v1.16.0
October 11, 2026Added
- New What's New page added
- Drag and drop support for lower widgets
- Add the new Bangs widget to the new tab grid
- New doddles join the new tab page
Changelog
What's new in Command Palette, version by version. Newest first.
v1.15.4
September 23, 2026Added
- Search with the new built-in Meta AI engine
- See what changed after each update
v1.15.3
Live on the Web StoreSeptember 21, 2026Fixed
- Usage-based rankings survive rare storage errors
- The palette recovers on its own when its background process is interrupted
Improved
- Large bookmark sets are less likely to hit storage limits
v1.15.2
September 21, 2026Improved
- Source bangs list more results in a scrollable list
- History results show their web address under the history bang
Fixed
- History search no longer hides pages that share a title
- The history bang works with history search disabled
v1.15.1
September 18, 2026Improved
- The changelog now appears in your language
v1.15.0
September 18, 2026Added
- Edit the new tab page layout right on the page with drag and drop
- Two new logo entrance animations on the new tab page
Improved
- Search responds faster to each keystroke
- The theme no longer flashes before loading
Fixed
- Aligned the bang chip icon with the suggestion favicon column
- Corrected palette terms in Ukrainian, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), and Italian
v1.14.0
September 3, 2026Added
- Search selected text with your engines from the page's right-click menu
- Opt-in live search suggestions from the engine while typing a bang query
Improved
- The search bar now shows the suggestion you arrow to
- UI improvements for the search engines settings
v1.13.1
September 23, 2026Fixed
- New tabs open Chrome's default page again when the new tab option is off
v1.13.0
September 2, 2026Added
- Added an opt-in command palette new tab page
v1.12.0
August 31, 2026Added
- Added 19 languages: English, 繁體中文, 简体中文, 日本語, 한국어, Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano, Português (Brasil), Русский, Bahasa Indonesia, Tiếng Việt, Türkçe, Polski, ไทย, हिन्दी, Nederlands, and Українська
Improved
- Long queries now wrap onto multiple lines in the input instead of scrolling sideways
v1.11.0
August 27, 2026Added
- Delete a top site directly from suggestions
- Shorter default bang triggers
Improved
- The palette opens faster
- Reduce lag in history search
- Search engine rows update faster
Fixed
- Increase responsiveness in suggestions to input
v1.10.3
August 21, 2026Improved
- Search feels snappier — opening the palette and typing are faster: settings load in parallel, and saving the last query no longer delays each keystroke's results
Fixed
- The Frequently Used edit button in Settings now matches the size of the other edit buttons
v1.10.2
August 14, 2026Added
- "Bangs" is now a Default Suggestions option — open the palette and see your bangs (search sources and engines) ranked by how often you use them
- "Frequently Used" now has an edit button — pick which sources to blend in (bookmarks, top sites, bangs, history), so your most-used list matches how you actually work. Custom commands like Settings are always included
Improved
- The bang list (!) is now ranked by how often you actually use each bang — type ! or a partial trigger to see your most-used bangs first, whether they scope a search source (!bm) or jump to a search engine (!g)
v1.10.1
August 11, 2026Improved
- "Frequently Used" now blends in your custom commands (Settings, User Guide, Change Log and actions) alongside top sites, bookmarks and history
- Press Tab while the bang list is open to select a bang and convert it into a badge — the footer hint now shows "Tab or Enter Select" instead of tab-opening hints
- The "Clear search input when activate" setting keeps your last bang badge when the palette opens, so the next search stays scoped to that source or site
v1.10.0
August 10, 2026Added
- "Frequently Used" default suggestion — top sites, bookmarks and history ranked by how often you open them, with your most recently used item pinned on top
Improved
- Bangs now convert into a removable badge in the search bar — press Backspace once to clear your search text, then again to remove the bang
v1.9.1
August 5, 2026Added
- Delete history entries directly from suggestions
Improved
- Bang triggers refined — scope searches and engine jumps now toggleable without losing the trigger
- Search ranking uses usage-day selection decay instead of wall-clock decay
- Settings: reclassify search engines by dragging to section headers; unified toggle chips for engines and sources
Fixed
- Clarified bang trigger wording and section labels in Settings
v1.9.0
August 4, 2026Added
- Google AI Mode and Brave Leo AI default search engines
- Results ranked by selection frequency for personalised ordering
- Bangs: type ! to scope your search. Source bangs (!tab, !bm, !his, !ts) filter results to one source; URL bangs (!g, !yt, !w) jump to a site's search. Manageable in Settings
Improved
- Search performance with in-worker caching and parallel data fetching
- Tighter matching for short queries to reduce false positives
Fixed
- Suggestion highlighted as hovered before mouse actually moved
v1.8.6
April 27, 2026Added
- Downloads and History browser shortcuts
- Bookmarks manager command
Improved
- Dedicated favicon for changelog page
Fixed
- Accidental text selection in suggestion items
- Tab switching race condition and stale selection
v1.8.5
April 21, 2026Added
- Add recently closed tabs sub-view
v1.8.4
April 18, 2026Added
- Order search engine suggestions when query contains unmatched words
- Disabled search engines section is collapsible in settings
Improved
- Eliminated layout thrashing, redundant scoring, and IPC overhead per keystroke
v1.8.3
March 25, 2026Added
- Changelog accessible from command palette suggestions
Fixed
- First suggestion selection flickering on popup open
- Direct URL open suggestion text clarity
- Keyboard shortcut respects settings
v1.8.2
March 24, 2026Added
- Show URL toggle for top sites suggestions
- Context-sensitive Enter hint for actions and tabs
Improved
- First suggestion auto-selected for faster navigation
- UI enhancement for search engines section in settings
Fixed
- Selection highlight not restoring after mouse hover
v1.8.1
March 23, 2026Added
- Configurable keyboard shortcuts for opening in current tab, new tab, or private tab
- Search support for CJK and accented characters
v1.8.0
March 20, 2026Added
- New changelog page with version history
- Version label displayed in popup next to settings button
v1.7.0
March 20, 2026Added
- Bottom info bar with settings button and keyboard shortcut hints
Improved
- Search quality for longer queries
- Custom favicon for settings button icon
v1.6.0
January 21, 2026Added
- Add "Show URL" option for history search results
Improved
- Search options labels updated for clarity
- Bookmark option moved up to align with default suggestions order
Fixed
- Show URL option was clickable when history search was disabled
v1.5.0
January 21, 2026Added
- Clear input button with shake animation
Improved
- Input icon and input head aligned with suggestions for consistent visual
Fixed
- Search result scroll into view triggered incorrectly when closing tabs
- Opening app settings or user guide did not activate the window
v1.4.1
January 5, 2026Fixed
- User guide opened in a new tab instead of switching to an existing user guide tab
v1.4.0
January 5, 2026Added
- Better search results, especially when searching with multiple words
- History results no longer duplicate bookmarks and top sites
Improved
- Exact title matches always rank highest
- Tabs allow duplicate titles and URLs, maintaining original order
v1.3.0
January 4, 2026Added
- Scroll to active tab when default suggestion is set to "Tabs"
Fixed
- Scroll position issue when navigating past the 10th suggestion
v1.2.0
January 3, 2026Added
- User guide page with back-to-settings navigation and table of contents
- Fuzzy matching for typo-tolerant search
Improved
- Faster search
- Better ranking of search results
- Guide page supports light and dark mode
- Guide opens in the same tab
- Default keyboard shortcut changed to Ctrl+I / Cmd+I
Fixed
- Localhost URLs incorrectly had https added
- URL display no longer adds unnecessary http/https prefixes
v1.1.1
January 1, 2026Fixed
- Tabs not appearing when searchTabs setting was disabled
v1.1.0
December 31, 2025Added
- Close tab button (✕) on tab suggestions
- Private tab support (hold Shift to open in incognito)
- Private tab indicator with lock icon
- "Not Show Any" default suggestion option
- Clear query setting to remember or clear last search
- Quick actions: reload extension, close active tab, open settings
- Search engine hints showing engine name
- Custom favicon support for tabs
- Settings page footer with social links
- Settings page opens on first installation
Improved
- Search icon changed to app icon
- Dark mode support for settings page
- Default suggestions section added to settings
- Keyboard shortcuts section in settings
- Extension adjusts height dynamically
- Search engine results moved to end of suggestions
- Search engine label changed from "Search" to "Ask"
- More default search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Grok, etc.)
- Clickable area expanded to full checkbox labels
- Codebase refactored with cleaner architecture
Fixed
- White flash on extension load
- First key press ignored during suggestion navigation
- Search bar hidden when scrolling
- Enter key failed to switch tabs
- Scrollbar visible when listing many tabs
- White line at bottom in dark mode
- Race condition loading top sites and bookmarks
- Settings not opening on install
- Unable to shrink suggestion container
v1.0.0
December 15, 2025Added
- Command palette activated by keyboard shortcut
- Tab search and switching across windows
- Bookmarks, history, and top sites search
- Custom search engines with drag-and-drop reordering
- Settings page with theme picker (system, light, dark)
- Search source toggles (tabs, bookmarks, history, top sites)