Hey Sumo-lings,

Vit here. We've shipped two solid updates to Recall recently, and I wanted to walk you through what's new myself — because a lot of it came directly from feedback you all sent us.

Recall 0.38.0 (July 2026)

We heard you: Recall is quieter now. The most consistent piece of feedback we got was that Recall interrupted too much. Most proactive panels are now off by default, and only surface when they'll actually earn your attention. Smart Return and the drift reminder still pop up, and all five nudges are yours to control in Settings, under Nudges.

Windows open where you are. Recall windows now open on the Space you're on, right on top of whatever you're doing, instead of triggering a system dialog. First click works, the window sticks around so you can go back to it, and closing it hands focus back to the app you were using. A phantom hidden window that silently broke menubar navigation is gone for good.

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Also in this release. Summon Smart Return anytime with the menubar button or Option-Command-R. Capture a task straight off your screen with Option-Command-T. Global shortcuts are now remappable in Settings. Drift reminders now fire correctly when you slide into leisure inside a work session, and an occasional menubar popover rendering glitch is fixed.

Recall 0.37.0 (July 2026)

Parallel work, tracked properly. Each workstream now gets its own thread instead of being mashed into one. The menubar shows what you're focused on plus an "Also live" list of everything else in flight, honestly and clearly.

Project recognition, rebuilt. Recall derives your projects from the real shape of your work, so there are far fewer "Franken-projects" and junk cards. If it thinks two projects are the same, it suggests a merge, and never buries them without your backup. Rename a project and the name sticks.

Recognition beyond code. CRM records (Salesforce, HubSpot) and creative and office documents (Final Cut, Premiere, Photoshop, Logic, Word, Excel and more) now become real projects, grouped by the actual document or record instead of lumped together as "that app."

When it isn't sure, it says so. Work that can't be confidently placed waits in an unassigned state, and a local background assistant files it into the right project only when it's genuinely confident. Every automatic move is logged and reversible, and nothing leaves your Mac.

Finish tasks right from the panels. The Smart Return and "pick one" panels let you mark work done, small celebration included, and finished work is never suggested again. Smart Return no longer disappears on a timer — it waits for you.

Browse any day, not just today. The Today view can travel back in time: open any past day and see exactly what you worked on, frozen as that day ended.

Movies aren't work. Recall now tells doing from watching. Entertainment counts as a break, not a fake work session, and you get a gentle nudge when you're drifting with real work open.

Extra devices and steadier under load. Add device slots right from your account, and in-flight work now survives app restarts and in-app updates without losing context.

All of this came from watching how you actually use Recall day to day — keep the feedback coming, it's directly shaping the roadmap.

Thanks for being here,
Vit
Recall