ARC-Client — v0.94.0 - Patch Notes

Released September 2026

The Unity package will be updated next full release not for this beta/pre-release build.

🎙️ A Whole New Voice Engine

Whisper is in. Vosk is out. The whole voice pipeline has been rebuilt around Whisper — better accuracy, smoother recognition, and a much quieter experience overall. The old voice tab and its supporting files have been retired.
It runs in the background. Whisper inference now happens in a dedicated worker thread, so the rest of the app stays snappy even while it's listening hard.
Native libraries ship cleanly. Packaged builds now bundle the right runtime files up front, with a preflight check so you find out about a missing file before clicking Start.

A proper Voice Commands section — collapsible, dark-theme friendly, and easy on the eyes.
Live gain control. Your microphone level changes apply instantly, no restart needed.
VAD tuning exposed. Adjust how aggressive the voice-activity detector is to match your mic and room.
Cleaner transcripts. No more stray partials bleeding into your final lines.
Editable commands. Add, remove, and reorder what you say → what happens, all from the UI.
Boolean commands just work. A longstanding quirk where "yes" triggered the wrong action is fixed.

Whisper start/stop from your avatar. Two new avatar parameters let a VRChat parameter drive Whisper directly — start it from a button on your model, flip Auto-start from a switch on your avatar, no UI clicks needed.
Auto-start respects the avatar. When your avatar is controlling Whisper, the Auto-start toggle greys itself out and shows a tooltip explaining why. Click the regular Start/Stop button to take back control.
Link requests survive reconnects. Linking your VRChat account no longer loses its response if the connection blips mid-flight.
Connection state stays accurate. Hard-reload the window and the app still knows you're connected instead of getting stuck on a stale flag.

mDNS discovery is reliable. The auto-inviter finds ARC-Client instances on the network consistently — no more "works on second launch".
Auto-inviter is here. Pull connected ARC-Client users into your instance without anyone typing a code.
Better network defaults. OSC Query now binds to all interfaces so friends on your LAN can discover you without poking at settings.
A cleaner status badge. The avatar-sync indicator now reflects what's actually happening.

Every page got a refresh. Settings, OpenShock, OSC Leash, XSOverlay, Hyperate, Auto-status, VRC Timeline, Feedback, the Whisper page itself — all rebuilt with a consistent look and tighter logic under the hood.
Voice Commands finally matches your theme. No more light-on-light eyesore in dark mode.
Your model remembers itself. Restart the app and Whisper picks back up exactly where it left off — no zombie "Starting…" state.

Full Changelog: v0.93.2...v0.94.0