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Follow up on the latest improvements and updates.
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New Features
- Dedicated Billing Tab- Billing now has its own dedicated tab with a redesigned layout, making it easier to review billable time and financial summaries.
- Custom App Currency- Choose your preferred currency for billing, invoices, and related reports to better match your workflow.
Improvements
- Faster App Launch- AI suggestions now load on demand instead of being preloaded at startup, reducing unnecessary work when opening the app.
- Better Date Navigation- Refined date presets and navigation behavior across reports for quicker jumps between common time ranges.
- Improved Trial Configuration- Updated the app's trial setup and related messaging to better align with the current licensing flow.
- More Reliable MCP Dates- Date handling in Chronoid's MCP tools is now more consistent when queried by AI assistants.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Rule Creation Undo- Undo support is more reliable when creating new project rules.
- Fixed Empty Timeline Days- The timeline report now displays correctly even on days with no tracked activity.
New Features
- Claude Desktop and Codex Tracking- Chronoid can now recognize activity from Claude Desktop and Codex desktop sessions, giving you better visibility into AI-assisted work.
- Smarter Onboarding Experience- New animated onboarding demos, upgrade prompts, and trial reminders make it easier to understand Chronoid and get set up faster.
Improvements
- Better Timeline Suggestions- Smart manual time entry suggestions are more accurate, and you can now accept all suggestions at once.
- Faster Timeline Navigation- Timeline zooming, scrolling, and visible-hour trimming now feel smoother and more focused on the time ranges you actually used.
- Project-Based Billing for Manual Time- Billing and export calculations for manual time entries now follow the selected project's billing setup more consistently.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Timeline Alignment at Low Zoom- Timeline blocks now stay aligned correctly when you zoom far out.
fixed
Version 1.0.77 (83)
Improvements
- Remove All Rules- Quickly remove all rules from a project at once using the new option in the rule configurator footer.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Missing Rules in Rule Tree- Rules created outside the rule configurator now correctly appear in the rule tree view.
New Features
- Apple Intelligence Support- Use Apple's on-device AI as a provider for activity categorization and chat, with no API key required. Enable it in Settings > Providers.
- MCP Server- Chronoid now includes an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets AI assistants like Claude query your time tracking data directly. Analyze productivity, distractions, work sessions, and more through natural conversation.
- AI-Powered Time Entry Suggestions- Get smart suggestions for manual time entries directly on the timeline. Chronoid uses AI to recommend titles, notes, and project assignments based on your activity context.
- What's New Dialog- See a summary of the latest features and improvements each time the app is updated.
- CMD Scroll to Zoom Timeline- Use CMD mouse wheel to quickly zoom in and out of the timeline view for faster navigation.
Improvements
- Accept All Suggestions- Quickly accept all pending AI suggestions at once instead of reviewing them one by one.
- Better AI Summaries- Improved AI-generated summaries when creating manual time entries, especially with smaller language models.
New Features
- Quit Confirmation- Chronoid now asks for confirmation before quitting to prevent accidental app termination.
New Features
- Meeting Time Logging- Chronoid now detects when a video call ends (Zoom, Teams, FaceTime, Google Meet) and shows a floating prompt to quickly log the meeting as a manual time entry. Configurable in Settings > Tracking with a minimum duration filter.
fixed
Version 1.0.73 (79)
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Full URL Rule Type- Fixed an issue where changing a rule's type to "Full URL" would revert back to the previous type after closing the Settings window.
New Features
- Full URL Rules- Create rules that match against the complete URL (domain path) for more precise activity categorization.
- Helium Browser Support- Added support for Helium and other Firefox-based browsers in activity tracking, web blocking, and redirect handling.
- Undo/Redo for Manual Time Entries- Easily undo or redo changes to manual time entries and category assignments with reliable state handling.
- Pause Indicator in Menu Bar- The pomodoro progress ring now shows a visual pause indicator, and the status bar icon dims when tracking is paused.
Improvements
- Extended Timeline Zoom- Maximum timeline zoom increased from 1000% to 2000% for even more detailed views.
- More Accurate Time Tracking- Improved tracking reliability by preventing App Nap interference and fixing sleep span inflation.
- Better Favicon Loading- Faster and more reliable website icon loading with improved caching.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Sleep and Idle Time Display- Corrected time tracking accuracy for sleep, idle recovery, and pomodoro break periods.
New Features
- Revamped Timeline View- Completely redesigned timeline with smoother zooming, visible time gaps, and activity titles displayed directly on the timeline bars.
- Manual Time Entry on Timeline- Create and edit manual time entries directly from the timeline view with project color coding for easy identification.
- Pinch to Zoom- Use trackpad gestures to zoom in and out of the timeline for detailed or overview perspectives.
- Final Cut Pro Support- Automatically extract and display your current project name when working in Final Cut Pro.
Improvements
- Extended Free Trial- Free trial period extended from 14 days to 30 days.
- Context Menu Icons- Added icons to context menus throughout the app for better visual recognition.
- Better Event Popovers- Improved time format display and project name visibility in activity popovers.
New Features
- Compound Rules- Build powerful nested rule groups with AND/OR/NOR logic to precisely categorize your activities. Combine multiple conditions into hierarchical groups for fine-grained control.
- Regex Matching- Use regular expressions in rules for advanced pattern matching, with real-time validation and context-aware examples for each condition type.
- Predefined Groups- Quickly create rules using curated domain and app groups like "Social Media", "Development", "Gaming", and more — no need to add sites one by one.
- Chinese (Simplified) Localization- Full Simplified Chinese language support across the entire app.
Improvements
- Smarter Web Blocker- The web blocker now uses the same powerful rule engine as project categorization, supporting compound rules, regex, and predefined domain groups for more flexible blocking.
- Context-Aware Suggestions- Smart suggestions now use predefined domain groups to provide more relevant project assignment recommendations.
- Less Interruption from Suggestions- Activities that already match an existing project rule no longer trigger suggestion prompts.
- Inline Help- Added contextual help tooltips throughout the rule editor to guide you through creating effective rules.
- Better Onboarding- Refreshed onboarding flow with smoother animations and clearer setup steps.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Settings Navigation- Resolved an issue where navigating to settings from the status menu could be overridden by the deep link handler.
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