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Void 1.5.0: the top bar (notch)

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v1.5.0
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On 1.3.0 or later? Open Settings → More → Update now. Otherwise download below.
Windows ⬇ VoidSetup.exe
Ubuntu / Debian ⬇ void-claude_1.5.0_all.deb
Arch void-claude-git (AUR) or git pull && ./install.sh

Void as a notch

New: the top bar (notch)

Void can now merge into an edge of your screen as a black notch, like the one on a MacBook, with just his eyes showing.

  • Push him into any edge (top, bottom, left or right) and he merges in. Drag him out and the orb pops back under your mouse. Or right-click → top bar (next to hover mode).
  • The whole notch glows while you talk (brighter the louder you are) and pulses while he speaks. The "hey Void" flash matches the notch.
  • His words and his terminal drop out of the notch itself: it grows to fit them, then tucks back in. Commands look like his words, and you can always read them.
  • His menu fans out around the notch. Click him again to close it.
  • Clicks go through it: only a small area around his eyes takes the mouse, so you can still click and drag things under it.
  • Works on Windows and Linux: layer-shell desktops (Hyprland, sway, KDE Plasma, river, niri…) and X11 or GNOME (through XWayland).

Also new

  • Drag Settings or History by the header to move them out of the way. In the top bar, he goes back to his edge when you close them.
  • The "+" new-chat spark is gone from the menu. Ctrl+N or saying "new chat" still starts a fresh conversation.

Fixed

  • Speech on older NVIDIA GPUs ("whisper on cuda failed (Requested float16 compute type…); using CPU"). GTX 10-series and older cards can't do fast float16, so Void dropped speech-to-text to the CPU, which is slower and uses a smaller model. Void now asks the card what it supports and uses the best option (for example int8_float32), so speech stays on the GPU.
  • void doctor and the diagnostics show which compute type is in use. void doctor also gives a tip when it hears nothing.
  • When his window closes or restarts, the log no longer fills up with "connection aborted" errors.

Tested

Every build now docks the real Void window on all four edges and checks where it landed, on:

  • a clean Windows machine;
  • Ubuntu with X11;
  • a Wayland layer-shell desktop (sway).

"Windows protected your PC"? Click More info → Run anyway (the installer isn't code-signed yet).

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