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Local Hoist v0.0.35

May 11, 2026

Adds realtime assistant stopwatch support, improves voice-assistant conversation behavior, and hardens desktop navigation, security improvements, and upload handling.

New

  • Added stopwatch tools to the realtime voice assistant so it can start and stop timed intervals out loud instead of estimating durations.
  • Added stopwatch start/stop sound effects for the realtime assistant, with a new setting to turn those cues on or off.

Improved

  • Realtime voice conversations now handle silence and on-hold moments more naturally, with less unnecessary recap behavior when you return.
  • Long pastes, Shift+Enter editing, and caret navigation in the message composer now keep the chat view steadier while still keeping the cursor visible.

Fixed

  • Hardened desktop window navigation and redirect handling so only trusted Local Hoist app locations can load in the app window.
  • Hardened file upload filename validation.