What’s new

WaveKat Voice is a calling app for your computer. New versions install themselves in the background — when the app tells you it updated, this page is what changed.

2026-08-20

0.0.48

• Fixed: Pausing calls or going offline for everything now hides the per-line list, which could still show a line as taking calls when nothing could reach it. Pausing or resuming from the icon near the clock now shows up right away in the app window too.
• Fixed: On Windows and Linux, clicking the WaveKat icon near the clock now opens the app window. Before, a plain click did nothing and only a right-click responded.
• Fixed: Installing a new version on Windows no longer stalls partway through, and the app connects again right after updating instead of showing “Lost connection”. A leftover piece of the previous version was holding the update open; it now gets cleared automatically.
• Fixed: On Windows, the notification for an incoming call now shows the WaveKat Voice name and icon, instead of a technical-looking label.
• Fixed: Signing out of your WaveKat account no longer leaves behind a phone line you can’t open, a red “Sign-in failed” warning for a line that simply stopped, or the app busy in the background long after you’ve signed out. The Home screen now explains that lines saved to your account come back when you sign in, and signing out tells you first.
• You can now call someone back straight from your call history — point at any call in the list for a call button, and each call’s own page has one too. The number is filled in for you, so you only have to press Call.

2026-08-16

0.0.47

• Fixed: System info in Settings → About now names your computer’s chip correctly — a Windows PC with an ARM chip reads arm64 instead of x86, and Macs with Apple silicon read arm64 instead of Intel. It also says when the app is running through your system’s translation layer rather than natively.

2026-08-15

0.0.46

• You can now remove a call from your history — open its details page and delete it if you no longer want it there.
• Callers now show up by name instead of as a phone number — on the incoming call window, in your call history, and in the desktop notification. Names come from a CRM like HubSpot that you’ve connected on wavekat.com, and a new Contacts section in the sidebar lists the names your computer holds so you can check one is right and see when it last looked for changes.
• Callers can now book an appointment straight into your calendar while you’re on the phone with them — set up a booking step in your call flow on wavekat.com and connect the calendar there.
• You can now stop calls reaching you when you need to be unreachable — pause calls and callers get your voicemail or call flow while you can still dial out, or go offline and your provider’s own voicemail or forwarding takes over. Either can cover every line or just one, and can end on its own after a set time.
• You can now copy the events from a call — a single entry or the whole list — so you can paste them into a message when something needs looking into. The same copy buttons are on the Logs page and on each account’s recent activity.
• You can now sign in again on demand, so your provider sends calls to this device right away — handy after your computer wakes from sleep, or when the same number also rings a desk phone.
• A message taken by your call flow is now written out for you — watch the caller’s words appear live while the message is being taken, and read the message later on its call page. Turn on AI in Settings to use it; everything runs on this computer.
• Fixed: A call flow that transfers a caller to a phone number now connects the call, instead of dropping it. Transfers to a full SIP address were unaffected.
• You can now call your contacts by name — start typing in the New call window and pick a match, or press the call button next to a name on the Contacts page. A number that belongs to a contact shows their name before you call, so you can check who you’re about to ring.
• The activity log now reads in your language: each event’s type and description are translated instead of always showing English. Descriptions also get more room, so they’re no longer cut short after a few letters.
• Windows laptops with an ARM chip, like the Snapdragon-powered Surface, now have their own installer built for that chip, so calls and transcription no longer run through Windows’ translation layer. Pick the arm64 download; the x64 one still covers Intel and AMD PCs.

2026-07-25

0.0.43

• You can now click a phone number on a website to call it — WaveKat Voice opens with the number ready to dial. Turn on “Phone links” in Settings → General; there’s also an option to start the call right away.
• Your WaveKat account page in Settings now shows your plan — Free or Pro — and Pro members get a badge next to their name. During early access, upgrading on wavekat.com is free and gives you a year of Pro; Settings shows when it lapses.
• A call flow can now answer your incoming calls like a receptionist — greeting the caller, taking a message, or ringing you to hand the call over. Build one on wavekat.com and point it at a line; the app’s new Flows section shows its steps and lights them up live as a call moves through, so you can watch what’s happening and pick up yourself while it’s taking a message. Phone menus, opening hours and transfers are part of the Pro plan.

2026-07-05

0.0.42

• You can now transfer a call to someone else — hand it over straight away, or use “Talk first” to call the other person and check they can take it before you connect them. Once the transfer goes through, the call leaves your phone.
• You can now take a second call while you’re already on one — call waiting. Answer it and the first call goes on hold by itself; tap between calls to switch, and only the call you’re on can hear you.
• Your calls can now be in HD. When the other phone supports it, the app automatically switches to clearer, fuller audio that holds up better on shaky connections — look for the “HD” badge during a call, and each call’s page shows the quality it got.
• Adding an account now warns you when you already have one for the same line, so you don’t accidentally add the same number twice and have calls ring in two places at once.
• Fixed: An incoming call now clears itself when the caller hangs up before you answer, instead of ringing forever with no way to dismiss it.
• Callers now hear the ringing tone while your phone is ringing, so they know the call is connecting instead of sitting in silence.
• Fixed: The welcome setup guide no longer reappears every time you open the app once you’re already signed in.

2026-06-28

0.0.41

• Calls, recordings, transcripts, and phone lines now stay tied to the WaveKat account that owns them, so shared computers no longer mix people’s histories or settings.
• You can now back up a phone line’s settings to your WaveKat account so it reappears when you sign in on another computer; passwords stay only on each computer and are typed again when needed.
• You can now share recordings with private links and see shared calls marked in history and on each call’s page. When you share, you choose what the recipient sees — caller identity, transcript, audio and downloads, and which side of the call plays by default.
• Once a call has synced to your WaveKat account, its details page has an “Open in platform” button that opens that call on the website.
• You can now put a call on hold and pick it back up — the line stays connected, and the other side hears their own hold music.

2026-06-17

0.0.40

• WaveKat Voice now speaks your language. It follows your computer’s language on its own, and you can choose from English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese in both Simplified and Traditional, so Hong Kong and Taiwan are covered too. Pick any language yourself under Settings → Language, or switch back to matching your computer.
• Fixed: the in-app help links (the Automation guide and the SIP setup guide) now open the right page instead of landing on the website’s home page.

2026-06-14

0.0.39

• The command line and connected AI assistants can now manage more of your call data, matching what the app already lets you do: mute your microphone during a call, check or clear your saved recordings, review or clear the activity log, and erase your call history.
• The command-line tool’s commands are now organized into clear groups (calls, recordings, logs), so related actions live together. If you’ve written a script against it, see the Automation guide for the updated commands.
• When you install the command-line tool on a Mac and it lands in a folder that isn’t on your PATH, the Automation page now shows the exact line to add to your shell profile so you can run it from any terminal.

2026-06-13

0.0.38

• You can now place and manage calls from the command line, or let an AI assistant do it for you. It’s off until you turn it on in the new Settings → Automation page, and you can switch it off again any time. See “Automation & command line” for what it can do.
• Settings → Automation now finds the AI assistants you already have installed (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, and more) and connects them with one click — then just ask the assistant to place a call. (Some assistants, like Claude Desktop, only pick up the new calling ability after you fully quit and reopen them.) The connection keeps itself up to date when the app updates.
• An AI assistant (or the command line) can now see the calls you have in progress and act on them — answer an incoming call, or hang one up — not just the calls it placed itself. It can also look back over your past calls.
• New in Settings → About: turn on Preview updates to get new versions early, before they’re released to everyone. Preview builds may be a little rough; switch it off any time to go back to the regular updates.

2026-06-09

0.0.37

• On Linux, when the app starts automatically at login it now opens quietly in the background instead of popping its window open, the same way it already does on Mac and Windows. Open it any time from the tray icon.

2026-06-08

0.0.35

• When the app updates to a new version, it now points you to what changed: a “What’s new” notice appears, plus links in Settings → About and the Help menu — all open this page.

2026-06-07

0.0.34

• Fixed: a call no longer stays stuck on your screen if your internet connection drops mid-call — it now ends on its own.

0.0.33

• Recorded calls now play a short beep at the start, so everyone on the call knows it’s being recorded.

0.0.32

• On Linux, the app can now start automatically when you log in.
• Clearer explanation of why the app needs access to your microphone.
• More reliable long calls — the app now notices and cleans up a call whose connection has silently died.

2026-06-06

0.0.31

• The app now restarts itself automatically if it runs into a problem in the background, so you stay reachable.
• Added a way to open the app’s log file from Settings → About, to make it easier to send us details when something goes wrong.

2026-06-05

0.0.30

• On Linux, it’s now clearer that the app keeps running in the background, and easier to find how to quit it.

2026-06-04

0.0.29

• A batch of Linux reliability fixes around starting up, updating, and shutting down cleanly.

2026-06-03

0.0.27

• Clearer error when the username or password for a SIP account is wrong, so you can fix it during setup instead of guessing.

2026-06-01

0.0.24

• When an update is ready, choosing Restart now reliably installs it.

2026-05-31

0.0.21

• The app now updates itself. New versions download in the background and install when you restart — no need to come back to the website.

2026-05-30

0.0.18

• Fixed: after you sign out or delete the app, it no longer continues uploading anything to your WaveKat account.

0.0.15

• Your SIP account passwords are now stored more securely on your computer.
• The app now waits for your network to be ready before connecting, instead of failing when you’ve just woken your laptop or reconnected to Wi‑Fi.

2026-05-27

0.0.14

• Added a keypad during calls for entering menu options (for example, “press 1 for sales”).
• You can now mute your microphone during a call.

Earlier

The first releases built the core of the app: placing and answering SIP calls from your laptop, incoming‑call notifications, using more than one SIP account at once, a guided first‑run setup, call history, call recording with playback, and live on‑device transcription. From here on, this page lists what changes in each update.