What's new in Cloudy.

Talk to it, and it clicks where it should.

Cloudy now holds a spoken conversation, clicks reliably on any website, shows the right pictures, and answers everyday questions faster, in a calmer window.

• Voice mode: tap the waveform and just talk. Cloudy listens, answers out loud while it writes, and stops when you talk over it. Choose spoken or written replies in Settings.
• Clicks that land: Cloudy brings the right window forward, hovers like a person and clicks with your mouse, so websites take the click. Prefer your pointer left alone? Pick Cloudy's cursor only in Settings › Scan.
• Lighter on your screen: Cloudy turns into the cursor only to click, type or scroll. Opening apps, websites and settings happens without it.
• Pictures and figures: more pictures of exactly what you asked about, and diagrams drawn right in the reply for science and maths questions, with each part of a question answered under its own label.
• Quicker answers: everyday questions are answered in a second or two, without long rounds of searching.
• A calmer window: a softer sidebar with sections you can fold, smaller menus, back and forward buttons, a chat title menu, / commands in the message box, and picture thumbnails in the box.
• Chats named after what they're about: after the first reply, a new chat gets a short title that sums it up.
• Built-in browser: searches go straight to Google, pages switch between phone and desktop layouts to fit the panel, and Expand gives a page the whole window.
• Smoother: long chats open on their last messages right away, and the window keeps up while you switch chats.

Projects, tabs and answers you can check.

Cloudy keeps your work in projects, opens chats as tabs, shows the pages behind its answers, and asks before it does anything that matters.

• Projects: give a project its own instructions and files, and every chat in it follows them.
• Tabs: keep several chats open along the top, and press Cmd+T for a new one.
• Answers you can check: when Cloudy searches the web, the reply shows the pages it used, with Answer, Sources and Images views. Ask for sources and it searches first.
• Richer replies: step-by-step cards, key points, comparison tables, pictures, and follow-up questions you can tap.
• Keep talking while it works: send another message while Cloudy is replying or working, and it picks it up at the next step.
• Asks first: Cloudy asks before it looks at your screen or uses your Mac, confirms before anything that sends, buys or deletes, and switches to a safe mode if a page tries to give it instructions.
• A browser beside the chat, with tabs, and pages or games that break now show the error with a Fix it button.
• Your language: the whole app in English, 繁體中文, 日本語 or 한국어.
• A more polished look: new Settings, a chat font, an accent color, colors for Cloudy itself, smaller menus, and a draft kept for every chat.

Diagrams and a tidier chat.

Cloudy draws real diagrams now, asks several questions at once, and keeps the chat on the newest line.

• Real diagrams: ask how something works and Cloudy draws a proper diagram (flowcharts, timelines, sequences) instead of boxes made of text.
• Several questions at once: when Cloudy needs a few answers before it starts, it asks up to four questions, one tab each.
• Follows the reply: the chat stays on the newest line while Cloudy writes, unless you scroll up, and the last line no longer hides under the message box.
• Typing, easier: Cmd+V pastes a screenshot or image into the chat, and Cmd+Return starts a new line.
• A quieter look: a small breathing dot while Cloudy thinks, flat menus everywhere instead of glass, a sharper cursor, and the window controls line up with the traffic lights.
• Small fixes: the chat no longer greys out for a moment after you send, Settings stays behind other windows like a normal window, and Auto is no longer marked Beta.

Calmer and smoother.

A calmer, smoother Cloudy: new menus, faster replies from quick models, and a fix for permissions that wouldn't stick.

• Pick with @ and /: a clean menu for AIs (including every model you added yourself), earlier chats, files and skills. Arrow keys to move, Tab or Return to pick, Esc to close.
• Thinking, calmer: while Cloudy thinks it says a word like Musing or Discovering, and keeps the thoughts behind the arrow. Searches show up between them and open to their results.
• Smoother with fast models: replies from quick models like DeepSeek no longer slow the app down, and a busy model is asked again a few times before Cloudy gives up. Your own models show with their short names.
• A steadier window: it stays behind when a task finishes in another app (the Dock icon bounces once), and it no longer jumps to the front when you change desktops. Right-click menus now look like the rest of Cloudy.
• Temporary chats you can see: a dashed outline marks your messages, and the new-chat box gets a dashed frame. Cloudy only saves a file when you ask for one.
• Permissions that stick: if Screen Recording still says no after you turned it on, Cloudy now shows Restart Cloudy, or a Reset and ask again option under the ? next to it.
• The disclaimer sits just above the message box, and the round arrow to jump to the latest message shows sooner.

Ask, and it's done.

Cloudy now does what you ask from any chat, lets you choose how much it can see and do, and makes real documents.

• Acts when it needs to: ask in any chat and Cloudy uses your Mac itself when the request needs it, instead of saying it can't. Tasks that look something up end with the whole answer.
• Three modes under the message box: Auto acts on your Mac, Observe only looks at your screen and explains, and Chat only never sees your screen.
• Real documents: save a reply as a Word document, PDF or spreadsheet, or ask Cloudy to make and edit files in Documents › Cloudy Files.
• Bring more AI: several custom endpoints at once, each with its own key, and models that only read text (like GLM's) now work. Pick any local model you've installed; ones that see images can do screen tasks too.
• Room to think: Settings › Models › Wait for slow replies lets a model think for up to 30 minutes, and Cloudy asks once more before giving up.
• A calmer window: thinking shows one short line per thought, with each web search you can open; type @ to bring in another chat or a file; drag the sidebar wider; each AI's logo in the model menu.
• Cloudy is now signed and notarized by Apple. Because of that, macOS asks once more for Accessibility and Screen Recording: turn Cloudy on again in System Settings › Privacy & Security. If it still can't see or click, remove Cloudy from those lists with the minus button and add it again.

Lighter, smoother, yours.

Our biggest performance update yet: Cloudy uses a fraction of the memory, moves at your display's full refresh rate, and works with your own AI provider.

• Our biggest optimization yet: Cloudy now uses about 50 MB of memory instead of about 300 MB, and about half the CPU while it rests. Its voice loads when you talk and leaves memory after 10 quiet minutes.
• Smoother everywhere: Cloudy's flights, its cursor and the window's animations now follow your display's refresh rate, up to 120 Hz on ProMotion screens.
• Your own provider: connect OpenRouter, GLM or any server that speaks OpenAI's format, even one on your own network, in Settings › Models › Custom. It works for chats, tasks and scans.
• A new Settings: eight clear pages, both brains side by side on the Models page, each provider with its logo, and a switch to turn a provider off for a while without removing its key.
• Chat while it works: when Cloudy uses your Mac from a window chat, the window shrinks into a small chat in the top right corner. Watch each step, keep talking to Cloudy, or stop it, and drag it wherever you like.
• Menu bar replies now show bold text, lists and code properly, and Continue in window carries the conversation over. Slow models get minutes to answer instead of timing out.
• Double-click the top of the window to zoom it, like any Mac app.

Cloudy talks back.

Cloudy now asks when it needs to, tells you when there's a better choice, and can read its replies out loud.

• Cloudy can ask you a question with options to click, or to pick with the number keys, and you can always type your own answer. It asks instead of guessing when the answer would change what it does.
• Straight talk: when there's a better choice than the one you picked, Cloudy says so and why, then helps with whatever you decide. If your own instructions ask it to just go along, it does.
• Read aloud: every reply has a speaker button, plus when it was written (hover for the exact time).
• Command-R reloads the window without stopping anything that's running, and in full screen the sidebar buttons move to the left edge and the sidebar turns solid.
• Scans upload the screenshot twice instead of up to four times, and problems that Settings can fix now come with a button that goes straight there.
• Cloudy falls asleep after 5 minutes away instead of 3, and New chat in the sidebar looks like the other rows.

Less goes out.

Scans send less of your screen and arrive faster, and you can see exactly what Cloudy sent.

• Scans now send only the window you're working in. Other apps, notifications, the Dock and the menu bar are blacked out on your Mac before anything leaves it. Turn this off in Settings › General if a question is spread over two windows.
• What Cloudy sent, in Settings › General › Privacy: the last 30 things that left your Mac, with where they went, when, which model and a small preview. It's kept only on your Mac and you can clear it.
• Scan screenshots are about half the size, so they upload faster, especially on slow Wi-Fi.
• Safer clicking: “−12” and “12” are no longer mixed up, quizzes with circled letters click more reliably, and Cloudy doesn't click when the model's letter and its answer text disagree.

Know what happened.

A small update that tells you what every scan did, and a gentler first run.

• Scan status: after each scan, a short line under Cloudy says what happened (clicked, copied, or why nothing was clicked), which brain answered and how long it took. It never shows the answer, and you can turn it off in Settings › General.
• Setting up Cloudy now ends with a practice question, so your first scan isn't in the middle of a quiz.
• Every release is now checked against a set of test quizzes before it ships: the right answer, the exact spot to click, and no click on a wrong letter.

Clicks you can trust.

Click the answer for me was rebuilt around what Cloudy actually reads on your screen, and scans get a backup brain.

• Click the answer for me now clicks only where Cloudy has read the chosen answer on screen with your Mac's own text recognition. It works on Kahoot, Blooket and quiz pages without letters, finds a lone number next to a radio button, and never clicks a spot it hasn't confirmed; when it can't confirm one, it shows the letter instead.
• Backup brain for scans (Settings › General): when your brain is out of free requests or over a limit, the same scan is asked of another brain you have a key for.
• Cloudy dozes off in the menu bar too when you leave your Mac for a few minutes.
• Fixed: on a quiz with answer tiles, a scan could show the answer as text instead of clicking; options like "II and III" or "x²" were sometimes not matched.

Many things at once.

Cloudy can now work on several chats at the same time, and it is much better at using your Mac for you.

• Background agents: start a chat, then another, and up to three work at the same time. The sidebar shows what each one is doing, and a quiet notification tells you when one finishes.
• Using your Mac for you is faster and more reliable: Cloudy clicks buttons and links by name, picks menu commands directly, checks that its typing arrived, and finishes simple tasks in about half the time.
• Fixed: typing or clicking right after a keyboard shortcut did nothing, Cloudy sometimes opened the wrong app, and it could stop its own task.
• Four new voices in Settings › Voice: Breeze, Misty, Storm and Dusk, all made on your Mac.
• A Personality setting (Chill, Cheerful, Playful, Focused), and Cloudy's face now tells you what's going on: busy, done, confused, or asleep when you're away.
• Click the answer for me clicks the circle or checkbox next to an answer, and no longer clicks after a quiz has moved on.
• Cloudy no longer introduces itself in every greeting, its only sound is its voice, and Send Task Log in Settings › About helps us fix a problem you report.

Ready when you are.

A small update to Beta 8 that makes the window nicer to type in.

• Cloudy's window opens ready to type: it's in front and the cursor is already in the message box.
• A more polished message box: a solid card, the text cursor anywhere you can type, and a border that brightens while you point at it or type.
• Links show the hand pointer, and Keep computer awake is marked Beta.
• Fixed: asking Cloudy who it is could flash one answer and then swap it for another.

Quicker answers, smarter clicks.

Clicking that works on more kinds of quizzes, answers that arrive sooner, and a window that keeps up with the newest models.

• Click the answer for me now works on Kahoot-style tiles and picture answers, and clicks sooner: a quick answer is clicked first and corrected if a more careful one disagrees.
• Free-response and code answers are copied about twice as fast, then improved if a better one comes in.
• A safety limit of 10 scans a minute protects your API key, and Cloudy tells you clearly when your free Gemini requests run low.
• Search everything with ⌘K: chats, projects, routines, pages Cloudy built and scan answers.
• The menu bar and the window each have their own brain, and every window chat keeps its own Effort (Balanced is recommended).
• The model menu shows each provider's newest models on its own, like GPT-6.1 Sol and Gemini 3.8 Flash; add others in Settings › Brain.
• Clicking and typing for you is more reliable (now marked Beta), links underline as you point at them, Keep computer awake only runs while Cloudy works, and a crash and several window bugs are fixed.

Build things right in the chat.

Our biggest update yet: Cloudy's window becomes a full chat app that can make things you can try right away, and Cloudy now runs on Intel Macs and macOS 15.

• Ask for a game, a web page or a drawing and it opens live next to the chat, with its code and earlier versions one click away.
• Edit any message or retry an answer, then flip between versions. Copy, retry or rate any reply from the bar under it.
• Styles change how Cloudy writes: Normal, Concise, Explanatory, Formal, or one you make yourself.
• Attach PDFs, Word documents, text and code files. Long pastes turn into a tidy card, math shows up properly and code is colour-coded.
• Local models: download, pick and remove AI models that run right on your Mac, in Settings › Brain › This Mac.
• Scan and Answer can click the answer for you (Pro, off by default), and Turbo makes it faster.
• Rename, pin, fork, export or share a chat from its title. Plus a cleaner look with new menus and fonts, and a Keep computer awake option in Settings.
• Cloudy now runs on Intel Macs and on macOS 15 or later.

Tell us how it's going.

A small update to Beta 6 that makes it easy to tell us what you think, plus a change to the free plan.

• Every now and then, Cloudy asks you to rate the beta, with room for a comment. It stops once you've rated, and you can rate any time in Settings › About.
• The free plan now includes 3 Scan and Answer a week instead of 3 a day. Pro is still unlimited.

A new home for your chats.

Beta 6 rebuilds the Cloudy window around how you work: find things faster, keep private chats private, and hand the routine stuff to Cloudy.

• Temporary chats aren't saved and don't use Memory. Cloudy goes incognito while you're in one.
• Routines (beta) do a task for you on a schedule, like checking your homework every weekday.
• Skills teach Cloudy how you like things done. Type / to use one.
• Point a chat at a folder on your Mac, and pick the shape of the answer: a document, slides, a table or notes.
• A cleaner sidebar with search, pinned chats, a chats-or-tasks filter, and back and forward.

Faster, and chat stays chat.

• Faster: “open YouTube”, “open Notes”, “search lofi on YouTube”, “mute”, “set volume to 30” and “turn on dark mode” happen instantly, with no cursor. Bigger tasks use direct links and keyboard shortcuts first and only click when they have to.
• Saying hi stays a chat: Cloudy no longer turns into a cursor unless you ask it to do something or to teach you.
• The chat window only looks at your screen when your message needs it, such as a task or “explain this”. Plain chat is faster and more private.

Beta keys that last 14 days.

• Beta keys now last 14 days. Cloudy reminds you 3 days before, and Settings › Pro shows the date. When a key runs out, enter a new one and everything is right where you left it. Keys given out earlier work through October 13.

Invite-only beta, and a new name: Cloudy for Mac.

• The beta is now invite-only: Cloudy asks for your beta license key when it opens, and downloading it needs one too. There's no free trial in the beta: a Free beta key gives the Free plan, a Pro beta key gives Pro. At the public launch, beta keys end and everyone gets a 7-day Pro trial.
• Cloudy is now Cloudy for Mac, the AI operating system for your Mac. Settings › About shows the new name and trademark notice.

Cloudy thinks out loud, looks things up and works in teams.

• Thinking you can open: while Cloudy works it says “Thinking…” or “Working…”, and afterwards “Thought for 6s” opens to show its reasoning and steps.
• Replies stream in word by word, with every AI provider and local models.
• Quiet web search: questions about anything current are searched in the background, with sources under the answer. No extra key needed.
• Chat or task: questions are answered right in chat. Cloudy only takes over the mouse when you ask it to do something.
• Terminal (optional): Cloudy can run commands quietly to check things on your Mac. Risky commands are blocked.
• Team mode (Pro): @mention models to give each one its own task. They work at the same time and Cloudy merges the results.
• Projects: keep big work in its own chats and add PDFs, notes or code that every model in the project reads.
• Memory: Cloudy remembers what you tell it about yourself. See, delete or turn it off in Settings.
• Cloudy's cursor, drawings and bubbles are hidden from screen shares and recordings.
• A redesigned chat window: new sidebar with Projects and Recents, a cleaner composer with model, effort and permission menus, a microphone picker and a + menu.
• A redesigned Settings window with its pages on the left and a new Memory page. It now always opens in the middle of your screen.
• Friendly greetings that change with the time of day.
• Keyboard shortcuts (⌘N, ⇧⌘N, ⌘K, ⌘U), Export as Markdown, Send Feedback and a What's New card.

Hello, world. Cloudy moves in.

• A menu bar pet with moods: it blinks, follows your pointer, thinks, celebrates and naps. Its size is adjustable.
• Chat that sees your screen: a quick chat box from the cloud, and a full window with saved chats, search and Markdown replies.
• Attach images with the paperclip, by drag and drop, or as a screenshot of one window.
• Scan and Answer: the letter shows in the cloud for multiple choice; short answers and code are copied to the clipboard. Past answers live under “Scan answers”.
• Computer use (Pro): Cloudy flies its own cursor to click, type, scroll and drag, then double-checks its work. Esc stops it.
• Talk to Cloudy (Pro): hold ⌥Space (customizable) and speak, and Cloudy turns into little sound bars while it listens. Speech is recognised on your Mac, in English plus one more language you choose. The chat window has a mic button too: click, talk, then edit and send.
• Cloudy's own voice (Pro): replies are spoken in Cloudy's own natural voice, which runs offline on your Mac. By default it speaks when you talked to it; choose When I talk, Always or Never, and the speed. Other languages use the best Apple voice for that language.
• Teaching on screen (Pro): ask Cloudy to explain something on your screen and it flies its cursor to each spot, drawing arrows, circles, boxes, underlines, check marks and labels step by step while it explains out loud. The drawings stay until you click, press Esc or start talking again, and you can answer by voice to keep going.
• OpenAI, Anthropic and Google Gemini with your own key; local models through Ollama (Pro).
• Model and effort picker (Turbo, Fast, Balanced, Smart) right in the composer.
• Customizable hotkeys with combos, double-taps and chords. Defaults: double-tap ⌥ to scan, ⌃⌥Space to chat.
• Custom instructions.
• Guided setup: pick an AI, check your key, grant Screen Recording and Accessibility.
• Automatic updates, checked once a day.
• A 7-day Pro trial on every new install.

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