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What's new in Kalima.

New features, improvements, and fixes, as they ship.

October 2026

7 updates

  1. Feature

    A recording widget on top of your meeting

    Keep your recording in view while you work in your meeting app.

    • Time and level above every app
    • Moments, stop, name and destination from the widget
    • The saved recording one click away
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    • Drag the widget anywhere: it snaps into place and tucks away as a slim tab at the side of the screen.
    • Switch Privacy mode right in the widget, and it stays out of your screen share like every Kalima window.
    • Choose when the widget appears, whether it starts collapsed or expanded, and how it looks under Settings, Audio & recording.
    • Continue recording in a session that already has audio, and the clock shows the session's full length.
    • New sessions start on the sound source you last recorded with on that computer.
  2. Improvement

    A new studio on your phone

    Record, read and organize comfortably on a small screen.

    • A tab bar with the record button in the middle
    • Summaries, plans and top-ups as pages of their own
    • Check a file in a player before you transcribe it
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    • Under Tasks you find the tasks from all your summaries, grouped by session.
    • Choosing a plan and topping up your balance each open as a page of their own.
    • A file you want to transcribe sits at the top with a player. Voice messages from WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal get a readable name such as "Voice message from Oct 6".
    • Search hits show the passage around the word you searched for.
    • Your phone's lock screen, the browser's media controls and the play and pause keys control the recording player.
    • Sign-in and sign-up fit the screen without scrolling.
  3. Improvement

    A clearer meeting prompt

    Decide at a glance whether and how to record a meeting.

    • Everything about the recording at a glance
    • Record future meetings without asking
    • File the recording in a project subfolder
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    • The prompt opens as a wide card at the bottom centre of your screen, just above the taskbar. Drag it wherever you like, and it opens there next time.
    • Screen recording, recording in the background and context are under "More options".
    • With "Record future meetings without asking" ticked, Kalima records future meetings on its own once it is sure one has started. You can switch back under Settings, Meetings.
    • The desktop setting that keeps Kalima windows out of screen shares is called Privacy mode.
  4. Feature

    Integrations in Settings

    Connect Kalima to your assistants and automations from one page.

    • Claude, ChatGPT and Zapier in one place
    • Your own API keys for n8n, Make and scripts
    • Recordings, summaries and tasks through the REST API
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    • API keys are available on Pro and up.
    • The REST API lists finished recordings with their transcript and AI summary, renames and moves them, names speakers, and reports each new summary, task and moment.
    • Ask Claude or ChatGPT about several people or topics in one question, and Kalima searches for all of them at once.
  5. Improvement

    One checkout page for every purchase

    Buy plans, hours, gifts and team seats on one page.

    The checkout page: your account, yearly or monthly billing and payment, next to what Kalima Pro includes and the amount due today
    • Buy a plan without leaving the checkout page
    • Hours, gifts and team seats on the same page
    • Plan prices in US dollars outside Europe
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    • Hour packages, gifts and team seats bought inside Kalima go through the same page. In the desktop app, checkout opens in your browser.
    • Outside Europe, the English pricing page shows Plus, Pro and Team in US dollars, taxes included, and checkout charges in dollars. With a billing address in Europe, checkout switches to the euro price.
  6. Feature

    Your recordings in Claude and ChatGPT

    Read, find and organize your recordings from the assistant you already use.

    • Transcripts as a readable view in Claude and ChatGPT
    • Suggested projects for unfiled recordings
    • Speakers named the way you named them
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    • Your assistant reviews up to 20 recordings at a time and files them only once you confirm.
    • Assistants quote speakers by the names you gave them in Kalima.
    • The approval page for AI tools and the Connected apps list follow your interface language, and each app shows where it connects from.
  7. Improvement

    More control while you record

    Change what you capture and look things up without stopping the recording.

    • Mute computer audio while the recording keeps running
    • Read earlier sessions during a recording
    • Restrict recognition to up to three languages
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    • The padlock next to your languages restricts recognition to up to three languages, and every new session starts with it closed. Opening it asks first and applies to that session only.
    • In Safari and Firefox, Kalima records your microphone and says so under the sound sources, with a link to the desktop app, which records computer audio too.
    • Close the browser's share dialog without sharing, and Kalima offers to record with your microphone only.

September 2026

9 updates

  1. Feature

    Chapters on the audio timeline

    Find your way through long recordings by chapter.

    • Titled chapters from the AI summary
    • Chapter gaps and titles on the audio timeline
    • Jump to any chapter from the player
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    Chapters from the AI summary

    When you create an AI summary, Kalima also splits the recording into chapters with their own titles.

    The Kalima audio player: small gaps split the waveform into chapters, and hovering shows the chapter title and the time under the pointer

    Chapters in the player

    The audio timeline leaves a small gap between chapters, and hovering it shows the chapter and time under the pointer. The chapter button next to the playback speed names the chapter that is playing and opens a list of all chapters, so you can jump straight to any of them.

    The open chapter list in the Kalima player: nine chapters with start times, the one that is playing highlighted, above the chapter button
  2. Improvement

    Kalima on your phone

    Familiar gestures make sessions faster to manage and easier to explore on your phone.

    • Swipe actions for session management
    • Pull the session list down to refresh
    • Swipe between transcript, summary, moments, and chat
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    • Swipe a session right to rename it, or left to move or delete it.
    • Pull the session list down to refresh it.
    • Press and hold a session to open its actions.
    • Swipe left or right between transcript, summary, moments, and chat.
  3. Improvement

    Speaker colors and summary updates

    Clearer transcripts, visible summary results, and faster access to your account.

    • Transcript colors for each speaker
    • Completed summaries in the job overview
    • Direct access to Studio and your profile
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    • Color transcript segments by speaker when you want a clearer visual distinction.
    • Find completed automatic summaries in the job overview and open the related session.
    • When you are signed in on the website, go directly to Studio or your profile.
  4. Improvement

    Longer uploads and account updates

    A smoother path for long files and clearer communication around your account.

    • Plan guidance for files that are too long
    • Continue with the selected file after upgrading
    • Newsletter and email updates
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    • When an upload is too long for your plan, see which plan supports the file.
    • Upgrade from the file and continue with the file you already selected.
    • Manage the newsletter directly from your account.
    • Messages from Kalima have clearer buttons, help links, and a dark mode in supported mail apps.
  5. Improvement

    Clearer recording controls

    More clarity across audio sources, recording choices, and session details.

    • Separate levels for both audio sources
    • Realtime or Post-Process+ in the desktop meeting window
    • Workspace and project details for each session
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    • Follow microphone and computer audio levels separately in Post-Process+.
    • Choose a context template while recording in Post-Process+.
    • Choose Realtime or Post-Process+ directly in the desktop meeting window.
    • See the workspace and project for a session in its details.
    • A short tour before your first recording shows how microphone and computer audio work separately and together.
  6. Feature

    Post-Process+: Record first, transcribe afterwards

    Post-Process+ for the highest accuracy, with Realtime available when you need live text.

    • Record first with Post-Process+ and transcribe after stopping
    • Set languages, translation, topic, and terms while recording
    • Switch to Realtime during a recording
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    • Choose Post-Process+. Kalima creates the transcript automatically after you stop.
    • Choose spoken languages, translation, topic, terms, and speaker count while the recording is running.
    • Switch to Realtime during the recording when you want the transcript to appear live. The session stays in Realtime afterwards.
  7. Feature

    Gifts, referral rewards, and easier billing

    Give useful recording time, invite friends, and make billing choices with more context.

    • Give hours or plan time as a gift
    • Three hours for an activated referral
    • Clearer plan and credit comparisons
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    • Send transcription hours or one, three, or twelve months of a personal plan by mail, on a chosen date, or with a claim link. Unclaimed gifts can be revoked, and gift plans do not renew automatically.
    • Your friend receives three hours and you receive one after they verify their account and record ten minutes. Paying referrals and activation milestones add further rewards.
    • Compare your current plan with another plan and see an estimate for credit purchases in your local currency.
  8. Improvement

    Find and start sessions more easily

    Move through your session history and start the right mode with less effort.

    • Reveal older sessions automatically
    • Browse large archives smoothly
    • Choose a mode on your phone
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    • Older sessions appear automatically when the preset date range has no recordings.
    • Browse large session archives smoothly as more entries load before you reach them.
    • On your phone, choose Transcribe, Translate, or Conversation from a compact mode control.
  9. Improvement

    Better uploads and precise speaker control

    Handle several recordings together and correct exactly who said a passage.

    • Combine files or create separate sessions
    • One timeline for merged recordings
    • Correct a single speaker passage
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    • Select several files and combine them in one session or create a separate session for each file.
    • Play combined files from beginning to end on one timeline.
    • Assign an individual passage to the correct speaker without changing the other speaker labels.

August 2026

5 updates

  1. Improvement

    Your studio, your way

    Shape the studio around the way you organize sessions and summaries.

    • Arrange sidebar sections
    • Name sessions before upload
    • Set summary language and detail
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    • Arrange Projects, Tasks, Templates, and Guides in the sidebar.
    • Name sessions before upload and choose whether Kalima creates an automatic title.
    • Choose the summary language and either Fast or Thorough before generating it.
  2. Feature

    Clearer recordings and automatic summaries

    Know what Kalima hears, adjust it while recording, and let longer sessions prepare the follow up.

    • Automatic summaries for qualifying sessions
    • Change microphones without stopping
    • Warnings for microphone signal problems
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    • Let qualifying sessions create automatic summaries in the background. You can turn the feature off in transcription settings, while manual summaries remain available.
    • Switch the active microphone while recording. If the switch fails, the previous microphone keeps recording.
    • See a warning when the microphone has no signal, clips, is too quiet, or competes with room noise. Open the relevant control directly from the warning.
  3. Feature

    Your tasks in one place and context written for you

    Keep tasks, source passages, and useful recording context close together.

    • Tasks from summaries in one list
    • Context templates created from your description
    • Session tabs show existing content
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    • Find action items from your summaries in one list for the active workspace.
    • Open a task to jump to its source passage in the related session, then return to the task list.
    • Describe what you record and let Kalima create a context template with the topic, names, terms, and background.
    • See at a glance whether Moments, Summary, and Chat already contain content for a session.
  4. Feature

    Search everywhere and mark the moments that matter

    Find any session quickly and keep the important moments within reach.

    • Search from the sidebar or with Ctrl+F
    • Mark a moment while the meeting runs
    • Transcript blocks follow natural pauses
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    • Open session search from the sidebar or with Ctrl+F. While reading a transcript, the same shortcut searches within that transcript.
    • In the desktop application, press Ctrl+Shift+B to mark a moment and hear a short confirmation tone.
    • Open the Moments tab to review your marks and jump the audio to the relevant passage.
    • Read transcript blocks that follow natural pauses, sentence endings, and changes of speaker.
  5. Feature

    Workspaces in view and a way back to your recording

    Find the right sessions and keep a running recording within reach.

    • Get back to a running recording from anywhere
    • Keep workspace scope visible
    • Drag sessions into projects
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    • Return to a running recording from anywhere in Kalima with the persistent recording control.
    • See the active workspace and how many sessions sit outside it, then open the complete list with one click.
    • Drag a session directly into a project folder.
    • Check the Kalima service state at status.meetkalima.com.

July 2026

3 updates

  1. Feature

    Projects with subfolders

    Give larger projects a clear structure with subfolders.

    • Divide projects into subprojects
    • Open subprojects from the project tree
    • See combined session counts
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    • Divide larger projects into subprojects.
    • Expand a project folder and choose its subprojects directly.
    • See the session count for a project together with its subprojects.
  2. Feature

    Copy transcripts for AI

    Prepare a clean transcript for further work in your preferred AI chat.

    • Copy a transcript as Markdown
    • Include speaker names and timestamps
    • Add an optional instruction for AI
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    • Copy a transcript as Markdown for further work in your preferred AI chat.
    • Include speaker names and timestamps when they are useful.
    • Add a short instruction for the AI before the transcript.
  3. Featurev0.8.5

    Multiple files and organizations

    More flexible recordings and better controls for larger teams.

    • Several recordings become one session
    • Save your context as a reusable preset
    • Usage, budgets, roles and shared links in one place
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    • Combine several recordings in order as one session.
    • Save vocabulary, names, and background as a reusable context template.
    • Review organization usage, budgets, roles, and shared links in one place.
    • Share a referral link and earn credit when an invitation qualifies.
    • Search inside a transcript and jump playback to a match.

June 2026

1 update

  1. Improvementv0.7.0

    Traceable summaries and account overview

    Check where a summary came from and see your team context in one place.

    • Open the transcript source for summary items
    • Browse the help center in English or German
    • See organizations and teams in your profile
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    • Open the transcript passage behind a decision, task, or open question in a summary.
    • Browse the help center in English or German.
    • See your organizations and teams in your profile.
    • Review the shared balances available to you.

May 2026

1 update

  1. Featurev0.6.0

    Meeting Assist

    Start and adjust meeting recordings from the desktop app.

    • Start from the meeting overlay
    • Choose your mode and languages
    • Switch on your microphone during a recording
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    • Start a recording from the meeting overlay when a call begins.
    • Choose the recording mode and languages before you start.
    • Switch on your microphone while a recording is already running.
    • Let a team use one shared balance.

April 2026

1 update

  1. Featurev0.5.0

    Translation in two columns and account controls

    Read both languages together and manage your account from the app.

    • Original and translation in two columns
    • Data export and account deletion controls
    • Guided setup for new accounts
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    • Read original speech and its translation together in two columns.
    • Request a full data export from your account.
    • Delete your account from inside the app.
    • Follow a guided setup when you create a new account.
    • See included minutes and purchased credit separately.

March 2026

1 update

  1. Featurev0.4.0

    Dictation and controlled sharing

    Dictate where you work and decide who can open a shared session.

    • Dictation into the active app
    • Shared links with access controls
    • Project invitations with clear roles
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    • Hold a shortcut and dictate text into the window you are using.
    • Protect a shared session with a password, expiry date, or guest list, and revoke access when needed.
    • Use Kalima in English or German.
    • Invite project collaborators as viewers, editors, or administrators.

February 2026

1 update

  1. Featurev0.3.0

    Desktop app, AI, and file transcription

    Capture meetings from the desktop and work with recordings you already have.

    • Meeting detection in the desktop app
    • Questions and summaries based on a transcript
    • Transcription for audio and video files
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    • Let the desktop app detect a meeting and offer to record it on your device without adding a participant to the call.
    • Ask questions about a transcript, create a summary, and generate a session title.
    • Upload an audio or video file for transcription.
    • Search sessions by the words spoken in them.

January 2026

1 update

  1. Featurev0.2.0

    Accounts and saved sessions

    Save every session, find it again, and keep an eye on your recording time.

    • Microphone and computer sound in one session
    • Saved sessions that remain searchable
    • Remaining recording time shown while recording
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    • Record your microphone and computer sound together in one meeting session.
    • Save sessions automatically and find them again through search.
    • See your remaining recording time while you record.
    • Add names and specialist terms before a session to guide transcription.

December 2025

1 update

  1. Featurev0.1.0

    Live transcription and translation

    The first release of Kalima.

    • Transcription in real time in the browser
    • Live translation in one or both directions
    • Shared links for people who want to follow
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    • Record in the browser and read speech as text in real time.
    • Translate a conversation live in one direction or both directions.
    • Share a link so others can follow the transcript on their own device.
    • Record your microphone or the sound playing on your computer.