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What's new in Aori v0.4.1

Jul 25, 2026

Aori Team

Aori v0.4.1 is mostly about making the things already in the app work more smoothly.

There is no single headline feature this time. Instead, we spent this release improving the parts you touch every day: conversations, Personas, memory, tools, approvals, and AI providers. The goal is simple: fewer interruptions and a more dependable Aori across macOS, Windows, Linux, and Android.

Conversations

Conversations should now feel steadier and more predictable. We worked through a collection of issues around everyday chat behavior so that starting, continuing, and managing conversations is smoother.

These are not flashy changes, but they matter. A personal AI app needs to be reliable in the middle of an ordinary conversation, not only when everything goes exactly as expected.

Personas and memory

We also tightened up how Personas and memory behave.

Switching between Personas and continuing conversations with the right context should feel more consistent. Memory-related behavior has been refined too, so Aori can make better use of relevant context without making the experience feel unpredictable.

Tools and approvals

Tools are useful only when it is clear what Aori is doing and when it needs your permission.

In v0.4.1, tool execution and approval flows are more reliable. The experience should be smoother when Aori needs confirmation before taking an action, and less likely to leave you wondering whether something is still waiting or has already completed.

Provider support

Different AI providers have their own APIs, models, and occasional quirks. This release improves provider support and makes those integrations more dependable across the app.

You still choose and connect your own provider. The work in v0.4.1 is about making that choice behave more consistently once it is set up.

Across supported platforms

The same stability work applies across the current macOS, Windows, Linux, and Android builds. Each platform has its own rough edges, and this release smooths out a number of them.

Aori is still in public beta, and there is more polishing to do. v0.4.1 is a practical step in that direction: less about adding another item to the feature list, and more about making Aori nicer to live with every day.

— The Aori Team

What's new in Aori v0.4.0

Jun 16, 2026

Aori Team

Aori v0.4.0 is not a giant “everything is solved now” release. It is a quieter one, but it changes the shape of the app in a way that matters.

The focus this time is simple: Aori should feel more like your assistant, and it should be able to work with the notes and knowledge you already have.

That means three things landed together: Personas, Obsidian, and Notion.

Personas

Personas are the most visible change.

Until now, Aori mostly behaved like one assistant. That works for basic use, but it is not how people actually use AI day to day. Sometimes you want a practical assistant. Sometimes you want a more casual companion. Sometimes you want a very specific voice for a specific workflow.

In v0.4.0, Aori supports custom Personas. There are Assistant and Friend-style presets to start from, and you can create your own.

You can also switch Personas with slash commands, including from the in-app chat and supported external channels. That matters because the Persona should follow the conversation you are actually having, not be trapped inside one settings screen.

Obsidian

Obsidian support is another big step toward making Aori useful with real personal context.

You can point Aori at an Obsidian vault and let it use that vault as a knowledge source. Aori can read, index, and search supported notes, then bring the relevant pieces into a conversation when you ask for them.

It can also create new notes or append to notes where the feature allows it. The important boundary is that Aori is not meant to autonomously delete or directly rewrite your existing notes. Your vault is still your vault.

This is the kind of feature that is easy to overhype, so I will keep it plain: if you already use Obsidian, Aori can now start to become useful around the notes you already have instead of asking you to move everything somewhere else.

Notion

Notion is now supported too.

The idea is similar, but the shape is different because Notion is a cloud workspace. You can connect a Notion account and let Aori use allowed pages or workspace content as a knowledge source.

That makes Aori more useful for people who keep project notes, docs, planning pages, or lightweight databases in Notion. Ask a question, and Aori can use the connected Notion knowledge instead of relying only on the current chat.

Because Notion is a cloud integration, the usual data-flow rules still apply. Aori can access what you authorize, and if you use a cloud AI provider for a request, relevant context may be sent to the provider you selected.

Why this release matters

Personas make Aori feel less generic. Obsidian and Notion make it less empty.

That combination is the point of v0.4.0. A personal AI app needs more than a chat box. It needs a way to adapt to the kind of conversation you want to have, and it needs access to the places where your actual context lives.

Aori is still in public beta. Some parts are rough, and release builds are still being prepared. But this release makes the direction clearer: local-first where it can be, connected where you choose, and personal without trying to own all of your data.

— The Aori Team