Changelog

Short notes on recent user-facing product updates in Brightwave.

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Recent product updates and behavior changes in Brightwave.

May 6, 2026

  • Office Add-in — Brightwave is now available as a Microsoft 365 add-in for Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Chat with Brightwave inside Office and let agents read and edit your documents directly, in Office Add-in.
  • Added AI image generation — agents can now generate diagrams, visual summaries, and illustrations on demand and save them to your project's data room, in Agents & Outputs.
  • Added a Downloads menu to the user menu for quick access to the desktop app, Office add-in, and mobile apps.

May 1, 2026

  • Added per-conversation reasoning effort control — choose how much the AI reasons before responding, from Minimal to X-high, or leave it on Auto. Higher reasoning improves accuracy on complex analysis at the cost of speed, in Chat.
  • Help agent is now available to all users — click the help button in the sidebar to chat with Brightwave’s built-in guidance agent for questions about the platform.

April 28, 2026

  • Spreadsheet outputs are now editable — edit cells, adjust formatting, and rotate text directly in the spreadsheet viewer. Changes are saved automatically and tracked through version history, in Agents & Outputs.
  • Added GPT-5.5 to the model picker with updated model provider icons and labels, in Chat.

April 22, 2026

  • Text and Markdown outputs are now editable — edit text and markdown documents directly in the viewer without exporting, in Agents & Outputs.
  • The spreadsheet viewer now shows a keyboard shortcuts bar listing all available shortcuts, including redo, sheet tab switching, fill down/right, and autofit columns, in Agents & Outputs.

April 21, 2026

  • Added per-conversation model override — choose a specific AI model for any conversation from the composer toolbar, or leave it on Auto to let Brightwave pick the best model for each task, in Chat.

April 15, 2026

  • Added audio file uploads with automatic transcription — upload MP3, MP4, M4A, WAV, or WEBM files and Brightwave transcribes them for search, analysis, and citations, in Documents & Sources.
  • Any file type can now be uploaded — text-based files (.py, .yaml, .log, etc.) are indexed for search and citations; binary files (.parquet, .zip, etc.) are available to agents via code execution, in Documents & Sources.
  • Added Ctrl+[ keyboard shortcut in the spreadsheet viewer to jump to a formula’s precedent cell, matching Excel behavior.

April 11, 2026

  • Added external access controls for connected apps — choose whether agents can access only your connected APIs or also browse the web, per project, in Connected Apps.
  • Memories now recall automatically — agents search your saved memories for relevant context during conversations, in Memories.
  • Added a document outline for long outputs — a floating table of contents for quick navigation within markdown documents.

April 10, 2026

  • Citation audit is now available to all users — verify the accuracy of every citation in an agent's output with one click, in Citations.
  • Added version history for document outputs — browse, preview, and restore prior versions of any output, in Agents & Outputs.

April 3, 2026

  • Added presentation citations — clickable source references below each slide in the presentation viewer, in Citations and Agents & Outputs.
  • Added public sharing for agent outputs — share charts, tables, and presentations via a public link with full citation support, in Sharing & Permissions.
  • Added conversation navigation — a table of contents and rail indicators for quick jumping in long chats, in Chat.
  • Added message timestamps — hover over any message to see when it was sent.
  • Report templates and table export features are now generally available (feature flags removed).

April 1, 2026

  • Added voice input — click the mic button in the composer to dictate messages instead of typing, in Chat.

March 31, 2026

  • You can now ask the agent to save a document or report as a reusable template directly in chat, in Templates and Chat.

March 20, 2026

  • Added a Tools drawer to the project sidebar for browsing and managing skills and templates without leaving the project, in Projects.
  • Documents can now be converted into templates for reuse in Templates.
  • Agents that pause for input now show a Continue button in Agents & Outputs.
  • Spreadsheet cell references in chat now link to the cell range in the viewer, in Agents & Outputs.
  • The @mention and slash command popovers now include preview panels, in Skills and Chat.
  • Added email notifications when someone shares a project or resource with you, in Sharing & Permissions.

March 19, 2026

  • Spreadsheet agents now support additional output formats — CSV (.csv), legacy Excel (.xls), and macro-enabled workbooks (.xlsm) alongside the standard .xlsx in Agents & Outputs.

March 18, 2026

  • Added unrecognized sender review for the Email Agent — emails from non-registered senders now trigger a notification with one-click approve or reject, instead of being silently ignored.

March 17, 2026

  • Skills can now reference other skills, enabling composable multi-step workflows in Skills.
  • Added a retry button for failed agents in Agents & Outputs.

March 16, 2026

  • Added browser notifications — enable desktop alerts in Settings > Notifications to stay informed when the tab is in the background.
  • Upgraded the spreadsheet viewer with improved Excel rendering and citation support.
  • Report templates are now available to all users in Chat.

March 13, 2026

  • Added 1-click citation highlighting for all supported document types in Citations.

March 12, 2026

March 10, 2026

  • Added PDF export for document outputs in Agents & Outputs.
  • Added image export for document outputs: PNG, JPEG, and WEBP.
  • Expanded template support to include PDF, JSON, XML, Markdown, and plain text.
  • Added skill mention previews in the composer.
  • Added agent-suggested sharing for skills and templates in Sharing & Permissions.

March 9, 2026

  • Added an approval flow for skill creation and updates, including preview, approve or reject, and comments.
  • Added optional email notifications when a scheduled task completes in Scheduled Tasks.

March 6, 2026

March 5, 2026

  • Added JSON and XML document support plus structured viewers in Documents & Sources.
  • Added JSON as a document output type in Agents & Outputs.
  • Added clarifying questions in Research mode before Brightwave starts work.

March 4, 2026

  • Added Skills for reusable instruction sets that work across all chat modes.
  • Added Connected Apps for secure external API integrations in sandbox agents.

March 3, 2026

  • Added Scheduled Tasks for one-time and recurring automations.
  • Added comments and feedback on Plan mode proposals before approval in Chat.
  • Added document reference pills in chat responses to jump to source passages.
  • Added a unified composer tools dropdown in Chat.
  • Added retry for transient document processing failures in Documents & Sources without re-uploading.
  • Moved templates out of preview in Templates.

February 12, 2026

  • Added the Email Agent for sending documents, requesting research, and managing projects from your inbox.
  • Added chat modes: Quick, Research, and Plan.
  • Added quick prompts with personal, team, and Brightwave libraries plus placeholder support.
  • Added templates for guided Excel, PowerPoint, and Word outputs.
  • Added @ references in Quickstart for outputs, output types, sources, and templates.
  • Added per-user memories that carry across all projects in Memories.
  • Added sharing permission levels: Can view, Can edit, and Owner in Sharing & Permissions.
  • Added clearer agent lifecycle states in Agents & Outputs, including Pending and Review.
  • Added report editing actions for improve, reorder, and undo in Agents & Outputs.
  • Added document notes as reusable context for agents in Documents & Sources.
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