Two weeks into 2025, and we're already shipping our second release of the year! Your thoughtful feedback continues to shape Hedy's evolution, and we're excited to share several features that came straight from your suggestions. Here's what's new:

We're expanding Hedy's expertise with three new specialized modes:

Navigate important one-on-one discussions with confidence! Whether you're having a crucial conversation with a mentor, catching up with a friend, or discussing important matters with family, Hedy helps you communicate empathetically and remember all the details from your conversation.

Turn your individual ideation sessions into dynamic conversations! Hedy acts as your AI thought partner, helping you explore ideas more deeply, challenge assumptions, and uncover creative solutions you might not have considered on your own.

Perfect for hiring managers and recruiters! Get tailored insights and suggestions during candidate interviews to help you ask the right questions, spot key qualifications, and make better hiring decisions. Keep your interviews focused and professional while uncovering the best talent.

You asked, we listened! Now you can create your own quick prompts to get exactly the type of assistance you need. Whether you're looking for specific analysis during sales calls or custom perspective for technical discussions, you can now tailor Hedy's insights to your unique needs.

Here's something that has us really excited: we've upgraded Hedy's speech recognition capabilities and now also provide an additional option to for more powerful phones. The new default model offers improved accuracy while maintaining speed (tech note: we've moved from 5-bit to 8-bit quantization, increasing the model's footprint by about 50%).

But that's not all – we're introducing an optional large model that takes accuracy even further, particularly if you use meeting languages other than English. It's about twice the size of our default model. We recommend trying it out if you have an iPhone 14+ or a high-end Android phone, though it works on other devices too (just keep in mind it might affect recognition speed on older devices).

This upgrade also sets the stage for an exciting future feature: the ability to re-process session audio for even higher quality transcripts – something many of you have been requesting!

The new default model is enabled for everyone in the new app version. To enable the optional, larger model:

All these updates are now available in the latest version of Hedy. Update your Hedy app to the latest version (1.11.0) and dive in! As always, we're excited to hear how these updates help you shine even brighter in your conversations.