What's new

  • Preferred search engine — used for direct searches and taken into account by the agent.
  • Default browser support — Aera can be set as your system default and handle URLs opened from the OS.
  • Sidebar state persistence — open/closed state carries across sessions.
  • MCP keep-alive options — keep the MCP server running while the browser is closed, with a system-tray indicator.

Fixes

  • Context engine fully repaired — no more OCR fallback for page content, with a massive performance improvement on all agent tasks.
  • Search overlay no longer blocks clicks on underlying elements.
  • Search suggestions now populate instantly while typing.

New models

  • claude-sonnet-4.5
  • qwen3-coder (very fast)