What's new

New voices for Korso

• Korso has new, more natural voices in English, Japanese and Chinese
• You can choose a male or a female voice during setup or in Settings
• Korso speaks a little faster
• When an answer takes more time, Korso tells you what it does first
• During a guided task, Korso says each step aloud
• Korso can draw straight arrows on your screen
• When you sign out, the card shows a sign-in screen
• Dictation starts to record faster
• More bug fixes

• The Free and Premium plans give you two times more use each day
• Voice conversations use less of your daily limit
• The new-user tour is easier to read over a light desktop
• More bug fixes

• When the card is closed, live conversation shows its controls below the tab
• Settings has a Quit Korso link under Account
• Asking before acting changes from Always ask to Auto one time
• Short voice requests such as "cancel my timer" no longer stop Korso without an answer
• The new-user tour moves aside while you connect your calendar
• MacYou can click the apps behind the tab
• Some minor fixes

• When your version of Korso is too old, Korso tells you to update it. Before, it showed "The request is invalid."
• When you update from a version before 0.7.0, Korso shows the 0.7.0 What's new card and its tour

Talk with Korso

• Korso can speak its answers. Turn on Voice answers in Settings
• In a live conversation, you talk with Korso without holding a key. Turn on Live conversation in Settings
• Korso is much better at using your apps for you. It can click, type and edit in more apps
• Korso fills in forms on web pages faster. It can do more than one action in one step
• Korso can read PDF files, pictures, and Word, Excel and PowerPoint files on your computer
• You can ask Korso to undo a change that it made
• Before Korso changes a file on your computer, it keeps a copy of the file
• Settings has a new setting, Asking before acting. Choose Always ask, Auto or Never ask
• If Korso cannot do what you ask, or if something does not work, Korso can send a report to the Korso team. You can change the text before you send it
• When you ask how to do something, Korso shows each step and marks the control to use. You can pause, resume or end the steps
• Your tab has new widgets: Now playing, weather, calendar, a timer and reminders
• You can put a pet on your tab. Choose from 10 pets and give your pet a name
• Customize Korso is a new page where you choose your pet and widgets. You can also ask Korso to change them
• Korso Premium is available. It gives you 20 times the daily Assistant, for $20 a month or $200 a year
• If you use more than one screen, Korso sees the screen that your mouse is on. You can keep the tab on any screen
• The tour for new users is new. Korso tells you about each step
• You can remove marks one at a time, or use Clear drawing to remove all marks
• When Korso draws on your screen, the card moves to the side
• The card follows a long answer as Korso writes it
• When you ask a new question, the card closes Settings and History
• When you dictate and no text field is selected, Korso copies the words to the clipboard
• WindowsKorso types more reliably in Chrome, Edge and other Chromium apps
• MacKorso opens only the System Settings pages that your Mac has
• When you turn the volume up, Korso also unmutes the sound
• The controls on the card have Japanese and Chinese names
• Emails from Korso have a link to unsubscribe in one click
• You must update to this version to continue to use Korso
• Some minor fixes

• Settings has a new layout. Each group of settings is in a box
• Settings and the Usage view show how much of the Assistant you can use today, as a percentage
• When you use all of your dictation for the day, the card opens and tells you when you can dictate again
• The Microphone menu shows the microphone that Automatic uses
• You can search the list in Languages you speak
• MacAfter you install an update, Korso opens again
• If the card or the tab goes blank, Korso loads it again
• When the connected account cannot open an item, Korso tells you to connect the account that owns the item
• When the first question is very short, Korso writes the conversation title in the language of the app
• When Korso cannot do a step of a task, it tells you why in the answer
• Some minor fixes

• You can type while Korso answers. Send the new question to stop the answer and ask the new question
• When you ask a question from Connected apps, History or Your usage, the card shows the conversation
• When the window is an app that you connected, Korso tries to do the task through the app before it uses the screen
• Korso reads the text in a field before it changes the text, and it checks each change. It can put the old text back
• Korso uses a new provider for speech to text
• Select the languages that you speak in Settings > Microphone > Languages you speak
• When Korso cannot finish an answer, it tells you what it did
• The Korso team can send you emails about new features and changes to Korso. To stop them, write to support@korsoai.com
• We updated the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service. Korso shows a notice about the change
• Some minor fixes

Korso 0.6 comes to Windows

• The Windows app now has all the changes from version 0.6.0. This includes connected apps such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack and Notion
• Windows users get the new version through the automatic update
• Some minor fixes

Korso works in your online apps. Connect Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack, Notion, GitHub and more

• Connect an app in Settings > Connected apps. Or ask Korso to do a task in the app, and Korso asks to connect it
• Korso reads and does tasks in the apps that you connect. For example, it reads your calendar or writes an email
• Korso always asks before it sends an email from Gmail, Outlook or another email app. It also asks before a calendar change that can send an email to your guests
• In Gmail and Outlook, the card shows the email. You can change the email before Korso sends or saves it
• Search for an app with a common word in English, Japanese or Chinese, such as mail, メール or 邮件
• Disconnect an app at any time in Settings > Connected apps
• Paste an image into the text box to add it to your question
• Type the start of a question in the open card, then speak the rest. Korso joins the two parts
• Characters that can hide or reorder text in an answer show as codes. When you copy the answer, you get the original text
• The sign-in pages use the language that you select in Korso: English, Japanese or Simplified Chinese
• Some minor fixes

• Korso answers in the language of your question
• Korso looks for updates every hour and when your computer wakes
• The welcome tour shows Korso with your own apps
• The welcome tour ends with ways to contact us
• The Chinese welcome tour tells you to hold the two keys while you speak
• MacYou can lock a recording with a double tap
• MacYou can ask Korso to play music in Spotify and other music apps
• MacThe welcome tour asks you to allow each permission
• Some minor fixes

• Ask Korso to do things in your apps
• Ask Korso to change a setting or to control music
• Korso knows which apps you have installed
• Your usage shows each day more clearly
• Harder questions get better answers
• Contact us is in Settings
• MacThe card stays on the screen when Korso takes a screenshot
• MacKorso needs macOS 13 or later
• Some minor fixes

• Drag a corner to resize the card. Reset size undoes it
• Click a day in Your usage to see its details
• Your usage counts every dictation
• The card opens when you start Korso or update it
• A card shows what is new after an update
• MacFn + Control talks. Control + Option dictates
• MacYour usage shows the icon of each app
• MacBack in Your usage shows under the notch
• MacOn a Mac without a notch, the tab is at the top of the screen
• MacThe tab stays on the edge when you drag it to a corner
• Some minor fixes

• MacAfter you allow Screen Recording, Quit & Reopen opens Korso again
• MacKorso quits fully when you quit it during setup. It opens again when you click it
• MacThe tile that helps you add Korso to a permission list shows only when System Settings is open
• MacThe shortcut steps in the tour tell you when Korso needs Accessibility. Open Settings goes to the correct setting
• The shortcut steps update when you turn on a permission during the tour
• Back in the tour skips the permissions step when all permissions are on

Korso shows how much time it saves you

• Open Usage from Settings. It shows your time saved, dictated words, answered prompts, a streak calendar, and the apps you use Korso in most
• Save your usage as an image to share
• A new switch in Settings turns usage and crash reports on or off. The sign-in screen tells you what Korso reports
• The screen or microphone notice has an Open Settings button. The button opens the correct system setting. The notice closes when the permission is on
• Korso reads your permissions again when you return to it. A new permission applies without a restart
• MacThe permission dialog opens in front of other windows
• WindowsThe installed app follows the microphone switch in Windows Settings

• MacOn a new Mac, the card does not open over the tour. The sign-in link stays valid for the full wait. The card fits the Mac screen height
• MacIf you open Korso from the disk image or from Downloads, Korso offers to move itself to Applications. Updates and start at login then work
• MacThe Quit item in the tray menu names the app
• Sign out asks for confirmation inside the account row. The settings sheet does not move
• New accounts get an updated welcome email from the founders
• The download button on korsoai.com detects your computer and lists the other builds in a menu

Korso for Mac. Signed and notarized for Apple silicon and Intel, with the same features as Windows

• MacDictation shows text while you speak. Settings lists your microphones so you can select one
• MacThe first-run tour requests Microphone, Screen Recording and Accessibility permissions from the system. Korso can start at login
• MacThe Mac app updates itself from its own feed, the same as Windows
• Each account now has 150 answers and 80 minutes of speech per day
• Approval cards show exactly what will run. Hidden or look-alike characters are visible. Web targets show their real host. You must scroll to the end of a long script before Allow is enabled
• Some actions always ask, whatever the safety check says: a write to a program or startup folder, a read of a credential cache, or a suspicious web address after a file read
• WindowsPowerShell starts only from its system folder

Korso decides when to ask. Normal actions run on their own. A safety check stops risky actions for your approval

• Seven desktop tools: read, list, write and edit files; open files and websites; start apps; run PowerShell on Windows or a shell on Mac
• A safety check rates every action except reads. Normal actions run and show a line in the transcript. Cautious actions show an amber tag. Dangerous actions stop for your approval
• A new setting, Always ask before acting, shows a card for every change
• Math in answers is typeset. Raw LaTeX is not shown
• Remaining today shows the time until the reset, not a UTC time
• New accounts get a welcome note from the founders
• If your account uses Google, the sign-in page sends you to Continue with Google before you type a password
• The update row says only "An update is ready"

• If Korso needs an update to continue, it shows an update screen with one Update now button. It does not show an error
• Fixes to how releases are built and published

Korso can act on your desktop. It opens apps, files and websites and runs commands. Each action shows an approval card

• Ask Korso to open an app, a file or a website, or to run a command. A card shows the tool and the target before the action runs. A file read does not need a card
• Move this there: circle an item and draw an arrow to its new place. Korso understands the move
• Sign in from the account block in Settings. The browser page handles Google and email sign-in and shows the terms
• Each account has 300 answers and 120 minutes of speech per day
• If your account uses Google, the sign-in page sends you to Continue with Google
• Security fixes in sign-in, the backend and the desktop app