October 7th, 2025

πŸ› οΈ Stability, Control, and More Personalization

Made in v1.6.3 – v1.6.5

Our latest update focuses on making Willow more reliable, more intuitive, and more tailored to you.

πŸš€ Smarter Pipeline Control
You can now reset the dictation pipeline while the device is initializing or processing, meaning if Willow ever hangs, you can instantly escape with a simple Esc press. No more force-quits.

πŸ”” Customizable Notifications
A brand-new Notifications tab in Settings lets you disable activity reminders if you prefer a quieter workspace.

πŸ”‘ Authentication, Fixed
We squashed a tricky bug where cached auth data was sometimes pulling old tokens instead of refreshed ones, leading to transcription not working properly.


πŸ“¦ Previous Updates


v1.6.4 – Improved authentication handling and better UI response to mid-aware request failures.
v1.6.3 – Fixed infinite recursion with Chrome & Slack explorers (causing crashing) and re-enabled tap gestures after expiration.

β€” Lawrence Liu (CTO)