Release notes

What's New

Release notes for LM Mini, LM Mini Home, and Connect. Connect for Mac is deprecated through the end of 2026.

v1.9.13 Oct 1, 2026

Apple Watch & Shortcuts

  • Introducing the Apple Watch app for LM Mini
  • Fixes Unsloth showing all models as loaded
  • Fixes being unable to scroll the Unsloth model list
  • Fixes Shortcuts failing over http, so Ask can speak the answer without opening the app
  • Fixes Gemma 3 on-device models failing to load
  • Fixes Feature Requests failing to load before sign-in finished

v1.9.12 Sep 28, 2026

Unsloth context, ComfyUI workflows & clearer limits

  • Added Context Length for Unsloth — the Model Parameters slider loads the model at that size, and asks before reloading if it is already loaded at another size
  • Added Load settings from a ComfyUI workflow, and a name so the next image is saved into that list
  • Added Resize images for physical batch — shrinks a photo when it would be too big for a local model and crash the server
  • Fixes the context bar sitting far below LM Studio — a finished reply uses LM Studio’s own token count, including thinking
  • Fixes high thinking using up the whole reply — Mini tries again with low thinking, and tells you that you can raise max tokens to keep high thinking
  • Fixes an unknown MCP looking like an app bug — Mini says the server rejected that tool, and does not offer Send to support unless it is Pro Search or Code Sandbox
  • Fixes a camera photo disappearing when you come back to the chat
  • Fixes “Loading model” showing again after the reply has already moved on
  • Fixes ComfyUI graphs, including Z-Image, losing the prompt or ignoring the graph’s own sampler
  • Fixes Connect / Share with phone sending image generation to the chat server instead of AUTOMATIC1111 or ComfyUI
  • Fixes the app closing on the splash screen on older iPhones, such as the iPhone 8

v1.9.10 Sep 21, 2026

Full-width chat, gallery & crash fixes

  • Added Unsloth Desktop as a free local OpenAI-compatible provider
  • Added Generated images gallery in the chat ⋯ menu
  • Added website-icon pile for web search sources (tap to expand, tap again for results)
  • Added support tickets can attach the error log
  • Full-width replies is now the default — your messages stay in a bubble, assistant text uses the whole row
  • Improved the chat ⋯ menu (glass) and the streaming status shimmer
  • Hides embedding models from Model Section
  • Fixes attaching a file from Drive / Recents failing with an unknown path
  • Fixes image generation crashing when the server isn't AUTOMATIC1111 (Null is not a List)
  • Fixes two New Chat taps creating the same conversation id
  • Fixes memory extraction still running after you stop a reply
  • Fixes the Voice API-key sheet fighting the keyboard

v1.9.8 Sep 17, 2026

Siri answers, Home personas & clearer host errors

  • Added Siri Ask / Summarize / Translate / Search / News that speak Mini’s reply (iOS 16.4+; stays in Siri on newer iOS)
  • Added Sync personas when Home chat sync is on — pick which personas copy between phone and Mac, including photos and memories
  • Added Full-width replies in Appearance — your messages stay in a bubble, assistant text uses the whole row
  • Added Compress image and resend when LM Studio stops because an attached photo is huge
  • Fixes Face ID / Touch ID unlocking then bouncing straight back to the lock screen
  • Fixes Share with phone on Home dropping after you close the laptop lid and not reconnecting until you refresh
  • Fixes Home sync replacing an existing chat title, and leftover image-prompt text showing in titles
  • Fixes LM Studio / llama.cpp stopping mid-reply looking like a Mini crash — now says the model server stopped, and points at context / max tokens
  • Fixes a sent chat that never reached LM Studio (proxy or tunnel) looking like a Mini bug
  • Fixes Kokoro English voice generating silence

v1.9.5 Sep 15, 2026

Face ID lock, image gen setup & clearer errors

  • Added Face ID, Touch ID, and fingerprint unlock for App Lock
  • Added PIN recovery — sign in and we can email a verification link if you forget the PIN
  • Added Cancel on Hugging Face / LM Studio model downloads
  • Added a prompt to reload the model when you change context length
  • Added a prompt to update image generation when you change the chat server address (and the other way around)
  • Fixes chat stalling or coming back empty while a model is downloading
  • Fixes Live Activities not coming back after you open the app
  • Fixes the chat ⋮ menu crashing
  • Fixes a missing LM Studio MCP (like Playwright) showing up as a Pro Search outage
  • Fixes image generation when ComfyUI or AUTOMATIC1111 isn't running — Mini now says it can't reach them
  • Fixes ComfyUI when there's no checkpoint, or the graph needs your exported workflow
  • Fixes Share with phone / Can't reach your Mac looking like a crash instead of setup help
  • Fixes tools finishing with no reply when max tokens is too low — now says to increase it

v1.9.1 Sep 11, 2026

Low battery, voice playback & Android scroll

  • Added Low battery mode in Appearance — no glass, plain text while the reply streams, Home/iCloud sync after the message finishes
  • Fixes Android chat not following streaming replies (stayed on the start of the bubble until the model finished)
  • Fixes voice mode leaving the mic open after send so Kokoro could not play (iOS CannotInterruptOthers)
  • If the selected model is missing (HTTP 404), shows a banner to pick another model
  • Fixes iOS showing a Local Network permission warning when LM Studio just wasn't serving
  • Fixes app crashing when the PC drops off the network while loading models
  • Fixes chat fonts failing to download — they now come with the app

v1.9.0 Sep 8, 2026

App Lock, JAN AI & Persona Voices

  • Added App Lock (Pro) — set a 4 or 6 digit PIN and choose how long the app can stay closed before asking again
  • Added JAN AI as a local provider
  • Added Ability to assign Kokoro, ElevenLabs or Grok voices to Personas from one dropdown
  • Improved composer tools bar — icons when collapsed, chips when expanded
  • Improved Persona setup — tap Preferred Model to change it, edit avatar from the pencil
  • Fixes tools being sent to models that don't support them
  • Fixes Ollama regenerate going to the wrong backend
  • Fixes App Lock toggle not updating after setting a PIN
  • Fixes Pro tags showing for users who already have Pro
  • Fixes mixed icon styles in Settings

v1.8.22 Sep 2, 2026

ElevenLabs, Grok voices & more languages

  • Fixes Model not found in Group chat
  • Fixes Global Reasoning toggle missing for llama-servers
  • Added French, German, Chinese, Spanish, Russian and more languages to Kokoro
  • Added Forgot Password for Email logins
  • Added ElevenLabs integration for Voices
  • Added Grok AI integration for Voices

v1.8.20 Aug 20, 2026

  • Added Ability to connect with LM Mini Home
  • Added Real-time sync to LM Mini iOS and macOS
  • Added background model downloads and progress notification
  • Added Rolling Conversation in Model Params
  • Added Compact Conversation when Context is 90%
  • Added toggle to disable Glass Effect
  • Added Model Specific Parameters
  • Added ability to save Models Parameters to Personas
  • Fixes Apple Pencil Support
  • Fixes Reasoning Tokens generation even when reasoning is off
  • Fixes videos generation using ComfyUI
  • Fixes long conversation keeps resending whole history
  • Fixes Reasoning not appearing for Llama-server
  • Fixes Title failing to generate for a chat
  • Fixes llama-server reasoning model detection
  • Fixes UI Bugs

v1.8.12 Aug 9, 2026

  • Fixes MCP tools appearing on wrong bubble
  • Fixes SearXNG silently failing
  • Added Loras Support for ComfyUI
  • Fixes Group chat scenario not being registered
  • Fixes Regeneration Icon not appearing

v1.8.10 Aug 1, 2026

  • Fixes Keyboard not closing after sending a message
  • Fixes Reasoning toggle not appearing for some models
  • Fixes scroll getting stuck when reopening old chats
  • Fixes Group chat not able to find certain models
  • Added Scroll to bottom on chats
  • Added ability to work with Gemma thought process
  • Fixes model loading progress bar
  • Fixes chat history not being sent in full for context
  • Fixes invalid calculation of context tokens

v1.8.8 Jul 29, 2026

  • Fixes context window conflicts with LM Studio
  • Fixes Reasoning mode not appearing for some models
  • Fixes Voice chat Reloading model

v1.8.6 Jul 27, 2026

  • Fixes new Persona Screen loading loop
  • Added Chinese app language
  • Fixes Long errors blocking the screen

v1.8.5 Jul 27, 2026

Settings Refresh & Beginner Mode

  • Improved Settings interface — clearer desktop-class layout on Mac and iPad
  • Improved Providers management — easier server and model setup
  • Easy mode for beginners — simpler defaults when Advanced Mode is off
  • Fixed missing quantization labels in Model Management

v1.8.4 Jul 26, 2026

  • Fixes ComfyUI Workflows not displaying on Personas
  • Fixes onDevice models not working with Files
  • Fixes Transcriptions not working for some users
  • Fixes attachments disappearing from chat
  • Fixes chat title generation
  • Added Audio Player for Transcriptions
  • Added support for XLSX and MD files
  • Fixes Pro Search not working at times
  • Fixes on Device model running out of context early
  • Fixes long Prompts in Profile Screen overlapping other elements
  • Fixes MLX no output from model issue

v1.9.10 Sep 21, 2026

Full-width chat, gallery & crash fixes

  • Added Unsloth Desktop as a free local OpenAI-compatible provider
  • Added Generated images gallery in the chat ⋯ menu
  • Added website-icon pile for web search sources (tap to expand, tap again for results)
  • Added support tickets can attach the error log
  • Full-width replies is now the default — your messages stay in a bubble, assistant text uses the whole row
  • Improved the chat ⋯ menu (glass) and the streaming status shimmer
  • Hides embedding models from Model Section
  • Fixes image generation crashing when the server isn't AUTOMATIC1111 (Null is not a List)
  • Fixes two New Chat taps creating the same conversation id
  • Fixes memory extraction still running after you stop a reply

Download LM Mini Home 1.9.10

v1.9.8 Sep 17, 2026

Home personas, lid-close reconnect & clearer host errors

  • Added Sync personas when Home chat sync is on — pick which personas copy between phone and Mac, including photos and memories
  • Added Full-width replies in Appearance — your messages stay in a bubble, assistant text uses the whole row
  • Added Compress image and resend when LM Studio stops because an attached photo is huge
  • Fixes Share with phone dropping after you close the laptop lid and not reconnecting until you refresh
  • Fixes Home sync replacing an existing chat title, and leftover image-prompt text showing in titles
  • Fixes LM Studio / llama.cpp stopping mid-reply looking like a Mini crash — now says the model server stopped, and points at context / max tokens
  • Fixes a sent chat that never reached LM Studio (proxy or tunnel) looking like a Mini bug
  • Fixes Kokoro English voice generating silence

v1.9.0 Sep 8, 2026

App Lock, JAN AI & Persona Voices

  • Added App Lock (Pro) — set a 4 or 6 digit PIN and choose how long Home can stay closed before asking again
  • Added JAN AI as a local provider
  • Added Ability to assign Kokoro, ElevenLabs or Grok voices to Personas from one dropdown
  • Improved composer tools bar — icons when collapsed, chips when expanded
  • Improved Persona setup — tap Preferred Model to change it, edit avatar from the pencil
  • Fixes tools being sent to models that don't support them
  • Fixes Ollama regenerate going to the wrong backend
  • Fixes App Lock toggle not updating after setting a PIN
  • Fixes Pro tags showing for users who already have Pro
  • Fixes mixed icon styles in Settings

v1.8.20 Aug 20, 2026

  • Connect from iPhone — pair LM Mini with LM Mini Home over Share with phone.
  • Real-time sync — chats stay in sync between LM Mini on iOS and macOS.

v1.8.16 Aug 12, 2026

  • Share with phone — QR pair once. Encrypted relay to your Mac — no port forwarding or VPN.
  • Run models on this Mac — bundled local inference, no Terminal or Homebrew.
  • Share LM Studio & Ollama — phones can use backends already running on the Mac.
  • Desktop shell — nav rail for Chats, Personas, Arena, and Settings.
  • Menu bar — keep Share with phone available while you work in other apps.

Download LM Mini Home — primary Mac app.

Deprecated Connect for Mac keeps working through the end of 2026. New Mac setups: LM Mini Home. Windows and Linux Connect remain current. Why

v1.5.2 Aug 30, 2026

  • Language packs — Download only the voices you need, matching LM Mini: English, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Chinese.
  • Shared Kokoro pack — English, Spanish, French, and Chinese share one multilingual model (~400 MB). The first of those you download unlocks the rest.
  • German and Russian — Kokoro has no DE/RU model; Connect uses small Piper voices (~34 MB each).
  • Chinese (and other scripts) work — Connect no longer defaulted to the English-only engine or dropped CJK lexicons, so Chinese speech synthesizes correctly.

v1.5.1 Aug 24, 2026

  • Kokoro extract on Windows — Download no longer shells out to system tar (that hung on Windows 10). Archives unpack in-process, with a timed fallback.
  • Use folder / Use file — Point Connect at a Kokoro folder you already extracted (7-Zip is fine), or pick the .tar.bz2 yourself. Unlink leaves your files in place.

v1.5.0 Jul 13, 2026

  • Multi-backend remote — Route LM Studio, Ollama, or oMLX through the relay (QR v5 + X-LM-Mini-Backend).
  • Version prompts — Pairing warns when Connect or the mobile app needs an upgrade for multi-backend remote.
  • Provider-aware help — Connection troubleshooting matches the active desktop backend.

v1.4.1 May 8, 2026

  • ComfyUI Streaming Fixes — Resolved an issue causing failures in image generation over remote connections due to proxy timeouts and binary string corruption.
  • Stable Deployments — Simplified desktop deployment pipeline removing blocking validation verifications for cross-platform builds.

v1.4.0 April 26, 2026

  • USB Mode (beta) — Plug your iPhone into your Mac with a USB cable and run LM Studio without Wi-Fi. Perfect for in-flight use, hotels with locked-down networks, or any time you don't want to share Wi-Fi.
  • Free feature — USB Mode is available to everyone on iOS, no subscription required.
  • Auto-detect — LM Mini Connect listens for your iPhone over USB and proxies LM Studio requests through the cable. No IP setup needed.
  • Tray indicator — Menu bar icon flips to a connected variant and shows “iPhone connected via USB” while a phone is attached.

v1.3.0 April 24, 2026

  • New tunnel relay — Connects to relay.lmmini.com (Cloudflare Tunnel + Mac Mini) for faster, more reliable remote access.
  • Dual-relay during transition — Also stays connected to the legacy Cloud Run relay until May 1, 2026, so phones running older versions of LM Mini still pair successfully.
  • Deprecation banners — Surfaces shutdown warnings from the relay so you know when it's time to update.
  • Tougher version check — Reads connect-version.json and uses semver comparison instead of exact-string match.

v1.2.0 April 12, 2026

  • Desktop Kokoro TTS — LM Mini Connect can now run Kokoro text-to-speech locally on your computer and expose it to LM Mini on your phone.
  • Model Downloads in Connect — Download, cancel, remove, and test Kokoro models directly from the desktop app UI.
  • Relay Audio Support — Binary relay forwarding now handles audio correctly, enabling remote Kokoro playback through the relay.
  • Improved Desktop UI — Larger window, clearer Kokoro service status, and better error reporting for downloads and synthesis.