generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: https://developer.ari-os.com/ari/changelog
name: Ari Changelog
description: Product updates and releases for Ari, RealWear's voice-first AI assistant (Ari OS / Ari Cloud).
versioning:
  scheme: marketing-version
  cadence: monthly
  current: '2.2'
  current_date: '2026-04'
entries:
- version: '2.2'
  date: '2026-04'
  current: true
  tags: [voice, connectors, performance, fixes]
  highlights:
  - Send Microsoft Teams messages by voice with draft-and-confirm flow.
  - New listening mode for silent dictation ("start listening" / "take my report").
  - Quick acknowledgments on slower actions while a longer search runs.
  - Better speech recognition across 20 languages, including mid-sentence language switching.
  - Microsoft connectors (email, Teams, calendar, contacts) cleanup with clearer send flow.
  breaking: false
- version: '2.1'
  date: '2026-03'
  tags: [connectors, voice, ui]
  highlights:
  - New Microsoft Copilot connector to search SharePoint and OneDrive documents.
  - Expanded to 20 languages with mid-conversation language switching.
  - Cross-session memory of user facts (preferred language, common contacts) and on-screen context.
  - Device control display/volume scales corrected per AR headset.
  breaking: false
- version: '2.0'
  date: '2026-02'
  tags: [connectors, voice, ui]
  highlights:
  - Reorganized skills into self-contained connectors an admin can enable per user.
  - Microsoft Teams parity with email (send messages, open chats, start conversations by voice).
  - Faster two-way voice streaming and improved speech recognition.
  - New `clear UI` voice command.
  breaking: true
  breaking_notes: Skills reorganized into connectors (administration model change).
- version: '1.4'
  date: '2026-01'
  tags: [reliability, voice, performance]
  highlights:
  - Faster access in more regions.
  - Steadier response times under heavy traffic and more reliable long sessions.
  breaking: false
- version: '1.3'
  date: '2025-12'
  tags: [voice, performance]
  highlights:
  - Went live across several Ari regions.
  - Improved cross-session context recall per user.
  breaking: false