August turned live sessions into Room — captions, notes, files, and a library you can actually find later. Just Ask got sharper sources and retrieval, your items show what they connect to, and email saves keep their styled layout.
New
Room — A full-page live session with captions, notes, and files. After you save, Just Ask the hour with sources — what was decided, what was on the board, what you marked important. Named rooms show up with your other captures instead of hiding under Voice.
Just Ask can see your captures — When you ask about a receipt, whiteboard, screenshot, or other photo in your library, Just Ask can use the image itself — not only the text we extracted.
Student access — Verify a .edu email for student status. Everyone else on Starter gets three Room sessions to try, then a clear upgrade prompt.
Improved
Smarter Just Ask — Source chips only appear when Just Ask actually used a capture. It finds proper names and emails more reliably, pulls in linked neighbors, coaches you when nothing is saved yet, and formats schedules more clearly.
Connected in your library — Open an item to see related captures — linked items, same-session saves, and similar topics — and link items yourself when you know they belong together.
Email previews that match Gmail — Saving from the Gmail add-on (or Outlook in the extension) now keeps the styled HTML body — layout, buttons, and images — instead of plain text with raw tracking links.
Fixed
Tab recordings that wouldn’t play — Chrome and desktop no longer upload tiny, unplayable WebMs from a failed tab capture.
A library that feels like yours — including on Safari and Mac
July locked the apps together: biometric sign-in on phones, private capture in Chrome, Safari that connects on the first try, and a smoother Mac first launch.
New
Face ID / fingerprint lock — iPhone and Android can require biometrics to open CapturedIt, with the same account you use on the web.
Private capture in Chrome — Mark a save as private at capture time, without a trip through settings first.
Improved
Safari Connect — The Mac App Store build asks for permissions in the popup and stores the key so Connect works the first time.
Mac 0.2.1 — Onboarding appears on first launch, and the “connected” page looks like CapturedIt. One-click connect is the default path.
Playback on phones — Images and audio load on first open instead of sitting on a blank preview.
Fixed
iOS processing that never clears — Pull to refresh, polling, and Live Activities now agree when AI is actually done.
MCP and SDK parity — Ask and capture behave the same from Claude, Node, and Python as they do in the apps.
Smoother first launch and a branded connect experience
Polish release — the setup window shows up the first time you open the app, and the connect page now looks like CapturedIt.
Fixed
Onboarding opens on first launch — The setup window now appears front and center the first time you open the app after installing — no more opening it twice.
Branded connect page — The “Connected to CapturedIt” browser page shown after linking the desktop app now matches the CapturedIt look instead of plain text.
More reliable first-run window — First-run window presentation is more reliable on slower first launches (Gatekeeper verification, cold start).
Android, Slack, and a Mac app that can actually record
April was the month CapturedIt showed up on more devices — and started taking email, Slack, and richer files in one library.
New
Android app — A full native app with Just Ask, library thumbnails, and the same captures you already save on the web.
Slack — Save from Slack with /capturedit, shortcuts, and App Home — each Slack user links their own CapturedIt account.
Email and extra file types — Forward a message to save it, drop in .eml files, and capture HTML, JSON, CSV, spreadsheets, and video that we transcribe.
Improved
Mac screen, mic, and region capture — Record what you see, hide the window while you do it, and pick a region instead of the whole display.
Chrome tab recording — The extension popup can record the tab you’re on, not just save a link.
Just Ask on iPhone and Android — Answers look like the web (markdown, refresh), and weekly digest plus related items stay in sync.
Fixed
PDFs in the library — Grid and list thumbnails show up on iOS, and scanned pages get another look when the first pass misses the text.
Capture from the browser, and ask your library from anywhere
March put CapturedIt in Chrome and Safari, landed Just Ask on your library, and opened the door for Claude and other MCP clients.
New
Chrome and Safari extensions — Save the page, a link, or a quick voice note without leaving the tab — including Drop Audio and an in-popup mic.
MCP, Node, and Python — Connect Claude or your own tools with OAuth, and capture or search through the Node and Python SDKs.
Download pages for every app — Find Chrome, Safari, iOS, and Android from one place instead of hunting through settings.
Improved
Just Ask reads more of your library — Hybrid search and date windows mean answers can pull the right notes, not just the latest ones. Ask output now renders as readable markdown.
Smarter capture on the go — The phone UI respects the Dynamic Island and safe areas, and the screen stays awake while you record or upload.
Fixed
Billing and onboarding mix-ups — Existing subscribers land in Billing instead of a second checkout, and the first-run tour is less likely to get stuck.
