for Updates… in the menu bar menu.
Reed 0.3.1 is the current public version
September 28, 2026 · 15 MB · macOS 14 or later · Apple Silicon (M1 or newer)
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Reed 0.3.1 September 28, 2026 · 15 MB · Apple Silicon
- Fixed “See exactly what Reed connects to” in Settings → Privacy failing to open its web page.
- Made the dictation cue slightly louder (15% higher audio amplitude).
Reed 0.3.0 September 27, 2026 · 15 MB · Apple Silicon
- Reed is now open source under the Apache License 2.0: github.com/w20labs/reed.
- No usage analytics or automatic crash reports. Legacy telemetry preferences are cleared on first launch.
- No accounts or calls to W20's backend. Reed downloads its speech model and checks for updates; downloading an update also contacts the distribution service.
- Setup no longer asks you to accept terms.
- “Report an issue” opens Reed's bug report form on GitHub in your browser.
- A new dictation cue sound.
- Settings → About lists the licences of the components Reed includes.
Reed 0.2.5 September 9, 2026 · 16 MB · Apple Silicon
- New on-device speech recognizer. Parakeet v3 replaces WhisperKit as the only recognizer. It downloads once during setup (about 461 MB) and runs on the Neural Engine. Older installs shed the unused WhisperKit models.
- Better cleanup of restarts. When you restart a phrase (“the plan the plan is…”), Reed keeps the version you meant, including across a pause. Emphasis (“really really”), quotations and negations are left as spoken.
- Numbers as digits. Spoken numbers, dates and hyphenated compounds are written the way you would type them.
- Long dictations. Audio beyond 20 seconds is split at quiet points before recognition, so a long thought no longer loses its tail.
- Apple Silicon only. The build is now arm64 only; an Intel Mac cannot open it. Requirements are unchanged otherwise: macOS 14 or later.
Reed 0.2.2 August 27, 2026 · 34 MB
- Setup now ends with a usage-stats and crash-reports checkbox that starts checked. Uncheck it there, or change your mind anytime in Settings → Privacy. Existing installs keep the choice they already made.
- Release tooling: deploy verification for the download and the update feed.
Notes describe what changed for people using Reed. The download above and the in-app updater always carry the same version. Something not working after an update? See Help or write to support@w20.ai.