v0.12.74+12074-macos
BasedHardware/omiv0.12.74+12074-macosJul 15, 2026by mdmohsin7
AI Summary
Focusing on stability, this release resolves multiple crash scenarios during launch and recording, introduces a redesigned screen recording setup, and optimizes app startup performance.
Key Highlights
- Crash Fixes: Resolved crashes on launch, audio device changes, and BLE data packet handling.
- Screen Recording UI: Redesigned with a compact animated drag-to-enable helper.
- Startup Performance: Reduced freeze on first launch and prevented slow launches from pinning to stable channel.
- Voice Reliability: Improved push-to-talk recovery and clearer failure notices.
- Import Fixes: Resolved issues with Calendar, Gmail, and Apple Notes imports.
New Features
- Maintainer-approved desktop preview apps for side-by-side testing.
- Push-to-talk transcription progress indicators and backup-transcription notices.
Full Release Notes
## OMI Desktop v0.12.74 ### What's New - Fixed a crash on launch that could occur when preparing an empty local database for agent sync - Fixed a rare crash when stopping a recording or changing audio devices mid-capture - Fixed an intermittent crash when stopping recording caused by audio teardown racing the live capture thread - Fixed chat answers inserting a stray space into code like <code>pd.DataFrame</code> when normalizing sentence spacing - Fixed a crash that could occur when a paired BLE device sent a corrupt or malformed data packet - Fixed a crash when a window reported a zero-area frame while the app was capturing screen context - Redesigned Screen Recording setup with a compact animated Omi drag-to-enable helper - Improved recovery guidance when the desktop AI runtime or a selected local provider cannot start - Fixed clear voice delegation requests to start the requested agent directly without repeated confirmation - Improved recording reliability when reconnecting after a conversation finishes. - Fixed the Home screenshot counter appearing unavailable during app startup - Fixed the app freezing for several seconds on its first launch when the network was slow, and stopped a slow first launch from pinning beta installs to the stable update channel - Improved push-to-talk recovery after silent microphone capture - Push-to-talk now shows transcription progress, clearer failure reasons, and backup-transcription notices when realtime falls back - Fixed push-to-talk turns spoken while the voice connection was still warming up getting stuck thinking with no reply - Fixed realtime voice to prioritize fresh screen captures and reliably handle the first push-to-talk after launch - Fixed Calendar, Gmail and Apple Notes imports failing to extract anything, and chat turns erroring out, when a message merely mentioned something like "today" plus "schedule" - Fixed duplicate sign-in prompts appearing in Home chat after a session expires - Added maintainer-approved desktop preview apps that can be installed and tested side-by-side - Improved PTT higher-model answers by preserving the current conversation context ### Downloads - **DMG Installer**: For fresh installs, download the DMG below - **Auto-Update**: Existing users will receive this update automatically via Sparkle <!-- KEY_VALUE_START isLive: false channel: candidate edSignature: KfHXLfa+UDtEyiPi+dke3dfrQGN5/uN3C57vluG2PaNDYiDY75O5ygsKfEtoo+xgaowCz3qYpcU2lEn/Z3t6Dg== changelog: Fixed a crash on launch that could occur when preparing an empty local database for agent sync|Fixed a rare crash when stopping a recording or changing audio devices mid-capture|Fixed an intermittent crash when stopping recording caused by audio teardown racing the live capture thread|Fixed chat answers inserting a stray space into code like <code>pd.DataFrame</code> when normalizing sentence spacing|Fixed a crash that could occur when a paired BLE device sent a corrupt or malformed data packet|Fixed a crash when a window reported a zero-area frame while the app was capturing screen context|Redesigned Screen Recording setup with a compact animated Omi drag-to-enable helper|Improved recovery guidance when the desktop AI runtime or a selected local provider cannot start|Fixed clear voice delegation requests to start the requested agent directly without repeated confirmation|Improved recording reliability when reconnecting after a conversation finishes.|Fixed the Home screenshot counter appearing unavailable during app startup|Fixed the app freezing for several seconds on its first launch when the network was slow, and stopped a slow first launch from pinning beta installs to the stable update channel|Improved push-to-talk recovery after silent microphone capture|Push-to-talk now shows transcription progress, clearer failure reasons, and backup-transcription notices when realtime falls back|Fixed push-to-talk turns spoken while the voice connection was still warming up getting stuck thinking with no reply|Fixed realtime voice to prioritize fresh screen captures and reliably handle the first push-to-talk after launch|Fixed Calendar, Gmail and Apple Notes imports failing to extract anything, and chat turns erroring out, when a message merely mentioned something like "today" plus "schedule"|Fixed duplicate sign-in prompts appearing in Home chat after a session expires|Added maintainer-approved desktop preview apps that can be installed and tested side-by-side|Improved PTT higher-model answers by preserving the current conversation context KEY_VALUE_END -->