Wavebox Changelog
Version 151.2.128 beta 13/7/2026
- Update to Chromium 151.0.7922.19
- The spelling suggestion popover can now add words straight to your dictionary, and repositions itself so it's no longer clipped near the bottom of the screen
- Add custom App dialog now uses floating labels on the URL and name fields so they stay visible once you start typing
- Fixed a startup crash on macOS that could be triggered by apps opening tabs while Wavebox was launching
- Fixed a crash when opening an incognito window after Wavebox had restarted following a crash
- Fixed a crash in grammar checking while editing text
- Unread badges on a space now only count unread from apps in that space, so an emptied space no longer keeps a stale count
- Fixed the Smartnote panel sometimes opening blank
- Fixed a transient error that could occur while dragging tabs
- Fixed an error when quickly clicking the audio, video or screen-share buttons twice during a chat call
- Fixed an error when opening options for an app whose profile had already been deleted
- Fixed an error when using the Brainbox right-click menu on a tab that had already closed
- Several stability fixes for side panels, the tab strip, cloud sync and the app setup dialog
Version 150.2.123 beta 10/7/2026
- Update to Chromium 150.0.7871.115
- Fixed the app occasionally getting stuck on the 'Wavebox is starting' splash screen when the background was restarted or updated
- Fixed several crashes and background errors, including tabs closing or being dragged during a sync and using a docked tab's menu while the tabs changed underneath it
- Fixed on-device AI being reported as unavailable inside Brainbox
Version 150.2.121 beta 8/7/2026
- Update to Chromium 150.0.7871.101
- Fixed a crash that could occur when clicking a word with spelling suggestions in a text field
- Fixed a crash affecting some Linux users
- Fixed an issue where an external link could fail to open if its target window closed at the same moment, it now opens in a new window instead
Version 150.2.119 beta 7/7/2026
- Set a file:// address as your new tab page
- Report a poor spelling or grammar suggestion right from the suggestion popup or the indicator badge menu with the new Help us improve feedback option
- Spelling and grammar checking is now more responsive
- Fixed legacy Manifest V2 extensions being automatically disabled
- Fixed moving a widget to another dashboard leaving it behind on the original as well
- Fixed misspelled words being underlined and counted twice by the spelling and grammar checker, and stale issue counts on emptied fields
- Various UI polish and visual fixes
Version 150.2.117 beta 3/7/2026
- New option on a group's menu to move all of its apps out into their own window as pinned tabs with their app icons, with a one-click way to bring them all back
- The Brainbox assistant has been rebuilt to help you with your Wavebox setup, so you can ask it things like "Move my tabs into a new group"
- The grammar assistant now matches a model to your device language and steps up to a stronger model on capable machines
- On-device grammar checking now uses less than half the memory it did, with a new setting to control how quickly idle models are unloaded
- Added search and keyboard navigation to the "Open in app or webdock group" picker, so you can filter by app or group name and choose with the arrow keys
- Right-click a spelling or grammar underline to open its suggestions popover directly
- New advanced settings to reduce GPU memory usage on some setups
- Fixed a crash that could occur when dragging a group in the webdock
- Fixed crashes that could occur while profile sync was applying changes from another device
- Fixed the grammar status badge spinner freezing or getting stuck showing busy, and it now shows a pointer cursor on hover
- The delete-space dialog no longer shows an empty bordered box when nothing is using the space
- Fixes and UI improvements for the new grammar checker
- Various UI polish and visual fixes on Windows
- Various stability improvements and minor UI fixes
Version 150.2.112 beta 1/7/2026
- Update to Chromium 150.0.7871.47
- New on-device AI in Wavebox that runs language models locally on your computer, powering grammar help and the browser's built-in AI features without sending your text to the cloud
- New on-device grammar assistant that checks your writing as you type, with inline underlines, a click-to-fix popover, a status indicator, and a Check grammar option in the right-click menu, plus a new Spelling & grammar settings section to turn checking on or off per site (experimental, off by default)
- Connect your own AI models from Ollama, OpenAI or Anthropic to power Wavebox's web AI features
- Fixed several crashes, including disabling an extension with an open side panel, applying themes, and omnibox and network-request edge cases
- Fixed detached apps collapsing back into the main window after quitting and relaunching Wavebox
- Fixed a range of background errors caused by closing tabs, windows and dialogs while they were still updating
Version 150.2.103 beta 25/6/2026
- Detached apps now stay detached after a restart instead of collapsing back into the main window
- Fixed several browser crashes including dragging tabs in split-screen view, dropping non-link content onto the tab strip, the address bar during shutdown, and saved tab group changes
- Fixed a crash in the extension menu while it closes
- The always-on scrollbar in the webdock stays grabbable next to the resize handle
- Improved text alignment within tabs
- Numerous stability and crash-reporting fixes across syncing, backup and restore, and integrated apps
Version 150.2.100 beta 18/6/2026
- Fixed a crash that could occur when entering fullscreen on macOS
- Update to Chromium 150.0.7871.25
- Fixed a batch of background crashes affecting tab reloading, account authentication, RSS widgets, importing data, and integrations like Freshdesk
- Fixed a crash during password import that could occur with invalid saved logins
- Resolved a crash on Linux that could happen when closing browser windows
- Fixed a crash on Windows when using speech recognition more than once in a session
- More reliable syncing of tabs across devices when the network is briefly unresponsive
- Fixed an issue that could cause excessive re-rendering across the main panel, webdock, tabs and workspaces
- Language settings now correctly prompt for a restart when needed
Version 150.2.99 beta 18/6/2026
- Update to Chromium 150.0.7871.25
- Fixed a batch of background crashes affecting tab reloading, account authentication, RSS widgets, importing data, and integrations like Freshdesk
- Fixed a crash during password import that could occur with invalid saved logins
- Resolved a crash on Linux that could happen when closing browser windows
- Fixed a crash on Windows when using speech recognition more than once in a session
- More reliable syncing of tabs across devices when the network is briefly unresponsive
- Fixed an issue that could cause excessive re-rendering across the main panel, webdock, tabs and workspaces
- Language settings now correctly prompt for a restart when needed
Version 149.2.96 beta 17/6/2026
- Update to Chromium 149.0.7827.156
- Manage your preferred languages directly in settings, with add, remove and reorder, per-language translate offers, and (on Windows) a browser interface language picker
- Connect now remembers your last active team across restarts, so you no longer appear online in the wrong team after launch
- Per-space proxy now supports PAC file URLs alongside fixed-server addresses
- Update fixes on macOS to make app restarts and updates more reliable
- More reliable window restoring when a saved window or dragged tab lands off-screen or on a disconnected display
- More resilient cross-device tab restore when the sync connection drops
- Fixed a crash during session restore when saved tab groups got out of sync, now self-healing without losing tabs
- Fixed a crash in the built-in AI features that could occur when a background worker shut down
- Fixed a crash that could happen when dragging and dropping items in the webdock
- Fixed re-authenticating Outlook accounts wiping their sign-in tokens
- Fixed sync getting stuck retrying when an app had a corrupt or empty asset reference
- Setting a default search engine now works reliably instead of failing with an error
- Web search suggestions now fail gracefully when offline or behind a captive portal
- Fixed picture-in-picture and fullscreen glitches when sharing video in Wavebox Connect
- Restored windows on macOS now appear in the Finder window picker
- Fixed a rare error when closing a window while its theme gradient was updating
- Fixed the titlebar arrow anchor in appearance settings for secondary windows
- Various UI polish, visual fixes and stability and performance fixes