What's new

A release for Windows, macOS and Linux, including 2.2.4 and 2.3.1.

Added

• The board and the chat on one screen. Tasks sit on the left and the chat on the right, so a task you ask for appears beside you as you talk. Drag the divider to give either side more room. The sidebar has gone: a bar along the top carries the version, Restart to update, and a chip that opens Profile.
• Goals on the board. The Goals page is gone. Your goals sit in a strip above the board, and each column groups its cards under the goal they serve. Click a goal to see only its tasks, or to rename, pause, complete or delete it.
• A better board. Drag a card to To-Do, In Progress or Done. The pencil opens one dialog with every field of a task. Done groups cards by the day they were finished, and Blocked folds away under the board until something is blocked.
• See when Unwaver is watching. A small pill in the top bar shows a turning radar while it can see which window you’re in. Click it to see what is recorded and the last window it saw, to pause it for 30 minutes, or to turn it off.
• Sign out everywhere, in Profile. Changing or resetting your password now signs out your other devices too.

Improved

• Nudges keep you on the task you have In Progress. Every five minutes Unwaver works out what each window you used was for, then decides whether to speak up. Drift for about three minutes, even on and off, and it says so; come back, and it notices. New nudges cover being in and out, coming back after a break, and what to start when nothing is In Progress.
• Answer a side-task nudge out loud. If you’re working on a task you had planned for later, Unwaver asks whether to move it to In Progress. Say yes in the five seconds after it asks, and it moves the task.
• Nudges in the chat. Each nudge now appears in the conversation, in its own colour, instead of on a card above it.
• The Windows lock screen is recorded as locked, so time on it no longer looks like activity.
• The chat box grows as your message gets longer, and the app has a new icon.

Removed

• The midday check-in. It came at the same hour for everyone, which was midday for hardly anyone.
• Got it and 5 more min on nudges. There is nothing to answer now. To hold nudges back, pause from the top bar or ask Unwaver.

Linux

Linux comes straight from 1.3.0, so the changes in the 2.x entries below reach it now too, apart from keeping the computer awake, which is Windows and macOS only. From this version the .deb updates itself: it downloads new versions in the background, and Restart to update asks for your password to install them.

The first Mac release, and a Windows release. Linux stayed on 1.3.0 until 2.3.3.

Added

• macOS. One universal installer that runs natively on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, on macOS 11 Big Sur or later. It is signed and notarised by Apple, and it keeps itself up to date: new versions install in the background and run from the next launch. To let it read window titles, allow Unwaver under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility.
• Delete your data, or your account. Profile can now erase everything you’ve given Unwaver — tasks, goals, conversations, nudges and activity — and keep your account and subscription. Or delete the account itself: any subscription is cancelled straight away and everything held for you goes with it. Both ask for your password again. Account deletion is on the subscribe screen too, so you don’t need a subscription to leave.

A Windows release, including 2.2.1. Linux stayed on 1.3.0 until 2.3.3.

Added

• Automatic updates. Unwaver downloads new versions in the background and installs them the next time you close it. The sidebar offers Restart to update once one is ready. If a version is too old to keep working, the app says so and updates before it continues.
• Version in the sidebar. The version you’re running now appears under the product name.
• A first-run tour. Three short steps: talking files tasks and goals for you, nudges come to you, and where everything lands. Replay it any time from Profile.

A Windows release. Linux stayed on 1.3.0 until 2.3.3.

Improved

• Nudges on every page. Nudges used to arrive only while the voice page was open. They now pop up and are read aloud wherever you are in the app, even with the window in the background.
• Nothing lost to sleep. When your computer wakes, Unwaver checks for nudges straight away, and one that came due just before it slept still plays.

Added

• Keep this computer awake for nudges. While monitoring is on, Unwaver can keep Windows from sleeping for up to 45 minutes after your last keystroke or mouse move, so a nudge can still reach you. The screen still turns off on its usual schedule; a plugged-in PC may stay unlocked during that time, and on battery Windows ends it a few minutes after your sleep timeout. It is on by default, and you can turn it off in Profile. The monitoring disclosure explains the trade-off.

A release for Windows and Linux.

Added

• A new name. The app is now Unwaver, at unwaver.ai.
• A 7-day free trial with no card. Every new account gets seven days of everything. When it ends, subscribe from the app to keep going — nothing is charged automatically. A banner shows the days left, and a billing screen in Profile shows your plan and lets you manage it.
• Email verification. New accounts confirm their email address before the app opens.

Improved

• Tap to talk. The mic button is now tap-to-start, tap-to-stop, instead of hold-to-talk.
• A more natural voice for spoken replies and nudges.
• Formatted replies. Lists, bold text and headings in the assistant’s answers now display properly in chat.
• The assistant keeps its focus on the last couple of days of conversation, so old chatter no longer colours new answers.

Fixed

• Linux: the microphone now works out of the box on Ubuntu. The .deb pulls in the audio packages it needs.