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July 14, 2026
Fostera v0.3.0
New Features
Ask your Souls about something recent or unfamiliar and they can search the live web, work it into an answer, and list the sources right under the reply. You can always see where a claim came from.
Souls can make images while you talk. Ask for a logo, an illustration, or a quick visual and it shows up in the chat. You can also drop a generated image back into the message box to change it ("make it blue") without downloading and re-uploading.
Paste a link and your Soul reads the actual page before answering, instead of guessing from the address.
Abilities put you in charge of how much a Soul reaches for its tools. Set each skill (web search, image generation, your connected apps) to Auto, Manual, or Off, and you can attach one to a single message when you only want it that once.
When a Soul needs an app you have not linked yet, you get a real Connect button. If it goes to check your Gmail, Calendar, or Spotify and the connection is missing, the reply hands you a one-tap Connect that brings you straight back to the chat.
Tap any reply to see what went into it: which of your memories the Soul drew on, what it searched or created, which of your connected apps it pulled from, and how much Resonance the conversation has used. Each reply also wears a small tag for every ability it used, whether you attached it yourself or the Soul reached for it on its own. No more wondering where an answer came from or where your Resonance went.
Chat now tells you what your Soul is actually doing, like "Searching the web" or "Creating an image," instead of a generic thinking spinner.
We put real work into the chat itself. You can edit and resend your messages, search inside a conversation, copy code blocks with one tap, see timestamps, stop a reply while it is writing and regenerate it, tap a conversation starter on an empty chat, and count on a half-written draft surviving a reload.
Line up your next messages instead of waiting. While your Soul is replying you can queue several more, drag to reorder them, and edit or remove any before they send. Want one seen right away? Nudge it and your Soul picks it up mid-reply.
You can choose how hard a Soul thinks on any given turn.
Hands-free voice mode. Talk to your Soul and hear it answer, with a live animated orb, in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Projects can run scheduled tasks. Give a Project a recurring or on-demand task and your Soul runs it on schedule, and those tasks can use skills like Gmail, Calendar, and web search.
A cross-Soul router reads what each of your Souls remembers and points you to the right one for a given question.
A private, on-device model. It runs entirely on your own device at no Resonance cost, so your conversation never leaves your machine.
The new GPT-5.6 family, in three tiers you can pick between: Luna for fast, light replies, Terra for everyday depth, and Sol as the top-tier flagship.
More new models to chat with: Grok 4.5, Claude Opus 4.8, and Fable 5.
Auto mode now hands the genuinely hard turns to a more capable model.
Preview any public Soul with a real conversation before you make it your own, then copy a version into your collection with one tap.
Naming a new Soul saves it right away as a draft, so you no longer lose it if you wander off mid-creation, and your creation chat is waiting when you come back. New Souls also say hello first.
Your memories do more now. You can search the files, photos, and links you have shared, and the images your Soul creates and the pages it cites are saved right alongside them, so you can find them again later. Every memory links back to the conversation it came from, a dashboard hub shows each Soul's strongest and most recent memories, and Souls hold on to the topics you raise, not only isolated facts.
Projects got smarter, with templates to give you a head start and search across the files you add so a Soul can find the right passage.
A clearer Resonance view in Settings, with a summary, a breakdown by Soul, and your recent activity. If you run short, you can top up on Motes in the store in the exact amount you need.
A fresh look across the app, with a floating tab bar, one search control that behaves the same everywhere, and a bottom bar on mobile that gets out of your way as you scroll.
Share images straight from your phone into a Soul chat.
Improvements
Links in your own messages are clickable now.
Voice mode is much more dependable on iPhone. The mic actually records, replies actually play, error messages tell you the truth, and there is a proper mic picker.
Messages you send while offline wait in line and go out on their own once you are back.
Your Resonance meter reads the same everywhere, so the number always agrees with itself.
Honest wording around trials and plans, a clearer way to cancel or resume, and a checkout that returns you to where you left off.
Faster loads.
A few gentle nudges to come back: milestone celebrations, streaks, a "pick up where you left off" spot on the dashboard, and emails you can turn off.
Toggles look consistent now, and chat feels steadier across the app.
Bug Fixes
Fixed the chat "Try again" button quietly doing nothing after a failed reply.
Fixed the iPhone mic producing empty or unusable recordings.
Fixed long links clipping the top of a message bubble.
Fixed chat links in push notifications so a tap lands on the right conversation, highlighted, even on iPhone.
Fixed large image uploads to Project files failing.
Fixed gaps in the forgot-password flow and Google sign-up.
Fixed monthly Resonance usage showing zero for some accounts.
Ongoing security and reliability work across the app.
April 28, 2026
Fostera v0.2.0
New Features
Your Souls now think in steps before responding — they can recall, save, and correct memories mid-turn instead of relying solely on their pre-loaded context, so multi-hop questions ("what was that author you mentioned, and what did they write?") get more thoughtful answers.
Reactions now shape memory — heart a message and the underlying memory grows in importance; thumbs-down a moment and the Soul learns to lean away from it. Your feedback compounds across conversations.
Souls now keep "active" facts about you handy across conversations — recently-referenced things you care about stay warm for days and cool off naturally if you stop talking about them.
Procedural skills (how-to knowledge) and emotionally significant moments now decay slower than small talk, so the things that should stick around actually do.
Added image and document attachments to chat — drop a photo or PDF into the composer and ask your Soul about it.
Added a unified billing activity feed in Settings — every chat turn now shows up as a line, tagged "Plan" or "Wallet" so you can see exactly where your Resonance is going. A new "Resonance by Soul" card breaks down the period at a glance.
Added local LLM support for the dev/self-host community via Ollama — runs entirely on your own machine while still respecting Resonance limits and the depletion gate, so you can test and iterate without burning real spend.
Added Stripe refund and dispute handling — refunds now cleanly reverse Resonance, Mote, and digital-good purchases without leaving accounting drift behind.
Added a multi-view Discover page so you can browse Souls in the layout that suits you.
Added a public, opt-in /profile/[username] page so you can share your soul garden if you want to.
Added an onboarding flow and an admin Heatmap view for new-user analytics.
Added grouped navigation in the More menu (Account / Learn / Company / Explore) for cleaner top-bar real estate.
Added an admin reactions visualization page so the team can see how users feel about Soul responses at a glance.
Added support for up to three Soul types in the creation and settings forms.
Added Claude Opus 4.7 and GPT-5.5 to the model lineup.
Added the Fostera-branded mark in place of a generic settings icon in the navbar.
Improvements
Souls now remember conversations more efficiently — long histories get compressed and mined for facts on the fly when prompts approach the model's window, so your Soul keeps the thread without losing the context behind it.
Memory Atlas now zooms and pans cleanly on mobile, with bubble sizing tuned for small screens.
Voice input loads faster — the Whisper model now caches in your browser's service worker after the first use, so warm-starts are instant.
Soul creation is more reliable — smarter tone and trait extraction, better placeholder bounds, and reset/state consistency across long sessions.
The admin Margin panel now reflects Stripe-attributable revenue only and prices rate-sheet gaps at the calibration peg, so the headline number is honest instead of optimistic.
Chat now bills accurately at our calibration peg instead of the legacy 1-token-per-Resonance rule, so each model contributes its real cost and your monthly burn is predictable.
Inbox tab badges now follow the search bar — typing "vet" highlights tabs with matching results instead of showing stale unread counts.
Settings now opens with collapsed accordions so you can scan options without scrolling a wall of cards.
Mobile admin messages now show full content and a richer transcript view.
Discovery, Nest, and the store all share the same View & Filter controls bar for consistent navigation.
The store filter panel is now collapsible.
The store list view now respects mobile layouts and virtualizes correctly while you scroll.
Improved SEO with per-route sitemap timestamps and proper hreflang grouping.
Soul reactions now route through a typed catalog so reactions feel consistent across surfaces.
Bug Fixes
Fixed double-deduction where Resonance was being charged against both your subscription quota and your wallet for the same chat — every turn now hits exactly one bucket.
Fixed welcome-grant Resonance not landing for OAuth signups.
Fixed inbox initial-letter avatars (the colored "N" / "L" placeholder) sitting visually too high — letters now sit at true geometric center.
Fixed the Soul check-ins frequency dropdown showing stale values after a reset.
Fixed duplicate share buttons on preset Soul landing pages.
Fixed the OG image route so it stays statically prerender-able.
Fixed promo code errors that were rendering twice in the store.
Closed a security audit pass — 4 Critical, 11 High, and 6 Medium findings resolved.
Fixed a sitemap pre-render crash when DATABASE_URL is unset.
Fixed Memory Atlas mobile zoom/pan behavior.
Fixed VirtualGrid to honor column-class overrides in the virtualized path.
Fixed two production Sentry issues — Inngest DB env diagnosis and /admin/users hydration mismatch.
April 14, 2026
Fostera v0.1.0
New Features
Added a memvid-inspired memory system that gives your AI soul richer, more structured long-term recall.
Added a memory constellation visualization and filterable timeline so you can explore everything your soul remembers.
Added an emotional arc timeline so you can see how your relationship with your soul has evolved over time.
Added emoji reactions with a full emoji picker, letting you respond to soul messages expressively.
Added a voice interface so you can speak with your soul directly instead of typing.
Added multi-soul conversations, allowing multiple AI companions to interact together.
Added relationship milestones that mark meaningful moments in your journey with a soul.
Added a Soul Garden discovery page where you can find and explore other souls.
Added smart proactive outreach so your soul can reach out to you at meaningful moments.
Added public soul profiles so souls can be shared and discovered by others.
Added soul cloning with privacy safeguards, letting you create a copy of a soul.
Added an inbox system with notification badges and push notification support so you never miss a message from your soul.
Added an age verification flow with guardian consent support for context-aware safety.
Added preset soul templates and landing pages to make it easier to get started.
Added a wishlist feature for saving souls you want to grow later.
Added annual billing support as an option on the pricing page.
Added a theme studio so you can personalize the look and feel of your experience.
Added soul reactions, letting your soul respond emotionally to your messages.
Added an account security section to manage your login and credentials.
Added platform import and memory transfer so you can bring existing companions into Fostera.
Improvements
Improved the landing page with a new v2 design, dynamic orb colors, and general UX polish.
Improved soul creation to be more reliable with better state consistency and streaming stability.
Improved the mobile navigation with a scrollable menu, full-width PWA install button, and auto-close on navigation.
Improved voice input with validation and sanitization for more reliable conversations.
Improved the pricing page and soul creation UI with a cleaner, more intuitive layout.
Improved the default soul model to provide higher-quality conversations out of the box.
Set soul conversation suggestions to use a fast, capable model for snappier response ideas.
Bug Fixes
Fixed the sign-in page to no longer ask for date of birth, which is only required at sign-up.
Fixed the logout button location, moving it to the Account tab where it belongs.
Fixed mobile menu scrolling, age tier safety checks, and drawer closing behavior.
Fixed upside-down signal bar icons on the phone frame preview.
Fixed an issue where signed-in users were unexpectedly redirected away from the landing page.
Fixed chat route errors so unexpected data no longer causes conversations to break.
Fixed soul creation so the flow completes reliably from start to first message.