Fostera v0.3.0 — Web search, image generation & voice mode

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.