0.9.9.4

🚀 Orbit Release 0.9.9.4

July 27, 2025

Your AI assistant just evolved. This release transforms Orbit into the professional advantage every knowledge worker needs – starting 65% faster, understanding your work from day one, and putting powerful automation at your fingertips.

✨ What's New

🎯 Completely Reimagined Onboarding

Get productive in minutes, not hours, with an onboarding that actually understands how you work.

• Visual journey with progress indicators - See exactly where you are
• Calendar AND contacts analysis - Get personalized insights from both data sources
• Tell Orbit your goals - Share what you want to achieve and what matters to you
• Smart processing limits - Faster initial setup by intelligently limiting data processing
• Custom keyboard shortcuts - Set your preferred hotkeys during setup

🤖 Supercharged Unified Agent

Your AI assistant now operates with expanded default capabilities:
• Built-in Search - Web search enabled by default
• Research mode - Deep research capabilities out of the box
• Web Crawler - Advanced data extraction ready to go
• More consistent and intelligent responses across all interactions
• Better error recovery with automatic retries

⚡ 65% Faster Everything

Introducing OrbitChef - We've consolidated all backend services into a single, optimized package:
• Orbit starts in seconds, not half a minute
• Smaller installation size
• Lower memory usage
• Faster responses to every query

📅 Calendar + Contacts Intelligence

During onboarding, Orbit analyzes BOTH your calendar and contacts to provide comprehensive insights about your work patterns, meeting styles, and professional network. This dual analysis powers smarter suggestions throughout the app.

🎨 Polished Experience

• Simplified navigation - Streamlined to People and Workflows tabs
• Revamped settings - Cleaner, more organized preferences
• Modern app icon - Fresh look matching our evolution
• Enhanced loading experience - Beautiful video while you wait
• Consistent design language - Every screen follows the same patterns

📚 Unified Library Experience

We've brought all your configuration options into one consistent, searchable interface:

• Apps/Tools Library (formerly Skills) - All your integrations in one place
• Workflows Library - Now searchable and browsable, no longer buried in suggestions
• CRM Packs Library - Previously hidden in settings, now easily discoverable
• All three libraries share the same intuitive interface and are accessible from the menu

🚀 Enhanced Productivity

⌨️ Power User Features

• Full keyboard navigation - Navigate without touching the mouse
• Enhanced keyboard tooltips - Visual guides throughout the interface

⚙️ Better Control

• Cleaner settings interface - Everything organized logically
• Visual feedback ratings - Color-coded satisfaction tracking
• Improved sync management - Better visibility into data operations
• Updated Privacy Policy - Reflects calendar integration and app connections

🐛 Improvements & Fixes

Rebranded Skills to Apps/Tools, enhanced credential management, user-friendly error messages, automatic failure recovery, improved diagnostics, faster setup, and dozens of stability fixes.

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The Experience

Your professional AI assistant now starts 65% faster, understands your work patterns from day one, and comes with research and web capabilities built in.

This is how knowledge workers get an unfair advantage: an AI that knows your network, manages your workflows, and handles the repetitive work while you focus on what matters.

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Update now to experience the future of work, refined.

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