Release notes
Changelog
What shipped and when.
v1.1.1
August 9, 2026
- •Natural voice: Orbit now speaks in Siri’s high-quality natural voice on-device, both in setup narration and in answers — a warmer, more human sound than the system default.
- •Automatic fallback to the built-in system voice on any Mac where the natural voice isn’t installed.
v1.1.0
August 9, 2026
- •Liquid-glass design: the panel, HUD, overlay, and onboarding are redrawn in a single translucent glass language with real depth and light.
- •Local-first voice: on-device speech recognition and text-to-speech by default — no account, no API key, and no audio leaving your Mac.
- •Bring your own key: optionally add your OpenAI API key for cloud transcription and GPT TTS. The key is stored in the macOS Keychain.
- •Guided permission onboarding: Screen Recording, Accessibility, and Microphone are requested one at a time with live status and plain-language explanations.
- •One continuous session with automatic context management — follow-ups build on the same thread without manual session juggling.
- •Global Esc stop: pressing Esc halts whatever Orbit is doing, instantly, from any app.
- •GPT-5.6 Luna is the new default model, and the panel reflects the exact model, effort, and speed that run.
- •Reliability: a turn watchdog detects stalled turns, automatic session recovery restores dropped Codex sessions, and the Esc kill-switch guarantees a way out.
v1.0.7
April 11, 2026
- •Installer ownership hotfix for PKG installs that could leave ~/Library/Application Support/Orbit owned by root and block Codex startup.
- •Orbit now preflights its support directory before launching the bundled Codex app-server and shows a direct repair command when the folder is not writable.
- •Release surfaces now point to the public 4xiomdev/orbit repository and its GitHub Releases page.
- •Open-source messaging across the website has been updated now that the main Orbit repo is public.
v1.0.6
April 8, 2026
- •Initial public release of Orbit as a direct-download macOS app with bundled Codex runtime.
- •AI desktop agent: sees your screen, moves your cursor, clicks buttons, types text, and controls your Mac.
- •Dual voice system: Local Voice (Apple Speech, fully on-device) and Cloud Voice (OpenAI transcription + GPT TTS).
- •Push-to-talk with global keyboard shortcut — works from any app.
- •Orbit cursor with bezier flight animation: points directly to UI elements on your screen.
- •Managed ChatGPT auth reuse — detects existing sessions or walks through login.
- •Full browser automation via Playwright MCP and Chrome DevTools — research, fill forms, complete multi-step web tasks.
- •Desktop actuator: moves cursor, clicks, types, and presses keyboard shortcuts anywhere on your Mac.
- •9 bundled skills: documents, presentations, spreadsheets, PDFs, transcription, screenshots, and more.
- •Codex activity HUD: real-time progress display during multi-step tasks.
- •All API keys stored in macOS Keychain — never in plain text.
- •First public direct-download release for Orbit on macOS.