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Release notes

What's new in each Rex release, written for people who use the app. The commit-level developer changelog lives in the repository's CHANGELOG.md.

0.2.0 — August 31, 2026

A better first-run experience, and a small fix in Settings.

Setup covers everything now

  • The setup assistant's permissions page now matches Settings › Permissions exactly, including the Other Apps' Data permission and a Run Test button for System Audio Recording — so you can confirm recording works before your first meeting.
  • A new Integrations step lets you turn on meeting-name detection from window titles, Outlook calendar titles, and Teams attendee lookup during setup, and warns you if a needed permission hasn't been granted yet.
  • A new Transcription models step shows the models Rex will use and lets you download them ahead of time, instead of waiting when your first transcription starts.
  • You can revisit setup any time from Settings › "Show Setup Again".

Fixes

  • The "Check Now" button in Settings › Updates now actually tells you what happened: a spinner while it checks, then "You're up to date" or a clear message if the update server couldn't be reached.

0.1.0 — August 31, 2026

The first release of Rex. The short version: Rex sits in your menu bar, notices when a meeting starts, records it with real echo cancellation, and transcribes it locally — nothing leaves your Mac.

Recording

  • Automatic meeting detection for Teams, Zoom, Meet, and Slack huddles, with a prompt when a call starts — or record anything manually from the menu bar.
  • Personal calls are recognized too, and titled "Call with name" when Rex can tell who you're talking to; calendar meetings pick up their real event title and attendees.
  • Real echo cancellation: your speakers' audio is removed from the mic track, so speaker-mode calls transcribe cleanly without headphones.

Transcription

  • Fully local transcription with a choice of models (Parakeet and the Whisper family), speaker diarization, and per-word confidence — low-confidence words are underlined so you know what to double-check.
  • Transcript search: press ⌘F in a meeting to find and step through matches.
  • Re-transcribe any recording later with a different model or settings.

Around the app

  • Workflows: run your own scripts when a recording finishes — summaries, todo extraction, anything that reads meeting.json.
  • rex command line, rex:// URL scheme, and Raycast commands for automation.
  • Optional calendar integration names recordings after the meeting on your calendar; optional Teams attendee lookup fills in who was there.
  • Configurable retention keeps transcripts while cleaning up old audio.
  • Automatic update checks (on by default, configurable): when a new version is out, installing it is one click in the menu bar.

Requires macOS 26 or later on Apple Silicon.